Workforce Investment Area 2


September 2009:

Over the Month

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment unchanged
•    Goods-producing sector up 200
•    Service-providing sector down 300
•    Total unemployment down 800
•    Unemployment rate down six-tenths of a  percentage point to 7.7 percent

Over the Year

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment down 3,300                                                      
•    Goods-producing sector down 3,400
•    Service-providing sector unchanged
•    Total unemployment up 5,500
•    Unemployment rate up four and four-tenths  percentage points from 3.3 percent