As the state’s unemployment rate increased and jobs were lost on a monthly and yearly basis during December 2009, Texas construction jobs saw the biggest decline when compared to the previous year.
During December 2009, Texas’s unemployment rate increased from 8 percent to 8.3 percent, following a decrease from 8.3 percent during November. Despite the increase, the state’s unemployment rate is still lower than the national rate of 10 percent.
Texas had a total non-farm employment of 10,355,300 workers during December, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 10,379,200 workers during November and a 2.6 percent decrease from December 2008.
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