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East Bay Payroll Employment

Between March and April 2007 in the East Bay:

--Construction payrolls fell by 900 jobs, mainly in specialty trade contractors (down 500 jobs). The average for the prior 17 years between March and April was a gain of 800 jobs.

--Government lost 900 jobs, primarily in state schools (down 600 jobs).

--Manufacturing decreased by 400 jobs, largely in durable goods (down 300 jobs).

--Trade, transportation and utilities, health care and other services each increased by 200 jobs.

East Bay Primary Industry Sectors	April 2007	1 Month Change	12 Month Change	24 Month Change
Professional and Business Services	158,600	-100	5,200	9,300
Government	186,600	-900	3,800	4,300
Educational and Health Services	125,600	200	3,300	7,200
Retail Trade	112,000	200	2,100	2,100
Construction	70,400	-900	1,500	-700
Manufacturing	97,300	-400	1,100	2,000
Leisure and Hospitality	85,700	100	1,100	3,400
Other Services	36,300	200	600	400
Natural Resources and Mining	1,300	0	200	200
Wholesale Trade	48,600	100	100	-200
Trans, Warehousing & Utilities	34,100	-100	100	-100
Financial Activities	68,300	-100	-800	-1,000
Information	28,900	100	-1,400	-2,000
	Source: CA Employment Development Dept.

Between April 2006 and April 2007, industry employment in the East Bay advanced by 16,800, or 1.6 percent.

· Professional and business services reported the 40^th consecutive month of year-over gains by adding 5,200 jobs. Professional, scientific and technical services (up 3,300 jobs) accounted for the bulk of the gain.

· Government gained 3,800 jobs, largely in local public schools (up 3,200 jobs).

· Educational and health services posted a gain of 3,300 jobs, primarily in health care (up 2,300 jobs).

· Trade, transportation and utilities expanded by 2,300 jobs, mainly in retail trade, while construction added 1,500 jobs.

· Information continued to reduce payrolls by 1,400 jobs; half of the losses were in telecommunications (down 700 jobs).

A year-over-year comparison of the East Bay’s manufacturing sector showed an overall improvement of 1,100 jobs. Durable Goods and Residual-Miscellaneous Manufacturing each gained 1,200 jobs since April of 2006. Nondurable Goods, Chemical Manufacturing and Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing saw small losses when compared with April of 2006.

Between March and April 2007 the East Bay’s manufacturing sector lost 400 jobs overall, with Residual-Miscellaneous and Food Manufacturing losing 300 and 100 jobs, respectively.

East Bay Manufacturing Sector	4/2007 Employment	1 Month Change	12 Month Change	24 Month Change
Residual-Miscellaneous Manufacturing	33,600	-300	1,200	2,300
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	7,100	0	500	600
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	7,800	0	100	200
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	21,500	0	-100	-300
Chemical Manufacturing	7,000	0	-100	0
Residual- Food Manufacturing	20,300	-100	-500	-800
Manufacturing	97,300	-400	1,100	2,000

The following graphs show the historical change in East Bay payroll employment for the above listed sectors.

East Bay Manufacturing Sector