May 2010:
Over the Month
• Total nonfarm payroll employment up 1,100
• Goods-producing sector up 300
• Service-providing sector up 800
• Total unemployment down 200
• Unemployment rate down one-tenth of a percentage
point to 7.3 percent
Over the Year
• Total nonfarm payroll employment up 200
• Goods-producing sector down 1,100
• Service-providing sector up 1,300
• Total unemployment up 1,300
• Unemployment rate up nine-tenths of a percentage
point from 6.4 percent
