Phoenix No. 6 in the nation for new jobs

Phoenix is No. 6 in the nation for new job growth, according to new figures released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Phoenix metro area added 31,300 new jobs between August of 2010 and August of 2011. In terms of raw numbers of new jobs, only five cities added more. The addition of the 31,300 new jobs represented an annual growth rate of 1.88 in Phoenix. That ranked 18th in the nation among 100 major metropolitan areas. Houston picked up 65,600 nonfarm jobs between August 2010 and the same month this year, the biggest gain in raw numbers. Ogden, Utah expanded its job base by 3.73 percent during the same span, the nation's largest increase in percentage terms. Seventy-seven of the 100 biggest U.S. metros have added nonfarm jobs since August 2010, while the other 23 have continued to lose.

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