Lee Hecht Harrison The workplace economy
October 2009
 



Regional insights



The largest over-the-month decrease in the level of employment occurred in Texas (-62,200), followed by Michigan (-42,900), Georgia
(-35,000), and Ohio (-30,100).
Hawaii and Michigan experienced the largest over-the-month percentage decreases in employment (-1.1 percent each), followed by Georgia and Mississippi (-0.9 percent each), North Dakota (-0.8 percent), and Alabama (-0.7 percent). 
The largest over-the-month increases in employment occurred in North Carolina (+7,000), Montana (+5,100), and West Virginia (+2,800). 
Montana (+1.2 percent) experienced the largest over-the-month percentage increase in employment, followed by
West Virginia (+0.4 percent) and North Carolina (+0.2 percent). 
 
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