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23-2685-DAL
Thursday, January 04, 2024

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Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — November 2023

Total nonfarm employment for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, metropolitan area increased by 139,700 over the year in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the local rate of job gain, 3.3 percent, compared to the 1.8-percent national increase. (See chart 1 and table 1.) (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

 

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, is made up of two metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. Employment increased in both divisions over the year. Dallas-Plano-Irving, with 72 percent of the area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 103,500 jobs over the year. Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, which accounted for 28 percent of the area’s workforce, gained 36,200 jobs during the period.

Industry employment

In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, professional and business services had the largest employment gain (+32,400) among local private-industry supersectors over the year. (See chart 2.) Within the supersector, the professional, scientific, and technical services sector added the most jobs (+24,300), with the Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, division contributing 19,400 jobs and the Fort-Worth-Arlington, TX, division contributing 4,900 jobs to the sector’s increase. The 4.1-percent rate of job increase in the metropolitan area’s professional and business services supersector compared to the 0.9-percent gain nationwide.

 

Financial activities added 17,400 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area, with the Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, division reporting an increase (+15,300) in this supersector. In the metropolitan area, the finance and insurance sector gained 11,700 jobs, with Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, adding 10,200 jobs. The metropolitan area’s 4.7-percent increase in financial activities compared to the 0.6-percent national increase.

Three other supersectors for the metropolitan area had notable over-the-year job gains: mining, logging, and construction (+15,900), other services (+14,500) and manufacturing (+11,000). The other services supersector’s 11.0-percent rate of increase in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, compared to the 1.9-percent gain nationwide.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in November 2023. Ten of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year. The largest job gains occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, (+139,700) and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (+122,200). Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, had the smallest employment increase (+43,900), followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (+48,400), among the areas with significant changes. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, had a 3.3-percent rate of job gain. The rates of job gain in the remaining nine areas with significant changes ranged from 3.0 percent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, to 1.2 percent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for December 2023 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. (CT).

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data

Effective with the release of January 2024 estimates on March 11, 2024, the CES program will implement a new weight smoothing procedure for state and metropolitan area employment data. Background information On Weight Smoothing in the Current Employment Statistics Survey is available on the BLS website.


Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor between State employment security agencies and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary.

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2022 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month's employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain statistical criteria. For some employment series, the estimates are produced with a model that uses direct sample estimates (described above) combined with other regressors to compensate for smaller sample sizes.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available in the CES State and Area benchmark article.

Reliability of the estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal totals shown in the same tables due to rounding.

Employment estimates. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Reliability of state and area estimates for the total nonfarm employment series are available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2018. The 12 metropolitan areas discussed in this release are the metropolitan areas with the largest population according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas.

  • The Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties in Texas.

  • The Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division includes Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas.

Additional information

Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry Nov.
2022
Sep.
2023
Oct.
2023
Nov.
2023(p)
Nov. 2022 to
Nov. 2023(p)
Net change Percent change

United States

Total nonfarm

155,642 156,906 157,984 158,461 2,819 1.8

Mining and logging

627 650 650 645 18 2.9

Construction

7,900 8,160 8,194 8,103 203 2.6

Manufacturing

12,974 12,995 12,964 12,994 20 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

29,272 28,723 28,963 29,371 99 0.3

Information

3,145 3,037 3,026 3,048 -97 -3.1

Financial activities

9,116 9,151 9,173 9,172 56 0.6

Professional and business services

23,028 23,047 23,266 23,231 203 0.9

Education and health services

25,024 25,572 25,902 26,069 1,045 4.2

Leisure and hospitality

15,998 16,775 16,688 16,508 510 3.2

Other services

5,782 5,871 5,888 5,891 109 1.9

Government

22,776 22,925 23,270 23,429 653 2.9

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

4,219.0 4,305.3 4,342.5 4,358.7 139.7 3.3

Mining, logging, and construction

240.0 256.9 255.5 255.9 15.9 6.6

Manufacturing

304.7 313.0 314.3 315.7 11.0 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

