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Thursday, May 13, 2010
Atlanta Work Increases During March
More unemployed people have had luck finding Atlanta work as of late.
During March, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area's unemployment rate decreased from 10.7 percent to 10.4 percent, following a decrease from 10.8 percent during February. Despite those increases, the area's rate was still higher than the national average at the time of 9.7 percent.
The Atlanta area had a total non-farm employment of 2,247,000 workers during March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 2,237,100 workers during February, but a 2.9 percent decrease from last year.
Six industries managed to see a monthly increase in employment during March, including: construction by 400 jobs; trade, transportation and utilities by 2,600 jobs; professional and business services by 2,100 jobs; leisure and hospitality by 6,000 jobs; other services by 1,300 jobs; and government by 1,000 jobs.
Employment in the mining and logging industry remained even over the month with 1,200 jobs. Three industries managed to see a yearly increase in employment during March.
The other services industry added the most jobs over the year, growing by 2.4 percent to 100,600 workers, while the leisure and hospitality industry increased by .2 percent to 222,700 workers.
The education and health services industry employed 273,600 workers during March, down from 273,800 workers during February, but a 1.8 percent increase from last year.
Despite adding workers over the month, the construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year, losing 16.1 percent of its workforce between March 2009 and March 2010, when it employed 89,700 workers.
Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:
During March, the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta area's unemployment rate decreased from 10.7 percent to 10.4 percent, following a decrease from 10.8 percent during February. Despite those increases, the area's rate was still higher than the national average at the time of 9.7 percent.
The Atlanta area had a total non-farm employment of 2,247,000 workers during March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 2,237,100 workers during February, but a 2.9 percent decrease from last year.
Six industries managed to see a monthly increase in employment during March, including: construction by 400 jobs; trade, transportation and utilities by 2,600 jobs; professional and business services by 2,100 jobs; leisure and hospitality by 6,000 jobs; other services by 1,300 jobs; and government by 1,000 jobs.
Employment in the mining and logging industry remained even over the month with 1,200 jobs. Three industries managed to see a yearly increase in employment during March.
The other services industry added the most jobs over the year, growing by 2.4 percent to 100,600 workers, while the leisure and hospitality industry increased by .2 percent to 222,700 workers.
The education and health services industry employed 273,600 workers during March, down from 273,800 workers during February, but a 1.8 percent increase from last year.
Despite adding workers over the month, the construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year, losing 16.1 percent of its workforce between March 2009 and March 2010, when it employed 89,700 workers.
Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:
- Mining and logging by 7.7 percent
- Manufacturing by 9.1 percent
- Trade, transportation and utilities by 1.9 percent
- Information by 6 percent
- Financial activities by 7.2 percent
- Professional and business services by 2.7 percent
- Government by 2.5 percent
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posted by Jen Carpenter # 2:28 PM 
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