| Texas leads country in job creation, data shows |
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Published: San Antonio Business Journal Texas leads the country in job creation, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Texas is setting the national pace with a gain of 253,900 jobs between January 2010 and January 2011, according to the bureau. California and Pennsylvania are the runners-up with respective increases of 89,400 and 70,300 jobs. (All totals are seasonally adjusted.) New Jersey is the state with the bleakest employment picture, losing 20,900 jobs between the first months of 2010 and 2011. Other states posting losses during the past year are Nevada, Georgia, Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Alabama and Rhode Island. The Bureau of Labor Statistics also reported the percentage changes in nonfarm employment for the past year. North Dakota is the national leader with an increase of 4.6 percent, while Nevada is at the tailend with a decline of 0.7 percent. |