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Nov 15,2008

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Annual job growth reached a negative 0.5 percent nationally in September, but Northern Virginia has seen its jobs grow by 1 percent in the last year, according to the Virginia Employment Commission. The Northern Virginia region added a net 12,800 new jobs from September 2007 to September 2008, according to the Washington Business Journal. Northern Virginia lost a net 4,700 construction jobs, a 5.4 percent annual decline. Other sectors posting net job losses in the last year are information technology, trade and transportation, finance and manufacturing.

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