Alaska lost a few jobs during July, the only state to do so. New Mexico added 4,300 wage jobs, a 0.5% increase. New Mexico's increase, while a nice switch from the months of job losses earlier this year, places the state as the nation's second worst in term of percentage job performance. Our increase is the nation's lowest. Three states showed a 0.7% wage job increase in July, the next best performance. They were Illinois, Nebraska, and Connecticut.
These numbers come from the Department of Workforce Solutions and are in the issue of the Labor Market Review newsletter that was released today. More later, early next week, most likely, when I have had a chance to look at the newsletter.
Bottom line for NM: Doing a little better. Still doing poorly.
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