Friday, October 3, 2014

SepTTTember 2014

The legal industry just had a nasty month and, at best, a flat year (BLS routinely revises its initial figures). My guess is law school faculty and staff layoffs are beginning to reflect in these figures; I encourage castoffs to network.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm

Not seasonally adjustedSeptember20131,130,300
July20141,145,500
August20141,140,700
September20141,127,400-2,900
Seasonally adjustedSeptember20131,136,800
July20141,134,900
August20141,138,400
September20141,133,800-3,000
Change from Aug-14 to
Sep-14
-4,600