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According to monthly figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the manufacturing sector lost another 19,000 jobs in September. This marks the third straight monthly decline.

Although there was a slight change in total non-farm payroll employment (+51,000) in September, it was substantially lower than the 123,000 rise expected by economists.

The nation has lost manufacturing jobs during 57 of the 69 months of the Bush Presidency according to a report by CBS Marketwatch. The nearly three million manufacturing jobs which have been lost since January 2001 exceeds the total lost in the 22 years before Bush took office.

More than 83 percent of the new jobs created since August 2003 are in the service sector, which pays an average hourly wage that is lower than the national average. Almost 1.2 million jobs were in low-paying domestic industries, such as wait staff in restaurants and bars and retail workers. More than 30 percent of the new jobs created are temporary jobs or in low-paying domestic industries.