Economic Research and Data

Economic Trends

Filling you in on the current state of the economy

Payroll Employment by Metropolitan Statistical Area (year over year)

 
12-month percent change, October 2007
 

Cleveland

Columbus

Cincinnati

Pittsburgh

Dayton

Toledo

Akron

Lexington

U.S.

Total nonfarm

0.0

0.5

0.3

0.3

-0.6

-0.2

0.8

1.2

1.2

 

Goods-producing

-0.9

-1.7

-2.1

-1.7

-1.3

-2.8

1.3

-1.0

-1.3

 

 

Manufacturing

-1.5

-1.9

-1.5

-1.6

-1.8

-3.3

1.1

-2.2

-1.5

 

         

Natural resources, mining, and construction

1.0

-1.4

-3.3

0.1

0.2

-1.2

1.9

2.4

-1.0

 

Service-providing

0.2

0.8

0.8

0.6

-0.5

0.4

0.7

1.6

1.7

 

 

Trade, transportation, and utilities

-0.5

-0.4

-0.4

-0.5

-1.8

-1.0

0.3

-0.6

0.8

 

 

Information

0.6

-0.5

-3.2

-2.2

-0.9

2.5

0.0

4.3

1.1

 

 

Financial activities

-0.1

-0.9

-1.0

0.3

2.5

-0.7

0.0

-0.8

0.4

 

 

Professional and business services

-0.8

2.2

1.0

1.3

-2.2

2.6

2.4

-3.5

2.0

 

 

Education and health services

0.9

0.3

3.5

1.8

0.3

1.2

1.3

3.6

3.2

 

 

Leisure and hospitality

0.2

2.7

2.7

0.5

0.3

-0.3

-0.6

7.0

3.2

 

 

Other services

0.5

-1.3

-0.2

-0.8

0.7

1.5

0.0

0.1

0.5

 

         

Government

1.2

1.0

-0.2

1.3

0.2

0.1

0.0

3.7

1.1

October unemployment rate (sa, percent)

6.0

5.0

5.2

4.5

6.2

7.7

5.6

4.3

4.7

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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