Workforce Investment Area 1

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May 2008

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 600
•    Goods-producing sector up 100
•    Service-providing sector up 500
•    Unemployment rate down two-tenths of a percentage point to 5.5 percent


Over the Year

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 1,000
•    Goods-producing sector up 400
•    Service-providing sector up 700
•    Unemployment rate up seven-tenths of a percentage point