Workforce Investment Area 6


January 2010:

Over the Month 


•    Total nonfarm payroll employment down 5,300
•    Goods-producing sector down 700
•    Service-providing sector down 4,400
•    Total unemployment up 3,200
•    Unemployment rate up one and eight-tenths  percentage points to 9.0 percent

Over the Year

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 1,100
•    Goods-producing sector down 1,900
•    Service-providing sector up 3,100
•    Total unemployment up 6,000
•    Unemployment rate up three and three-tenths  percentage points from 5.7 percent