San Antonio government jobs (Click here) saw the biggest monthly employment gain during October.

That month, the San Antonio area’s unemployment rate increased from 7.2 percent to 7.3 percent, which follows a drop from 7.6 percent during September. Despite the latest jump, the area’s rate was still lower than the national average at the time of 9.6 percent.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the San Antonio-New Braunfels area employed a total of 837,700 workers during September, which is up from 835,000 workers during September and a .7 percent increase from last year.

Job gains in the government industry accounted for the majority of the city’s monthly employment growth, as the industry added 3,300 workers.

The education and health services industry increased by 800 jobs, while the professional and business services industry added 700 workers, and the information and financial activities industries increased by 100 job each.

Employment in the mining and logging and manufacturing industries remained even over the month with 3,700 jobs and 41,700 jobs, respectively.

The mining and logging industry added the most workers over the year, increasing by 12.1 percent between October 2009 and October 2010.

Six other industries saw an over-the-year increase in employment, including:

  • Professional and business services by 1.7 percent to 100,300 jobs
  • Government by 1.3 percent to 164,100 jobs
  • Financial activities by 1.5 percent to 65,900 jobs
  • Trade, transportation, and utilities by .9 percent to 144,900 jobs
  • Education and health services by .6 percent to 124,500 jobs
  • Leisure and hospitality by .5 percent to 98,500 jobs

When it comes to monthly job losses, four industries continued to suffer during October, including: leisure and hospitality by 1,800 jobs; construction by 200 jobs; other services by 200 jobs; and trade, transportation, and utilities by 100 jobs.

Four industries also experienced employment declines on a monthly basis. The information industry took the biggest hit, decreasing by 5.3 percent, for a current total of 18,000 jobs.

That was followed by the manufacturing industry, which declined by 1 percent to 41,700 jobs; the construction industry, which decreased by .9 percent to 45,700 workers; and the other services industry, which dropped by .7 percent to 30,400 jobs.

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