Employment Report
Arizona Employment Decreased by 13,500 Jobs Since February 2024*
Arizona Unemployment Increased to 4.0%
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Overview
The Arizona seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate increased to 4.0% in February 2025 from 3.9% in January 2025. The U.S. SA unemployment rate increased to 4.1% in February 2025 from 4.0% in January 2025.
Month over month, Arizona’s SA labor force increased by 9,098 individuals, or 0.2%. Year over year, the SA labor force increased by 51,067 individuals, or 1.4%.
Month Over Month Highlights
Month over month, from January 2025 to February 2025, Arizona not-seasonally adjusted (NSA) nonfarm employment increased by 20,800 jobs (0.6%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:,
- Government (8,600 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (4,400 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (3,200 jobs)
- Construction (3,100 jobs)
- Financial Activities (2,100 jobs)
- Other Services (1,200 jobs)
- Manufacturing (600 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (600 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (200 jobs)
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (-2,100 jobs)
- Health Care and Social Assistance (-800 jobs)
- Information (-300 jobs)
Year Over Year Highlights
Year over year, from February 2024 to February 2025, Arizona NSA nonfarm employment decreased by 13,500 jobs (-0.4%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
Employment gains were reported in the following sectors:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (13,800 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (800 jobs)
- Other Services (700 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (400 jobs)
- Financial Activities (300 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (-11,500 jobs)
- Construction (-5,800 jobs)
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (-4,300 jobs)
- Manufacturing (-3,700 jobs)
- Information (-2,400 jobs)
- Government (-1,400 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (-400 jobs)
*Total Nonfarm Employment
The next press release is scheduled for April 17, 2025.