Workforce Investment Area 5

December 2011:

Over the Month:

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment down 100
•    Goods-producing sector down 400
•    Service-providing sector up 200
•    Total unemployment unchanged
•    Unemployment rate up one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.6 percent

Over the Year

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 700
•    Goods-producing sector up 1,000
•    Service-providing sector down 300
•    Total unemployment down 1,900
•    Unemployment rate down two and eight-tenths percentage points from 11.4 percent