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Tucson teaching jobs and healthcare jobs saw the second-biggest increase in yearly employment during June, second only to the city's mining and logging industry.

During June, Tucson's unemployment rate increased from 8.5 percent to 9 percent, following an increase from 8.2 percent during May. Despite those increases, the city's rate is still lower than the national average of 9.5 percent.

Tucson had a total non-farm employment of 351,400 workers during June, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 362,500 workers during May, but only a .5 percent increase from last year.

That majority of industries in Tucson lost jobs between May and June. Employment in the trade, transportation and utilities industry remained even over the month and year with 57,100 jobs.

Only three industries managed to see a monthly increase in employment during June, including: mining and logging by 100 jobs; manufacturing by 300 jobs; and other services by 200 jobs.

Four industries added jobs over the year during June. The mining and logging industry saw the biggest increase, growing by 5.9 percent over the year, for a total of 1,800 jobs. The education and health services industry saw the second-largest increase, growing by 3.3 percent over the year to 59,800 jobs.

The professional and business services industry grew by .9 percent to 47,100 jobs, while the financial activities industry increased by .6 percent to 17,400 jobs. Employment in the other services industry remained even over the month with 14,700 jobs.

The construction industry took the biggest hit when compared to last year, losing 15.6 percent of its workforce between June 2009 and June 2010, for a current total of 14,100 jobs.

Other industries that saw an over-the-year decrease in employment include: information by 4.3 percent; manufacturing by 2 percent; government by 1.1 percent; and leisure and hospitality by .5 percent.

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