Employment in 12 large metropolitan areas

Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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2008		 Jan
2009		 Feb
2009		 Mar
2009		 Mar 2008 to
Mar 2009
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United States

  

Total nonfarm
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 136,944 132,302 (P) 132,130 (P) 132,072 (P) -4,872 (P) -3.6

Mining and logging
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 741 766 (P) 754 (P) 736 (P) -5 (P) -0.7

Construction
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 7,047 6,295 (P) 6,152 (P) 6,113 (P) -934 (P) -13.3

Manufacturing
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 13,559 12,519 (P) 12,344 (P) 12,210 (P) -1,349 (P) -9.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 26,330 25,534 (P) 25,212 (P) 25,199 (P) -1,131 (P) -4.3

Information
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 3,016 2,895 (P) 2,903 (P) 2,904 (P) -112 (P) -3.7

Financial activities
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 8,171 7,901 (P) 7,863 (P) 7,823 (P) -348 (P) -4.3

Professional and business services
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 17,733 16,877 (P) 16,741 (P) 16,678 (P) -1,055 (P) -5.9

Education and health services
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 18,833 19,013 (P) 19,239 (P) 19,269 (P) 436 (P) 2.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 13,156 12,667 (P) 12,678 (P) 12,813 (P) -343 (P) -2.6

Other services
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 5,518 5,388 (P) 5,400 (P) 5,402 (P) -116 (P) -2.1

Government
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 22,840 22,447 (P) 22,844 (P) 22,925 (P) 85 (P) 0.4
 

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,445.6 2,341.5 2,330.6 (P) 2,329.7 (P) -115.9 (P) -4.7

Mining and logging
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 1.8 1.5 1.5 (P) 1.4 (P) -0.4 (P) -22.2

Construction
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 132.2 113.2 111.6 (P) 109.2 (P) -23.0 (P) -17.4

Manufacturing
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 171.7 157.2 155.1 (P) 152.8 (P) -18.9 (P) -11.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 558.1 534.2 526.9 (P) 529.1 (P) -29.0 (P) -5.2

Information
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 84.0 81.6 81.8 (P) 80.7 (P) -3.3 (P) -3.9

Financial activities
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 157.3 150.0 148.8 (P) 148.1 (P) -9.2 (P) -5.8

Professional and business services
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 407.9 382.3 379.8 (P) 379.7 (P) -28.2 (P) -6.9

Education and health services
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 259.2 262.8 263.0 (P) 262.0 (P) 2.8 (P) 1.1

Leisure and hospitality
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 233.4 224.8 223.7 (P) 227.5 (P) -5.9 (P) -2.5

Other services
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 98.2 95.5 96.8 (P) 96.1 (P) -2.1 (P) -2.1

Government
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 341.8 338.4 341.6 (P) 343.1 (P) 1.3 (P) 0.4
 

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (NECTA)

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,476.0 2,412.9 2,409.5 (P) 2,413.1 (P) -62.9 (P) -2.5

Mining and logging
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 0.7 0.6 0.6 (P) 0.6 (P) -0.1 (P) -14.3

Construction
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 90.5 79.6 76.8 (P) 77.3 (P) -13.2 (P) -14.6

Manufacturing
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 217.2 210.5 208.7 (P) 208.6 (P) -8.6 (P) -4.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 412.0 406.4 397.6 (P) 396.9 (P) -15.1 (P) -3.7

Information
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 75.4 73.7 73.1 (P) 72.8 (P) -2.6 (P) -3.4

Financial activities
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 185.8 176.5 175.8 (P) 175.9 (P) -9.9 (P) -5.3

Professional and business services
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 409.8 391.0 387.8 (P) 387.0 (P) -22.8 (P) -5.6

Education and health services
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 478.9 477.2 488.2 (P) 490.9 (P) 12.0 (P) 2.5

Leisure and hospitality
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 209.0 202.2 203.2 (P) 205.1 (P) -3.9 (P) -1.9

Other services
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 88.5 86.9 86.0 (P) 86.2 (P) -2.3 (P) -2.6

Government
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 308.2 308.3 311.7 (P) 311.8 (P) 3.6 (P) 1.2
 

Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

  

Total nonfarm
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 4,489.0 4,354.3 4,331.4 (P) 4,331.4 (P) -157.6 (P) -3.5

Mining and logging
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 1.9 2.0 1.8 (P) 1.8 (P) -0.1 (P) -5.3

Construction
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 190.0 169.2 166.1 (P) 170.7 (P) -19.3 (P) -10.2

Manufacturing
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 474.7 453.0 444.4 (P) 438.6 (P) -36.1 (P) -7.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 920.5 895.9 887.5 (P) 888.1 (P) -32.4 (P) -3.5

Information
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 90.6 88.2 87.5 (P) 87.2 (P) -3.4 (P) -3.8

Financial activities
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 318.6 306.5 305.8 (P) 303.0 (P) -15.6 (P) -4.9

Professional and business services
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 724.4 695.1 686.9 (P) 683.5 (P) -40.9 (P) -5.6

Education and health services
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 603.2 608.7 611.1 (P) 611.8 (P) 8.6 (P) 1.4

Leisure and hospitality
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 394.0 378.2 376.1 (P) 381.3 (P) -12.7 (P) -3.2

Other services
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 198.4 195.8 195.7 (P) 196.7 (P) -1.7 (P) -0.9

Government
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 572.7 561.7 568.5 (P) 568.7 (P) -4.0 (P) -0.7
 

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,975.9 2,936.7 2,934.2 (P) 2,937.1 (P) -38.8 (P) -1.3

Mining, logging, and construction
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 195.2 185.4 185.7 (P) 183.7 (P) -11.5 (P) -5.9

Manufacturing
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 289.7 280.4 280.1 (P) 278.5 (P) -11.2 (P) -3.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 626.4 618.3 613.0 (P) 617.1 (P) -9.3 (P) -1.5

Information
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 89.2 87.5 87.3 (P) 86.9 (P) -2.3 (P) -2.6

Financial activities
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 233.0 231.0 231.8 (P) 229.7 (P) -3.3 (P) -1.4

Professional and business services
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 448.5 435.3 429.2 (P) 431.0 (P) -17.5 (P) -3.9

Education and health services
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 324.6 335.0 339.1 (P) 338.5 (P) 13.9 (P) 4.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 281.1 275.6 277.6 (P) 280.5 (P) -0.6 (P) -0.2

Other services
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 103.3 101.4 98.9 (P) 98.5 (P) -4.8 (P) -4.6

Government
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 384.9 386.8 391.5 (P) 392.7 (P) 7.8 (P) 2.0
 

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.

  

Total nonfarm
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 1,907.5 1,767.7 1,773.0 (P) 1,772.2 (P) -135.3 (P) -7.1

Mining, logging, and construction
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 58.6 51.8 50.3 (P) 49.9 (P) -8.7 (P) -14.8

Manufacturing
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 243.2 195.3 200.2 (P) 202.1 (P) -41.1 (P) -16.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 358.9 339.9 337.4 (P) 337.4 (P) -21.5 (P) -6.0

Information
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 32.4 30.9 30.7 (P) 30.2 (P) -2.2 (P) -6.8

Financial activities
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 107.6 100.5 100.3 (P) 99.5 (P) -8.1 (P) -7.5

Professional and business services
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 339.6 299.7 297.4 (P) 293.4 (P) -46.2 (P) -13.6

Education and health services
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 280.9 281.4 283.5 (P) 283.8 (P) 2.9 (P) 1.0

Leisure & hospitality
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 175.7 168.7 168.7 (P) 170.4 (P) -5.3 (P) -3.0

Other services
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 86.2 84.2 84.8 (P) 84.8 (P) -1.4 (P) -1.6

Government
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 224.4 215.3 219.7 (P) 220.7 (P) -3.7 (P) -1.6
 

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,592.0 2,576.8 2,571.4 (P) 2,577.6 (P) -14.4 (P) -0.6

Mining and logging
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 87.2 93.0 92.3 (P) 91.3 (P) 4.1 (P) 4.7

Construction
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 204.8 199.5 200.2 (P) 198.0 (P) -6.8 (P) -3.3

Manufacturing
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 238.3 241.2 238.8 (P) 237.3 (P) -1.0 (P) -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 528.1 523.0 517.5 (P) 521.8 (P) -6.3 (P) -1.2

Information
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 36.7 35.5 35.6 (P) 35.5 (P) -1.2 (P) -3.3

Financial activities
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 144.2 141.3 141.7 (P) 142.2 (P) -2.0 (P) -1.4

Professional and business services
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 381.4 378.3 368.7 (P) 367.9 (P) -13.5 (P) -3.5

Education and health services
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 281.0 288.2 289.8 (P) 290.5 (P) 9.5 (P) 3.4

Leisure and hospitality
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 232.2 222.4 226.4 (P) 231.5 (P) -0.7 (P) -0.3

Other services
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 90.9 89.7 90.3 (P) 90.5 (P) -0.4 (P) -0.4

Government
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 367.2 364.7 370.1 (P) 371.1 (P) 3.9 (P) 1.1
 

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.

  

Total nonfarm
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 5,603.7 5,369.4 5,373.4 (P) 5,382.4 (P) -221.3 (P) -3.9

Mining and logging
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 5.0 5.0 5.0 (P) 5.0 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 243.6 211.5 205.3 (P) 204.8 (P) -38.8 (P) -15.9

Manufacturing
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 615.3 578.8 575.2 (P) 573.8 (P) -41.5 (P) -6.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 1,080.7 1,033.6 1,025.4 (P) 1,023.7 (P) -57.0 (P) -5.3

Information
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 243.4 217.3 227.8 (P) 236.1 (P) -7.3 (P) -3.0

Financial activities
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 355.2 337.2 335.6 (P) 335.3 (P) -19.9 (P) -5.6

Professional and business services
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 862.1 823.7 816.1 (P) 815.2 (P) -46.9 (P) -5.4

Education and health services
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 655.3 652.3 667.0 (P) 669.2 (P) 13.9 (P) 2.1

Leisure and hospitality
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 573.2 554.5 554.5 (P) 553.2 (P) -20.0 (P) -3.5

Other services
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 194.5 189.6 190.4 (P) 190.0 (P) -4.5 (P) -2.3

Government
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 775.4 765.9 771.1 (P) 776.1 (P) 0.7 (P) 0.1
 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,420.2 2,319.8 2,313.8 (P) 2,306.8 (P) -113.4 (P) -4.7

Mining and logging
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 0.8 0.6 0.6 (P) 0.6 (P) -0.2 (P) -25.0

Construction
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 144.1 121.4 118.1 (P) 113.6 (P) -30.5 (P) -21.2

Manufacturing
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 95.7 90.0 89.6 (P) 88.4 (P) -7.3 (P) -7.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 550.3 527.6 524.4 (P) 524.6 (P) -25.7 (P) -4.7

Information
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 51.5 48.9 48.9 (P) 48.7 (P) -2.8 (P) -5.4

Financial activities
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 176.6 166.9 167.3 (P) 166.0 (P) -10.6 (P) -6.0

Professional and business services
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 365.2 343.6 342.4 (P) 339.2 (P) -26.0 (P) -7.1

Education and health services
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 328.0 332.4 332.0 (P) 333.0 (P) 5.0 (P) 1.5

Leisure and hospitality
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 269.6 255.7 259.6 (P) 261.6 (P) -8.0 (P) -3.0

Other services
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 105.4 102.3 102.2 (P) 102.6 (P) -2.8 (P) -2.7

Government
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 333.0 330.4 328.7 (P) 328.5 (P) -4.5 (P) -1.4
 

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.

  

Total nonfarm
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 8,571.3 8,336.9 8,329.9 (P) 8,351.6 (P) -219.7 (P) -2.6

Mining, logging, and construction
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 351.0 318.9 311.8 (P) 317.0 (P) -34.0 (P) -9.7

Manufacturing
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 435.7 403.2 400.7 (P) 397.8 (P) -37.9 (P) -8.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 1,599.6 1,563.8 1,541.7 (P) 1,540.6 (P) -59.0 (P) -3.7

Information
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 284.6 276.3 278.0 (P) 275.9 (P) -8.7 (P) -3.1

Financial activities
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 791.3 759.6 757.0 (P) 755.1 (P) -36.2 (P) -4.6

Professional and business services
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 1,313.4 1,250.1 1,244.2 (P) 1,249.8 (P) -63.6 (P) -4.8

Education and health services
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 1,478.1 1,478.8 1,496.6 (P) 1,505.6 (P) 27.5 (P) 1.9

Leisure and hospitality
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 638.0 628.8 626.5 (P) 633.7 (P) -4.3 (P) -0.7

Other services
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 368.6 367.4 370.0 (P) 369.6 (P) 1.0 (P) 0.3

Government
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 1,311.0 1,290.0 1,303.4 (P) 1,306.5 (P) -4.5 (P) -0.3
 

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,801.8 2,729.8 2,721.5 (P) 2,724.6 (P) -77.2 (P) -2.8

Mining, logging, and construction
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 121.2 107.6 103.6 (P) 103.6 (P) -17.6 (P) -14.5

Manufacturing
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 218.8 207.9 205.9 (P) 205.1 (P) -13.7 (P) -6.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 523.9 511.1 503.1 (P) 504.6 (P) -19.3 (P) -3.7

Information
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 57.6 55.6 55.3 (P) 55.0 (P) -2.6 (P) -4.5

Financial activities
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 218.2 212.5 210.7 (P) 209.8 (P) -8.4 (P) -3.8

Professional and business services
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 428.0 409.2 404.8 (P) 406.4 (P) -21.6 (P) -5.0

Education and health services
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 538.5 539.8 549.5 (P) 545.5 (P) 7.0 (P) 1.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 214.8 208.6 207.4 (P) 211.6 (P) -3.2 (P) -1.5

Other services
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 121.6 121.8 121.7 (P) 122.1 (P) 0.5 (P) 0.4

Government
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 359.2 355.7 359.5 (P) 360.9 (P) 1.7 (P) 0.5
 

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,032.6 1,960.5 1,955.6 (P) 1,953.0 (P) -79.6 (P) -3.9

Mining and logging
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 1.4 1.4 1.4 (P) 1.4 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 109.8 95.4 93.9 (P) 93.0 (P) -16.8 (P) -15.3

Manufacturing
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 137.5 131.6 130.7 (P) 130.3 (P) -7.2 (P) -5.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 356.4 343.2 338.2 (P) 336.1 (P) -20.3 (P) -5.7

Information
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 68.0 66.4 65.9 (P) 65.6 (P) -2.4 (P) -3.5

Financial activities
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 145.6 137.3 136.1 (P) 135.9 (P) -9.7 (P) -6.7

Professional and business services
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 373.1 362.0 361.1 (P) 360.8 (P) -12.3 (P) -3.3

Education and health services
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 235.2 232.6 235.6 (P) 235.8 (P) 0.6 (P) 0.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 211.5 205.0 204.0 (P) 204.8 (P) -6.7 (P) -3.2

Other services
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 75.1 72.9 73.0 (P) 72.7 (P) -2.4 (P) -3.2

Government
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 319.0 312.7 315.7 (P) 316.6 (P) -2.4 (P) -0.8
 

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,985.9 2,955.3 2,961.6 (P) 2,967.6 (P) -18.3 (P) -0.6

Mining, logging, and construction
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 173.6 160.3 156.9 (P) 155.2 (P) -18.4 (P) -10.6

Manufacturing
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 61.2 59.2 58.7 (P) 58.6 (P) -2.6 (P) -4.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 395.7 387.0 381.0 (P) 379.9 (P) -15.8 (P) -4.0

Information
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 92.3 88.7 88.2 (P) 87.2 (P) -5.1 (P) -5.5

Financial activities
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 154.5 149.1 148.6 (P) 149.1 (P) -5.4 (P) -3.5

Professional and business services
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 676.4 680.2 686.4 (P) 688.7 (P) 12.3 (P) 1.8

Education and health services
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 336.4 340.7 344.6 (P) 346.7 (P) 10.3 (P) 3.1

Leisure and hospitality
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 252.3 252.5 250.6 (P) 251.6 (P) -0.7 (P) -0.3

Other services
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 182.6 182.1 182.5 (P) 184.2 (P) 1.6 (P) 0.9

Government
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 660.9 655.5 664.1 (P) 666.4 (P) 5.5 (P) 0.8

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Last Modified Date: April 21, 2009