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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings

Over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment for metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
(with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more)

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Metropolitan area State Apr. 2023
(thousands)
Apr. 2024 (p)
(thousands)
Over-the-year
net change (thousands)
Over-the-year
percent change (%)
Significant?
(90% confidence level)

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Georgia 3,036.9 3,075.7 38.8 1.3 Yes

Austin-Round Rock, TX

Texas 1,325.5 1,354.4 28.9 2.2 Yes

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Maryland 1,408.3 1,407.7 -0.6 0.0 No

Birmingham-Hoover, AL

Alabama 562.2 572.9 10.7 1.9 Yes

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA

Massachusetts 2,801.9 2,805.4 3.5 0.1 No

Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY

New York 548.2 559.6 11.4 2.1 Yes

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

North Carolina 1,343.8 1,362.4 18.6 1.4 No

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Illinois 4,747.1 4,764.5 17.4 0.4 No

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

Ohio 1,149.2 1,153.2 4.0 0.3 No

Cleveland-Elyria, OH

Ohio 1,055.0 1,062.7 7.7 0.7 No

Columbus, OH

Ohio 1,148.2 1,151.0 2.8 0.2 No

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Texas 4,202.7 4,278.1 75.4 1.8 Yes

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

Colorado 1,626.5 1,616.6 -9.9 -0.6 No

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Michigan 2,035.6 2,038.5 2.9 0.1 No

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA

Connecticut 576.9 583.0 6.1 1.1 No

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Texas 3,356.7 3,437.4 80.7 2.4 Yes

Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN

Indiana 1,151.2 1,178.5 27.3 2.4 Yes

Jacksonville, FL

Florida 787.5 803.2 15.7 2.0 Yes

Kansas City, MO-KS

Missouri 1,131.3 1,148.7 17.4 1.5 Yes

Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV

Nevada 1,113.3 1,156.3 43.0 3.9 Yes

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

California 6,219.5 6,273.1 53.6 0.9 Yes

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

Kentucky 691.6 694.1 2.5 0.4 No

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

Tennessee 663.5 656.0 -7.5 -1.1 No

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Florida 2,897.6 2,968.0 70.4 2.4 Yes

Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI

Wisconsin 856.7 854.4 -2.3 -0.3 No

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

Minnesota 1,954.0 1,974.9 20.9 1.1 No

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

Tennessee 1,156.3 1,163.0 6.7 0.6 No

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

Louisiana 569.1 565.5 -3.6 -0.6 No

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

New York 9,984.8 10,140.0 155.2 1.6 Yes

Oklahoma City, OK

Oklahoma 695.4 716.1 20.7 3.0 Yes

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

Florida 1,459.1 1,483.4 24.3 1.7 Yes

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Pennsylvania 3,064.6 3,104.1 39.5 1.3 Yes

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Arizona 2,405.3 2,456.0 50.7 2.1 Yes

Pittsburgh, PA

Pennsylvania 1,158.9 1,170.9 12.0 1.0 No

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

Oregon 1,244.7 1,230.1 -14.6 -1.2 No

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA

Rhode Island 597.1 604.2 7.1 1.2 No

Raleigh, NC

North Carolina 720.7 737.1 16.4 2.3 Yes

Richmond, VA

Virginia 709.1 721.8 12.7 1.8 No

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

California 1,673.5 1,694.5 21.0 1.3 No

Rochester, NY

New York 523.6 533.7 10.1 1.9 Yes

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA

California 1,065.3 1,096.4 31.1 2.9 Yes

Salt Lake City, UT

Utah 813.3 828.7 15.4 1.9 Yes

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

Texas 1,153.7 1,181.6 27.9 2.4 Yes

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

California 1,548.7 1,562.7 14.0 0.9 No

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

California 2,463.3 2,465.1 1.8 0.1 No

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

California 1,154.9 1,155.6 0.7 0.1 No

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Washington 2,120.1 2,144.2 24.1 1.1 No

St. Louis, MO-IL (1)

Missouri 1,428.0 1,455.1 27.1 1.9 Yes

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

Florida 1,534.2 1,559.2 25.0 1.6 Yes

Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC

Virginia 802.9 819.0 16.1 2.0 Yes

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

District of Columbia 3,358.1 3,381.2 23.1 0.7 No
Footnotes:

(1) Area boundary does not reflect the official OMB delineation.

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Data have been revised to reflect 2023 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark are preliminary and will be revised when new information becomes available. Area delineations are based on Office of Management and Budget Bulletin No. 18-03, dated April 10, 2018, and are available on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. Areas in the six New England states are Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs), while areas in other states are county-based. Some metropolitan areas lie in two or more states. They are listed under the state containing the first principal city, unless otherwise footnoted. Estimates for the latest month are subject to revision the following month.

NOTE: Changes in metropolitan area and metropolitan division nonfarm payroll employment are identified with a “Yes” in the “Significant?” column of this table only if they have been determined to be statistically significant, i.e. different from zero, at the 90-percent confidence level. An explanation of how to construct a 90-percent confidence interval, as well as the underlying standard error measures (Table 2) for over-the-year changes in metropolitan area and metropolitan division payroll employment data at the total nonfarm level can be found in the CES State and Area reliability page available at https://www.bls.gov/sae/additional-resources/reliability-of-state-and-area-estimates.htm.

 

Last Modified Date: May 29, 2024