Workforce Investment Area 3

January 2010:

Over the Month

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment down 2,400
•    Goods-producing sector down 1,200
•    Service-providing sector down 1,400
•    Total unemployment up 1,300
•    Unemployment rate up one and one-half percentage points to 8.6 percent

Over the Year

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment down 3,900
•    Goods-producing sector down 2,700
•    Service-providing sector down 1,300
•    Total unemployment up 3,000
•    Unemployment rate up three and six-tenths percentage points from 5.0 percent