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Arizona Workforce Informer

Welcome to the Arizona Workforce Informer website, a product of the Arizona Department of Commerce Research Administration.

The Arizona Workforce Informer provides a wide variety of labor market information for Arizona, including: local area employment and unemployment statistics; occupation and industry employment estimates and projections; wage survey data, and more.

As we are constantly in the process of improving our website, we encourage you to send your feedback via the feedback form or the short User Survey. More contact info here.

What's New?

Arizona Minimum Wage 2010

At a public meeting held on October 7, 2009, the Industrial Commission of Arizona determined that Arizona's minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would be maintained for calendar year 2010. Arizona's minimum wage will not increase in 2010 because the CPI-U decreased and the Minimum Wage Act does not provide for a decrease in the Arizona minimum wage. Maintaining the Arizona minimum wage at $7.25 per hour rate means that Arizona's minimum wage will continue to be the same as the federal minimum wage of $7.25 through 2010. Click here to see Arizona Minimum Wage Press Release

See Industrial Commission of Arizona minimum wage page: www.ica.state.az.us/minimumwage

See also U.S. Dept of Labor: www.dol.gov/whd/minimumwage.htm

What's New in QCEW

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Totals & Sectors by County Report
Current reports are PRELIMINARY

2^nd Qtr. '09 Excel	1^st Qtr. '09 Excel	4^th Qtr. '08 Excel
3^rd Qtr. '08 Excel	2^nd Qtr. '08 Excel	1^st Qtr. '08 Excel

More QCEW data available on the query tool and the BLS data page

Arizona's Workforce

Seasonal Job Losses in January; Unemployment Rate 9.2%

3/4/2010

Go to Employment Report page . . .

Unemployment Rate (Sea. Adj.)
NA = Not Available 1) Maricopa and Pinal counties 2) Pima County 3) Yuma County 4) Coconino County 5) Yavapai County 6) Mohave County
	Jan '10	Dec '09	Jan '09
United States	9.7%	10.0%	7.7%
Arizona	9.2%	9.2%	8.0%
Phoenix MSA⁽¹⁾	8.5%	8.5%	7.1%
Tucson MSA⁽²⁾	8.2%	8.2%	7.0%
Yuma MSA⁽³⁾	27.0%	23.5%	22.4%
Flagstaff MSA⁽⁴⁾	7.9%	7.8%	6.7%
Prescott MSA⁽⁵⁾	9.3%	9.3%	8.3%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman MSA⁽⁶⁾	9.9%	9.8%	9.9%

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