September 2009:
Over the Month
• Total nonfarm payroll employment up 2,200
• Goods-producing sector down 100
• Service-providing sector up 2,300
• Total unemployment down 600
• Unemployment rate down three-tenths of a percentage
point to 6.8 percent
Over the Year
• Total nonfarm payroll employment down 1,800
• Goods-producing sector down 2,000
• Service-providing sector up 200
• Total unemployment up 6,100
• Unemployment rate up three and six-tenths of a
percentage point from 3.2 percent
