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Percent change in employment by metropolitan area, September 2014 to September 2015
Area
Percent change from September 2014 to September 2015
Employees, September 2014
Employees, September 2015
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
1.1
45,700
46,200
Auburn-Opelika, AL
2.8
60,400
62,100
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
1.3
512,700
519,400
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
3.7
67,600
70,100
Decatur, AL
1.1
53,500
54,100
Dothan, AL
0.9
56,900
57,400
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
-2.3
56,700
55,400
Gadsden, AL
-0.5
37,500
37,300
Huntsville, AL
1.2
217,300
219,900
Mobile, AL
-0.4
175,400
174,700
Montgomery, AL
1.2
168,300
170,300
Tuscaloosa, AL
2.4
103,700
106,200
Anchorage, AK
0.2
184,400
184,800
Fairbanks, AK
0.2
40,100
40,200
Flagstaff, AZ
0.7
66,700
67,200
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
-1.5
46,300
45,600
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
2.5
1,857,800
1,904,600
Prescott, AZ
3.4
59,600
61,600
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
-1.7
34,800
34,200
Tucson, AZ
1.4
366,200
371,300
Yuma, AZ
-0.2
50,600
50,500
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
1.5
227,500
230,800
Fort Smith, AR
-0.8
113,600
112,700
Hot Springs, AR
2.1
38,000
38,800
Jonesboro, AR
4.7
53,600
56,100
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
1.7
347,200
353,100
Pine Bluff, AR
-6.5
33,800
31,600
Bakersfield, CA
-0.2
258,800
258,400
Chico, CA
1.8
76,500
77,900
El Centro, CA
4.5
51,600
53,900
Fresno, CA
2.5
316,100
324,000
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
2.1
38,400
39,200
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
2.3
5,739,400
5,869,300
Madera, CA
0.0
37,500
37,500
Merced, CA
0.2
64,600
64,700
Modesto, CA
3.3
165,100
170,500
Napa, CA
2.0
70,900
72,300
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
1.5
292,800
297,200
Redding, CA
0.8
63,800
64,300
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
2.8
1,291,400
1,327,700
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
2.6
892,600
915,700
Salinas, CA
3.0
132,900
136,900
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3.5
1,346,900
1,393,800
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
3.4
2,199,200
2,275,000
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
4.8
1,012,400
1,061,000
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
3.4
108,800
112,500
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
1.8
93,200
94,900
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
3.4
175,700
181,700
Santa Rosa, CA
2.7
194,200
199,400
Stockton-Lodi, CA
2.7
211,400
217,100
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
3.4
128,400
132,800
Visalia-Porterville, CA
1.9
116,000
118,200
Yuba City, CA
2.7
40,100
41,200
Boulder, CO
1.2
179,100
181,300
Colorado Springs, CO
0.9
264,800
267,300
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
2.2
1,360,700
1,390,000
Fort Collins, CO
2.6
151,400
155,300
Grand Junction, CO
0.8
62,400
62,900
Greeley, CO
3.8
101,100
104,900
Pueblo, CO
1.0
60,300
60,900
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
1.5
407,700
414,000
Danbury, CT
-0.3
78,500
78,300
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
1.5
566,900
575,400
New Haven, CT
0.3
280,500
281,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT
-0.3
129,000
128,600
Waterbury, CT
1.5
67,200
68,200
Dover, DE
-0.7
67,300
66,800
Salisbury, DE
3.2
154,700
159,600
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC
1.7
3,118,700
3,172,000
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
2.3
229,500
234,800
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
1.2
104,300
105,600
