Employment Report
Arizona Employment Decreased by 16,400 Jobs Since March 2024*
Arizona Unemployment Increased to 4.1%
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Overview
The Arizona seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate increased to 4.1% in March 2025 from 3.9% in February 2025. The U.S. SA unemployment rate increased to 4.2% in March 2025 from 4.1% in February 2025.
Month over month, Arizona’s SA labor force increased by 4,263 individuals, or 0.1%. Year over year, the SA labor force increased by 52,734 individuals, or 1.4%.
Month Over Month Highlights
Month over month, from February 2025 to March 2025, Arizona not-seasonally adjusted (NSA) nonfarm employment increased by 3,800 jobs (0.1%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
- Leisure & Hospitality (3,300 jobs)
- Health Care and Social Assistance (3,000 jobs)
- Construction (2,000 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (1,800 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (300 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (200 jobs)
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (-5,100 jobs)
- Financial Activities (-600 jobs)
- Government (-400 jobs)
- Manufacturing (-300 jobs)
- Information (-300 jobs)
- Other Services (-100 jobs)
Year Over Year Highlights
Year over year, from March 2024 to March 2025, Arizona NSA nonfarm employment decreased by 16,400 jobs (-0.5%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
Employment gains were reported in the following sectors:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (16,000 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (1,000 jobs)
- Other Services (400 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (300 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (-10,100 jobs)
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (-9,500 jobs)
- Construction (-6,100 jobs)
- Manufacturing (-3,900 jobs)
- Information (-2,600 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (-1,200 jobs)
- Government (-400 jobs)
- Financial Activities (-300 jobs)
*Total Nonfarm Employment
The next press release is scheduled for May 15, 2025.