Although San Antonio job growth is not occurring by leaps and bounds, the area continues to create opportunities steadily. According to Alamo WorkSource officials, local businesses added 1,200 jobs in the month of November, which was a 0.1 percent increase from the previous month. San Antonio currently has an annual job growth of 1.9 percent, or a bout 15,000 more new jobs than 2006 was able to provide.
Despite job growth, the unadjusted unemployment rate for San Antonio rose .3 percent from October to November, meaning that 3.9 percent of the population was without work. Texas’ overall unemployment rate also rose to 4.1 percent. Still, both faired better than the national average, which inched up to 4.5 percent.
Local retailers created a significant amount of jobs in November as they bulked up staff in order to prepare for holiday shoppers. According to Eva Esquivel, Alamo WorkSource’s Communications coordinator, since November 2006 the retail industry has added Approximately 1,900 San Antonio jobs, which is a fairly strong growth rate.
Even though retailers added positions in preparation for the holiday, seasonal employment declined in the leisure and hospitality sector. A total of 1,200 San Antonio jobs were lost in October and November. The good news is that hiring done previously in the year gave the industry an annual job growth rate of 4.3 percent. Over the last year, hospitality and leisure added 3,900 jobs.
The construction industry gained 200 jobs between October and November, but it was not enough to make up for 100 San Antonio jobs lost over the previous 12 months. This was the industry’s first annual job loss since June 2004. The current state of the housing market may have had something to do with the poor growth of construction jobs in San Antonio.
Out of the 1,000 San Antonio jobs created in the government sector over the last year, 800 of them were added in November. For more information and listings of available government jobs in San Antonio or elsewhere go to USAjobs.com.
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