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Denver medical jobs (Click here) and education jobs saw the biggest yearly increase during March.

That month the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield area's unemployment rate increased from 8.4 percent to 8.5 percent after remaining steady for two months in a row. Despite the latest increase, the area's rate is still lower than the national average of 9.7 percent.

The Denver area had a total non-farm employment of 1,162,200 workers during March, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 1,155,500 workers during February, but a 2.9 percent decrease from last year.

Six industries managed to see a monthly increase in employment, including: mining, logging and construction by 1,100 jobs; financial activities by 400 jobs; professional and business services by 2,200 jobs; leisure and hospitality by 2,400 jobs; other services by 200 jobs; and government by 1,200 jobs.

Employment in the information industry remained even over the month with 44,900 jobs.

Three industries managed to see a yearly increase in employment, with the education and health services industry adding the most workers, even though some jobs were lost over the month. The industry employed 138,100 workers during March, down from 138,600 workers during February, but a .9 percent increase from March 2009.

The government industry saw the second-biggest yearly increase, employing 178,300 workers during March, which is a .6 percent increase from last year. The other services industry employed 47,600 workers during March, which is a .4 percent increase from March 2009.

Even though it added workers over the month, the mining, logging and construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year, losing 12.9 percent of its workforce during the 12-month period. The industry currently has 67,300 workers.

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

• Manufacturing by 6.4 percent
• Trade, transportation and utilities by 4 percent
• Information by 4.7 percent
• Financial activities by 1.2 percent
• Professional and business services by 5.1 percent
• Leisure and hospitality by .6 percent

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