Workforce Investment Area 2


May 2010:

Over the Month

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 200
•    Goods-producing sector up 100
•    Service-providing sector up 100
•    Total unemployment unchanged
•    Unemployment rate down one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.3 percent

Over the Year

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment down 2,000                                                      
•    Goods-producing sector down 1,000
•    Service-providing sector down 1,100
•    Total unemployment up 600
•    Unemployment rate up seven-tenths of a percentage points from 7.6 percent