Waukegan, IL Unemployment Rate Report

Waukegan, IL Historical Unemployment Trends

Since 2005 the unemployment rate in Waukegan, Illinois has ranged from 3.7% in October 1997 to 16.7% in January 2010. The current unemployment rate for Waukegan is 5.1% in August 2022. See how other local areas compare by using our Unemployment Compare tool.

Waukegan, IL Unemployment Rate by Month

High Unemployment Area

Waukegan, IL Current Unemployment - 5.1%

Waukegan, IL Unemployment Rate

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2022	9.2%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2022	8.8%	5.0%	3.8%
3 / 2022	8.5%	4.7%	3.6%
4 / 2022	6.5%	4.4%	3.6%
5 / 2022	6.0%	4.5%	3.6%
6 / 2022	5.2%	4.7%	3.6%
7 / 2022	5.2%	4.8%	3.5%
8 / 2022	5.1%	4.8%	3.7%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2021	10.7%	8.4%	6.3%
2 / 2021	9.6%	7.8%	6.2%
3 / 2021	10.2%	7.1%	6.0%
4 / 2021	8.0%	6.4%	6.1%
5 / 2021	6.5%	6.7%	5.8%
6 / 2021	7.5%	7.9%	5.9%
7 / 2021	6.7%	6.6%	5.4%
8 / 2021	7.4%	6.1%	5.2%
9 / 2021	5.6%	5.1%	4.7%
10 / 2021	5.6%	4.8%	4.6%
11 / 2021	5.7%	4.3%	4.2%
12 / 2021	6.9%	4.2%	3.9%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2020	7.1%	4.0%	3.6%
2 / 2020	6.2%	3.5%	3.5%
3 / 2020	5.6%	4.2%	4.4%
4 / 2020	16.0%	16.9%	14.7%
5 / 2020	14.2%	14.8%	13.3%
6 / 2020	12.8%	14.6%	11.1%
7 / 2020	10.5%	11.5%	10.2%
8 / 2020	10.2%	11.1%	8.4%
9 / 2020	8.7%	10.0%	7.9%
10 / 2020	6.6%	6.5%	6.9%
11 / 2020	6.6%	7.6%	6.7%
12 / 2020	8.0%	7.9%	6.7%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2019	9.5%	5.3%	4.0%
2 / 2019	8.8%	4.7%	3.8%
3 / 2019	9.1%	4.4%	3.8%
4 / 2019	5.8%	3.6%	3.6%
5 / 2019	4.0%	3.5%	3.6%
6 / 2019	4.2%	4.1%	3.7%
7 / 2019	4.6%	4.2%	3.7%
8 / 2019	4.3%	4.0%	3.7%
9 / 2019	4.0%	3.5%	3.5%
10 / 2019	4.1%	3.5%	3.6%
11 / 2019	4.4%	3.4%	3.5%
12 / 2019	6.3%	3.5%	3.5%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2018	7.2%	5.1%	4.1%
2 / 2018	6.8%	4.9%	4.1%
3 / 2018	7.0%	4.4%	4.0%
4 / 2018	4.5%	3.9%	3.9%
5 / 2018	4.0%	3.7%	3.8%
6 / 2018	5.0%	4.7%	4.0%
7 / 2018	4.7%	4.5%	3.9%
8 / 2018	4.7%	4.3%	3.8%
9 / 2018	3.9%	3.9%	3.7%
10 / 2018	4.4%	4.1%	3.8%
11 / 2018	4.9%	4.0%	3.7%
12 / 2018	7.9%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2017	9.1%	6.2%	4.7%
2 / 2017	8.4%	5.6%	4.7%
3 / 2017	7.7%	4.9%	4.4%
4 / 2017	5.0%	4.5%	4.4%
5 / 2017	4.4%	4.4%	4.4%
6 / 2017	4.9%	5.1%	4.3%
7 / 2017	5.0%	5.1%	4.3%
8 / 2017	4.8%	5.3%	4.4%
