Employment Report
Arizona Employment Increased by 59,800 Jobs Since November 2023*
Arizona Unemployment Increased to 3.7%
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Overview
The Arizona seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate increased to 3.7% in November 2024 from 3.6% in October 2024. The U.S. SA unemployment rate increased to 4.2% in November 2024 from 4.1% in October 2024.
Month over month, Arizona’s SA labor force decreased by 6,311 individuals, or 0.2%. Year over year, the SA labor force increased by 29,276 individuals, or 0.8%.
Month Over Month Highlights
Month over month, from October 2024 to November 2024, Arizona not-seasonally adjusted (NSA) nonfarm employment increased by 31,600 jobs (1.0%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (18,200 jobs)
- Health Care and Social Assistance (4,500 jobs)
- Government (3,300 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (3,000 jobs)
- Manufacturing (2,500 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (2,500 jobs)
- Information (500 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (0 jobs)
- Construction (-1,100 jobs)
- Financial Activities (-1,000 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (-400 jobs)
- Other Services (-400 jobs)
Year Over Year Highlights
Year over year, from November 2023 to November 2024, Arizona NSA nonfarm employment increased by 59,800 jobs (1.8%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (26,200 jobs)
- Government (9,100 jobs)
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (8,800 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (6,500 jobs)
- Financial Activities (4,500 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (2,400 jobs)
- Other Services (1,800 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (1,700 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (1,000 jobs)
- Construction (-900 jobs)
- Information (-700 jobs)
- Manufacturing (-600 jobs)
*Total Nonfarm Employment
The next press release is scheduled for January 23, 2025.