Workforce Investment Area 1
CALENDAR YEAR 2008
MONTHLY REPORT ON THE CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE, EMPLOYMENT, AND UNEMPLOYMENT *
			JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEP	OCT	NOV	DEC	AVG
LABOR FORCE STATISTICS
Civilian Labor Force			134,600	134,840	134,250	135,790	135,990	139,090	137,380	135,930	135,000	134,870
	Total Employment		126,560	126,310	126,220	127,990	128,620	131,030	131,490	130,530	129,940	129,430
	Total Unemployment		8,050	8,530	8,030	7,800	7,380	8,060	5,890	5,400	5,060	5,430
		Unemployment Rate	6.0	6.3	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.8	4.3	4.0	3.8	4.0
NONFARM PAYROLL EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY
Total Nonfarm			118,250	118,010	118,110	118,760	119,360	120,410	120,280	120,690	120,370	120,360
Goods Producing			17,590	17,570	17,790	17,970	18,150	18,250	18,270	18,300	18,320	18,290
	Natural Resources And Mining		6,890	6,870	6,920	7,000	7,080	7,160	7,160	7,160	7,220	7,230
	Construction		4,600	4,570	4,730	4,800	4,860	4,910	4,910	4,950	4,940	4,920
	Manufacturing		6,110	6,140	6,140	6,170	6,210	6,180	6,200	6,200	6,160	6,130
Service Providing			100,650	100,450	100,320	100,790	101,210	102,170	102,020	102,390	102,050	102,080
Private Service Providing			76,310	76,140	75,860	76,210	76,440	77,500	77,590	78,020	77,720	77,100
	Trade, Transportation And Utilities		23,700	23,460	23,600	23,690	23,790	23,950	23,900	24,010	23,910	23,830
		Wholesale Trade	3,430	3,450	3,450	3,470	3,480	3,490	3,470	3,540	3,490	3,510
		Retail Trade	16,570	16,370	16,500	16,580	16,650	16,790	16,750	16,790	16,730	16,630
		Trans. And Utilities	3,690	3,640	3,650	3,640	3,660	3,660	3,680	3,690	3,690	3,690
	Information		1,390	1,370	1,370	1,390	1,400	1,410	1,400	1,400	1,370	1,370
	Financial Activities		3,730	3,750	3,730	3,720	3,700	3,770	3,770	3,770	3,770	3,760
	Professional And Business Services		7,160	7,140	7,240	7,330	7,360	7,530	7,490	7,520	7,360	7,340
	Education & Health Servs		16,970	16,970	17,020	17,100	17,080	16,990	16,910	17,000	17,150	17,120
	Leisure And Hospitality		13,280	13,370	12,820	12,890	13,010	13,720	14,020	14,210	14,050	13,540
	Other Services		10,080	10,070	10,070	10,080	10,110	10,140	10,110	10,110	10,110	10,130
	Total Government		24,340	24,310	24,460	24,580	24,770	24,670	24,430	24,360	24,330	24,980
		Federal Government	2,900	2,900	2,890	2,910	2,940	2,970	3,000	3,010	2,980	2,990
		State Government	5,840	5,760	5,840	5,910	6,050	5,810	5,860	5,880	5,880	6,330
		Local Government	15,610	15,650	15,730	15,770	15,790	15,890	15,570	15,480	15,460	15,660
Labor - Management Dispute (LMD) Status			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
* DATA HAVE BEEN REVISED TO 2007 BENCHMARK.
** NONDISCLOSURE

Date last revised: 11/21/08