9 / 2017	4.1%	4.6%	4.2%
10 / 2017	4.1%	4.5%	4.1%
11 / 2017	4.5%	4.5%	4.2%
12 / 2017	6.0%	4.5%	4.1%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2016	9.6%	6.7%	4.9%
2 / 2016	8.9%	6.5%	4.9%
3 / 2016	8.8%	6.3%	5.0%
4 / 2016	6.1%	5.8%	5.0%
5 / 2016	5.1%	5.3%	4.8%
6 / 2016	5.9%	6.0%	4.9%
7 / 2016	5.7%	5.8%	4.8%
8 / 2016	5.7%	5.8%	4.9%
9 / 2016	5.4%	5.6%	5.0%
10 / 2016	5.3%	5.5%	4.9%
11 / 2016	5.4%	5.1%	4.7%
12 / 2016	7.4%	5.3%	4.7%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2015	10.2%	6.8%	5.7%
2 / 2015	9.2%	6.4%	5.5%
3 / 2015	8.9%	6.0%	5.4%
4 / 2015	6.2%	5.5%	5.4%
5 / 2015	6.0%	5.8%	5.6%
6 / 2015	5.9%	6.1%	5.3%
7 / 2015	6.6%	6.2%	5.2%
8 / 2015	6.3%	5.8%	5.1%
9 / 2015	5.6%	5.5%	5.0%
10 / 2015	5.9%	5.7%	5.0%
11 / 2015	6.5%	5.8%	5.1%
12 / 2015	8.1%	6.0%	5.0%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2014	12.5%	8.9%	6.6%
2 / 2014	12.3%	8.9%	6.7%
3 / 2014	11.5%	8.2%	6.7%
4 / 2014	8.1%	6.8%	6.2%
5 / 2014	7.3%	6.9%	6.3%
6 / 2014	7.7%	7.1%	6.1%
7 / 2014	7.7%	7.3%	6.2%
8 / 2014	7.6%	6.9%	6.1%
9 / 2014	6.5%	6.2%	5.9%
10 / 2014	6.8%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2014	6.9%	6.0%	5.8%
12 / 2014	8.2%	5.8%	5.6%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2013	13.7%	10.4%	8.0%
2 / 2013	13.2%	9.9%	7.7%
3 / 2013	12.3%	9.2%	7.5%
4 / 2013	9.8%	8.6%	7.6%
5 / 2013	8.9%	8.8%	7.5%
6 / 2013	9.8%	9.7%	7.5%
7 / 2013	9.7%	9.5%	7.3%
8 / 2013	9.4%	9.1%	7.2%
9 / 2013	8.8%	8.6%	7.2%
10 / 2013	9.3%	8.7%	7.2%
11 / 2013	9.6%	8.3%	6.9%
12 / 2013	11.0%	8.3%	6.7%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2012	13.5%	9.7%	8.3%
2 / 2012	13.2%	9.6%	8.3%
3 / 2012	12.3%	9.0%	8.2%
4 / 2012	9.2%	8.3%	8.2%
5 / 2012	8.8%	8.6%	8.2%
6 / 2012	9.6%	9.4%	8.2%
7 / 2012	9.8%	9.6%	8.2%
8 / 2012	9.4%	9.2%	8.1%
9 / 2012	8.0%	8.3%	7.8%
10 / 2012	8.2%	8.5%	7.8%
11 / 2012	9.1%	8.4%	7.7%
12 / 2012	11.6%	9.1%	7.9%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2011	13.9%	10.1%	9.1%
2 / 2011	13.7%	9.9%	9.0%
3 / 2011	13.4%	9.5%	9.0%
4 / 2011	10.4%	9.1%	9.1%
5 / 2011	9.9%	9.3%	9.0%
6 / 2011	10.7%	10.2%	9.1%
7 / 2011	10.7%	10.4%	9.0%
8 / 2011	10.9%	10.3%	9.0%
9 / 2011	10.0%	9.8%	9.0%
10 / 2011	9.9%	9.6%	8.8%
11 / 2011	10.2%	9.0%	8.6%
12 / 2011	12.1%	9.2%	8.5%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2010	16.7%	12.2%	9.8%
2 / 2010	16.5%	11.9%	9.8%
3 / 2010	16.3%	11.5%	9.9%
4 / 2010	12.8%	10.5%	9.9%
5 / 2010	11.5%	10.1%	9.6%
