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