Positive Employment Gains for the Hispanic Labor Force
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 110,000 more Hispanics were employed in the month of October than in the month of September -- a 0.54 percent increase month-to-month. Employed Hispanic males added 87,000 jobs, or 0.73 percent of the 110,000-job increase. The unemployment rate for Hispanic males stayed unchanged at 4.6 percent (the same rate as in September 2007), but represents a 1.2 percent increase from October a year ago.
Hispanic women gained 15,000 jobs over the previous month, and more impressively, 362,000 jobs from October of 2006. The unemployment rate of Hispanic women at 4.8 percent remains a little higher than for men.
