Seasonally Adjusted Regional Employment
Statistics for The United States

AUGUST 2010

EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW UNEMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW EMPLOYMENT BY INDUSTRY

Summary of Monthly Change

Labor Force:	154,110,000	Change from July:	550,000
Unemployment:	14,860,000	Change from July:	261,000
Unemployment Rate:	9.6%	Change from July:	0.1%

Nonfarm Employment:	130,311,000	Change from July:	-54,000


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

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Color Coded by Current Level of Unemployment

(Click on the state for detailed employment information.)

Color Code By: Unemployment 6 Month Change Change from Recent Low

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Note: Color ranges are derived as quintiles from the 50 states.

National Employment Overview

(Click on state names to get more regional information.)

Aug-10

Aug
Non-Farm
Payroll

Jul
to
Aug

Jun
to
Jul

Current Quarter
Total (000s)	%AR

Previous Quarter
Total (000s)	%AR

Year to date
2010 %AR	2009 %AR

(Thousands)

United States

130,311.0

-54.0

163.3

0.5

591.3

1.8

0.8

-4.7

Jul-10

Jul
Non-Farm
Payroll

Jun
to
Jul

May
to
Jun

Current Quarter
Total (000s)	%AR

Previous Quarter
Total (000s)	%AR

Year to date
2010 %AR	2009 %AR

(Thousands)

