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