6 / 2010	11.7%	10.4%	9.4%
7 / 2010	11.8%	10.6%	9.4%
8 / 2010	11.4%	10.1%	9.5%
9 / 2010	10.1%	9.4%	9.5%
10 / 2010	10.0%	9.3%	9.4%
11 / 2010	10.8%	9.4%	9.8%
12 / 2010	12.7%	9.3%	9.3%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2009	13.5%	8.8%	7.8%
2 / 2009	14.4%	9.7%	8.3%
3 / 2009	15.0%	9.8%	8.7%
4 / 2009	12.0%	9.6%	9.0%
5 / 2009	12.0%	9.9%	9.4%
6 / 2009	12.6%	10.7%	9.5%
7 / 2009	12.9%	10.9%	9.5%
8 / 2009	12.9%	10.6%	9.6%
9 / 2009	12.3%	10.4%	9.8%
10 / 2009	12.4%	10.6%	10.0%
11 / 2009	12.8%	10.4%	9.9%
12 / 2009	16.4%	11.0%	9.9%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2008	10.0%	6.0%	5.0%
2 / 2008	9.7%	5.9%	4.9%
3 / 2008	9.6%	5.7%	5.1%
4 / 2008	7.0%	5.2%	5.0%
5 / 2008	7.0%	6.0%	5.4%
6 / 2008	8.0%	6.7%	5.6%
7 / 2008	7.9%	6.6%	5.8%
8 / 2008	8.3%	6.7%	6.1%
9 / 2008	7.5%	6.2%	6.1%
10 / 2008	8.0%	6.4%	6.5%
11 / 2008	8.9%	6.6%	6.8%
12 / 2008	12.0%	7.6%	7.3%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2007	8.8%	5.2%	4.6%
2 / 2007	8.5%	5.2%	4.5%
3 / 2007	7.9%	4.6%	4.4%
4 / 2007	6.1%	4.6%	4.5%
5 / 2007	5.5%	4.5%	4.4%
6 / 2007	5.9%	5.2%	4.6%
7 / 2007	6.0%	5.3%	4.7%
8 / 2007	5.9%	5.1%	4.6%
9 / 2007	5.5%	4.9%	4.7%
10 / 2007	5.3%	4.8%	4.7%
11 / 2007	6.1%	4.8%	4.7%
12 / 2007	8.5%	5.4%	5.0%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2006	8.5%	5.4%	4.7%
2 / 2006	8.8%	5.4%	4.8%
3 / 2006	7.9%	4.9%	4.7%
4 / 2006	6.0%	4.6%	4.7%
5 / 2006	5.2%	4.3%	4.6%
6 / 2006	5.5%	4.7%	4.6%
7 / 2006	5.7%	4.8%	4.7%
8 / 2006	5.6%	4.5%	4.7%
9 / 2006	4.6%	4.0%	4.5%
10 / 2006	4.2%	3.6%	4.4%
11 / 2006	4.8%	3.9%	4.5%
12 / 2006	6.9%	4.2%	4.4%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2005	8.8%	6.4%	5.3%
2 / 2005	9.3%	6.6%	5.4%
3 / 2005	8.0%	6.0%	5.2%
4 / 2005	6.1%	5.7%	5.2%
5 / 2005	5.4%	5.6%	5.1%
6 / 2005	6.0%	6.0%	5.0%
7 / 2005	5.7%	5.8%	5.0%
8 / 2005	5.7%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2005	5.6%	5.4%	5.0%
10 / 2005	5.3%	5.1%	5.0%
11 / 2005	6.2%	5.2%	5.0%
12 / 2005	7.6%	5.1%	4.9%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2004	10.0%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2004	9.8%	6.8%	5.6%
3 / 2004	9.6%	6.7%	5.8%
4 / 2004	6.9%	6.0%	5.6%
5 / 2004	6.3%	6.0%	5.6%
6 / 2004	6.9%	6.5%	5.6%
7 / 2004	6.4%	6.3%	5.5%
8 / 2004	6.6%	6.1%	5.4%
9 / 2004	5.8%	5.7%	5.4%
10 / 2004	6.1%	5.8%	5.5%
11 / 2004	6.4%	5.8%	5.4%
12 / 2004	7.6%	5.8%	5.4%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2003	9.6%	7.3%	5.8%
