Wichita, NYC Lead in Job Loss
March Job Cuts Increase, but Job Market Improves
Stubbornly Stagnant
Happy on the Job
The nation’s 100 biggest labor markets all have fewer private-sector jobs now than they did a year ago, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
But 13 markets experienced relatively mild declines of less than 2 percent between February 2009 and the same month this year.
Click here for a complete breakdown for all 100 markets.
Augusta, Georgia, had the smallest decline in both the percentage (0.4 percent) and raw number (600) of private-sector jobs lost during the past year. McAllen, Texas, was second on both lists with losses of 0.9 percent, or 1,500 jobs.
Wichita, Kansas, and New York City suffered the nation's worst private-sector job losses during the past year.
Wichita registered the highest percentage of decline since February 2009, 6.5 percent, while the New York City area had the largest loss in raw numbers: 184,500 jobs.
The picture is a bit more optimistic in a broader view.
Seventeen of the top 100 markets have more private-sector jobs than they did five years ago, and 50 are doing better than they did 10 years ago.
Search those numbers for all markets mentioned in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report here.
G. Scott Thomas is projects editor for Buffalo Business First.
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