Region's job market is holding steady

From statesman, April 18, 2009...

Central Texas continued to add jobs during March, in the face of a recession that led to job losses in every other large Texas city.

The Texas Workforce Commission said Friday that jobs grew in the region at a 0.4 percent annual rate last month. That works out to 3,300 jobs between March 2008 and March 2009. Job growth was 0.2 percent in February.

The local unemployment rate was 6.2 percent, down from 6.3 percent in February but up from 3.8 percent in March 2008.

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