Daily Update: 5,000 jobs coming to Dayton Region - Dr. Thomas Traynor quoted

Thursday, January 12, 2012, Dayton Business Journal By: Joe Cogliano

The Dayton area will add jobs in 2012, led by growth in health care and manufacturing, according to the latest Regional Economic Report from Wright State University .

The report projects the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area — which includes Greene, Miami, Montgomery and Preble counties — will have about 376,000 jobs in the second quarter of 2012, a gain of nearly 5,000 jobs compared to the same quarter last year.

Defense work and business services on the national an international market also are expected to fuel job