Private Employment Down 9.44% in Albuquerque

NM Business Weekly - Businesses in America's 100 biggest markets have reduced their workforces by 4.5 million employees since the onset of the recession in 2007 and Albuquerque is no exception. The Duke City has shed 9.44 percent of its private-sector jobs since September 2007, resulting in a loss of 29,900 as of September 2011, according to an On Numbers analysis of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Latest from The Business Journals Honolulu loses 15,300 private-sector jobs in four years Sacramento private-sector jobs down 13% in four years Wichita private sector has lost 13 jobs a day over past four years Follow this company. Private-sector companies employed 75.07 million workers in the top 100 metropolitan areas as of September 2011. That was down from 79.56 million in the same month four years ago, according to the BLS data. Read full story here: News New Mexico

Private Employment Down 9.44% in Albuquerque