[expat_panama]

Isn't this about the time of year that cash register operators are added...

The data are "Seasonal Adjusted", which means we're talking about creating more of those $60,000/year high paying software jobs that we thought were all going to India.

	U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics
	Bureau of Labor Statistics Data

 

Data extracted on: November 8, 2003 (7:46:21 AM)

Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Series Id:           LNS12000000 Seasonal Adjusted Series title:        (Seas) Employment Level Labor force status:  Employed Type of data:        Number in thousands Age:                 16 years and over
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Annual
1997	128298	128298	128891	129143	129464	129412	129822	130010	130019	130179	130653	130679
1998	130726	130807	130814	131209	131325	131244	131329	131390	131986	131999	132280	132602
1999	133078	132860	132943	132969	133266	133424	133432	133540	133709	133974	134287	134497
2000	136609(1)	136637	136678	137312	136576	136953	136489	136644	136908	137078	137288	137620
2001	137846	137648	137763	137353	137036	136869	137006	136256	136858	136370	136218	136067
2002	135791	136450	136143	136196	136487	136383	136343	136757	137312	136988	136542	136439
2003	137536(1)	137408	137348	137687	137487	137738	137478	137625	137573	138014
1 : Data affected by changes in population controls in January 2000 and January 2003.

BTW, when you look at total employment since July, we've gained 536,000 new jobs.

[Allegra]

The data are "Seasonal Adjusted", which means we're talking about creating more of those $60,000/year high paying software jobs that we thought were all going to India.

That's what I heard too. On Fox News, they said the data did not factor in holiday seasonal hiring.

There have been more "real" jobs showing up on job boards in this area just in the last couple of weeks. Noticeably more.

Sorry, gloom and doomers. :)