What's New in Phoenix?

EMPLOYMENT
Employment market information is made available as changes occur. Sources of information include the State Department of Economic Security, The United States Department of Labor, and publicly announced information regarding employment reduction or employment additions made available from secondary sources.

Employment Reduction
Employer Reduction (Jobs) Reporting Date
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 240
12/2007
Arizona Public Service Co. 300 01/2008
1st National Bank of Arizona 35
01/2008
Honeywell Aerospace 420
02/2008
Freescale
100
05/2008
STA Travel Inc.
200
06/2008
Catalyst Paper Corp
100
06/2008
DBL Distributing LLC
145
07/2008
Arizona Title Agency
50
08/2008
Mervyns LLC
400
08/2008
Arizona State University
250
08/2008

Employment Addition
Employer Addition (Jobs) Reporting Date
Reliance Cos. 1,500
12/2007
West Business Services 200
01/2008
General Dynamics
900
04/2008
US Airways
800
05/2008
Hawker Beechcraft
110
05/2008
Advanced Healthcare Co. 130
06/2008
RSI Enterprises80
06/2008
VESystems
16
06/2008
Amazon.com Inc.
1,300 07/2008
Reliance Companies
1,50007/2008
Taylor Morrison Inc.
100
08/2008
Infusionsoft
20
08/2008

Non-Agricultural Employment Status
  Total Employment (1,891.9)
Period ConstructionOther Total
June 2008 Total 146.0 1,745.9 1,891.9

** Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Source: U.S. Department of Labor


Labor Force Data, Phoenix-Mesa
Civilian Labor Force Unemployment Rate Reporting Date
2,080.4 3.8%
12/2007
2,086.84.0%01/2008
2,078.8 3.5%02/2008
2,080.8 3.5% 03/2008
2,070.0 3.2% 04/2008
2,068.73.5%
05/2008
2,085.6
4.3%
06/2008

 

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics