March 2012: Employment Activity by U.S. Region

There were major hiring gains across all regions except the Midwest, which dipped in job activity by -6.5 points in March. The Southeast had the most employment gains with 14.3 points with the Southwest (+7.8) and West (+6.8) also posting nice gains. The Northeast only showed modest gains (+2.1 points)

Table of U.S. Hiring By Region, Jan 2008 - March 2012:

Index Month	Northeast	Southeast	Midwest	Southwest	West
March 2012	111.9	110.7	107.5	117.4	87.7
February 2012	109.8	96.4	114.0	109.6	80.9
January 2012	95.5	82.3	93.0	100.2	74.8
December 2011	95.8	88.0	92.5	95.8	73.7
November 2011	105.3	99.6	96.6	105.6	84.5
October 2011	105.7	95.2	98.6	103.3	80.7
September 2011	98.2	96.7	107.4	105.5	85.0
August 2011	108.3	100.6	112.0	109.5	86.9
July 2011	104.2	94.4	101.5	109.0	84.5
June 2011	103.6	95.2	99.3	102.1	81.3
May 2011	105.1	98.7	101.5	111.6	85.6
April 2011	120.3	106.4	120.7	122.1	93.1
March 2011	123.1	109.0	113.2	105.5	87.9
February 2011	118.1	95.5	124.9	106.1	85.3
January 2011	114.3	90.7	112.1	117.3	87.4
December 2010	106.7	97.0	104.6	100.2	82.2
November 2010	100.4	100.1	103.6	112.6	91.6
October 2010	108.8	89.6	98.2	102.4	80.6
September 2010	102.0	91.8	102.0	103.9	84.8
August 2010	108.8	95.6	106.4	105.2	84.3
July 2010	111.7	100.6	101.9	103.5	88.6
June 2010	108.9	100.1	97.0	100.4	79.7
May 2010	98.6	89.2	89.4	102.9	77.5
April 2010	99.7	87.3	91.3	94.9	74.5
March 2010	94.1	85.6	86.3	97.5	71.3
February 2010	94.3	79.4	95.8	88.6	70.9
January 2010	85.0	66.4	76.8	84.8	63.6
December 2009	84.8	76.0	75.1	79.3	67.6
November 2009	84.5	74.7	68.2	77.7	69.5
October 2009	78.0	66.6	62.1	73.7	63.8
September 2009	75.6	69.1	65.1	75.4	64.5
August 2009	92.0	83.3	80.4	86.3	73.7
July 2009	87.5	80.3	72.4	88.1	75.0
June 2009	68.6	64.4	60.9	69.4	55.9
May 2009	67.0	61.8	53.1	66.9	51.7
April 2009	46.0	42.5	40.4	47.5	40.1
March 2009	48.1	45.8	39.0	51.6	45.2
February 2009	51.7	50.4	46.6	54.4	50.5
January 2009	66.0	58.5	56.6	70.8	62.6
December 2008	69.7	69.9	59.8	71.8	66.3
November 2008	81.1	76.8	72.7	81.6	78.3
October 2008	75.1	71.5	71.1	79.0	75.2
September 2008	87.0	82.9	86.8	97.8	93.3
August 2008	109.0	102.5	105.8	115.2	109.4
July 2008	106.6	96.4	107.7	111.1	96.3
June 2008	108.0	101.2	100.4	111.7	103.0
May 2008	100.0	97.2	92.2	103.8	97.0
April 2008	98.3	92.3	96.7	99.6	95.5
March 2008	115.2	113.1	108.3	119.3	107.7
February 2008	114.5	105.0	133.6	117.3	105.3
January 2008	101.2	94.6	103.3	113.5	100.3

Despite the monthly gain in job activity, when comparing the numbers from 2011 to 2012 the Northeast (-11.2), Midwest (-5.7) and the West (-0.2) all have had declines in hiring. The Southeast (+1.7) and Southwest (+11.9) have posted gains from year-to-year and month-to-month in March.

Continue to the March 2012 Job Title Report