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
2.2
182,200
186,200
Gainesville, FL
2.1
133,700
136,500
Homosassa Springs, FL
-0.3
32,200
32,100
Jacksonville, FL
2.6
623,500
639,700
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
3.9
200,900
208,700
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2.3
2,427,000
2,483,400
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
3.3
126,800
131,000
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
2.7
269,100
276,500
Ocala, FL
2.5
96,200
98,600
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
3.7
1,114,200
1,155,600
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
2.0
197,800
201,700
Panama City, FL
1.0
80,200
81,000
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
2.2
165,100
168,700
Port St. Lucie, FL
2.3
131,400
134,400
Punta Gorda, FL
3.3
43,000
44,400
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
1.5
46,500
47,200
Sebring, FL
2.0
24,800
25,300
Tallahassee, FL
0.7
174,000
175,200
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
2.3
1,213,100
1,241,600
The Villages, FL
2.8
25,200
25,900
Albany, GA
-1.8
61,000
59,900
Athens-Clarke County, GA
1.4
92,600
93,900
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
2.9
2,519,800
2,592,100
Augusta-Richmond County, GA
2.6
224,800
230,600
Brunswick, GA
1.2
41,200
41,700
Columbus, GA
1.7
122,100
124,200
Dalton, GA
1.8
67,300
68,500
Gainesville, GA
1.5
80,900
82,100
Hinesville, GA
-2.0
19,900
19,500
Macon, GA
0.1
101,000
101,100
Rome, GA
0.5
40,100
40,300
Savannah, GA
2.2
167,800
171,500
Valdosta, GA
-2.0
54,900
53,800
Warner Robins, GA
-1.4
70,500
69,500
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
1.3
71,300
72,200
Urban Honolulu, HI
1.7
460,900
468,800
Boise City, ID
2.3
284,300
290,700
Coeur d'Alene, ID
3.3
60,300
62,300
Idaho Falls, ID
4.2
59,900
62,400
Lewiston, ID
0.4
27,800
27,900
Pocatello, ID
1.7
34,900
35,500
Bloomington, IL
0.7
95,100
95,800
Carbondale-Marion, IL
-2.0
55,400
54,300
Champaign-Urbana, IL
1.7
108,600
110,500
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL
0.9
4,536,200
4,575,300
Danville, IL
1.4
29,300
29,700
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IL
-2.3
184,500
180,300
Decatur, IL
-0.8
51,400
51,000
Kankakee, IL
-0.7
45,400
45,100
Peoria, IL
-0.8
179,100
177,600
Rockford, IL
-0.1
152,100
151,900
Springfield, IL
0.1
112,300
112,400
Bloomington, IN
-4.0
77,300
74,200
Columbus, IN
4.1
50,900
53,000
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
3.6
124,600
129,100
Evansville, IN
2.5
157,000
160,900
Fort Wayne, IN
0.8
215,100
216,800
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
2.8
1,003,500
1,031,600
Kokomo, IN
3.2
40,400
41,700
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
2.3
101,100
103,400
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-0.2
42,200
42,100
Muncie, IN
1.0
51,500
52,000
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN
1.1
137,000
138,500
Terre Haute, IN
-0.1
70,400
70,300
Ames, IA
0.9
53,900
54,400
Cedar Rapids, IA
0.0
142,100
142,100
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
3.3
344,800
356,300
Dubuque, IA
0.8
59,300
59,800
Iowa City, IA
1.1
98,700
99,800
Sioux City, IA
0.9
88,300
89,100
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-0.8
93,200
92,500
Lawrence, KS
2.6
53,100
54,500
Manhattan, KS
2.7
44,600
45,800
Topeka, KS
0.4
111,900
112,300
Wichita, KS
0.3
293,000
293,800
Bowling Green, KY
1.7
72,500
73,700
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
2.6
53,900
55,300
Lexington-Fayette, KY
2.9
265,900
273,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
2.7
633,200
650,100
Owensboro, KY
1.0
52,200
52,700
Alexandria, LA
-0.6
63,400
63,000
Baton Rouge, LA
1.7
400,700
407,400
Hammond, LA
1.1
44,500
45,000
