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August 2008 Job Count for the New York Area up 33,600 over the Year
Total nonfarm employment for the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 8,589,700 in August 2008,
up 33,600 or 0.4 percent, over the year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics
of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. While employment expanded
in the New York area, nationally employment contracted by 0.3 percent
from August 2007 to August 2008. Michael L. Dolfman, the Bureau's
regional commissioner, noted that over-the-year employment in New York
City grew by 30,700 or 0.8 percent, also above the national rate. (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. Virtually all of the area's job gain since last
August occurred in the New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division
(33,900), which includes New York City and accounts for just over 60
percent of the area's workforce. The Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan
Division, with 15 percent of the area's employment, added 7,900 jobs over
the 12-month period. In contrast, the Newark-Union and Edison-New
Brunswick divisions, each with about 12 percent of the workforce, lost
2,200 and 6,000 jobs, respectively.
Industry employment
In the New York area, the education and health services supersector
experienced the largest employment gain, adding 27,900 jobs over the
year. The New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division was
responsible for 15,800 of these jobs, over half of the area's increase.
Within New York City, ambulatory health care, up 3,700, and educational
services, up 3,400, continued to expand. For the New York area,
education and health services employment increased at a 2.0-percent pace,
less than the national rate of 3.2 percent. (See table 1 and chart B.)
Five other supersectors in the New York area had job increases
exceeding 5,000. Leisure and hospitality gained 12,400 jobs, with 10,400
of this increase occurring in the New York-White Plains-Wayne
Metropolitan Division. Much of the division's increase in this
supersector was due to the addition of 6,400 jobs in food services and
drinking places in New York City. Employment in the area's trade,
transportation, and utilities supersector expanded by 6,100, and other
services followed closely behind, adding 5,900 jobs. Government and
information payrolls increased by 5,400 and 5,300 employees,
respectively. Among these five supersectors, four had percentage
increases in jobs that were greater than their national rates of change,
government being the exception.
For the New York area, job losses were confined to two supersectors.
Manufacturing had the largest decrease, down 20,600 jobs over the year.
Financial activities lost 12,100 jobs since August 2007, with 5,300
losses in New York City.
Employment in the 12 largest metropolitan areas
Of the nation's 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas, half
experienced over-the-year job declines in August 2008, 5 at a rate
surpassing the national average (-0.3 percent). Detroit-Warren-Livonia
suffered the sharpest over-the-year decline, down 3.0 percent. Employment
in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach retreated by 1.0 percent. Atlanta-
Sandy Springs-Marietta and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana reported
losses of 0.8 percent each, followed closely by San Francisco-Oakland-
Fremont, down 0.7 percent. Chicago-Naperville-Joliet (-0.1 percent) was
the only area to lose jobs at a slower-than-average pace. (See chart C.)
To put this in historical perspective, the last 12-month period when
at least half of the 12 largest areas reported job declines was February
2004, when many areas were still emerging from the 2001 recession.
Houston and Dallas led the large areas with job growth of 2.1 and 2.0
percent, respectively, while Washington-Arlington-Alexandria followed
with an increase of 1.5 percent. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy and New York
posted smaller gains of 0.6 and 0.4 percent, respectively. In
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, employment remained virtually unchanged.
Detroit, the area with the largest percentage decline in employment in
August 2008, also lost the most jobs, 58,900. Los Angeles followed with
job losses of 43,400. Dallas, the area with the second fastest growth
rate in August 2008, added the largest number of jobs over-the-year,
59,800, followed by Houston at 53,400, then Washington, D.C. with 44,600.
NYLS -7349 Labor - New York
10/03/08
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/.
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.
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, dated November 20, 2007. A detailed list of the
geographic definitions is published annually in the May issue of
Employment and Earnings.
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)
Aug. 2007 to
Aug. June July Aug. Aug. 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 8,556.1 8,706.3 8,637.7 8,589.7 33.6 0.4
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 377.4 374.1 375.3 379.0 1.6 0.4
Manufacturing 450.3 435.9 430.2 429.7 -20.6 -4.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,595.4 1,628.3 1,605.8 1,601.5 6.1 0.4
Information 290.4 296.0 295.9 295.7 5.3 1.8
Financial activities 804.8 793.4 795.8 792.7 -12.1 -1.5
Professional and business services 1,321.8 1,323.2 1,321.5 1,323.5 1.7 0.1
Education and health services 1,401.4 1,459.8 1,438.3 1,429.3 27.9 2.0
Leisure and hospitality 683.5 694.9 700.2 695.9 12.4 1.8
Other services 370.9 381.2 378.0 376.8 5.9 1.6
Government 1,260.2 1,319.5 1,296.7 1,265.6 5.4 0.4
Edison-New Brunswick, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,054.2 1,060.6 1,052.4 1,048.2 -6.0 -0.6
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 49.8 48.4 49.1 49.0 -0.8 -1.6
Manufacturing 74.9 72.4 71.9 71.2 -3.7 -4.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities 230.3 230.1 228.3 227.6 -2.7 -1.2
Information 30.5 29.9 29.7 29.6 -0.9 -3.0
Financial activities 63.2 61.2 61.8 61.6 -1.6 -2.5
Professional and business services 183.9 183.6 182.8 184.4 0.5 0.3
Education and health services 137.0 141.0 139.7 139.1 2.1 1.5
Leisure and hospitality 94.2 91.5 95.4 94.5 0.3 0.3
Other services 48.8 49.0 49.4 49.5 0.7 1.4
Government 141.6 153.5 144.3 141.7 0.1 0.1
Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,263.2 1,298.6 1,281.5 1,271.1 7.9 0.6
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 75.3 74.7 75.3 75.6 0.3 0.4
Manufacturing 83.9 82.5 81.2 81.1 -2.8 -3.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities 269.7 276.5 273.3 271.8 2.1 0.8
Information 28.4 28.4 28.4 28.5 0.1 0.4
Financial activities 79.8 78.2 78.3 77.6 -2.2 -2.8
Professional and business services 167.2 167.0 167.3 166.5 -0.7 -0.4
Education and health services 207.2 215.3 213.8 213.3 6.1 2.9
Leisure and hospitality 110.7 109.8 111.9 110.8 0.1 0.1
Other services 52.7 54.8 54.5 53.8 1.1 2.1
Government 188.3 211.4 197.5 192.1 3.8 2.0
New York-White Plains-Wayne, N.Y.-N.J. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 5,205.1 5,299.7 5,267.1 5,239.0 33.9 0.7
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 205.6 205.5 204.9 208.0 2.4 1.2
Manufacturing 203.5 194.5 191.5 191.8 -11.7 -5.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities 883.0 906.6 892.9 891.8 8.8 1.0
Information 207.1 213.1 213.3 213.1 6.0 2.9
Financial activities 585.3 580.4 581.8 579.6 -5.7 -1.0
Professional and business services 807.5 810.0 808.6 809.8 2.3 0.3
Education and health services 915.3 954.9 937.5 931.1 15.8 1.7
Leisure and hospitality 407.6 420.3 419.7 418.0 10.4 2.6
Other services 220.3 228.0 225.1 224.7 4.4 2.0
Government 769.9 786.4 791.8 771.1 1.2 0.2
New York City, N.Y.
Total nonfarm 3,724.5 3,791.4 3,775.0 3,755.2 30.7 0.8
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 131.1 131.9 130.8 133.2 2.1 1.6
Manufacturing 100.2 94.5 93.4 93.5 -6.7 -6.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities 562.0 581.1 573.3 572.6 10.6 1.9
Information 166.1 171.9 172.3 171.9 5.8 3.5
Financial activities 473.8 469.0 470.1 468.5 -5.3 -1.1
Professional and business services 597.1 600.0 599.3 599.0 1.9 0.3
Education and health services 680.3 710.4 695.8 691.7 11.4 1.7
Leisure and hospitality 298.6 309.6 307.7 307.4 8.8 2.9
Other services 155.9 161.4 158.6 158.3 2.4 1.5
Government 559.4 561.6 573.7 559.1 -0.3 -0.1
Newark-Union, N.J. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,033.6 1,047.4 1,036.7 1,031.4 -2.2 -0.2
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 46.7 45.5 46.0 46.4 -0.3 -0.6
Manufacturing 88.0 86.5 85.6 85.6 -2.4 -2.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities 212.4 215.1 211.3 210.3 -2.1 -1.0
Information 24.4 24.6 24.5 24.5 0.1 0.4
Financial activities 76.5 73.6 73.9 73.9 -2.6 -3.4
Professional and business services 163.2 162.6 162.8 162.8 -0.4 -0.2
Education and health services 141.9 148.6 147.3 145.8 3.9 2.7
Leisure and hospitality 71.0 73.3 73.2 72.6 1.6 2.3
Other services 49.1 49.4 49.0 48.8 -0.3 -0.6
Government 160.4 168.2 163.1 160.7 0.3 0.2
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)
Aug. 2007 to
Aug. June July Aug. Aug. 2008 p
Area 2007 2008 2008 2008 p Net Percent
change change
United States1
Total nonfarm 137,524.0 138,676.0 137,208.0 137,121.0 -403.0 -0.3
Natural resources and mining 743.0 777.0 791.0 807.0 64.0 8.6
Construction 7,912.0 7,421.0 7,461.0 7,468.0 -444.0 -5.6
Manufacturing 13,934.0 13,627.0 13,524.0 13,510.0 -424.0 -3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities 26,614.0 26,474.0 26,367.0 26,320.0 -294.0 -1.1
Information 3,031.0 3,021.0 2,997.0 2,989.0 -42.0 -1.4
Financial activities 8,363.0 8,274.0 8,281.0 8,259.0 -104.0 -1.2
Professional and business services 18,157.0 18,090.0 18,021.0 17,994.0 -163.0 -0.9
Education and health services 18,068.0 18,700.0 18,592.0 18,640.0 572.0 3.2
Leisure and hospitality 14,108.0 14,251.0 14,329.0 14,254.0 146.0 1.0
Other services 5,537.0 5,601.0 5,595.0 5,564.0 27.0 0.5
Government 21,057.0 22,440.0 21,250.0 21,316.0 259.0 1.2
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.
Total nonfarm 2,469.9 2,467.9 2,439.9 2,449.8 -20.1 -0.8
Natural resources and mining 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.4 -0.1 -4.0
Construction 140.5 137.9 135.9 132.5 -8.0 -5.7
Manufacturing 175.8 172.1 169.4 167.7 -8.1 -4.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities 562.5 565.0 561.0 559.7 -2.8 -0.5
Information 87.7 88.9 88.5 88.1 0.4 0.5
Financial activities 163.2 160.4 159.7 159.5 -3.7 -2.3
Professional and business services 413.6 409.9 408.5 410.4 -3.2 -0.8
Education and health services 254.4 258.5 257.1 260.2 5.8 2.3
Leisure and hospitality 240.9 244.8 241.3 241.0 0.1 0.0
Other services 99.5 100.1 99.6 99.5 0.0 0.0
Government 329.3 327.9 316.5 328.8 -0.5 -0.2
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (NECTA)
Total nonfarm 2,475.7 2,529.2 2,499.6 2,491.5 15.8 0.6
Natural resources and mining 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.1 9.1
Construction 105.7 102.2 103.3 103.5 -2.2 -2.1
Manufacturing 222.7 221.1 219.9 220.1 -2.6 -1.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 417.0 421.9 417.3 416.6 -0.4 -0.1
Information 75.2 75.3 75.2 74.8 -0.4 -0.5
Financial activities 191.5 189.9 190.2 190.0 -1.5 -0.8
Professional and business services 416.3 422.9 422.5 424.5 8.2 2.0
Education and health services 452.9 465.1 466.0 463.2 10.3 2.3
Leisure and hospitality 230.1 234.2 233.7 233.9 3.8 1.7
Other services 90.8 90.0 90.4 90.3 -0.5 -0.6
Government 272.4 305.4 279.9 273.4 1.0 0.4
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.
Total nonfarm 4,593.6 4,612.7 4,593.4 4,587.9 -5.7 -0.1
Natural resources and mining 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 0.0 0.0
Construction 226.5 217.7 218.4 218.6 -7.9 -3.5
Manufacturing 483.0 480.3 477.8 477.3 -5.7 -1.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 928.9 939.5 935.5 934.1 5.2 0.6
Information 91.7 91.5 91.2 90.8 -0.9 -1.0
Financial activities 331.2 327.1 326.9 326.6 -4.6 -1.4
Professional and business services 757.8 758.5 757.3 759.7 1.9 0.3
Education and health services 584.4 597.4 593.2 593.0 8.6 1.5
Leisure and hospitality 426.2 424.3 425.4 426.1 -0.1 0.0
Other services 205.2 200.6 204.2 203.8 -1.4 -0.7
Government 555.6 573.3 561.0 555.4 -0.2 0.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
Total nonfarm 2,954.5 3,015.4 3,001.0 3,014.3 59.8 2.0
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 191.5 198.9 199.3 200.0 8.5 4.4
Manufacturing 297.7 295.1 293.1 292.9 -4.8 -1.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities 624.3 631.1 632.4 635.4 11.1 1.8
Information 90.2 90.2 88.7 88.8 -1.4 -1.6
Financial activities 235.8 238.3 238.0 238.0 2.2 0.9
Professional and business services 448.5 446.5 447.6 447.7 -0.8 -0.2
Education and health services 318.3 328.4 329.9 332.7 14.4 4.5
Leisure and hospitality 286.0 295.8 294.5 294.7 8.7 3.0
Other services 108.5 111.8 111.3 111.3 2.8 2.6
Government 353.7 379.3 366.2 372.8 19.1 5.4
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.
Total nonfarm 1,954.7 1,954.3 1,892.9 1,895.8 -58.9 -3.0
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 77.0 66.8 67.7 67.0 -10.0 -13.0
Manufacturing 257.9 243.2 227.1 229.0 -28.9 -11.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 365.3 363.9 358.1 357.7 -7.6 -2.1
Information 34.2 33.1 32.7 32.8 -1.4 -4.1
Financial activities 112.3 110.2 109.3 108.5 -3.8 -3.4
Professional and business services 354.4 348.8 340.9 345.0 -9.4 -2.7
Education and health services 273.9 283.9 281.3 281.4 7.5 2.7
Leisure and hospitality 188.0 189.7 186.8 187.1 -0.9 -0.5
Other services 89.1 87.2 86.7 86.4 -2.7 -3.0
Government 202.6 227.5 202.3 200.9 -1.7 -0.8
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
Total nonfarm 2,561.6 2,619.1 2,607.4 2,615.0 53.4 2.1
Natural resources and mining 85.7 90.4 91.3 92.0 6.3 7.4
Construction 197.3 203.5 202.9 203.7 6.4 3.2
Manufacturing 234.7 237.4 237.2 237.4 2.7 1.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 524.6 530.1 530.9 532.5 7.9 1.5
Information 37.0 37.1 37.0 36.9 -0.1 -0.3
Financial activities 146.3 147.7 148.4 148.8 2.5 1.7
Professional and business services 387.5 392.5 394.1 395.0 7.5 1.9
Education and health services 283.8 291.2 290.5 292.5 8.7 3.1
Leisure and hospitality 234.7 239.6 237.2 237.6 2.9 1.2
Other services 94.7 97.7 96.9 97.1 2.4 2.5
Government 335.3 351.9 341.0 341.5 6.2 1.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.
Total nonfarm 5,595.2 5,611.6 5,554.2 5,551.8 -43.4 -0.8
Natural resources and mining 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 0.0
Construction 266.7 248.7 249.1 250.8 -15.9 -6.0
Manufacturing 624.1 619.4 615.0 614.3 -9.8 -1.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,094.7 1,082.3 1,084.1 1,082.8 -11.9 -1.1
Information 245.5 234.9 229.5 238.5 -7.0 -2.9
Financial activities 371.6 354.7 353.4 353.1 -18.5 -5.0
Professional and business services 881.6 874.9 870.9 873.0 -8.6 -1.0
Education and health services 613.5 637.3 627.2 628.0 14.5 2.4
Leisure and hospitality 578.1 581.1 582.8 582.0 3.9 0.7
Other services 194.5 198.5 197.1 195.9 1.4 0.7
Government 719.9 774.8 740.1 728.4 8.5 1.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.