EAST NORTH CENTRAL

Illinois

5,601.7

-20.2

3.9

19.3

1.4

21.4

1.5

1.3

-6.5

Ohio

5,046.8

1.8

-5.4

35.1

2.8

10.1

0.8

1.7

-6.8

Michigan

3,876.0

27.8

-4.5

22.1

2.3

-11.8

-1.2

1.4

-8.1

Indiana

2,814.2

8.7

-7.7

30.8

4.5

18.3

2.7

3.5

-7.2

Wisconsin

2,730.3

9.4

-11.1

7.5

1.1

15.8

2.4

2.0

-6.9

EAST SOUTH CENTRAL

Tennessee

2,602.5

2.4

-23.5

9.0

1.4

9.5

1.5

1.0

-6.8

Alabama

1,872.5

2.1

-6.9

14.0

3.0

-0.9

-0.2

1.6

-6.2

Kentucky

1,772.4

-8.0

-2.1

17.1

3.9

-0.9

-0.2

0.6

-5.1

Mississippi

1,080.3

-4.9

-4.4

-1.1

-0.4

0.0

-1.1

-4.6

MIDDLE ATLANTIC

New York

8,529.7

10.5

-35.2

22.4

1.1

39.8

1.9

1.4

-2.4

Pennsylvania

5,607.3

-7.0

-10.4

40.2

2.9

14.7

1.1

1.6

-4.4

New Jersey

3,841.9

-21.2

-5.6

4.4

0.5

-4.2

-0.4

-0.7

-4.1

MOUNTAIN

Arizona

2,402.3

5.3

-21.3

9.5

1.6

7.3

1.2

-8.4

Colorado

2,205.3

1.9

-3.4

1.6

0.3

-6.6

-1.2

0.1

-6.3

Utah

1,199.6

1.6

-1.7

16.9

5.9

0.6

0.2

3.2

-5.9

Nevada

1,116.6

-0.1

-2.2

-2.3

-0.8

-3.0

-1.1

-1.0

-10.5

New Mexico

799.1

2.2

-7.5

-2.9

-1.4

-2.1

-1.1

-1.3

-5.4

Idaho

607.9

0.8

-2.2

4.0

2.7

0.5

0.4

1.4

-7.2

Montana

427.4

1.0

0.8

0.5

0.4

1.0

0.9

2.1

-4.2

Wyoming

283.9

0.4

-1.4

2.2

3.1

1.2

1.8

2.3

-7.7

NEW ENGLAND

Massachusetts

3,197.8

13.2

2.8

36.0

4.7

12.3

1.6

3.3

-4.6

Connecticut

1,620.1

-1.3

0.3

6.5

1.6

4.3

1.1

1.3

-5.4

New Hampshire

626.9

-4.9

1.5

1.8

1.1

4.2

2.7

0.5

-5.3

Maine

593.9

5.5

-1.9

1.4

1.0

1.4

1.0

1.9

-4.2

Rhode Island

451.8

0.6

-0.2

0.3

-1.6

-1.4

0.0

-5.4

Vermont

292.8

-0.8

1.2

-2.7

-3.6

-0.3

-0.4

-1.6

-4.7

PACIFIC

California

13,874.9

-9.4

-24.0

33.6

1.0

23.8

0.7

0.8

-7.7

Washington

2,808.6

-0.1

-2.2

14.0

2.0

12.1

1.7

2.1

-5.5

Oregon

1,597.0

-3.0

1.8

6.2

1.6

0.9

0.2

0.7

-6.3

Hawaii

594.4

5.1

-4.3

3.9

2.7

2.8

1.9

2.3

-5.0

Alaska

326.9

1.1

4.3

-0.5

-0.6

1.9

2.4

2.9

-1.3

SOUTH ATLANTIC

Florida

7,238.8

5.7

-1.3

45.2

2.5

35.0

2.0

2.1

-6.2

North Carolina

3,895.3

-29.8

-3.7

20.5

2.1

5.1

0.5

0.4

-6.8

Georgia

3,826.1

5.6

-3.9

11.8

1.2

-6.3

-0.7

0.6

-6.1

Virginia

3,640.9

4.5

-11.6

34.5

3.9

1.6

0.2

1.8

-4.5

Maryland

2,531.2

0.5

1.3

29.7

4.8

5.8

0.9

2.5

-3.4

South Carolina

1,829.2

1.2

-1.6

11.1

2.5

4.9

1.1

1.6

-6.1

West Virginia

742.5

0.3

-0.6

6.5

3.6

2.6

1.4

2.3

-4.0

District of Columbia

729.3

17.8

1.2

8.7

5.0

4.4

2.5

6.9

1.3

Delaware

417.6

1.1

-0.5

6.2

6.1

0.4

3.1

-5.4

WEST NORTH CENTRAL

Missouri

2,665.6

2.7

-7.5

7.6

1.1

-1.4

-0.2

0.2

-4.7

Minnesota

2,661.1

9.8

-0.8

16.2

2.5

11.5

1.8

2.7

-5.4

Iowa

1,474.9

1.7

-6.1

3.6

1.0

7.2

2.0

1.9

-4.4

Kansas

1,335.9

4.9

-5.3

9.5

2.9

0.3

0.1

1.3

-5.4

Nebraska

946.8

1.6

7.4

3.2

1.4

0.6

2.1

-2.7

South Dakota

405.2

1.4

1.2

3.3

-0.3

2.2

-2.7

North Dakota

373.5

1.6

1.0

4.5

5.0

0.7

0.8

3.2

-0.5

WEST SOUTH CENTRAL

Texas

10,400.4

4.6

12.2

118.1

4.7

45.0

1.8

3.1

-4.9

Louisiana

1,906.8

3.5

2.9

15.4

3.3

5.1

1.1

2.5

-3.6

Oklahoma

1,543.8

7.0

6.9

19.0

5.1

-0.8

-0.2

2.8

-5.9

Arkansas

1,169.7

3.6

6.8

9.5

3.3

-0.8

-0.3

2.4

-3.6

National Unemployment Overview

(Click on state names to get more regional information.)

Aug-10

Aug
Total

Jul
to
Aug

Jun
to
Jul

Current Quarter
Level	Ch

Previous Quarter
Level	Ch

Previous Years
Aug09	Aug08

United States

9.6

0.1

0.0

9.5

-0.2

9.8

0.0

9.7

6.1

Jul-10

Jul
Total

Jun
to
Jul

May
to
Jun

Current Quarter
Level	Ch

Previous Quarter
Level	Ch

Previous Years
Jul09	Jul08

Michigan

13.1

-0.1

-0.4

13.3

-0.8

14.1

-0.3

14.2

8.3

Ohio

10.3

-0.2

10.5

-0.4

10.9

0.1

10.6

6.7

Illinois

10.3

-0.1

-0.4

10.5

-0.9

11.4

0.3

10.5

6.6

Indiana

10.2

0.1

10.1

0.2

9.9

0.2

10.4

5.7

Wisconsin

7.8

-0.1

-0.3

8.0

-0.7

8.7

0.1

8.9

4.7

EAST SOUTH CENTRAL

Mississippi

10.8

-0.2

-0.4

11.1

-0.5

11.5

0.9

9.7

7.1

Kentucky

9.9

-0.1

-0.4

10.1

-0.6

10.7

0.1

10.8

6.6

Tennessee

9.8

-0.2

-0.4

10.1

-0.5

10.6

-0.1

10.9

6.8

Alabama

9.7

-0.6

-0.4

10.2

-0.8

11.0

0.1

10.5

5.1

MIDDLE ATLANTIC

New Jersey

9.7

0.1

-0.1

9.7

-0.2

9.8

-0.1

9.6

5.4

Pennsylvania

9.3

0.1

0.0

9.2

0.3

9.0

0.2

8.3

5.3

New York

8.2

0.0

-0.1

8.2

-0.4

8.6

-0.3

8.7

5.3

MOUNTAIN

Nevada

14.3

0.1

0.2

14.2

0.7

13.4

0.5

12.3

6.7

Arizona

9.6

0.0

9.6

0.1

9.5

0.3

9.4

6.0

Idaho

8.8

0.0

-0.2

8.9

-0.5

9.3

0.2

8.2

5.0

New Mexico

8.2

0.0

-0.2

8.3

-0.5

8.7

0.5

7.4

4.5

Colorado

8.0

0.0

8.0

0.1

7.9

0.5

8.1

4.8

Montana

7.3

0.0

0.1

7.3

0.2

7.0

0.3

6.3

4.7

Utah

7.2

0.0

-0.1

7.2

0.0

7.2

0.5

6.8

3.6

Wyoming

6.7

-0.1

-0.2

6.8

-0.5

7.3

-0.2

6.8

3.2

NEW ENGLAND

Rhode Island

11.9

-0.1

-0.3

12.1

-0.5

12.6

0.0

11.4

7.8

Massachusetts

9.0

0.0

-0.2

9.1

-0.3

9.3

0.0

8.7

5.3

Connecticut

8.9

0.1

-0.1

8.9

-0.2

9.1

0.3

8.5

5.6

Maine

8.1

0.1

0.0

8.0

-0.2

8.2

0.1

8.2

5.3

Vermont

6.0

0.0

-0.2

6.1

-0.5

6.5

-0.2

7.1

4.4

New Hampshire

5.8

-0.1

-0.5

6.0

-0.9

6.9

0.0

6.6

3.8

PACIFIC

California

12.3

0.0

-0.1

12.3

-0.2

12.5

0.2

11.8

7.3

Oregon

10.6

0.1

-0.1

10.6

0.0

10.6

-0.1

11.4

6.3

Washington

8.9

-0.1

-0.2

9.0

-0.4

9.4

0.2

9.2

5.3

Alaska

7.7

-0.2

-0.3

7.9

-0.5

8.5

-0.1

8.1

6.5

Hawaii

6.3

0.0

-0.3

6.4

-0.4

6.8

0.0

7.0

4.1

SOUTH ATLANTIC

Florida

11.5

0.1

-0.3

11.5

-0.6

12.2

0.4

10.8

6.4

South Carolina

10.8

0.1

-0.4

10.9

-1.2

12.0

-0.4

12.0

6.8

Georgia

9.9

-0.1

10.0

-0.4

10.4

0.1

9.9

6.3

North Carolina

9.8

-0.2

-0.4

10.1

-1.0

11.0

0.1

11.0

6.2

District of Columbia

9.8

-0.2

-0.4

10.1

-1.4

11.5

-0.4

10.4

6.6

West Virginia

8.6

0.1

-0.4

8.7

-0.7

9.4

0.3

8.5

4.2

Delaware

8.4

-0.1

-0.3

8.6

-0.6

9.1

0.4

8.2

5.0

Maryland

7.1

0.0

-0.2

7.2

-0.5

7.6

0.2

7.2

4.4

Virginia

7.0

0.0

-0.1

7.0

-0.2

7.2

0.4

6.9

3.9

WEST NORTH CENTRAL

Missouri

9.2

0.1

-0.2

9.2

-0.3

9.5

-0.1

9.7

6.1

Minnesota

6.8

0.0

-0.2

6.9

-0.4

7.2

-0.2

8.3

5.4

Iowa

6.8

0.1

-0.1

6.8

0.0

6.8

0.3

6.1

4.5

Kansas

6.5

0.0

-0.1

6.5

0.0

6.5

-0.1

7.2

4.5

Nebraska

4.7

-0.2

0.0

4.8

-0.1

4.9

0.3

4.8

3.3

South Dakota

4.4

0.0

-0.2

4.5

-0.3

4.8

0.0

4.9

3.1

North Dakota

3.6

0.0

3.6

-0.4

4.0

-0.3

4.4

3.3

WEST SOUTH CENTRAL

Texas

8.2

0.0

-0.1

8.2

0.0

8.2

0.0

7.9

4.9

Arkansas

7.4

-0.1

-0.2

7.5

-0.2

7.8

0.2

7.4

5.1

Louisiana

7.2

0.2

7.0

0.0

7.0

-0.4

7.2

4.4

Oklahoma

6.9

0.1

6.8

0.1

6.7

-0.1

6.8

3.7

National Employment by Industry

(Click on Industry names to get more state information.)

Aug-10

Aug
Non-Farm
Payroll

Jul
to
Aug

Jun
to
Jul

Current Quarter
Total (000s)	%AR

Previous Quarter
Total (000s)	%AR

Year to date
2010 %AR	2009 %AR

(Thousands)

PAYROLL JOBS

Total Nonfarm

130,311.0

-54.0

163.3

0.5

591.3

1.8

0.8

-4.7

Goods Producing

18,031.0

0.0

37.0

62.0

1.4

80.0

1.8

1.0

-14.8

Construction

5,611.0

19.0

-4.0

-17.3

-1.2

-22.0

-1.6

-2.2

-17.8

NR/Mining

741.0

8.0

7.0

23.0

13.6

26.7

16.5

14.8

-17.1

Manufacturing

11,679.0

-27.0

34.0

56.3

2.0

75.3

2.6

1.9

-13.0

Durable Goods

7,175.0

-24.0

33.0

54.3

3.1

69.3

4.0

3.0

-16.1

Non-Durable Goods

4,504.0

-3.0

1.0

2.0

0.2

6.0

0.5

0.2

-7.7

Service-Providing

112,280.0

-54.0

-91.0

101.3

0.4

511.3

1.8

0.8

-2.9

Trade Transport Util.

