Workforce Investment Area 7

March 2012:

Over the Month

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 1,200
•    Goods-producing sector up 200
•    Service-providing sector up 900
•    Total unemployment down 400
•    Unemployment rate down nine-tenths of a percentage point to 7.9 percent

Over the Year

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 600
•    Goods-producing sector up 100
•    Service-providing sector up 500
•    Total unemployment down 400
•    Unemployment rate down one-half of a percentage point from 8.4 percent