Workforce Investment Area 5

July 2008:

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 200
•    Goods-producing sector unchanged
•    Service-providing sector up 100
•    Total unemployment down 800
•    Unemployment rate down one and one-tenth of a percentage point to 5.3 percent

Over the Year:

•    Total nonfarm payroll employment up 2,900
•    Goods-producing sector unchanged
•    Service-providing sector up 2,900
•    Total unemployment unchanged
•    Unemployment rate down one tenth of a percentage point to 5.3 percent