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November 2008 Job Count for the New York Area down 28,300 over the Year
Total nonfarm employment for the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 8,669,700 in November 2008,
down 28,300 or 0.3 percent over the year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. In New York City,
employment shrank by 17,900 or 0.5 percent over the year. Michael L.
Dolfman, the Bureau's regional commissioner, noted this was New York
City's first over-the-year job loss since February 2004. Nationally,
employment fell 1.5 percent in November. (See chart A and table 1; the
Technical Note at end of this release contains metropolitan area
definitions. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted;
accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)
The New York metropolitan area is made up of four metropolitan
divisions-separately identifiable employment centers within the larger
metropolitan area. All four divisions lost employment over the year.
Over half of the employment contraction, 18,100 jobs, occurred in the New
York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division, which includes New York
City. The Nassau-Suffolk and Edison-New Brunswick Metropolitan Divisions
recorded losses of 4,800 and 4,300, respectively, since November 2007.
Newark-Union had the smallest decline, 1,100 jobs. The over-the-year loss
in the New York division was the first in over four years, while the loss
in the Nassau-Suffolk division was the first in over three years. By
contrast, since May 2008, Edison and Newark have recorded job declines in
every month.
Industry employment
In the New York area, the financial activities supersector experienced
the largest employment loss, shedding 22,100 jobs over the year. The New
York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division was responsible for 16,900
of these jobs, over half of the area's decline. Within New York City,
employment in the securities, commodity contracts, investments industry
fell by 17,100 over the year, the sharpest drop since September 2002.
For the New York area, financial activities employment decreased at a 2.8-
percent pace, sharper than the national decline of 1.9 percent. (See
table 1 and chart B.)
Two other supersectors in the New York area had employment decreases
exceeding 10,000 since November 2007. Manufacturing lost 19,600 jobs, a
4.4-percent decline. Nationally, this supersector declined at a similar
pace, 4.5 percent. Trade, transportation, and utilities was down 11,200
jobs. New York's 0.7-percent decline was much smaller than the national
rate (-2.9 percent).
In professional and business services and natural resources, mining,
and construction, employment in the area shrank by 3,800 and 3,500,
respectively. For professional and business services, this was the
area's first over-the-year loss since January 2004. Just over half of
the employment contraction in the natural resources, mining, and
construction sector was due to job losses in specialty trade contractors
in New York City.
Four New York area supersectors continued to add jobs over the year.
Education and health services had the largest increase, 18,200 jobs, but
the rate of increase, 1.2 percent, lagged behind that of the nation, 2.9
percent. Government, leisure and hospitality, and other services added
between 5,500 and 3,000 jobs.
Employment in the 12 largest metropolitan areas
Eight of the 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in the nation
experienced over-the-year job declines in November 2008, 3 at a rate
surpassing the national average (-1.5 percent). Detroit-Warren-Livonia
suffered the sharpest over-the-year decline, down 3.7 percent. Employment
in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach
declined 2.7 percent and 2.4 percent, respectively. The remaining areas
with losses experienced contractions at rates lower than the national
average. In the West, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Santa Ana reported losses of 1.2 and 1.0, respectively. In the
Midwest, Chicago-Naperville-Joliet recorded a 0.7 percent loss. In the
Northeast, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington and New York lost jobs at rates
of 0.6 and 0.3 percent, respectively. (See chart C.)
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington in Texas
led the large areas with job growth of 2.1 and 1.6 percent, respectively.
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria followed with an increase of 1.0 percent,
while Boston-Cambridge-Quincy posted the smallest gain, 0.3 percent.
Detroit, the area with the largest percentage decline in employment in
November 2008, also lost the most jobs, 72,600. Atlanta, Miami, and Los
Angeles all shed 55,000 or more jobs over the year. On the other hand,
Houston and Dallas added the largest number of jobs over-the-year, 54,300
and 46,900, respectively, followed by Washington, with 31,100.
