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2009

Labor Force Data

  

Civilian Labor Force (1)

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 (5) 359.3 358.9 358.7 358.3 358.7 (P) 360.1

Employment (1)

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 (5) 334.8 330.9 330.4 328.4 330.4 (P) 329.9

Unemployment (1)

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 (5) 24.6 28.0 28.3 30.0 28.3 (P) 30.2

Unemployment Rate (2)

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 (5) 6.8 7.8 7.9 8.4 7.9 (P) 8.4

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

  

Total Nonfarm (3)

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 324.3 323.8 324.2 322.6 320.9 (P) 323.8

12-month % change
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 1.5 1.1 1.0 0.6 0.1 (P) 0.0

Mining and Logging (3)

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 15.8 16.2 15.8 15.6 15.3 (P) 15.5

12-month % change
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 9.0 9.5 6.8 4.7 2.7 (P) 2.6

Construction (3)

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 17.2 17.3 17.6 17.3 16.6 (P) 16.4

12-month % change
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 -1.7 -0.6 0.6 -0.6 -4.6 (P) -5.7

Manufacturing (3)

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 14.0 13.0 12.8 12.7 12.5 (P) 13.4

12-month % change
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 3.7 -0.8 -3.0 -3.1 -2.3 (P) 1.5

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (3)

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 65.6 65.3 64.9 65.1 63.7 (P) 63.6

12-month % change
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 1.7 0.5 0.0 0.3 -1.5 (P) -1.9

Information (3)

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 7.1 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.0 (P) 7.1

12-month % change
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 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 0.0 (P) 0.0

Financial Activities (3)

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 14.9 14.7 14.8 14.8 14.6 (P) 14.8

12-month % change
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 -0.7 -2.0 -0.7 -0.7 -1.4 (P) -1.3

Professional & Business Services (3)

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 25.7 26.1 26.0 25.9 26.4 (P) 27.2

12-month % change
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 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.8 1.5 (P) 3.8

Education & Health Services (3)

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 37.7 38.0 38.3 38.0 38.3 (P) 38.5

12-month % change
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 1.9 2.2 3.0 1.9 2.7 (P) 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality (3)

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 31.8 32.0 32.1 31.8 31.7 (P) 32.0

12-month % change
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 0.0 -0.6 -0.3 -0.9 -0.6 (P) -3.6

Other Services (3)

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 11.5 11.4 11.3 11.3 11.2 (P) 11.4

12-month % change
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 1.8 0.9 0.0 0.0 -1.8 (P) 0.0

Government (3)

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 83.0 82.7 83.4 82.9 83.6 (P) 83.9

12-month % change
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 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.3 (P) 1.0

Mass layoffs

  

Layoff events, all industries (4)

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 (6) - 10 7 (6) - 5 12

Initial claimants, all industries (4)

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 (6) - 788 557 (6) - 828 1,230

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
(4) See About the data.
(5) Reflects revised population controls, model reestimation, and new seasonal factors.
(6) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(P) Preliminary

Data extracted on: July 02, 2009

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Alaska includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

 

Geographically based survey data available from BLS:

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