Employment Report
Arizona Employment Increased by 56,900 Jobs Since December 2023*
Arizona Unemployment Increased to 3.8%
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Overview
The Arizona seasonally adjusted (SA) unemployment rate increased to 3.8% in December 2024 from 3.7% in November 2024. The U.S. SA unemployment rate decreased to 4.1% in December 2024 from 4.2% in November 2024.
Month over month, Arizona’s SA labor force decreased by 6,760 individuals, or -0.2%. Year over year, the SA labor force increased by 23,574 individuals, or 0.6%.
Month Over Month Highlights
Month over month, from November 2024 to December 2024, Arizona not-seasonally adjusted (NSA) nonfarm employment decreased by 300 jobs (-0.01%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (5,000 jobs)
- Other Services (1,400 jobs)
- Health Care and Social Assistance (800 jobs)
- Financial Activities (700 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (600 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (400 jobs)
- Information (200 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (100 jobs)
- Government (-4,800 jobs)
- Construction (-3,700 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (-900 jobs)
- Manufacturing (-100 jobs)
Year Over Year Highlights
Year over year, from December 2023 to December 2024, Arizona NSA nonfarm employment increased by 56,900 jobs (1.7%).
Arizona's major sectors recorded the following job changes:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (24,000 jobs)
- Government (10,400 jobs)
- Trade, Transportation & Utilities (9,500 jobs)
- Professional & Business Services (7,100 jobs)
- Leisure & Hospitality (3,900 jobs)
- Other Services (2,400 jobs)
- Financial Activities (1,700 jobs)
- Private Educational Services (1,700 jobs)
- Natural Resources & Mining (1,000 jobs)
- Construction (-3,000 jobs)
- Manufacturing (-900 jobs)
- Information (-900 jobs)
*Total Nonfarm Employment
The next press release is scheduled for February 20, 2025.