Employment & Unemployment Data
Workforce Investment Area 3			Sept 2008	Aug 2008	Sept 2007
Civilian Labor Force			91.2	91.6	92.0
	Employment		88.3	88.6	88.8
	Unemployment		2.9	3.0	3.3
		Unemployment Rate	3.2	3.3	3.5
Total Nonfarm Payroll			116.9	116.6	116.3
Total Private			95.1	95.1	94.6
Goods-Producing			13.9	13.8	12.6
	Natural Resources & Mining		3.5	3.5	3.0
	Construction		6.5	6.4	5.6
	Manufacturing		3.8	3.9	3.9
Service-Providing			103.0	102.9	103.7
Private Service-Providing			81.2	81.3	82.0
	Trade, Transportation, & Utilities		20.7	20.8	21.4
		Wholesale Trade	4.3	4.3	4.5
		Retail Trade	12.4	12.5	12.7
		Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities	4.1	4.0	4.1
	Information		2.2	2.2	2.4
	Financial Activities		7.1	7.1	7.2
	Professional & Business Services		12.9	12.9	12.5
	Educational & Health Services		19.1	19.1	19.0
	Leisure & Hospitality		10.0	10.1	10.3
	Other Services		9.2	9.1	9.1
	Government		21.8	21.6	21.7
		Federal	2.3	2.3	2.4
		State	11.0	10.9	10.8
		Local	8.4	8.4	8.5
Labor-Management Dispute Status			0.0	0.0	0.0
Data in thousands. March 2007 benchmark