Workforce Investment Area 2
January 2010:
Over the Month
• Total nonfarm payroll employment down 2,400
• Goods-producing sector down 400
• Service-providing sector down 2,100
• Total unemployment up 2,300
• Unemployment rate up one and eight-tenths
percentage points to 9.7 percent
Over the Year
• Total nonfarm payroll employment down
3,800
• Goods-producing sector down 2,800
• Service-providing sector down 1,100
• Total unemployment up 4,800
• Unemployment rate up four percentage points from
5.7 percent