A new report shows Arizona lost 15,000 jobs from January 2025 to January 2026.
The Common Sense Institute Arizona recently released the report, which ranked the state 43rd in the nation for jobs. The report said Arizona is one of 24 states that suffered job losses.
Glenn Farley, CSI’s director of policy and research, said Arizona’s jobs market has been slowing down “for a long time.” He told The Center Square that the state's market peaked in 2022.
For the last year, Farley said, Arizona’s economy has grown at 1%, which is less than the 2% to 3% seen during 2022.
A healthy growth rate for Arizona is between 2.5% and 3%, Farley said.
Arizona has had 22 consecutive months of annual job growth below 2%, according to the report.
The last time Arizona saw a decline in jobs was in 2021, Farley told The Center Square.
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