Workforce Investment Area 2


April 2008:

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 300
•    Goods-producing sector up 200
•    Service-providing sector down 100
•    Unemployment rate unchanged at 4.7 percent

Over the Year:

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 500
•    Goods-producing sector down 500
•    Service-providing sector up 900
•    Trade, transportation & utilities up 300
•    Professional & business services up 100
•    Educational & health services up 300
•    Leisure & hospitality up 100
•    Government up 300
•    Unemployment rate up three-tenths of a percentage point