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-2.0
102,000
100,000
Lafayette, LA
-1.7
221,700
218,000
Lake Charles, LA
3.9
98,400
102,200
Monroe, LA
-1.2
77,900
77,000
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-0.2
563,100
561,700
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-0.9
183,100
181,400
Bangor, ME
0.4
66,700
67,000
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
0.2
50,400
50,500
Portland-South Portland, ME
2.7
197,400
202,800
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
2.1
1,352,700
1,380,500
California-Lexington Park, MD
2.3
44,100
45,100
Cumberland, MD
0.5
39,700
39,900
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD
-0.5
103,400
102,900
Barnstable Town, MA
0.6
106,200
106,800
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA
1.8
2,600,900
2,648,200
Leominster-Gardner, MA
0.2
50,500
50,600
New Bedford, MA
1.5
65,900
66,900
Pittsfield, MA
-0.5
42,200
42,000
Springfield, MA
1.7
324,600
330,100
Worcester, MA
2.1
275,500
281,400
Ann Arbor, MI
-0.4
209,800
209,000
Battle Creek, MI
1.7
58,800
59,800
Bay City, MI
-0.3
37,500
37,400
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
2.4
1,904,100
1,950,500
Flint, MI
0.4
140,500
141,000
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
3.3
519,500
536,900
Jackson, MI
1.4
55,900
56,700
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
2.3
141,300
144,500
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
1.3
225,700
228,700
Midland, MI
0.0
38,400
38,400
Monroe, MI
2.9
41,800
43,000
Muskegon, MI
1.3
63,800
64,600
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
2.1
61,800
63,100
Saginaw, MI
1.5
88,000
89,300
Duluth, MN
0.6
135,800
136,600
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
0.0
55,400
55,400
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN
1.8
1,909,000
1,944,300
Rochester, MN
0.3
115,400
115,700
St. Cloud, MN
0.1
107,200
107,300
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
-1.3
154,000
152,000
Hattiesburg, MS
-0.3
61,200
61,000
Jackson, MS
1.0
271,700
274,300
Cape Girardeau, MO
-2.7
44,000
42,800
Columbia, MO
1.2
98,500
99,700
Jefferson City, MO
-0.3
76,100
75,900
Joplin, MO
1.6
80,500
81,800
Kansas City, MO
1.5
1,024,700
1,039,900
St. Joseph, MO
-1.6
62,600
61,600
St. Louis, MO
1.2
1,321,500
1,337,400
Springfield, MO
1.5
204,800
207,900
Billings, MT
1.8
83,300
84,800
Great Falls, MT
-1.4
35,900
35,400
Missoula, MT
1.7
59,300
60,300
Grand Island, NE
-1.6
43,600
42,900
Lincoln, NE
1.8
185,900
189,200
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE
1.8
486,100
494,900
Carson City, NV
0.4
28,100
28,200
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
2.4
894,700
916,600
Reno, NV
2.5
205,700
210,800
Dover-Durham, NH
0.8
52,300
52,700
Manchester, NH
1.0
107,900
109,000
Portsmouth, NH
1.7
86,100
87,600
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
0.1
134,900
135,100
Ocean City, NJ
0.6
47,700
48,000
Trenton, NJ
1.8
251,500
256,100
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
-0.7
56,200
55,800
Albuquerque, NM
2.1
378,100
385,900
Farmington, NM
1.8
51,400
52,300
Las Cruces, NM
-1.8
71,400
70,100
Santa Fe, NM
-0.2
61,500
61,400
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0.8
454,800
458,400
Binghamton, NY
-0.9
105,500
104,500
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
1.3
557,100
564,600
Elmira, NY
-0.8
39,400
39,100
Glens Falls, NY
1.6
55,800
56,700
Ithaca, NY
-1.0
70,900
70,200
Kingston, NY
0.5
61,000
61,300
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY
1.3
9,163,300
9,278,700
Rochester, NY
1.3
527,400
534,400
Syracuse, NY
0.2
319,100
319,700
Utica-Rome, NY
0.1
128,300
128,400
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
-1.2
43,200
42,700
Asheville, NC
2.9
178,400
