Mississippi Jobs Growth Remains Flat
Annual job growth in Mississippi remained largely flat in August.
The Mississippi Department of Employment Security says the state had 6,300 more non-farm jobs last month than in August 2010. The July-to-July comparison showed 6,500 more jobs in the state. The figures don’t include seasonal adjustments.
The private sector has added 6,500 jobs over the past year, while government shows an overall decrease of 200. Government employment got a big boost in August with the opening of the school year.
Manufacturing has taken the biggest hit over the past year with a loss of 4,700 jobs.
The biggest gainers were professional-business services with 5,600 jobs and private education and health care with 4,600 jobs.