917.0 906.6 913.6 929.7 12.7 1.4

Information

92.7 95.4 95.9 96.5 3.8 4.1

Financial activities

366.9 382.5 385.9 384.3 17.4 4.7

Professional and business services

794.3 813.6 825.9 826.7 32.4 4.1

Education and health services

493.5 503.6 504.0 502.6 9.1 1.8

Leisure and hospitality

407.6 418.4 420.9 419.1 11.5 2.8

Other services

131.6 144.7 146.4 146.1 14.5 11.0

Government

470.7 470.6 480.1 482.1 11.4 2.4

Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

3,024.5 3,086.6 3,118.4 3,128.0 103.5 3.4

Mining, logging, and construction

160.3 173.8 171.6 172.8 12.5 7.8

Manufacturing

195.6 201.2 202.0 202.7 7.1 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

623.1 611.5 617.5 627.7 4.6 0.7

Information

81.4 84.0 84.4 85.0 3.6 4.4

Financial activities

290.2 303.6 307.2 305.5 15.3 5.3

Professional and business services

635.5 643.5 655.6 657.3 21.8 3.4

Education and health services

340.5 350.2 351.8 349.9 9.4 2.8

Leisure and hospitality

279.5 288.7 289.4 286.7 7.2 2.6

Other services

90.3 102.4 104.0 103.4 13.1 14.5

Government

328.1 327.7 334.9 337.0 8.9 2.7

Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,194.5 1,218.7 1,224.1 1,230.7 36.2 3.0

Mining, logging, and construction

79.7 83.1 83.9 83.1 3.4 4.3

Manufacturing

109.1 111.8 112.3 113.0 3.9 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

293.9 295.1 296.1 302.0 8.1 2.8

Information

11.3 11.4 11.5 11.5 0.2 1.8

Financial activities

76.7 78.9 78.7 78.8 2.1 2.7

Professional and business services

158.8 170.1 170.3 169.4 10.6 6.7

Education and health services

153.0 153.4 152.2 152.7 -0.3 -0.2

Leisure and hospitality

128.1 129.7 131.5 132.4 4.3 3.4

Other services

41.3 42.3 42.4 42.7 1.4 3.4

Government

142.6 142.9 145.2 145.1 2.5 1.8

(p) Preliminary

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector for the 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area Nov
2022
Sep
2023
Oct
2023
Nov
2023(p)
Nov 2022 to
Nov 2023(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

3,046.7 3,073.0 3,097.2 3,123.2 76.5 2.5

Mining and logging

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0

Construction

140.9 145.6 145.3 145.5 4.6 3.3

Manufacturing

176.3 173.7 174.4 176.3 0.0 0.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

666.8 650.9 657.2 663.5 -3.3 -0.5

Information

117.6 113.3 113.0 113.4 -4.2 -3.6

Financial activities

201.3 209.7 210.0 212.0 10.7 5.3

Professional and business services

594.5 586.9 594.4 599.6 5.1 0.9

Education and health services

398.4 417.0 424.7 426.6 28.2 7.1

Leisure and hospitality

300.2 312.2 315.7 320.4 20.2 6.7

Other services

106.1 110.5 109.1 109.4 3.3 3.1

Government

342.7 351.3 351.5 354.6 11.9 3.5

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH (NECTA)

Total nonfarm

2,826.3 2,865.1 2,890.8 2,894.9 68.6 2.4

Mining, logging, and construction

129.3 137.3 138.3 137.5 8.2 6.3

Manufacturing

182.4 182.1 182.1 182.6 0.2 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

412.2 411.2 417.0 420.7 8.5 2.1

Information

85.8 85.1 84.5 83.9 -1.9 -2.2

Financial activities

188.0 191.1 191.7 193.0 5.0 2.7

Professional and business services

548.4 555.2 556.5 556.8 8.4 1.5

Education and health services

609.5 618.1 630.4 633.6 24.1 4.0

Leisure and hospitality

252.3 267.1 265.6 259.2 6.9 2.7

Other services

99.3 100.7 103.0 103.0 3.7 3.7

Government

319.1 317.2 321.7 324.6 5.5 1.7

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,789.0 4,813.5 4,822.8 4,832.3 43.3 0.9

Mining and logging

1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.1 6.7

Construction

187.5 194.5 194.4 190.1 2.6 1.4

Manufacturing

409.7 410.3 406.6 414.1 4.4 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

