Current Employment Statistics (CES) Estimates and Research & Planning's Short-Term Projections, January 2012
| Industry Sector | Research & Planning’s Short-Term Projections | Current Employment Statistics (CES) Estimates | N Difference |
% Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Nonfarm Employment | 280,692 | 277,200 | -3,492 | -1.3% |
| Natural Resources & Mining | 28,024 | 27,500 | -524 | -1.9% |
| Construction | 18,593 | 18,000 | -593 | -3.3% |
| Manufacturing | 9,109 | 8,900 | -209 | -2.3% |
| Wholesale Trade | 8,907 | 9,000 | 93 | 1.0% |
| Retail Trade | 28,094 | 29,200 | 1,106 | 3.8% |
| Transportation & Utilities | 14,537 | 14,200 | -337 | -2.4% |
| Information | 3,795 | 3,800 | 5 | 0.1% |
| Financial Activities | 10,410 | 10,600 | 190 | 1.8% |
| Professional & Business Services | 17,492 | 16,400 | -1,092 | -6.7% |
| Educational & Health Services | 26,956 | 26,400 | -556 | -2.1% |
| Leisure & Hospitality | 30,507 | 29,000 | -1,507 | -5.2% |
| Other Services | 11,714 | 12,100 | 386 | 3.2% |
| Government | 72,554 | 72,100 | -454 | -0.6% |
| Projections run in January 2012 and based on QCEW Data through September 2011. | ||||