Austin-area job growth at 2.1 percent

From statesman, August 16, 2008...

Austin's job growth was 2.1 percent in July, as the region added 15,800 jobs from a year earlier.

The region's job market has slowed considerably from a year ago, when job growth was running greater than 5 percent, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.

Almost all of the losses have come from the manufacturing sector. But the loss of those 2,700 jobs in the past year has been offset by gains in construction, financial services, government, and hotels and restaurants.

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