24,757.0

-9.0

25.0

22.3

0.4

70.3

1.1

0.6

-4.6

Wholesale Trade

5,592.3

4.1

8.3

12.7

0.9

14.1

1.0

0.8

-5.3

Retail Trade

14,433.8

-4.9

7.4

-12.0

-0.3

51.5

1.4

0.8

-3.9

Transport/Warehouse

4,178.6

-7.4

11.6

25.6

2.5

4.8

0.5

0.2

-6.8

Utilities

552.5

-0.4

-2.1

-3.9

-2.8

-0.6

-0.4

-1.3

-0.8

Information

2,714.0

-1.0

4.0

-13.3

-1.9

-17.3

-2.5

-1.9

-6.7

Fin. Activities

7,576.0

-4.0

-11.0

-25.0

-1.3

-32.7

-1.7

-1.6

-5.7

Finace & Ins.

5,642.9

-0.4

-6.6

-11.1

-0.8

-24.0

-1.7

-1.3

-5.0

Real Estate

1,932.9

-3.9

-4.4

-14.0

-2.8

-8.5

-1.7

-2.3

-7.5

Professional/Business

16,714.0

20.0

-3.0

78.3

1.9

101.3

2.5

2.1

-7.3

Prof Sci and Tech

7,428.8

12.1

9.2

8.2

0.4

-12.5

-0.7

-0.1

-5.2

Management

1,819.1

-2.5

-3.9

-2.1

-0.5

3.6

0.8

-0.1

-3.3

Admin Support

7,465.6

9.8

-7.8

72.1

4.0

110.5

6.2

4.8

-10.4

Education/Health

19,611.0

45.0

34.0

93.7

1.9

102.7

2.1

2.0

1.5

Educ. Services

3,156.3

4.9

5.0

17.0

2.2

21.0

2.7

2.4

0.9

Health Care

16,455.0

40.2

29.6

76.7

1.9

81.6

2.0

1.6

Leisure & Hosp.

13,124.0

13.0

11.0

43.7

1.3

61.3

1.9

1.5

-1.9

Arts, Entertain

1,903.8

-4.9

1.6

12.3

2.6

6.1

1.3

1.4

-3.2

Accom, Food

11,219.9

17.3

9.3

31.6

1.1

55.1

2.0

1.6

-1.6

Other Services

5,343.0

3.0

10.0

7.3

0.6

16.7

1.3

0.8

-2.5

Government

22,441.0

-121.0

-161.0

-105.7

-1.9

209.0

3.8

-0.3

Fed Gov

2,919.0

-111.0

-143.0

-57.3

-7.2

251.0

40.2

5.1

2.1

State Gov

5,160.0

-14.0

15.0

-2.3

-0.2

-7.3

-0.6

-0.5

-0.6

Local Gov

14,362.0

4.0

-33.0

-46.0

-1.3

-34.7

-1.0

-1.2

-0.6

HOUSEHOLD JOBS

Labor Force

154,110.0

550.0

-181.0

-535.7

-1.4

1,092.3

2.9

1.0

-0.2

# Employed

139,250.0

290.0

-159.0

-150.3

-0.4

1,004.7

2.9

1.6

-3.9

# Unemployed

14,860.0

261.0

-24.0

-385.3

-9.8

87.7

2.4

-4.0

50.8

Level

Aug09

Aug08

Unemployment Rate

9.6

0.1

0.0

9.5

-0.2

9.8

0.0

9.7

6.1

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.

Seasonally Adjusted Regional Employment
Statistics for The United States

AUGUST 2010

Summary of Monthly Change

Color Coded by Current Level of Unemployment

Color Coded by Six Month Unemployment Change

Color Coded by Unemployment Change from Recent Low

National Employment Overview

National Unemployment Overview

National Employment by Industry

Change Chart Frames

Seasonally Adjusted Regional Employment Statistics for The United States AUGUST 2010

Summary of Monthly Change

Color Coded by Current Level of Unemployment

Color Coded by Six Month Unemployment Change

Color Coded by Unemployment Change from Recent Low

National Employment Overview

National Unemployment Overview

National Employment by Industry

Change Chart Frames

Seasonally Adjusted Regional Employment
Statistics for The United States

AUGUST 2010