Private and Government Jobs Lost or Gained Under Obama (November 2011 update)

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How many jobs (total, private, and government) have been lost or gained since Obama was inaugurated?  

• 4,303,000 jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were LOST in TOTAL from the time Obama took office until the "trough" of the recession in early 2010.  That's a decrease of 3.2%. 
• 2,462,000 jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were CREATED from the "trough" of the recession until now, November 2011.  That's an increase of 1.9%.
• In total, 1,841,000  jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were LOST from the time Obama took office until now, November 2011.  That's a decrease of 1.4%. 
• We have experienced 14 months WITHOUT job losses since September 2010.  We have ADDED 1,864,000 jobs during those 13 months. 

How many PRIVATE sector jobs have been lost or gained since Obama was elected?

• 4,189,000 private-sector jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were LOST from the time Obama took office until the "trough" of the recession in early 2010.  That's a decrease of 3.8%.
• 2,947,000 private-sector jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were GAINED OR CREATED from the "trough" of the recession until now, November, 2011.  That's an increase of 2.8%.
• In total,1,242,000 private sector jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were LOST from the time Obama took office until now, November 2011.  That's a net decrease of 1.1%. 
• We have experienced 21 months of positive private-sector job GROWTH from February 2010 until November 2011.  We have added 2,947,000 private-sector jobs during those 21 months.    

How many GOVERNMENT jobs have been lost or gained since Obama was elected?

• 114,000 government jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were LOST from the time Obama took office until the "trough" of the recession in early 2010.  That's a decrease of  .5%  (half of a percent). 
• 485,000 government jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were LOST from the "trough" of the recession until now, November, 2011.  That's a decrease of 2.2%.
• In total, 599,000 government jobs (in seasonally adjusted numbers) were LOST from the time Obama took office until now, November 2011.  That's a decrease of 2.7%. 
• We have experienced decreases in the number of government jobs in 12 out of the last 13 months, starting in October 2010, when the layoff of 2010 Census workers was complete.  

Notes:  Current numbers taken from the October Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Situation Report.  Historical numbers taken from various archived Employment Situation reports as indexed HERE. Specifics will be provided upon request; please email me or leave a comment.

Private & Government Jobs Lost and Gained Month by Month in 2011

How many jobs, total, private, and government have been gained (created) or lost month by month in 2011 to date (November 2011)?

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Private & Government Jobs Lost& Gained Month by Month in 2011... end of year

(Numbers of jobs in thousands, jobs lost/gained as stated.)

Month	Total Jobs	Jobs lost/gained	Private Jobs	Prvt Jobs lost/gained	Gov't Jobs	Govt Jobs lost/gained
Jan.	130,328	+68,000	108,102	+94,000	22,226	-26,000
Feb.	130,563	+235,000	108,363	+261,000	22,200	-26,000
March	130,757	+194,000	108,582	+219,000	22,175	-25,000
April	130,974	+217,000	108,823	+241,000	22,151	-24,000
May	130,999	+25,000	108,896	+73,000	22,103	-48,000
June	131,047	+48,000	108,997	+101,000	22,050	-53,000
July	131,174	+127,000	109,170	+173,000	22,004	-46,000
August	131,278	+104,000	109,242	+72,000	22,036	+32,000
Sept.	131,488*	+210,000*	109,462*	+220,000*	22,026*	-10,000*
Oct.	131,588*	+100,000*	109,579*	+117,000*	22,009*	-17,000*
Nov.	131,708*	+120,000	109,719	+140,000	21,989	-20,000

The numbers above represent the latest revisions, which often differ from the preliminary numbers announced by the BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) on the first Friday of a given month.  (* - Revisions since the last month's numbers). 


A total of 1,448,000 jobs have been ADDED/CREATED in 2011 to date, November 2011.  That is an average of 131,700 new jobs per month this year.  


1,711,000 jobs have been ADDED in the private sector in 2011 to date; that is an average of 156,000 new private-sector jobs per month this year.


263,000 jobs have been LOST in the government sector in 2011 to date; that is an average of 24,000 government sector jobs lost per month this year. 

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Private & Government Jobs Lost& Gained Month by Month in 2011... end of year

(Note:  All of my employment number reports are based on monthly reports and data published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  States numbers reports are based on the monthly Regional and State Employment/Unemployment Survey .  The BLS reports include month over month and year over year numbers of state job numbers.  My analysis is taken from the monthly BLS data copied to an Excel spreadsheet every month.  I calculate detailed percentage increases/decreases, 3 month numbers, 2011 to date numbers, and I rank the states according to various metrics.)