Workforce Investment Area 2


December 2011:

Over the Month

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment unchanged
•    Goods-producing sector down 500
•    Service-providing sector up 500
•    Total unemployment up 700
•    Unemployment rate up six-tenths of a percentage point to 7.3 percent

Over the Year

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment down 500                                             
•    Goods-producing sector up 500
•    Service-providing sector down 900
•    Total unemployment down 1,800
•    Unemployment rate down one and one-half  percentage points from 8.8 percent