NYLS -7360 Labor - New York
12/24/08
Technical Note
This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the
Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The CES survey is a Federal-
State cooperative endeavor in which State employment security agencies
prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures
prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Employment
Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment
payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that includes the
12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather
than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one
payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the
basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2007 version of
the North American Industry Classification System.
Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using a "link
relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month
employment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of
establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment
for the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the
previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the
official estimators for the approximately 39 percent of CES published
series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimates.
Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a
complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax
reports that are submitted by employers who are covered under state
unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to
adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding
one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark
month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of
employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes
in the level for the subsequent months.
Reliability of the estimates
The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey,
administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and
other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling
variability-that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample
rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are
subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into
the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly
derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting
from the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual items
may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of
rounding.
Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error are available for
state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector level and for
metropolitan area CES data. Information on recent benchmark revisions
for states is available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/sae/.
Additional information
Industry employment data for states and metropolitan areas from the
CES program are also available in the above mentioned news releases and
from the Internet at www.bls.gov/sae/.
For personal assistance or further information on the Current
Employment Statistics program, as well as other Bureau programs, contact
the New York-New Jersey Information Office at (646) 264-3600 from 9:00
a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET.
Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release
reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget on November 20, 2007. A detailed list of the
geographic definitions is available at
www.whitehouse.gov/omb/bulletins/fy2008/b08-01.pdf.
The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Statistical
Area (MSA) consists of New York City, Nassau, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk,
and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon,
Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union
Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County, Pennsylvania.
The Edison-New Brunswick Metropolitan Division consists of
Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Somerset Counties in New Jersey.
The Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division consists of Nassau and
Suffolk Counties in New York.
The New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division consists of
New York City and Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties in New
York; and Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic Counties in New Jersey.
The Newark-Union Metropolitan Division consists of Essex, Hunterdon,
Morris, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in
Pennsylvania.
Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, New York-Northern New Jersey-
Long Island, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Nov. 2007 to
Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. 2008 p
Area 2007 2008 2008 2008 p Net Percent
change change
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm 8,698.0 8,602.4 8,645.2 8,669.7 -28.3 -0.3
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 372.4 377.9 373.1 368.9 -3.5 -0.9
Manufacturing 447.1 431.8 429.3 427.5 -19.6 -4.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,654.5 1,614.2 1,623.6 1,643.3 -11.2 -0.7
Information 292.9 293.4 292.5 293.3 0.4 0.1
Financial activities 796.4 780.4 776.8 774.3 -22.1 -2.8
Professional and business services 1,320.3 1,316.2 1,318.1 1,316.5 -3.8 -0.3
Education and health services 1,474.7 1,458.4 1,484.5 1,492.9 18.2 1.2
Leisure and hospitality 650.9 678.1 661.5 655.6 4.7 0.7
Other services 373.6 376.0 376.7 377.0 3.4 0.9
Government 1,315.2 1,276.0 1,309.1 1,320.4 5.2 0.4
Edison-New Brunswick, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,049.0 1,040.5 1,040.9 1,044.7 -4.3 -0.4
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 48.6 48.5 47.4 47.2 -1.4 -2.9
Manufacturing 73.5 70.8 70.1 70.0 -3.5 -4.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities 234.9 227.2 228.8 232.5 -2.4 -1.0
Information 30.7 29.3 29.2 29.4 -1.3 -4.2
Financial activities 60.5 60.8 60.5 60.2 -0.3 -0.5
Professional and business services 181.5 183.3 182.7 183.0 1.5 0.8
Education and health services 139.2 139.7 141.1 141.9 2.7 1.9
Leisure and hospitality 78.5 86.4 80.4 78.4 -0.1 -0.1
Other services 48.2 48.4 48.1 48.4 0.2 0.4
Government 153.4 146.1 152.6 153.7 0.3 0.2
Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,288.8 1,272.9 1,282.9 1,284.0 -4.8 -0.4
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 74.3 74.7 74.2 73.4 -0.9 -1.2
Manufacturing 84.0 81.7 81.4 81.3 -2.7 -3.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 281.0 273.2 274.7 278.5 -2.5 -0.9
Information 27.9 27.9 27.9 27.8 -0.1 -0.4
Financial activities 78.1 76.6 76.1 75.9 -2.2 -2.8
Professional and business services 166.5 165.2 165.1 164.8 -1.7 -1.0
Education and health services 217.8 216.6 220.3 221.1 3.3 1.5
Leisure and hospitality 98.7 104.2 100.1 98.0 -0.7 -0.7
Other services 52.6 53.2 53.4 53.0 0.4 0.8
Government 207.9 199.6 209.7 210.2 2.3 1.1
New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 5,316.3 5,255.5 5,282.6 5,298.2 -18.1 -0.3
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 204.1 208.3 205.6 202.9 -1.2 -0.6
Manufacturing 202.1 193.7 192.3 191.0 -11.1 -5.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities 920.7 902.2 906.3 915.5 -5.2 -0.6
Information 209.8 211.9 211.2 211.7 1.9 0.9
Financial activities 582.3 570.0 567.1 565.4 -16.9 -2.9
Professional and business services 810.3 806.0 808.2 806.6 -3.7 -0.5
Education and health services 969.8 954.1 973.2 979.2 9.4 1.0
Leisure and hospitality 406.4 416.6 411.7 410.4 4.0 1.0
Other services 224.6 226.1 227.6 227.7 3.1 1.4
Government 786.2 766.6 779.4 787.8 1.6 0.2
New York City, N.Y.
Total nonfarm 3,807.1 3,763.0 3,782.7 3,789.2 -17.9 -0.5
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 131.6 133.5 131.6 129.5 -2.1 -1.6
Manufacturing 99.1 94.8 94.0 92.9 -6.2 -6.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities 586.1 579.8 580.8 584.3 -1.8 -0.3
Information 168.8 171.2 170.6 171.1 2.3 1.4
Financial activities 471.3 459.4 457.3 454.9 -16.4 -3.5
Professional and business services 599.8 595.7 598.1 596.3 -3.5 -0.6
Education and health services 724.1 709.7 725.7 730.4 6.3 0.9
Leisure and hospitality 303.3 309.2 307.0 306.0 2.7 0.9
Other services 159.9 159.8 161.7 161.5 1.6 1.0
Government 563.1 549.9 555.9 562.3 -0.8 -0.1
Newark-Union, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,043.9 1,033.5 1,038.8 1,042.8 -1.1 -0.1
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 45.4 46.4 45.9 45.4 0.0 0.0
Manufacturing 87.5 85.6 85.5 85.2 -2.3 -2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities 217.9 211.6 213.8 216.8 -1.1 -0.5
Information 24.5 24.3 24.2 24.4 -0.1 -0.4
Financial activities 75.5 73.0 73.1 72.8 -2.7 -3.6
Professional and business services 162.0 161.7 162.1 162.1 0.1 0.1
Education and health services 147.9 148.0 149.9 150.7 2.8 1.9
Leisure and hospitality 67.3 70.9 69.3 68.8 1.5 2.2
Other services 48.2 48.3 47.6 47.9 -0.3 -0.6
Government 167.7 163.7 167.4 168.7 1.0 0.6
p =preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected from March
2007 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and
will be revised when new information becomes available.
Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 largest
metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Nov. 2007 to
Nov. Sept. Oct. Nov. Nov. 2008 p
Area 2007 2008 2008 2008 p Net Percent
change change
United States1
Total nonfarm 139,150.0 137,374.0 137,734.0 137,100.0 -2050.0 -1.5
Natural resources and mining 736.0 807.0 805.0 803.0 67.0 9.1
Construction 7,615.0 7,350.0 7,264.0 7,039.0 -576.0 -7.6
Manufacturing 13,806.0 13,440.0 13,291.0 13,189.0 -617.0 -4.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities 27,163.0 26,194.0 26,226.0 26,371.0 -792.0 -2.9
Information 3,027.0 2,966.0 2,961.0 2,953.0 -74.0 -2.4
Financial activities 8,247.0 8,174.0 8,137.0 8,087.0 -160.0 -1.9
Professional and business services 18,179.0 17,938.0 17,930.0 17,662.0 -517.0 -2.8
Education and health services 18,749.0 18,916.0 19,214.0 19,299.0 550.0 2.9
Leisure and hospitality 13,379.0 13,762.0 13,489.0 13,189.0 -190.0 -1.4
Other services 5,482.0 5,514.0 5,524.0 5,485.0 3.0 0.1
Government 22,767.0 22,313.0 22,893.0 23,023.0 256.0 1.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.
Total nonfarm 2,489.8 2,434.1 2,433.7 2,422.0 -67.8 -2.7
Natural resources and mining 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 -0.1 -4.0
Construction 139.3 128.1 124.2 123.6 -15.7 -11.3
Manufacturing 176.1 166.7 164.5 161.8 -14.3 -8.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities 575.1 556.6 557.6 562.1 -13.0 -2.3
Information 87.8 88.0 88.3 88.6 0.8 0.9
Financial activities 161.2 158.7 159.2 158.5 -2.7 -1.7
Professional and business services 413.9 406.0 404.6 394.6 -19.3 -4.7
Education and health services 260.0 262.6 266.7 266.9 6.9 2.7
Leisure and hospitality 236.9 236.8 232.9 230.0 -6.9 -2.9
Other services 98.7 97.1 97.1 96.9 -1.8 -1.8
Government 338.3 331.1 336.2 336.6 -1.7 -0.5
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (NECTA)
Total nonfarm 2,514.3 2,513.7 2,519.7 2,522.8 8.5 0.3
Natural resources and mining 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.0
Construction 101.8 101.3 98.9 96.4 -5.4 -5.3
Manufacturing 220.9 219.4 218.5 217.7 -3.2 -1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 427.3 416.5 418.2 424.5 -2.8 -0.7
Information 75.4 74.1 74.3 74.6 -0.8 -1.1
Financial activities 188.7 186.9 186.3 185.8 -2.9 -1.5
Professional and business services 414.0 422.0 422.3 421.8 7.8 1.9
Education and health services 475.0 475.3 483.7 485.5 10.5 2.2
Leisure and hospitality 216.3 226.5 221.8 218.4 2.1 1.0
Other services 87.8 87.6 87.3 87.1 -0.7 -0.8
Government 306.0 303.0 307.3 309.9 3.9 1.3
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.
Total nonfarm 4,595.6 4,587.6 4,575.9 4,561.9 -33.7 -0.7
Natural resources and mining 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 0.0 0.0
Construction 218.2 215.8 212.4 205.3 -12.9 -5.9
Manufacturing 481.2 476.1 474.1 470.8 -10.4 -2.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 949.6 931.7 931.1 943.5 -6.1 -0.6
Information 91.0 90.2 90.2 89.9 -1.1 -1.2
Financial activities 327.9 324.1 323.0 322.6 -5.3 -1.6
Professional and business services 752.0 759.9 755.9 748.2 -3.8 -0.5
Education and health services 599.6 600.5 605.6 608.0 8.4 1.4
Leisure and hospitality 401.5 417.9 408.4 398.7 -2.8 -0.7
Other services 198.1 199.6 199.3 199.0 0.9 0.5
Government 573.6 569.3 573.4 573.5 -0.1 0.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
Total nonfarm 2,984.1 3,019.6 3,021.2 3,031.0 46.9 1.6
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 191.6 200.9 197.3 196.5 4.9 2.6
Manufacturing 297.2 292.6 290.5 289.5 -7.7 -2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities 635.7 635.5 636.9 644.6 8.9 1.4
Information 90.0 87.5 87.8 87.8 -2.2 -2.4
Financial activities 233.7 237.5 237.3 237.4 3.7 1.6
Professional and business services 445.6 446.1 445.2 448.7 3.1 0.7
Education and health services 324.3 335.5 337.6 337.8 13.5 4.2
Leisure and hospitality 278.7 291.6 289.9 287.8 9.1 3.3
Other services 107.7 110.5 109.6 109.5 1.8 1.7
Government 379.6 381.9 389.1 391.4 11.8 3.1
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.
