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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.
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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January Job Losses Greater Than Expected; Unemployment Rate Rises to 7 Percent
By Dennis Doby, Research Administration Senior Director, and Frances Griego, Research Administration Economist
2/26/2009
Go to Employment Report page . . .
Unemployment Rate (Sea. Adj.) |
NA = Not Available
1) Maricopa and Pinal counties
2) Pima County
3) Coconino County
4) Mohave County
5) Yavapai County
6) Yuma County
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Jan. '09 |
Dec. '08 |
Jan. '08 |
United States |
7.6% |
7.2% |
4.9% |
Arizona |
7.0% |
6.6% |
4.4% |
Phoenix MSA(1) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Tucson MSA(2) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Flagstaff MSA(3) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman MSA(4) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Prescott MSA(5) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
Yuma MSA(6) |
NA |
NA |
NA |
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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 read more... |
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