Total nonfarm 2,414.7 2,395.9 2,363.3 2,391.3 -23.4 -1.0
Natural resources and mining 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.0 0.0
Construction 156.7 143.0 139.9 138.7 -18.0 -11.5
Manufacturing 96.3 93.3 91.4 91.4 -4.9 -5.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities 541.6 542.6 538.7 536.2 -5.4 -1.0
Information 52.0 51.3 51.1 50.8 -1.2 -2.3
Financial activities 179.4 175.4 174.2 172.9 -6.5 -3.6
Professional and business services 396.8 392.6 390.2 389.4 -7.4 -1.9
Education and health services 316.4 328.7 324.3 327.6 11.2 3.5
Leisure and hospitality 248.2 260.0 250.3 251.4 3.2 1.3
Other services 100.2 102.8 101.5 101.1 0.9 0.9
Government 326.4 305.5 301.0 331.1 4.7 1.4
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
Total nonfarm 8,556.1 8,706.3 8,637.7 8,589.7 33.6 0.4
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 377.4 374.1 375.3 379.0 1.6 0.4
Manufacturing 450.3 435.9 430.2 429.7 -20.6 -4.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,595.4 1,628.3 1,605.8 1,601.5 6.1 0.4
Information 290.4 296.0 295.9 295.7 5.3 1.8
Financial activities 804.8 793.4 795.8 792.7 -12.1 -1.5
Professional and business services 1,321.8 1,323.2 1,321.5 1,323.5 1.7 0.1
Education and health services 1,401.4 1,459.8 1,438.3 1,429.3 27.9 2.0
Leisure and hospitality 683.5 694.9 700.2 695.9 12.4 1.8
Other services 370.9 381.2 378.0 376.8 5.9 1.6
Government 1,260.2 1,319.5 1,296.7 1,265.6 5.4 0.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
Total nonfarm 2,797.6 2,839.3 2,808.7 2,798.9 1.3 0.0
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 133.5 128.7 129.8 130.5 -3.0 -2.2
Manufacturing 221.0 217.4 215.8 215.7 -5.3 -2.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 529.0 531.5 529.1 527.7 -1.3 -0.2
Information 57.9 57.6 57.5 57.7 -0.2 -0.3
Financial activities 221.4 217.6 217.7 217.2 -4.2 -1.9
Professional and business services 433.8 437.5 436.3 436.2 2.4 0.6
Education and health services 515.6 527.6 526.6 524.3 8.7 1.7
Leisure and hospitality 231.7 236.7 234.7 233.6 1.9 0.8
Other services 124.8 126.2 125.8 124.9 0.1 0.1
Government 328.9 358.5 335.4 331.1 2.2 0.7
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.
Total nonfarm 2,036.6 2,039.5 2,025.3 2,023.3 -13.3 -0.7
Natural resources and mining 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.1 6.7
Construction 123.0 114.8 116.2 117.5 -5.5 -4.5
Manufacturing 137.7 136.4 136.5 136.6 -1.1 -0.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities 359.2 353.6 353.6 353.6 -5.6 -1.6
Information 69.1 67.9 67.8 67.8 -1.3 -1.9
Financial activities 152.4 147.2 146.9 147.1 -5.3 -3.5
Professional and business services 360.6 361.4 362.7 363.2 2.6 0.7
Education and health services 226.7 231.4 229.9 229.3 2.6 1.1
Leisure and hospitality 217.8 218.3 217.9 218.1 0.3 0.1
Other services 75.4 76.0 75.4 75.1 -0.3 -0.4
Government 313.2 330.9 316.8 313.4 0.2 0.1
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.
Total nonfarm 2,980.8 3,044.3 3,031.4 3,025.4 44.6 1.5
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 189.1 183.9 183.3 183.5 -5.6 -3.0
Manufacturing 62.8 61.8 61.6 61.9 -0.9 -1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 403.3 407.4 405.9 405.0 1.7 0.4
Information 94.0 92.3 92.6 92.2 -1.8 -1.9
Financial activities 159.2 157.2 156.9 156.6 -2.6 -1.6
Professional and business services 684.4 695.1 694.9 695.3 10.9 1.6
Education and health services 317.0 333.6 329.4 327.9 10.9 3.4
Leisure and hospitality 264.8 265.9 266.8 266.3 1.5 0.6
Other services 180.5 188.7 189.2 187.9 7.4 4.1
Government 625.7 658.4 650.8 648.8 23.1 3.7
1 July 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: October 6, 2008
