- Construction lost 110,000 jobs in January 2009, which put industry losses at over one million jobs since early 2007
- Manufacturing lost 207,000 jobs this past January, the largest one-month decline since 1982
- Retail lost 45,000 jobs,
- warehousing lost 44,000,
- and temporary work dropped nearly 80,000 positions, all in January
Even finance lost 42,000 jobs
Two notable industries saw continued growth this past January:
- Health care employment rose by 19,000 jobs, slowing a little from it's 2008 average of 30,000 jobs a month
- Private education also saw a jump in employment of over 33,000 jobs
Source: Karl Fendelander's article on Yahoo education
