{"id":15757,"date":"2011-11-04t09:18:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-04t13:18:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/48e130086c.nxcli.net\/?p=15757"},"modified":"2024-11-19t21:33:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20t02:33:04","slug":"accounting-sector-adds-2000-new-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.g005e.com\/2011\/11\/04\/accounting-sector-adds-2000-new-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"accounting sector adds 2,000 new jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"
even as cpa firms shrink by 1,100.<\/strong><\/p>\n the nation’s accounting and bookkeeping sector accounted for 2,000 of the 80,000 new jobs created in october, according to new preliminary and seasonally-adjusted data from the u.s. labor department.<\/p>\n for the nation, the jobs gain pushed the unemployment rate down to 9.0% from 9.1%.<\/p>\n for the accounting and bookkeeping sector, october’s performance represents a third straight month of gains and a year-to-year gain of 60,800 jobs, bringing the industry’s payroll to 932,200 employees.<\/p>\n