While the mining, logging and construction industry lost the most jobs, the manufacturing jobs Nashville (Click here) has to offer took the second-biggest hit in yearly employment at the beginning of this year.
Although Nashville's January unemployment rate has not yet been released, the unemployment rate throughout Tennessee as a whole remained at 10.7 percent for the third month in a row, following a decrease from 10.8 percent during November 2008. Nashville had an unemployment rate of 9.4 percent during December 2009.
The Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin area had a total non-farm employment of 707,200 workers during January, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 724,700 workers during December and a 3.3 percent decrease from last year.
No industries managed too see a monthly increase in employment. Two industries, however, did see a yearly increase in employment. The education and health services industry saw the biggest increase, employing 115,200 workers during January, down from 117,000 workers during December, but a 1.4 percent increase from January 2009.
The government industry employed 105,700 workers during January, down from 108,100 workers during December, but a .9 percent increase from last year.
The mining, logging and construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year. The industry employed 28,200 workers during January, down from 29,100 workers during December and a 15.8 percent decrease from January 2009.
That was followed by the manufacturing industry, which employed 59,400 workers during January, down from 60,200 workers during December and a 9.7 percent decrease from last year.
Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:
- trade, transportation and utilities by 5 percent
- information by 3.4 percent
- financial activities by 2.2 percent
- professional and business services by 4.2 percent
- leisure and hospitality by 2 percent
- other services by 1.3 percent
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