CHICAGO, Illinois, Feb. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Midwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Feb. 7, 2025, entitled "Changing Compensation Costs in the Chicago Metropolitan Area - December 2024": * * * Compensation costs for private industry workers increased 2.7 percent in the Chicago-Naperville, IL-IN-WI Combined Statistical Area (CSA) for the year ended December 2024, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.   more