accounting and bookkeeping services down about 2.6%, month-to-month, seasonally adjusted.
according to this morning’s report from the bureau of labor statistics, there were 920,800 people employed in the industry in february, down 2,400 jobs from 923,200 in january.
without seasonal adjustments, the number of accounting jobs in february was 1.063 million, down from 1.099 million in february 2008, a drop of about 3.3%.
relatively speaking, accounting and bookkeeping are holding up well, compared to the rest of the economy.
bls said:
overall employment in professional and business services fell by 180,000 in february. the temporary help industry lost 78,000 jobs over the month. since december 2007, temporary help employment has declined by 686,000, or 27 percent. in february, job declines also occurred in services to buildings and dwellings (-17,000), architectural and engineering services (-16,000), and business support services (-12,000).
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nonfarm payroll employment continued to fall sharply in february (-651,000), and the unemployment rate rose from 7.6 to 8.1 percent. payroll employment has declined by 2.6 million in the past 4 months. in february, job losses were large and widespread across nearly all major industry sectors
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