Last week we looked at how San Diego’s various employment sectors fared during the year 2009.
Let’s now widen the view a bit and
measure job losses (and gains, in a couple cases) for these same
sectors since the start of the recession.
Conveniently, for the purpose of this analysis, the recession is
designated to have officially begun in December 2007. So we can
compare San Diego employment on that date with that of December 2009
without having to
worry about the seasonal issues that arise when comparing different
calendar months.
The chart below shows the number of jobs lost or gained in San Diego’s
major employment sectors as defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
and Employment Development Department:
Ouch!!! And these are the
Ouch!!! And these are the official gov’t statistics, so it’s safe to assume that the real-world stats are even worse.
isn’t this the same chart as
isn’t this the same chart as last week’s article?
Rich, I think the only thing
Rich, I think the only thing that got updated on the first chart is the title – the data is exactly the same as the chart from last week – the second chart does show changes as would be expected when looking at two years of data vs one
Hi 4plex – Thanks for
Hi 4plex – Thanks for catching that, you are right, I uploaded the wrong chart for the raw jobs (though the percent chart was correct). It is fixed now, thanks.
Rich
Thanks for updating us buddy.
Thanks for updating us buddy.