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Labor agency examines Rhode Island employment patterns.
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Providence Journal (Providence, RI)
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October 7, 2007
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Byline: Andy Smith
Oct. 7--At the end of last year, there were 423,751 private-sector jobs in Rhode Island.
Where were they? The state Department of Labor and Training took a county-by-county look at employment and wages, covering the period between the last quarter of 2005 and the last quarter of last year in Rhode Island's five counties: Bristol, Newport, Kent, Providence and Washington.
Because Providence County contains such a high percentage of the state's jobs, roughly 60 percent, the state divided that county into two sections, Providence Metro and Northern Rhode Island.
From 2005 to last year, the state experienced a 1.3-percent growth in jobs, adding ...