Total nonfarm 1,972.8 1,905.1 1,907.7 1,900.2 -72.6 -3.7
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 71.7 65.0 64.2 61.3 -10.4 -14.5
Manufacturing 252.8 229.4 229.6 229.5 -23.3 -9.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 371.8 356.6 357.1 361.7 -10.1 -2.7
Information 33.7 32.4 32.3 32.1 -1.6 -4.7
Financial activities 109.6 106.6 105.4 104.7 -4.9 -4.5
Professional and business services 349.6 341.7 339.5 333.9 -15.7 -4.5
Education and health services 282.9 282.5 285.2 286.5 3.6 1.3
Leisure and hospitality 180.0 183.2 181.1 177.0 -3.0 -1.7
Other services 87.9 85.8 85.4 85.6 -2.3 -2.6
Government 232.8 221.9 227.9 227.9 -4.9 -2.1
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
Total nonfarm 2,595.8 2,627.3 2,636.6 2,650.1 54.3 2.1
Natural resources and mining 86.4 91.4 92.3 92.8 6.4 7.4
Construction 199.0 202.9 204.0 204.0 5.0 2.5
Manufacturing 236.0 236.9 235.5 236.7 0.7 0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities 533.1 531.2 533.1 540.9 7.8 1.5
Information 37.0 36.5 36.4 36.5 -0.5 -1.4
Financial activities 145.6 148.8 148.5 148.7 3.1 2.1
Professional and business services 389.4 395.4 397.6 398.5 9.1 2.3
Education and health services 289.2 294.4 296.2 296.3 7.1 2.5
Leisure and hospitality 228.5 233.3 231.1 231.5 3.0 1.3
Other services 93.8 95.9 94.5 94.5 0.7 0.7
Government 357.8 360.6 367.4 369.7 11.9 3.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.
Total nonfarm 5,650.6 5,572.7 5,588.9 5,591.8 -58.8 -1.0
Natural resources and mining 5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 -0.1 -2.0
Construction 256.9 248.8 246.5 245.0 -11.9 -4.6
Manufacturing 622.0 612.2 608.8 606.8 -15.2 -2.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,113.1 1,081.4 1,079.6 1,083.3 -29.8 -2.7
Information 235.7 242.0 243.2 246.6 10.9 4.6
Financial activities 362.7 348.9 347.3 346.5 -16.2 -4.5
Professional and business services 879.8 868.0 868.4 867.9 -11.9 -1.4
Education and health services 643.6 645.4 655.0 657.0 13.4 2.1
Leisure and hospitality 568.3 575.5 573.3 567.8 -0.5 -0.1
Other services 195.9 196.8 196.8 196.5 0.6 0.3
Government 767.5 748.7 765.0 769.4 1.9 0.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.