2 / 2003	9.8%	7.1%	5.9%
3 / 2003	9.2%	6.9%	5.9%
4 / 2003	7.3%	6.3%	6.0%
5 / 2003	6.7%	6.4%	6.1%
6 / 2003	7.6%	7.5%	6.3%
7 / 2003	7.3%	7.1%	6.2%
8 / 2003	7.5%	7.0%	6.1%
9 / 2003	6.8%	6.6%	6.1%
10 / 2003	6.6%	6.3%	6.0%
11 / 2003	7.2%	6.3%	5.8%
12 / 2003	8.3%	6.2%	5.7%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2002	8.7%	7.0%	5.7%
2 / 2002	8.8%	6.8%	5.7%
3 / 2002	8.5%	6.7%	5.7%
4 / 2002	6.9%	6.5%	5.9%
5 / 2002	6.1%	6.3%	5.8%
6 / 2002	6.9%	7.0%	5.8%
7 / 2002	6.7%	6.9%	5.8%
8 / 2002	6.8%	6.5%	5.7%
9 / 2002	5.6%	5.9%	5.7%
10 / 2002	5.7%	6.1%	5.7%
11 / 2002	6.7%	6.3%	5.9%
12 / 2002	8.2%	6.4%	6.0%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2001	7.3%	5.4%	4.2%
2 / 2001	7.7%	5.4%	4.2%
3 / 2001	7.3%	5.4%	4.3%
4 / 2001	5.7%	5.0%	4.4%
5 / 2001	4.7%	4.7%	4.3%
6 / 2001	5.4%	5.4%	4.5%
7 / 2001	4.9%	5.2%	4.6%
8 / 2001	5.5%	5.4%	4.9%
9 / 2001	4.6%	5.0%	5.0%
10 / 2001	4.9%	5.3%	5.3%
11 / 2001	5.6%	5.7%	5.5%
12 / 2001	6.7%	6.0%	5.7%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 2000	6.8%	4.7%	4.0%
2 / 2000	6.6%	4.8%	4.1%
3 / 2000	6.2%	4.6%	4.0%
4 / 2000	4.9%	4.0%	3.8%
5 / 2000	4.6%	4.1%	4.0%
6 / 2000	4.6%	4.5%	4.0%
7 / 2000	4.7%	4.5%	4.0%
8 / 2000	4.8%	4.5%	4.1%
9 / 2000	4.0%	4.0%	3.9%
10 / 2000	3.9%	3.8%	3.9%
11 / 2000	4.5%	4.2%	3.9%
12 / 2000	5.7%	4.4%	3.9%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1999	7.2%	4.7%	4.3%
2 / 1999	7.3%	4.7%	4.4%
3 / 1999	6.6%	4.2%	4.2%
4 / 1999	5.2%	4.2%	4.3%
5 / 1999	4.2%	4.1%	4.2%
6 / 1999	4.8%	4.8%	4.3%
7 / 1999	4.5%	4.8%	4.3%
8 / 1999	4.3%	4.5%	4.2%
9 / 1999	3.8%	4.2%	4.2%
10 / 1999	3.9%	4.0%	4.1%
11 / 1999	4.1%	4.0%	4.1%
12 / 1999	6.4%	4.1%	4.0%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1998	8.0%	5.4%	4.6%
2 / 1998	8.2%	5.1%	4.6%
3 / 1998	7.8%	5.0%	4.7%
4 / 1998	5.0%	3.9%	4.3%
5 / 1998	4.5%	3.9%	4.4%
6 / 1998	5.3%	4.7%	4.5%
7 / 1998	5.1%	4.1%	4.5%
8 / 1998	5.8%	4.4%	4.5%
9 / 1998	4.8%	4.3%	4.6%
10 / 1998	4.6%	4.2%	4.5%
11 / 1998	4.4%	4.1%	4.4%
12 / 1998	6.3%	4.1%	4.4%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1997	8.1%	5.9%	5.3%
2 / 1997	8.4%	5.6%	5.2%
3 / 1997	8.0%	5.3%	5.2%
4 / 1997	5.6%	4.6%	5.1%
5 / 1997	4.4%	4.3%	4.9%
6 / 1997	4.8%	4.8%	5.0%
7 / 1997	4.8%	4.6%	4.9%
8 / 1997	4.3%	4.5%	4.8%
9 / 1997	4.1%	4.5%	4.9%
10 / 1997	3.7%	4.3%	4.7%
11 / 1997	4.0%	4.3%	4.6%
12 / 1997	6.3%	4.7%	4.7%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1996	8.0%	6.2%	5.6%
