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
