Across the economy, in fact, employment rose by 702,000 jobs last month.

Employment there rose by 6 percent, the most in 26 years.

Employment in the state rose 1.8 percent since last July.

Between 1933 and 1936, employment in construction rose from only 666,000 to over 2,000,000.

Employment in the city rose to its highest level since 1971.

Over all, employment rose 0.7 percent, the most since the first quarter of 2000.

Employment last year rose by 2 percent, or 431,000 jobs, all of them full time and in the private sector.

Over the year, employment in this industry has risen by 457,000.

In 1968 the figure was raised to $1.60, and total civilian employment rose 4.7 percent within a year to 77.9 million.

In fact, overall employment has been rising there since 1993.