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Austin medical jobs (Click here) saw the second-largest yearly increase in employment during March, behind only the leisure and hospitality industry.

Although the Austin area's March unemployment rate has not yet been released, the rate throughout Texas remained at 8.2 percent for the fifth month in a row, which is lower than the national unemployment rate of 9.7 percent. Austin had an unemployment rate of 7.3 percent during February.

The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area had a total non-farm employment of 760,300 workers during March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 755,700 workers during February, but a .1 percent decrease from last year.

Seven industries managed to see a monthly increase in employment, including: manufacturing by 300 jobs; trade, transportation and utilities by 1,000 jobs; financial activities by 200 jobs; education and health services by 500 jobs; leisure and hospitality by 2,100 jobs; other services by 400 jobs; and government by 1,400 jobs.

Four industries managed to see a yearly increase in employment, with the leisure and hospitality industry growing the most. The industry employed 87,900 workers during March, up from 85,800 workers during February and a 7.3 percent increase from March 2009.

The education and health services industry saw the second-largest increase. The industry employed 85,200 workers during March, up from 84,700 workers during February and a 3.3 percent increase from last year.

The government industry employed 171,600 workers during March, up from 170,200 workers during March and a 1.7 percent increase from March 2009. The other services industry employed 33,600 workers during March, up from 33,200 workers during February and a .6 percent increase from last year.

Employment in the financial activities industry remained even over the year with 43,700 jobs.

The mining, logging and construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year. The industry employed 38,400 workers during March, down from 39,000 workers during February and a 7.2 percent decrease from March 2009.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include:

• Manufacturing by 2.7 percent
• Trade, transportation and utilities by 2.3 percent
• Information by 5.4 percent
• Professional and business services by 3.5 percent

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