It?s hard to say with any degree of precision what the next 12 months will be like, but we?re still in a pro-growth mode here. The thing that will cause slowing is the housing supply constraints. Can businesses attract a work force to the area with high housing costs?

All other things being equal, we should remain in that 100,000 range, or slightly above.

The monthly decline in the retail sector was a bit stronger than normal because there was more seasonal hiring than over the past couple of years.

We had a bit more hiring this time around during the holiday, meaning things were pretty good in the economy. So the seasonal reduction is a little more than normal. A lot of the holiday hiring ends in January and it pretty much finishes up in February.

Part of the equation is that there are a lot of people moving into the area not worried about the wages here.

More people are moving here because this is a desirable place to live, which has boosted the demand for the service and health care industry.

One temporary agency was up 9 percent and one up about 17 percent. But I don?t know what companies were using their help.