Seasonally Adjusted Regional Employment
Statistics: United States

JANUARY 2010

EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW    UNEMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW    EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY

Total Employment:	138,333,000		Change from December:	541,000
Total Non-Farm Employment:	129,527,000		Change from December:	-20,000
Unemployment Rate:	9.7%		Change from December:	-0.3%

6-month	1-year	3-year		6-month	1-year	3-year

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National Employment Overview

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Jan-10	Jan Non-Farm Payroll	Dec to Jan	Nov to Dec	Current Quarter Total (000s)  %AR		Previous Quarter Total (000s)  %AR		Year to date 2010 %AR 2009 %AR
	(Thousands)
United States	129,527.0	-20.0	-150.0	-267.0 -0.8		-833.0 -2.5		-0.2 -6.7
Dec-09	Dec Non-Farm Payroll	Nov to Dec	Oct to Nov	Current Quarter Total (000s)  %AR		Previous Quarter Total (000s)  %AR		Year to date 2009 %AR 2008 %AR
	(Thousands)
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL
Texas	10,355.3	-23.9	20.7	12.7 0.5		-49.9 -1.9		-2.6 0.9
Louisiana	1,901.7	-5.9	0.5	-11.4 -2.4		-13.4 -2.8		-2.4 0.6
Oklahoma	1,558.9	5.0	-2.0	1.4 0.4		-7.3 -1.9		-2.3 1.2
Arkansas	1,172.1	-3.4	-0.2	-1.9 -0.6		-0.9 -0.3		-1.7 -1.2
WEST NORTH CENTRAL
Missouri	2,708.3	-2.0	-3.0	-3.7 -0.5		-9.2 -1.3		-2.3 -1.0
Minnesota	2,642.4	-4.1	-1.5	-2.9 -0.4		-12.0 -1.8		-2.9 -1.8
Iowa	1,468.8	-13.2	3.0	-0.9 -0.2		-6.4 -1.7		-2.7 -1.0
Kansas	1,329.9	-0.3	-3.2	-5.6 -1.7		-13.7 -4.0		-4.3 0.2
Nebraska	938.3	-3.8	-0.2	-7.0 -2.9		1.7 0.7		-2.6 0.0
South Dakota	400.5	-3.6	-0.3	-2.2 -2.2		1.3 1.3		-2.6 0.7
North Dakota	367.8	-1.0	0.6	-1.2 -1.3		-1.2 -1.3		-0.2 1.7
SOUTH ATLANTIC
Florida	7,343.7	0.8	2.6	-13.2 -0.7		-54.3 -2.9		-3.1 -4.7
North Carolina	3,924.0	-2.4	-2.4	9.2 0.9		-26.1 -2.6		-3.1 -3.0
Georgia	3,839.7	-15.1	8.1	-16.0 -1.6		-55.3 -5.5		-4.3 -3.4
Virginia	3,656.5	9.5	0.5	-5.0 -0.5		-17.9 -1.9		-1.5 -1.5
Maryland	2,524.0	-8.7	-1.0	-10.2 -1.6		-3.3 -0.5		-1.7 -1.7
South Carolina	1,846.4	-3.3	4.2	-1.5 -0.3		-4.1 -0.9		-2.0 -3.3
West Virginia	738.5	-3.2	1.4	3.0 1.6		-0.8 -0.4		-2.5 -0.5
District of Columbia	710.9	1.5	-2.1	-1.5 -0.9		9.2 5.3		0.9 0.9
Delaware	409.8	0.1	-1.2	-0.6 -0.6		-3.4 -3.2		-2.9 -3.4
PACIFIC
California	14,148.0	-38.8	-17.6	-40.2 -1.1		-129.8 -3.6		-3.9 -3.0
Washington	2,834.9	2.0	-8.0	-16.1 -2.2		-11.4 -1.6		-3.0 -1.3
Oregon	1,617.2	2.9	-2.0	-8.6 -2.1		-9.2 -2.2		-4.3 -2.8
Hawaii	586.1	1.2	-6.0	-7.6 -5.0		-7.5 -4.9		-3.8 -2.8
Alaska	320.9	-0.6	2.1	-1.0 -1.3		-0.2 -0.2		-1.0 1.5
NEW ENGLAND
Massachusetts	3,164.0	-8.4	-2.9	-12.2 -1.5		-4.2 -0.5		-2.0 -1.8
Connecticut	1,614.9	-4.8	-4.1	-9.3 -2.3		-11.4 -2.8		-3.5 -1.8
New Hampshire	629.5	2.0	-1.6	1.1 0.7		-4.7 -3.0		-1.5 -1.4
Maine	588.8	0.2	-2.7	-5.3 -3.5		-3.5 -2.3		-2.6 -2.5
Rhode Island	453.8	-1.3	-1.4	-6.0 -5.1		-2.6 -2.3		-3.7 -3.5
Vermont	292.2	-2.4	0.0	-0.6 -0.9		-0.3 -0.4		-1.9 -3.5
MOUNTAIN
Arizona	2,412.0	-5.5	6.5	-7.5 -1.2		-23.9 -3.9		-4.8 -5.2
Colorado	2,234.0	-8.4	1.3	-6.9 -1.2		-13.1 -2.3		-3.7 -1.2
Utah	1,200.1	-4.5	-1.9	3.2 1.1		-12.8 -4.2		-3.7 -1.5
Nevada	1,154.6	-11.6	-8.6	-17.0 -5.6		-15.5 -5.1		-6.6 -4.4
New Mexico	817.1	-4.8	3.1	2.4 1.2		-7.4 -3.6		-3.1 -0.7
Idaho	612.0	-0.5	0.3	-3.7 -2.4		-2.4 -1.5		-3.1 -4.0
Montana	431.0	-6.4	-1.6	-3.0 -2.7		0.4 0.3		-3.1 -0.7
Wyoming	282.4	-1.1	-0.3	-4.8 -6.5		-3.0 -4.1		-6.8 3.1
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
New York	8,544.9	-5.9	-2.7	-69.6 -3.2		14.2 0.7		-1.9 -0.7
Pennsylvania	5,598.9	-8.1	-8.4	-7.8 -0.6		-21.0 -1.5		-2.6 -1.1
New Jersey	3,910.4	-2.3	-8.3	-11.9 -1.2		-8.3 -0.8		-2.3 -2.1
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL
Tennessee	2,636.7	-9.9	0.4	-10.3 -1.5		-5.8 -0.9		-3.3 -2.9
Alabama	1,888.5	-10.4	0.4	-6.9 -1.4		-8.2 -1.7		-3.3 -2.9
Kentucky	1,764.5	0.1	0.7	-4.6 -1.0		-12.8 -2.8		-3.3 -2.6
Mississippi	1,101.4	1.1	-5.5	-8.0 -2.9		-9.2 -3.2		-2.3 -2.7
EAST NORTH CENTRAL
Illinois	5,612.2	-16.3	-8.2	-26.0 -1.8		-48.4 -3.4		-4.1 -2.4
Ohio	5,086.9	-16.7	-0.4	-11.0 -0.9		-17.2 -1.3		-3.5 -2.7
Michigan	3,831.0	-15.7	-17.8	3.2 0.3		-29.1 -3.0		-5.1 -4.8
Indiana	2,796.3	-7.9	-1.4	-2.2 -0.3		-17.6 -2.5		-3.6 -2.9
Wisconsin	2,712.3	-15.2	-6.3	-23.9 -3.4		-5.9 -0.9		-4.3 -1.9

