James Powel Cronkite News PHOENIX — For Arizona residents, the job market has tilted in favor of job seekers in a way rarely seen.
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The role of the workplace in the average worker’s life has changed as well, with employees using the tight labor market to negotiate for better working conditions. According to BLS, an additional 8,200 Arizona residents found employment between November and December 2022, at a time when the number of Arizonans in the labor force grew by 7,800.The All Item Consumer Price Index, a measure of the costs of consumer goods, showed prices in the Phoenix metro area in 2022 rose 9.5% over the year, 3 percentage points higher than the national average.