183,600
Burlington, NC
2.9
59,600
61,300
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC
3.2
1,070,700
1,105,000
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
1.8
293,200
298,400
Fayetteville, NC
0.4
127,000
127,500
Goldsboro, NC
-1.7
42,200
41,500
Greensboro-High Point, NC
2.6
350,700
359,700
Greenville, NC
-0.5
78,400
78,000
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
-0.3
147,200
146,700
Jacksonville, NC
0.8
49,200
49,600
New Bern, NC
-0.5
43,700
43,500
Raleigh, NC
2.6
562,100
576,800
Rocky Mount, NC
-1.8
56,800
55,800
Wilmington, NC
1.6
117,500
119,400
Winston-Salem, NC
2.9
254,700
262,100
Bismarck, ND
3.0
74,300
76,500
Fargo, ND
1.1
139,500
141,100
Grand Forks, ND
1.7
57,500
58,500
Akron, OH
0.6
335,700
337,700
Canton-Massillon, OH
0.5
173,900
174,700
Cincinnati, OH
2.5
1,051,100
1,077,200
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
1.2
1,043,000
1,055,500
Columbus, OH
2.0
1,021,100
1,041,300
Dayton, OH
1.3
374,300
379,000
Lima, OH
2.5
52,300
53,600
Mansfield, OH
0.0
53,000
53,000
Springfield, OH
-0.8
51,900
51,500
Toledo, OH
0.8
301,400
303,800
Weirton-Steubenville, OH
0.9
43,300
43,700
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH
0.0
227,900
227,900
Lawton, OK
-2.7
45,100
43,900
Oklahoma City, OK
1.4
624,100
632,800
Tulsa, OK
0.2
440,800
441,700
Albany, OR
0.2
41,000
41,100
Bend-Redmond, OR
2.5
71,300
73,100
Corvallis, OR
1.8
38,100
38,800
Eugene, OR
1.6
147,100
149,500
Grants Pass, OR
2.8
24,700
25,400
Medford, OR
4.9
80,200
84,100
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR
3.3
1,081,700
1,117,500
Salem, OR
1.6
153,900
156,400
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
0.3
354,700
355,900
Altoona, PA
-0.3
61,300
61,100
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
0.7
42,700
43,000
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
0.3
58,600
58,800
East Stroudsburg, PA
2.0
54,800
55,900
Erie, PA
1.3
130,800
132,500
Gettysburg, PA
0.0
34,600
34,600
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
2.7
330,000
338,900
Johnstown, PA
-0.5
57,600
57,300
Lancaster, PA
1.6
241,700
245,600
Lebanon, PA
-1.6
51,000
50,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA
0.9
2,793,600
2,819,600
Pittsburgh, PA
1.3
1,167,700
1,182,600
Reading, PA
1.5
174,200
176,800
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
3.0
259,100
266,900
State College, PA
-0.4
77,300
77,000
Williamsport, PA
-1.8
56,600
55,600
York-Hanover, PA
0.4
179,800
180,500
Providence-Warwick, RI
1.4
573,900
582,200
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
2.7
323,200
331,900
Columbia, SC
2.7
374,500
384,500
Florence, SC
1.3
84,300
85,400
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
3.3
389,800
402,600
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
0.1
72,500
72,600
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
3.0
155,200
159,900
Spartanburg, SC
3.2
138,900
143,300
Sumter, SC
0.8
38,300
38,600
Rapid City, SD
0.7
67,500
68,000
Sioux Falls, SD
2.2
148,100
151,400
Chattanooga, TN
2.0
241,400
246,200
Clarksville, TN
3.0
87,400
90,000
Cleveland, TN
-1.8
45,200
44,400
Jackson, TN
1.2
65,400
66,200
Johnson City, TN
1.4
78,300
79,400
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN
1.4
122,000
123,700
Knoxville, TN
2.5
380,900
390,400
Memphis, TN
1.0
617,700
623,800
Morristown, TN
3.4
43,600
45,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
2.6
888,600
911,600
Abilene, TX
1.0
68,200
68,900
Amarillo, TX
0.2
116,200
116,400
Austin-Round Rock, TX
3.2
919,200
948,500
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
2.9
166,400
171,200
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
1.2
136,900
138,500
College Station-Bryan, TX
0.3
106,000
106,300
Corpus Christi, TX
1.5
195,700
198,600
