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Tweet[IWS] BLS: REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
Regional and state unemployment rates were mostly higher in
October. Overall, 38 states and the District of Columbia recorded
over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 5 states registered de-
creases, and 7 states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the year, jobless
rates were up in 47 states and the District of Columbia, down in
1 state, and unchanged in 2 states. At 6.5 percent in October, the
national unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage point over the
month and 1.7 points over the year.
In October, nonfarm payroll employment rose in 10 states plus the
District of Columbia and fell in 40 states. The largest over-the-
month gains in the level of employment occurred in Texas (+23,000),
Missouri (+5,300), Louisiana (+5,000), the District of Columbia
(+1,500), and Kansas (+1,400). Louisiana and Wyoming experienced the
largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment (+0.3 percent
each), followed by the District of Columbia, Missouri, Montana, Texas,
and Vermont (+0.2 percent each). The largest over-the-month decrease
occurred in Washington (-29,300), where some 27,000 aerospace workers
in the transportation equipment industry were off payrolls in October
due to a strike. The states with the next largest decreases were
Florida (-27,300), California (-26,400), Michigan (-19,600), and
Arizona (-17,700). Washington (-1.0 percent) recorded the largest
over-the-month percentage decrease in employment, followed by Oregon
(-0.8 percent), Arizona (-0.7 percent), Mississippi (-0.6 percent),
and Michigan, Rhode Island, and South Dakota (-0.5 percent each).
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 19 states and the
District of Columbia, decreased in 29 states, and was unchanged in
2 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employ-
ment occurred in Wyoming (+3.3 percent) and Texas (+2.2 percent),
followed by the District of Columbia (+1.5 percent), North Dakota
(+1.3 percent), and Montana and South Dakota (+1.2 percent each).
Rhode Island recorded the largest over-the-year percentage decrease
in employment (-3.0 percent), followed by Arizona (-2.6 percent),
Florida (-1.9 percent), and Idaho and Michigan (-1.7 percent each).
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
REGIONAL AND STATE EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT: OCTOBER 2008 [21 November 2008]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/laus.pdf
[full-text, 20 pages]
and
Supplemental Files Table of Contents
http://www.bls.gov/web/laus.supp.toc.htm
Regional and state unemployment rates were mostly higher in
October. Overall, 38 states and the District of Columbia recorded
over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 5 states registered de-
creases, and 7 states had no change, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of
the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Over the year, jobless
rates were up in 47 states and the District of Columbia, down in
1 state, and unchanged in 2 states. At 6.5 percent in October, the
national unemployment rate increased by 0.4 percentage point over the
month and 1.7 points over the year.
In October, nonfarm payroll employment rose in 10 states plus the
District of Columbia and fell in 40 states. The largest over-the-
month gains in the level of employment occurred in Texas (+23,000),
Missouri (+5,300), Louisiana (+5,000), the District of Columbia
(+1,500), and Kansas (+1,400). Louisiana and Wyoming experienced the
largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment (+0.3 percent
each), followed by the District of Columbia, Missouri, Montana, Texas,
and Vermont (+0.2 percent each). The largest over-the-month decrease
occurred in Washington (-29,300), where some 27,000 aerospace workers
in the transportation equipment industry were off payrolls in October
due to a strike. The states with the next largest decreases were
Florida (-27,300), California (-26,400), Michigan (-19,600), and
Arizona (-17,700). Washington (-1.0 percent) recorded the largest
over-the-month percentage decrease in employment, followed by Oregon
(-0.8 percent), Arizona (-0.7 percent), Mississippi (-0.6 percent),
and Michigan, Rhode Island, and South Dakota (-0.5 percent each).
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 19 states and the
District of Columbia, decreased in 29 states, and was unchanged in
2 states. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employ-
ment occurred in Wyoming (+3.3 percent) and Texas (+2.2 percent),
followed by the District of Columbia (+1.5 percent), North Dakota
(+1.3 percent), and Montana and South Dakota (+1.2 percent each).
Rhode Island recorded the largest over-the-year percentage decrease
in employment (-3.0 percent), followed by Arizona (-2.6 percent),
Florida (-1.9 percent), and Idaho and Michigan (-1.7 percent each).
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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