Employment increased in 129 metropolitan areas from June 2021 to June 2022

Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 129 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 260 areas from June 2021 to June 2022. The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey, at 12.5 percent.

For the year ended in June 2022, four other metropolitan areas had employment increases of at least 7.0 percent: Athens-Clarke County, Georgia (8.4 percent); Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (7.9 percent); Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia (7.7 percent); and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (7.7 percent).

Nonfarm employment rose in 45 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more and was essentially unchanged in 6 areas from June 2021 to June 2022. Among these metropolitan areas, Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada, and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas had the largest percentage gains, followed by Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee (6.7 percent); Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (6.6 percent); and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (6.5 percent).

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 — June 2022." Also see charts related to the latest "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" news release.