Total nonfarm 2,451.7 2,388.1 2,390.4 2,392.4 -59.3 -2.4
Natural resources and mining 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0
Construction 153.1 137.3 134.3 131.6 -21.5 -14.0
Manufacturing 95.3 91.4 90.9 90.5 -4.8 -5.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities 556.9 532.7 533.9 537.6 -19.3 -3.5
Information 52.0 50.3 50.2 50.3 -1.7 -3.3
Financial activities 179.7 171.7 171.7 170.7 -9.0 -5.0
Professional and business services 398.2 387.9 387.9 383.8 -14.4 -3.6
Education and health services 323.3 331.1 333.4 336.3 13.0 4.0
Leisure and hospitality 258.1 250.6 251.9 255.0 -3.1 -1.2
Other services 101.3 101.5 101.6 102.4 1.1 1.1
Government 333.1 332.9 333.9 333.5 0.4 0.1
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
Total nonfarm 8,698.0 8,602.4 8,645.2 8,669.7 -28.3 -0.3
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 372.4 377.9 373.1 368.9 -3.5 -0.9
Manufacturing 447.1 431.8 429.3 427.5 -19.6 -4.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,654.5 1,614.2 1,623.6 1,643.3 -11.2 -0.7
Information 292.9 293.4 292.5 293.3 0.4 0.1
Financial activities 796.4 780.4 776.8 774.3 -22.1 -2.8
Professional and business services 1,320.3 1,316.2 1,318.1 1,316.5 -3.8 -0.3
Education and health services 1,474.7 1,458.4 1,484.5 1,492.9 18.2 1.2
Leisure and hospitality 650.9 678.1 661.5 655.6 4.7 0.7
Other services 373.6 376.0 376.7 377.0 3.4 0.9
Government 1,315.2 1,276.0 1,309.1 1,320.4 5.2 0.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
Total nonfarm 2,851.4 2,809.3 2,832.5 2,835.5 -15.9 -0.6
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 130.7 128.5 127.2 125.0 -5.7 -4.4
Manufacturing 219.6 213.9 213.2 212.1 -7.5 -3.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 546.6 527.1 530.1 537.3 -9.3 -1.7
Information 58.0 57.6 57.3 57.3 -0.7 -1.2
Financial activities 218.5 213.8 213.5 212.9 -5.6 -2.6
Professional and business services 435.5 434.5 438.4 436.9 1.4 0.3
Education and health services 536.7 534.0 543.5 546.1 9.4 1.8
Leisure and hospitality 220.9 226.5 224.1 220.4 -0.5 -0.2
Other services 125.2 124.1 124.9 124.9 -0.3 -0.2
Government 359.7 349.3 360.3 362.6 2.9 0.8
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.
Total nonfarm 2,057.5 2,026.6 2,029.0 2,033.5 -24.0 -1.2
Natural resources and mining 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.1 6.7
Construction 119.7 116.1 114.4 113.0 -6.7 -5.6
Manufacturing 138.0 136.3 136.1 136.2 -1.8 -1.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities 367.7 353.3 353.4 358.6 -9.1 -2.5
Information 68.2 67.5 67.1 67.1 -1.1 -1.6
Financial activities 149.3 146.4 145.9 145.7 -3.6 -2.4
Professional and business services 361.3 361.8 361.9 362.0 0.7 0.2
Education and health services 233.0 232.2 234.5 235.1 2.1 0.9
Leisure and hospitality 213.1 216.0 214.0 212.3 -0.8 -0.4
Other services 75.0 74.8 74.3 74.1 -0.9 -1.2
Government 330.7 320.6 325.8 327.8 -2.9 -0.9
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.
Total nonfarm 3,019.4 3,030.7 3,040.8 3,050.5 31.1 1.0
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 183.8 181.5 179.9 178.5 -5.3 -2.9
Manufacturing 62.0 61.8 61.2 60.9 -1.1 -1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities 413.8 401.7 403.9 412.2 -1.6 -0.4
Information 92.6 91.1 90.1 89.8 -2.8 -3.0
Financial activities 156.9 155.2 153.9 153.6 -3.3 -2.1
Professional and business services 681.5 691.4 692.7 692.3 10.8 1.6
Education and health services 336.8 340.1 344.4 346.2 9.4 2.8
Leisure and hospitality 253.2 259.0 255.1 254.6 1.4 0.6
Other services 181.1 188.2 189.3 189.2 8.1 4.5
Government 657.7 660.7 670.3 673.2 15.5 2.4
1October data for United States are preliminary.
p =preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected from March
2007 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and
will be revised when new information becomes available.
Last Modified Date: December 30, 2008
