Workforce Investment Area 1

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May 2010

Over the Month

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 1,700
•    Goods-producing sector up 100
•    Service-providing sector up 1,600
•    Total unemployment down 300
•    Unemployment rate down three-tenths of a  percentage point to 8.9 percent

Over the Year
•    Total nonfarm payroll employment down 200
•    Goods-producing sector down 700
•    Service-providing sector up 500
•    Total unemployment up 200
•    Unemployment rate up four-tenths of a percentage point from 8.5 percent