September
2009:
Over the Month
• Total nonfarm payroll employment up 1,300
• Goods-producing sector down 100
• Service-providing sector up 1,400
• Total unemployment down 600
• Unemployment rate down six-tenths of a
percentage point to 10.4 percent
Over the Year
• Total nonfarm payroll employment down 1,000
• Goods-producing sector down 1,200
• Service-providing sector up 200
• Total unemployment up 5,000
• Unemployment rate up six percentage points from 4.4
percent