2 / 1996	7.9%	5.9%	5.5%
3 / 1996	7.8%	5.6%	5.5%
4 / 1996	6.5%	5.3%	5.6%
5 / 1996	5.4%	5.4%	5.6%
6 / 1996	5.4%	5.5%	5.3%
7 / 1996	5.9%	5.6%	5.5%
8 / 1996	5.2%	5.0%	5.1%
9 / 1996	4.8%	4.8%	5.2%
10 / 1996	4.9%	4.6%	5.2%
11 / 1996	5.3%	4.6%	5.4%
12 / 1996	7.1%	4.9%	5.4%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1995	8.2%	5.7%	5.6%
2 / 1995	7.6%	5.5%	5.4%
3 / 1995	7.3%	5.3%	5.4%
4 / 1995	6.1%	5.5%	5.8%
5 / 1995	4.8%	5.1%	5.6%
6 / 1995	4.6%	5.2%	5.6%
7 / 1995	4.9%	5.3%	5.7%
8 / 1995	5.1%	5.2%	5.7%
9 / 1995	4.8%	4.8%	5.6%
10 / 1995	4.9%	4.7%	5.5%
11 / 1995	5.8%	4.7%	5.6%
12 / 1995	7.0%	5.0%	5.6%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1994	10.8%	7.6%	6.6%
2 / 1994	10.9%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1994	10.5%	6.8%	6.5%
4 / 1994	8.2%	6.0%	6.4%
5 / 1994	6.4%	5.5%	6.1%
6 / 1994	6.3%	5.8%	6.1%
7 / 1994	6.8%	5.8%	6.1%
8 / 1994	6.6%	5.5%	6.0%
9 / 1994	5.2%	5.0%	5.9%
10 / 1994	5.3%	5.0%	5.8%
11 / 1994	5.4%	4.6%	5.6%
12 / 1994	7.2%	4.5%	5.5%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1993	10.4%	8.5%	7.3%
2 / 1993	11.4%	8.5%	7.1%
3 / 1993	10.4%	8.1%	7.0%
4 / 1993	8.9%	7.7%	7.1%
5 / 1993	7.2%	7.7%	7.1%
6 / 1993	7.0%	8.1%	7.0%
7 / 1993	7.0%	7.6%	6.9%
8 / 1993	6.6%	7.1%	6.8%
9 / 1993	6.7%	6.9%	6.7%
10 / 1993	7.0%	6.7%	6.8%
11 / 1993	6.8%	6.1%	6.6%
12 / 1993	8.7%	6.2%	6.5%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1992	9.9%	9.3%	7.3%
2 / 1992	10.6%	9.4%	7.4%
3 / 1992	10.1%	8.7%	7.4%
4 / 1992	8.0%	8.0%	7.4%
5 / 1992	7.4%	8.1%	7.6%
6 / 1992	8.0%	8.6%	7.8%
7 / 1992	7.3%	8.0%	7.7%
8 / 1992	6.9%	7.4%	7.6%
9 / 1992	6.2%	6.9%	7.6%
10 / 1992	6.1%	6.3%	7.3%
11 / 1992	6.6%	6.7%	7.4%
12 / 1992	8.8%	7.2%	7.4%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1991	7.6%	7.2%	6.4%
2 / 1991	8.6%	7.3%	6.6%
3 / 1991	8.3%	7.3%	6.8%
4 / 1991	7.8%	6.5%	6.7%
5 / 1991	6.7%	6.7%	6.9%
6 / 1991	7.5%	7.3%	6.9%
7 / 1991	6.7%	7.2%	6.8%
8 / 1991	6.5%	7.1%	6.9%
9 / 1991	6.2%	7.0%	6.9%
10 / 1991	6.3%	7.2%	7.0%
11 / 1991	6.5%	7.7%	7.0%
12 / 1991	8.2%	8.4%	7.3%

Month/Year	Waukegan, IL%	Illinois%	National %
1 / 1990	6.4%	6.7%	5.4%
2 / 1990	7.1%	6.7%	5.3%
3 / 1990	6.8%	6.3%	5.2%
4 / 1990	6.6%	6.0%	5.4%
5 / 1990	5.3%	5.7%	5.4%
6 / 1990	5.1%	5.9%	5.2%
7 / 1990	6.0%	6.1%	5.5%
8 / 1990	5.7%	6.3%	5.7%
9 / 1990	5.2%	6.1%	5.9%
10 / 1990	5.3%	5.9%	5.9%
11 / 1990	5.7%	5.8%	6.2%
12 / 1990	6.5%	6.2%	6.3%