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3.0
3,299,300
3,398,000
El Paso, TX
0.9
294,900
297,700
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
1.2
2,947,200
2,983,400
Killeen-Temple, TX
1.3
134,300
136,100
Laredo, TX
1.7
98,900
100,600
Longview, TX
0.7
104,100
104,800
Lubbock, TX
2.7
137,200
140,900
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
3.3
241,500
249,500
Midland, TX
2.8
97,000
99,700
Odessa, TX
2.7
80,500
82,700
San Angelo, TX
1.0
48,700
49,200
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
3.7
952,200
987,200
Sherman-Denison, TX
1.1
44,800
45,300
Texarkana, TX
-0.5
58,800
58,500
Tyler, TX
1.9
98,700
100,600
Victoria, TX
3.3
44,900
46,400
Waco, TX
1.3
112,600
114,100
Wichita Falls, TX
-2.2
58,300
57,000
Logan, UT
2.6
57,600
59,100
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
3.1
233,100
240,400
Provo-Orem, UT
6.2
216,200
229,700
St. George, UT
1.3
55,100
55,800
Salt Lake City, UT
3.7
658,800
683,000
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
2.3
123,700
126,500
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
2.3
78,100
79,900
Charlottesville, VA
1.3
111,200
112,700
Harrisonburg, VA
1.2
64,600
65,400
Lynchburg, VA
-0.1
103,200
103,100
Richmond, VA
-0.1
631,100
630,600
Roanoke, VA
-0.6
160,900
159,900
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
-1.0
48,700
48,200
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA
0.8
756,200
762,200
Winchester, VA
2.5
59,900
61,400
Bellingham, WA
4.0
85,600
89,000
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
2.3
86,500
88,500
Kennewick-Richland, WA
1.5
106,000
107,600
Longview, WA
-1.5
39,700
39,100
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
-0.8
48,300
47,900
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
2.4
107,200
109,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.3
1,858,800
1,919,900
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
2.7
233,100
239,500
Walla Walla, WA
0.4
26,100
26,200
Wenatchee, WA
1.2
41,800
42,300
Yakima, WA
2.9
80,500
82,800
Beckley, WV
0.2
48,200
48,300
Charleston, WV
-1.0
123,900
122,600
Huntington-Ashland, WV
0.0
141,500
141,500
Morgantown, WV
-1.0
70,800
70,100
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
0.5
42,500
42,700
Wheeling, WV
0.3
68,300
68,500
Appleton, WI
2.6
120,700
123,800
Eau Claire, WI
1.8
84,900
86,400
Fond du Lac, WI
0.8
48,200
48,600
Green Bay, WI
3.0
171,800
176,900
Janesville-Beloit, WI
2.0
66,600
67,900
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI
0.4
77,100
77,400
Madison, WI
2.1
383,300
391,500
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
1.1
849,700
858,800
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
1.8
93,900
95,600
Racine, WI
0.0
76,500
76,500
Sheboygan, WI
1.3
61,200
62,000
Wausau, WI
0.7
70,800
71,300
Casper, WY
-1.6
43,500
42,800
Cheyenne, WY
-1.1
47,600
47,100
The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Provo-Orem, Utah (6.2 percent), followed by Medford, Oregon (4.9 percent), and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California. (4.8 percent). The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+129,900), New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+115,400), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+98,700).
The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Pine Bluff, Arkansas (−6.5 percent), Bloomington, Indiana (−4.0 percent), and Cape Girardeau, Missouri-Illinois, and Lawton, Oklahoma. (−2.7 percent each). The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Illinois (−4,200), Lafayette, Louisiana (−3,700), and Bloomington, Indiana (−3,100).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — September 2015” (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
