August 2008:
• Total nonfarm payroll employment up100
• Goods-producing sector employment up 100
• Service-providing sector down 100
• Total unemployment down 400
• Unemployment rate down one-tenth of a percentage
point to 3.4 percent
Over the Year
• Total nonfarm payroll employment up 1,900
• Goods-producing sector unchanged
• Service-providing sector up 1,800
• Total unemployment down 1,600
• Unemployment rate down eight-tenths of a percentage
point
