Employment Report
Arizona Employment Decreased by 5,400 Jobs Since January 2024*
Arizona Unemployment Increased to 3.9%
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Overview
The Arizona seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate increased to 3.9% in January 2025 from 3.8% in December 2024. The U.S. SA unemployment rate decreased to 4.0% in January 2025 from 4.1% in December 2024.
Month over month, Arizona’s SA labor force increased by 11,368 individuals, or 0.3%. Year over year, the SA labor force increased by 43,683 individuals, or 1.2%.
Month Over Month Highlights
Month over month, from December 2024 to January 2025, Arizona not-seasonally adjusted (NSA) nonfarm employment decreased by 40,700 jobs (-1.2%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
- Private Educational Services (500 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (100 jobs)
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (-18,900 jobs)
- Government (-5,800 jobs)
- Health Care and Social Assistance (-4,400 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (-4,000 jobs)
- Manufacturing (-2,500 jobs)
- Financial Activities (-2,500 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (-1,800 jobs)
- Construction (-600 jobs)
- Other Services (-500 jobs)
- Information (-300 jobs)
Year Over Year Highlights
Year over year, from January 2024 to January 2025, Arizona NSA nonfarm employment decreased by 5,400 jobs (-0.2%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (17,500 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (4,500 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (700 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (500 jobs)
- Other Services (300 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (-11,300 jobs)
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (-4,600 jobs)
- Construction (-4,500 jobs)
- Manufacturing (-3,400 jobs)
- Government (-2,700 jobs)
- Information (-1,600 jobs)
- Financial Activities (-800 jobs)
*Total Nonfarm Employment
The next press release is scheduled for March 27, 2025.