Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL: Nonfarm employment and labor force data

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Employment data from the Current Employment Statistics program
(not seasonally adjusted data, all employees, in thousands)
Sector
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Total Nonfarm

 

2007

1,297.8 1,306.4 1,318.5 1,313.4 1,312.0 1,300.9 1,281.7 1,297.0 1,292.5 1,292.1 1,299.5 1,305.2 1,301.4

2008

1,288.9 1,296.2 1,302.1 1,298.5 1,291.1 1,277.6 1,263.9 1,276.4 (P) 1,269.8        

Natural Resources & Mining

 

2007

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6

2008

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 (P) 0.6        

Construction

 

2007

86.9 86.9 87.8 84.6 84.2 84.3 82.0 81.6 80.8 80.5 80.3 79.7 83.3

2008

78.2 78.6 79.2 79.7 77.6 77.9 75.6 74.8 (P) 73.1        

Manufacturing

 

2007

74.7 74.9 74.7 74.2 74.3 74.2 73.6 73.4 73.2 72.7 72.8 73.1 73.8

2008

72.3 72.1 72.1 71.4 70.9 71.1 70.6 70.8 (P) 70.8        

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 

2007

233.4 232.2 233.4 232.3 233.0 232.5 230.5 231.4 230.9 231.5 234.3 238.5 232.8

2008

233.6 232.6 232.5 231.7 231.3 230.3 228.8 228.6 (P) 227.5        

Information

 

2007

32.4 32.6 32.7 32.6 32.7 32.8 32.5 32.6 32.4 31.9 31.8 31.2 32.4

2008

31.0 31.3 31.2 30.9 31.0 31.1 31.1 30.7 (P) 30.6        

Financial Activities

 

2007

101.0 102.0 102.1 101.9 101.8 101.6 101.2 100.4 100.0 99.3 99.7 99.9 100.9

2008

99.1 99.8 100.5 100.4 101.1 100.9 101.3 100.6 (P) 100.2        

Professional & Business Services

 

2007

292.7 294.1 297.4 298.4 297.3 298.9 293.3 295.1 290.5 288.8 292.3 291.8 294.2

2008

288.7 288.3 288.1 287.2 284.8 283.9 280.6 280.5 (P) 275.2        

Educational & Health Services

 

2007

158.4 160.2 162.1 162.1 162.4 162.1 159.6 161.7 162.6 164.6 165.0 165.3 162.2

2008

163.5 164.8 165.9 165.2 166.3 165.5 163.9 165.3 (P) 165.8        

Leisure & Hospitality

 

2007

119.5 122.7 126.1 126.2 125.3 124.1 120.9 121.2 120.2 119.7 119.5 120.5 122.2

2008

120.0 123.3 126.7 127.4 124.9 124.2 121.9 123.0 (P) 122.0        

Other Services

 

2007

45.9 46.8 47.5 46.8 47.5 48.2 46.7 46.7 46.5 46.1 46.7 47.5 46.9

2008

47.1 48.0 48.2 47.9 47.6 47.5 46.3 46.8 (P) 47.0        

Government

 

2007

152.3 153.4 154.1 153.7 152.9 141.6 140.8 152.3 154.8 156.4 156.5 157.1 152.2

2008

154.8 156.8 157.1 156.1 155.0 144.6 143.2 154.7 (P) 157.0        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

 

Labor Force data from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program
(not seasonally adjusted data)

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Fla. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Avg

Labor Force

 

2007

1,323,628 1,323,832 1,336,852 1,330,697 1,338,035 1,351,553 1,355,285 1,347,448 1,352,160 1,343,911 1,348,150 1,348,600 1,341,679

2008

1,344,678 1,340,590 1,346,610 1,339,411 1,348,513 1,359,203 1,376,865 1,370,963 (P) 1,363,892        

Employment

 

2007

1,272,113 1,275,008 1,289,143 1,282,903 1,289,069 1,294,448 1,294,440 1,287,255 1,291,016 1,283,844 1,287,047 1,285,006 1,285,941

2008

1,277,629 1,275,914 1,278,066 1,273,220 1,272,715 1,278,745 1,284,981 1,275,062 (P) 1,267,912        

Unemployment

 

2007

51,515 48,824 47,709 47,794 48,966 57,105 60,845 60,193 61,144 60,067 61,103 63,594 55,738

2008

67,049 64,676 68,544 66,191 75,798 80,458 91,884 95,901 (P) 95,980        

Unemployment Rate

 

2007

3.9 3.7 3.6 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.2

2008

5.0 4.8 5.1 4.9 5.6 5.9 6.7 7.0 (P) 7.0        

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary