The Virginia Employment Commission says the state saw a steeper decline in jobs in 2010 than first estimated.
The state agency says Virginia's nonfarm employment declined by 15,000 jobs, or 0.4 percent, in 2010 after annual revisions. It was originally estimated that the state lost 5,200 jobs, or 0.1 percent, for the year.
Virginia's annual unemployment rate averaged 6.9 percent in 2010, up slightly from the 2009 average rate of 6.8 percent. The national average rate for 2010 was 9.6 percent, up from 9.3 percent in 2009.
Officials say Virginia's job losses in 2010 were in manufacturing, construction, information, trade and transportation, leisure and hospitality, and finance.
Four Virginia industrial sectors added jobs last year. They were: professional and business services, private education and health services, government, and mining.
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