State Unemployment Rate Decreases One-Tenth Of A Percentage Point
NASHVILLE – Tennessee Commissioner of Labor & Workforce Development Karla Davis announced today Tennessee’s unemployment rate for October decreased to 8.2 percent, down from the September revised rate of 8.3 percent. The national unemployment rate for October 2012 was 7.9 percent, 0.1 percentage point higher than the September rate.
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Seasonally Adjusted Nonfarm Employment – Business Survey |
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(Numbers in thousands) |
October 2011 |
Revised Sept 2012 |
Preliminary Oct 2012 |
Change from Oct 2011 to Oct 2012 |
Change from Sept 2012 to Oct 2012 |
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Total Nonfarm |
2669.3 |
2686.6 |
2694.1 |
24.8 |
7.5 |
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Mining/logging/construction |
112.4 |
119.1 |
118.5 |
6.1 |
-0.6 |
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Manufacturing |
304.7 |
313.1 |
313.8 |
9.1 |
0.7 |
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Trade/transportation/utilities |
554.4 |
551.4 |
552.8 |
-1.6 |
1.4 |
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Information |
43.8 |
43.5 |
43.8 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
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Financial activities |
134.9 |
132.2 |
131.9 |
-3.0 |
-0.3 |
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Professional/business services |
325.0 |
325.9 |
328.2 |
3.2 |
2.3 |
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Educational services |
48.2 |
47.8 |
48.6 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
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Health care/social assistance |
338.7 |
344.7 |
346.2 |
7.5 |
1.5 |
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Leisure/hospitality |
266.2 |
266.4 |
269.8 |
3.6 |
3.4 |
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Government |
439.7 |
441.2 |
439.3 |
-0.4 |
-1.9 |