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