Arizona job growth shows downshift

Arizona added 5,800 jobs over the month of May and the unemployment rate was steady at 3.2%. The state's seasonally-adjusted nonfarm payroll jobs i...

July 11, 2022
3:58 PM

Arizona added 5,800 jobs over the month of May and the unemployment rate was steady at 3.2%. The state's seasonally-adjusted nonfarm payroll jobs increased by 5,800 in May, after a revised increase of 12,900 in April. The preliminary estimate for April's Arizona job growth showed a gain of 16,100 jobs. Growth in May was driven by leisure and hospitality (up 5,600) and education and health services (1,800). Information jobs were up by 800, followed by government (up 400), financial activities (up 300), professional and business services (up 300), and natural resources and mining (up 100).

George W. Hammond