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CCH® HR MANAGEMENT - 10/22/09

Unemployment rises slightly in September to 9.8 percent

In September, regional and state unemployment rates were generally unchanged, as twenty-three states and the District of Columbia reported over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 19 states registered rate decreases, and 8 states had no rate change, as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, up 0.1 percentage point from August and 3.6 points from September 2008, while over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

In September, nonfarm payroll employment decreased in 43 states and the District of Columbia and increased in 7 states. The largest over-the-month decrease in the level of employment occurred in New York (-81,700), followed by Texas (-44,700), California (-39,300), Wisconsin (-21,700), and Michigan (-21,500). The District of Columbia experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decrease in employment (-1.4 per- cent), followed by New York (-0.9 percent), Kentucky and Wisconsin (-0.8 percent each), and Arizona, Arkansas, Hawaii, and Nebraska (-0.7 percent each). The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in Indiana (+4,400), New Mexico (+3,700), Nevada (+2,700), and Utah (+2,500). New Mexico (+0.5 percent) experienced the largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment, followed by Indiana, Nevada, and Utah (+0.2 percent each). Over the year, nonfarm employment decreased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The largest over-the-year percentage decreases occurred in Arizona and Michigan (-7.5 percent each), Nevada and Oregon (-6.1 percent each), and Georgia (-6.0 percent).

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