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Arizona Workforce Informer
Now a Part of Commerce
Welcome to Arizona Workforce Informer, a product of the Arizona Department of Commerce, Research Administration.
Previously part of the Department of Economic Security, both Arizona Workforce Informer and Research Administration moved to Commerce in December 2007 to provide more efficient research data and information to Arizona communities, businesses, planners, lawmakers, economists and others. For more information about the move, click here to see Governor's press release.
Arizona Workforce Informer provides a wide variety of state, region and local labor market, demographic and economic data, including: employment statistics, occupation and industry estimates and projections, wage and price indices, and population/demographic statistics.
As we are constantly in the process of improving our website, we welcome and encourage your feedback about our site and products. Please feel free to e-mail your thoughts and opinions to: webmaster@workforce.az.gov
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State Unemployment Rate Rises to 6.3 Percent in November; U.S. Average at 6.7 Percent
By Dennis Doby, Research Administration Senior Director, and Jack York, Research Administration Senior Economist
12/18/2008
Go to Employment Report page . . .
| Unemployment Rate (Sea. Adj.) |
1) Maricopa and Pinal counties
2) Pima County
3) Coconino County
4) Mohave County
5) Yavapai County
6) Yuma County
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Nov '08 |
Oct '08 |
Nov '07 |
| United States |
6.7% |
6.5% |
4.7% |
| Arizona |
6.3% |
6.1% |
4.1% |
| Phoenix MSA(1) |
5.7% |
5.5% |
3.6% |
| Tucson MSA(2) |
5.9% |
5.7% |
4.1% |
| Flagstaff MSA(3) |
5.9% |
5.8% |
3.9% |
| Lake Havasu City-Kingman MSA(4) |
8.4% |
7.4% |
5.4% |
| Prescott MSA(5) |
6.5% |
6.2% |
4.1% |
| Yuma MSA(6) |
19.8% |
19.2% |
13.4% |
| Forecast Update: Continued Slowing Into 2009, Projected Two-Year Loss of 47,000 Jobs |
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Kent Ennis - Deputy Director,
Dennis Doby - Senior Director
10/2/2008
go to forecast page...
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Total Nonfarm Employment
Average Annual Growth Rates |
(a) Historical
(b) Forecast |
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2007(a) |
2008(b) |
2009(b) |
| Arizona |
1.2% |
-1.3% |
-0.5% |
| Phoenix MSA |
1.3% |
-1.4% |
-0.4% |
| Tucson MSA |
0.9% |
-1.7% |
-0.8% |
| Balance of State |
1.0% |
-0.3% |
-0.6% |
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| Arizona Minimum Wage Will Rise to $7.25 an Hour in 2009 |
Arizona's minimum wage will increase 35 cents to $7.25 an hour, effective Jan. 1, 2009. The state's minimum wage law, which went into effect in January 2007, requires the minimum wage be adjusted each January based on the over-the-year change in the U.S. All-Urban Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) for August of the previous year.
9/25/2008
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