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Employment ReportApril 2018

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Doug Walls, Research Administrator

Survey of Households

Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• Unemployment, employment and labor force levels by geographic region

• Measures people employed not number of jobs

• Excludes individuals not in the labor force

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Survey of Businesses

Current Employment Statistics

• Employment and wage estimates by industry

• Measures jobs not number of people employed

• Excludes most agriculture, self-employed, family, military and rail workers

Types of Employment Data Analyzed

Over the Year

• Numeric/Percentage Change

• Issue: Less influence of seasonal factors

• Main Use: Compare changes to previous time periods –long-term trends (growing, declining, accelerating, or decelerating)


Over the Month

• Numeric/Percentage Change

• Issue: Large influence of seasonal factors

• Main Use: Compare changes to previous years in the same month – comparison of previous years point-in-time estimates

Techniques to Analyze Employment Levels


Over-the-Month Highlights

• AZ unemployment rate (SA) remained unchanged at 4.9%; US unemployment rate (SA) decreased to 3.9%

• Arizona gained 5,300 Nonfarm jobs (0.2%), less than the post-recessionary (‘10-’17) average gain of 10,100 jobs

• The Private Sector gained 3,300 jobs (0.1%)

• Nine of the eleven major sectors gained jobs; two recorded losses


Over-the-Year Highlights

• Arizona added 63,100 Nonfarm jobs (2.3%)

• Private Sector added 63,300 jobs (2.7%)

• Nine major sectors added jobs

• The largest gains were recorded in Education and Health Services (14,400 jobs) and Construction (12,600 jobs)

• Two major sectors reported losses

• Information lost 300 jobs and Government lost 200 jobs


Source: Office of Economic Opportunity in collaboration with the US Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics; Local Area Unemployment Statistics

Labor Force EmploymentLevel Level Level Rate

Apr-2017 3,292,255 3,127,775 164,480 5.0

May-2017 3,298,810 3,137,217 161,593 4.9

Jun-2017 3,306,223 3,147,523 158,700 4.8

Jul-2017 3,315,606 3,158,946 156,660 4.7

Aug-2017 3,325,430 3,169,571 155,859 4.7

Sep-2017 3,334,438 3,178,341 156,097 4.7

Oct-2017 3,340,425 3,183,588 156,837 4.7

Nov-2017 3,340,656 3,183,120 157,536 4.7

Dec-2017 3,339,431 3,181,684 157,747 4.7

Jan-2018 3,345,206 3,185,080 160,126 4.8

Feb-2018 3,355,522 3,191,923 163,599 4.9

Mar-2018 3,364,525 3,200,073 164,452 4.9

Apr-2018 3,370,509 3,206,635 163,874 4.9

OTM Change 5,984 6,562 -578 0.0OTY Change 78,254 78,860 -606 -0.1

LAUS - Seasonally AdjustedUnemployment


Arizona labor force levels increased by 347,507 over the past five years (Apr. ‘13 to Apr ‘18)

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Involuntary Part-Time Worker levels declined by 23,200 individuals over the past two quarters



Year-to-Date Cumulative Gain or Loss

• Reflects the sum of monthly growth experienced in the first four months of each calendar year

• Not-seasonally adjusted CES industry data






Source: Office of Economic Opportunity in collaboration with the US Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics; Current Employment Statistics

























Source: Office of Economic Opportunity in collaboration with the US Dept. of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics; Current Employment Sttistics
















Report Summary

• OTM Nonfarm employment gains were smaller than post-recession average

• Below-average gains recorded in TTU and PBS

• OTY Nonfarm employment growth of 63,100 jobs (2.3%)

• The Private Sector gained 2.7% OTY

• Nine out of eleven sectors recorded positive employment growth

• Five of seven metro areas recorded positive employment growth

• The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.9%

• Positive changes in labor force, employment and unemployment levels over the year

• Labor force levels have increased 347,507 (2.2% growth) over the past 5 years (April 2013-April 2018)


Upcoming Release Schedule:

• May Employment Report on June 14th

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