National Unemployment Overview

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Jan-10	Jan Total	Dec to Jan	Nov to Dec	Current Quarter Level   Ch		Previous Quarter Level   Ch		Previous Years Jan09 Jan08
United States	9.7	-0.3	0.0	9.9 0.0		9.9 0.4		7.7 5.0
Dec-09	Dec Total	Nov to Dec	Oct to Nov	Current Quarter Level   Ch		Previous Quarter Level   Ch		Previous Years Dec08 Dec07
WEST SOUTH CENTRAL
Texas	8.3	0.3	-0.3	8.2 0.2		8.0 1.0		5.6 4.4
Arkansas	7.7	0.3	-0.2	7.6 0.4		7.2 0.3		5.7 4.9
Louisiana	7.5	0.8	-0.7	7.2 -0.3		7.5 1.0		5.5 3.9
Oklahoma	6.6	-0.5	-0.2	7.0 0.3		6.7 0.4		4.6 3.6
WEST NORTH CENTRAL
Missouri	9.6	0.2	0.1	9.4 0.0		9.4 0.6		7.1 5.3
Minnesota	7.4	0.0	-0.2	7.5 -0.4		7.8 -0.3		6.6 4.8
Kansas	6.6	0.2	-0.3	6.6 -0.6		7.2 0.4		5.0 4.1
Iowa	6.6	-0.1	0.1	6.6 0.0		6.6 0.9		4.4 3.8
Nebraska	4.7	0.1	-0.3	4.7 -0.2		5.0 0.2		3.9 2.7
South Dakota	4.7	-0.2	-0.1	4.9 0.0		4.9 -0.1		3.7 2.7
North Dakota	4.4	0.3	-0.1	4.2 0.0		4.2 0.0		3.3 3.1
SOUTH ATLANTIC
South Carolina	12.6	0.3	0.3	12.3 0.7		11.6 -0.2		8.8 5.8
District of Columbia	12.1	0.3	-0.1	11.9 0.9		11.0 0.5		8.2 5.8
Florida	11.8	0.3	0.2	11.5 0.6		10.9 0.7		7.6 4.8
North Carolina	11.2	0.5	-0.2	10.9 0.1		10.8 -0.1		8.1 5.0
Georgia	10.3	0.2	0.0	10.2 0.0		10.2 0.5		7.5 5.1
West Virginia	9.1	0.7	-0.1	8.7 -0.2		8.9 0.5		4.5 4.3
Delaware	9.0	0.4	0.0	8.7 0.6		8.1 0.2		5.7 3.8
Maryland	7.5	0.2	0.0	7.4 0.2		7.2 0.1		5.4 3.6
Virginia	6.9	0.3	0.0	6.7 0.0		6.7 -0.3		5.0 3.3
PACIFIC
California	12.4	0.0	-0.1	12.4 0.3		12.2 0.7		8.7 5.9
Oregon	11.0	0.3	-0.5	11.0 -0.7		11.7 -0.3		8.3 5.3
Washington	9.5	0.5	-0.3	9.3 0.3		9.0 -0.1		6.5 4.6
Alaska	8.8	0.4	-0.3	8.6 0.4		8.2 0.0		6.8 6.3
Hawaii	6.9	0.1	-0.5	7.0 -0.1		7.1 -0.1		5.1 3.1
NEW ENGLAND
Rhode Island	12.9	0.2	-0.2	12.8 0.0		12.8 0.9		9.4 6.0
Massachusetts	9.4	0.7	-0.2	9.0 -0.1		9.1 0.8		6.4 4.5
Connecticut	8.9	0.7	-0.6	8.6 0.5		8.1 0.2		6.6 4.9
Maine	8.3	0.3	-0.2	8.2 -0.4		8.5 0.3		6.5 4.7
New Hampshire	7.0	0.3	-0.1	6.8 -0.2		7.0 0.4		4.3 3.5
Vermont	6.9	0.5	-0.1	6.6 -0.2		6.8 -0.6		5.9 4.0
MOUNTAIN
Nevada	13.0	0.7	-0.6	12.7 -0.3		13.0 1.8		8.4 5.2
Idaho	9.1	0.0	0.1	9.1 0.2		8.8 1.1		6.1 3.6
Arizona	9.1	0.2	-0.4	9.1 0.0		9.1 0.9		6.6 4.3
New Mexico	8.3	0.5	0.0	8.0 0.6		7.4 1.0		4.7 3.6
Colorado	7.5	0.6	-0.1	7.1 -0.2		7.4 -0.2		5.8 4.1
Wyoming	7.5	0.3	-0.2	7.4 0.7		6.6 1.5		3.2 2.9
Utah	6.7	0.4	-0.2	6.5 0.4		6.1 0.6		4.1 3.0
Montana	6.7	0.3	0.0	6.5 -0.2		6.7 0.4		5.0 3.8
MIDDLE ATLANTIC
New Jersey	10.1	0.4	0.0	9.8 0.3		9.6 0.8		6.8 4.5
New York	9.0	0.4	-0.4	8.9 0.1		8.8 0.6		6.6 4.6
Pennsylvania	8.9	0.4	-0.4	8.8 0.1		8.7 0.5		6.4 4.6
EAST SOUTH CENTRAL
Alabama	11.0	0.5	-0.4	10.8 0.4		10.4 0.8		6.5 3.8
Tennessee	10.9	0.7	-0.3	10.5 -0.1		10.6 0.2		7.6 5.3
Kentucky	10.7	0.1	-0.7	10.9 -0.2		11.1 0.6		7.6 5.5
Mississippi	10.6	0.8	0.0	10.1 0.5		9.6 0.3		7.8 6.1
EAST NORTH CENTRAL
Michigan	14.6	-0.1	-0.4	14.8 -0.4		15.2 1.1		10.2 7.3
Illinois	11.1	0.2	-0.1	11.0 0.7		10.3 0.4		7.2 5.6
Ohio	10.9	0.3	0.1	10.7 0.0		10.7 0.0		7.4 5.8
Indiana	9.9	0.3	-0.2	9.8 -0.3		10.1 -0.3		7.8 4.5
Wisconsin	8.7	0.5	-0.2	8.4 -0.3		8.7 -0.1		5.9 4.5

National Employment by Industry

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Jan-10	Jan Non-Farm Payroll	Dec to Jan	Nov to Dec	Current Quarter Total (000s)  %AR		Previous Quarter Total (000s)  %AR		Year to date 2010 %AR 2009 %AR
	(Thousands)
PAYROLL JOBS
Total Nonfarm	129,527.0	-20.0	-150.0	-267.0 -0.8		-833.0 -2.5		-0.2 -6.7
Goods Producing	17,846.0	-60.0	-54.0	-216.7 -4.7		-415.7 -8.7		-3.9 -23.1
Construction	5,625.0	-75.0	-32.0	-129.7 -8.6		-217.3 -13.7		-14.7 -24.2
NR, Mining	681.0	4.0	1.0	3.7 2.2		-18.7 -10.3		7.3 -10.4
Manufacturing	11,540.0	11.0	-23.0	-90.7 -3.1		-179.7 -5.9		1.2 -23.2
Durable Goods	7,045.0	13.0	-15.0	-69.7 -3.9		-137.3 -7.4		2.2 -28.5
Non-Durable Goods	4,495.0	-2.0	-8.0	-21.0 -1.8		-42.3 -3.7		-0.5 -13.4
Service-Providing	111,681.0	40.0	-96.0	-50.3 -0.2		-417.3 -1.5		0.4 -3.5
Trade, Trans, Util	24,642.0	15.0	-51.0	-98.7 -1.6		-180.7 -2.9		0.7 -6.5
Wholesale Trade	5,547.9	-8.6	-11.8	-23.3 -1.7		-31.0 -2.2		-1.8 -7.3
Retail Trade	14,398.6	42.1	-18.0	-47.3 -1.3		-112.3 -3.1		3.6 -5.6
Trans, Whsg	4,136.2	-19.0	-20.6	-26.9 -2.5		-37.1 -3.5		-5.4 -9.9
Utilities	559.5	0.8	-1.1	-1.0 -0.7		-0.3 -0.2		1.7 1.9
Information	2,753.0	0.0	-9.0	-19.7 -2.8		-22.3 -3.2		0.0 -7.9
Fin. Activities	7,643.0	-16.0	-7.0	-24.7 -1.3		-64.0 -3.3		-2.5 -7.9
Finace & Ins.	5,680.4	-13.0	-6.2	-15.9 -1.1		-50.0 -3.4		-2.7 -6.7
Real Estate	1,962.9	-2.6	-1.3	-8.5 -1.7		-13.8 -2.7		-1.6 -11.6
Prof. and Bus.	16,530.0	44.0	20.0	134.0 3.3		-121.0 -2.9		3.3 -8.6
Prof Sci and Tech	7,431.9	-1.6	0.2	-10.2 -0.5		-47.7 -2.5		-0.3 -7.3
Management	1,810.9	-5.4	-8.6	-20.1 -4.3		-18.4 -3.9		-3.5 7.2
Admin Support	7,287.6	51.3	29.0	164.3 9.6		-54.5 -3.0		8.8 -13.5
Edu and Health	19,355.0	16.0	26.0	85.7 1.8		87.3 1.8		1.0 2.3
Educ. Services	3,094.4	-2.0	3.7	8.9 1.2		-0.7 -0.1		-0.8 9.5
Health Care	16,260.1	17.1	22.3	76.8 1.9		88.0 2.2		1.3 1.0
Leisure & Hosp.	12,969.0	-14.0	-41.0	-83.7 -2.5		-35.0 -1.1		-1.3 -3.5
Arts, Entertain	1,873.6	-8.3	-13.8	-31.4 -6.4		10.7 2.3		-5.2 -1.0
Accom, Food	11,095.2	-6.2	-26.8	-52.3 -1.9		-45.8 -1.6		-0.7 -3.9
Other Services	5,317.0	3.0	-7.0	-24.0 -1.8		-23.7 -1.8		0.7 -3.5
Government	22,472.0	-8.0	-27.0	-19.3 -0.3		-58.0 -1.0		-0.4 1.4
Fed Gov	2,859.0	33.0	-7.0	16.3 2.3		-1.3 -0.2		14.9 11.8
State Gov	5,153.0	-18.0	-1.0	-10.3 -0.8		2.3 0.2		-4.1 1.2
Local Gov	14,460.0	-23.0	-19.0	-25.3 -0.7		-59.0 -1.6		-1.9 -0.3
HOUSEHOLD JOBS
Labor Force	153,170.0	111.0	-661.0	-752.7 -1.9		-619.7 -1.6		0.9 -3.4
# Employed	138,333.0	541.0	-589.0	-645.7 -1.8		-1,283.3 -3.6		4.8 -7.8
# Unemployed	14,837.0	-430.0	-73.0	-106.7 -2.8		663.7 19.5		-29.0 70.6
				Level Ch		Level Ch		Jan09 Jan08
Unemployment Rate	9.7	-0.3	0.0	9.9 0.0		9.9 0.4		7.7 5.0

Notes: Total Employment, Labor Force, and Unemployment data are drawn from the BLS household survey. All industry data are drawn from the BLS industry survey.