Jobs in San Diego On the Up

More jobs in San Diego were added last month as the city's unemployment rate declined.

During September, the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos area saw its unemployment rate decrease from 10.4 percent to 10.2 percent, which is still slightly higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.8 percent. Prior to September, the area hadn't seen its unemployment rate decrease since April, when it went from 9.5 percent to 9.2 percent.

The area had a total non-farm employment of 1,241,600 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 1,240,700 workers during August, but a 4 percent decrease from last year.

Three industries saw an increase in monthly employment during September, including education and health services by 1,400 jobs, other services by 600 jobs and government by 4,900 jobs. Monthly employment stayed even in the mining and logging and professional and business services industries, which accounted for 300 jobs and 204,800 jobs, respectively.

The government industry was the only one able to add jobs on a yearly basis. That industry employed 222,000 workers during September, which is up from 217,100 jobs during August and a .8 percent increase from last year. Employment in the mining and logging industry remained flat over the year.

The construction industry saw the biggest loss of jobs when compared to last year, employing 65,800 workers, which is down from 66,400 workers during August and a 13.4 percent decrease from last year.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:
manufacturing by 8.1 percent
trade, transportation and utilities by 5.6 percent
information by 4.4 percent
financial activities by 1.3 percent
professional and business services by 5.3 percent
education and health services by .7 percent
leisure and hospitality by 4.3 percent
other services by 1.6 percent