More than 10,000 Phoenix government jobs were added last month. Visit http://phoenix.jobing.com/cat/government to learn more.
During September, Arizona's unemployment rate remained at 9.7 percent for the second month in a row, which is only slightly higher than the national average of 9.6 percent. The Phoenix area had an unemployment rate of 9.1 percent in August.
The Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale area had a total non-farm employment of 1,704,500 workers during September, which is up from 1,693,500 workers during August and a .9 percent increase from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The government industry accounted for the majority of the area's monthly employment gains, adding 10,600 jobs during September, for a current total of 235,800 workers. Only four other industries managed to add jobs over the month.
The professional and business services industry increased by 2,500 jobs to 281,400 workers; while the financial activities industry added 1,400 jobs for a total of 134,300 workers; the construction industry grew by 600 jobs to 88,600 workers, and the education and health services industry rose by 300 jobs to 231,000 workers.
Employment in the mining and logging industry remained even over the month with 2,900 jobs.
The professional and business services industry, which grew by 4.8 percent between September 2009 and September 2010, saw the biggest employment increase on a yearly basis. That was followed by the mining and logging industry, which increased by 3.6 percent over the year.
Three other industries experienced a yearly increase in employment, including: trade, transportation and utilities by 3.2 percent to 359,400 jobs; education and health services by 2.8 percent; and leisure and hospitality by 1.1 percent to 169,500 jobs.
The information industry lost the most jobs between September 2009 and September 2010, as its workforce declined by 5 percent to 26,800 employees.
Other industries that experienced an over-the-year drop in employment include:
- Other services by 3.2 percent
- Financial activities by 2.5 percent
- Government by 2.5 percent
- Construction by 2.4 percent
- Manufacturing by 1.7 percent
Industries that lost workers over the month include: other services by 1,900 jobs; leisure and hospitality by 1,600 jobs; manufacturing by 600 jobs; information by 200 jobs; and trade, transportation and utilities by 100 jobs.
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