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Arizona Unemployment Rate Climbs

Unemployment Rate (Sea. Adj.)
NA = Not Available
1) Maricopa and Pinal counties
2) Pima County
3) Yuma County
4) Coconino County
5) Yavapai County
6) Mohave County
*Rates for these areas are not official BLS estimates  
  May ’10 Apr ’10 May ’09
United States 9.7% 9.9% 9.4%
Arizona 9.6% 9.5% 9.2%
*Phoenix MSA(1) 9.2% 8.9% 8.7%
*Tucson MSA(2) 9.0% 8.8% 8.5%
*Yuma MSA(3) 22.6% 26.3% 19.8%
*Flagstaff MSA(4) 9.6% 9.3% 7.6%
*Prescott MSA(5) 10.2% 9.8% 9.8%
*Lake Havasu City-Kingman MSA(6) 11.7% 10.8% 10.9%

Arizona Minimum Wage 2010
At a public meeting held on October 7, 2009, the Industrial Commission of Arizona determined that Arizona’s minimum wage of $7.25 per hour would be maintained for calendar year 2010. Arizona’s minimum wage will not increase in 2010 because the CPI-U decreased and the Minimum Wage Act does not provide for a decrease in the Arizona minimum wage. Maintaining the Arizona minimum wage at $7.25 per hour rate means that Arizona’s minimum wage will continue to be the same as the federal minimum wage of $7.25 through 2010.  
See Industrial Commission of Arizona minimum wage page: www.ica.state.az.us/Labor/Labor_MinWag_main.aspx
See also U.S. Dept of Labor: www.dol.gov/whd/minimumwage.htm

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