985.2 960.8 969.6 986.2 1.0 0.1

Information

82.5 77.2 76.0 76.7 -5.8 -7.0

Financial activities

316.7 324.0 323.5 323.0 6.3 2.0

Professional and business services

877.1 867.0 869.8 858.3 -18.8 -2.1

Education and health services

748.3 769.0 776.6 783.1 34.8 4.7

Leisure and hospitality

460.8 476.9 474.1 468.9 8.1 1.8

Other services

195.5 196.4 196.1 196.7 1.2 0.6

Government

524.2 535.8 534.5 533.6 9.4 1.8

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

4,219.0 4,305.3 4,342.5 4,358.7 139.7 3.3

Mining, logging, and construction

240.0 256.9 255.5 255.9 15.9 6.6

Manufacturing

304.7 313.0 314.3 315.7 11.0 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

917.0 906.6 913.6 929.7 12.7 1.4

Information

92.7 95.4 95.9 96.5 3.8 4.1

Financial activities

366.9 382.5 385.9 384.3 17.4 4.7

Professional and business services

794.3 813.6 825.9 826.7 32.4 4.1

Education and health services

493.5 503.6 504.0 502.6 9.1 1.8

Leisure and hospitality

407.6 418.4 420.9 419.1 11.5 2.8

Other services

131.6 144.7 146.4 146.1 14.5 11.0

Government

470.7 470.6 480.1 482.1 11.4 2.4

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,326.6 3,373.1 3,391.1 3,404.4 77.8 2.3

Mining and logging

67.3 70.1 70.2 69.8 2.5 3.7

Construction

223.3 218.6 218.0 218.4 -4.9 -2.2

Manufacturing

228.0 234.6 235.2 234.2 6.2 2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

691.9 695.8 702.3 710.2 18.3 2.6

Information

33.0 33.1 33.0 33.0 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

181.9 188.1 189.4 188.8 6.9 3.8

Professional and business services

554.3 561.7 562.6 564.8 10.5 1.9

Education and health services

438.4 454.1 459.8 461.8 23.4 5.3

Leisure and hospitality

342.9 350.1 347.7 347.2 4.3 1.3

Other services

117.2 119.5 119.5 118.5 1.3 1.1

Government

448.4 447.4 453.4 457.7 9.3 2.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,348.0 6,352.0 6,421.6 6,455.0 107.0 1.7

Mining and logging

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0

Construction

258.5 261.1 265.5 267.6 9.1 3.5

Manufacturing

483.2 475.3 475.9 475.4 -7.8 -1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,121.2 1,107.4 1,119.9 1,137.3 16.1 1.4

Information

262.8 228.6 230.0 238.2 -24.6 -9.4

Financial activities

330.4 328.5 330.5 331.3 0.9 0.3

Professional and business services

1,027.0 1,018.1 1,029.2 1,023.6 -3.4 -0.3

Education and health services

1,156.1 1,200.0 1,216.1 1,221.2 65.1 5.6

Leisure and hospitality

749.3 786.7 792.7 791.7 42.4 5.7

Other services

209.2 213.9 216.0 216.2 7.0 3.3

Government

748.4 730.5 743.9 750.6 2.2 0.3

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,870.8 2,893.5 2,928.2 2,957.0 86.2 3.0

Construction

145.8 140.0 143.2 145.1 -0.7 -0.5

Manufacturing

96.2 97.7 98.0 99.1 2.9 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

655.3 655.6 666.3 676.5 21.2 3.2

Information

56.3 54.2 54.0 54.1 -2.2 -3.9

Financial activities

214.7 217.5 219.9 221.5 6.8 3.2

Professional and business services

514.1 530.1 533.5 536.0 21.9 4.3

Education and health services

436.0 447.0 453.2 455.0 19.0 4.4

Leisure and hospitality

330.7 322.9 328.1 335.2 4.5 1.4

Other services

112.4 114.9 115.7 117.3 4.9 4.4

Government

308.5 312.8 315.5 316.4 7.9 2.6

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

Total nonfarm

10,063.2 10,079.6 10,146.3 10,185.4 122.2 1.2

Mining, logging, and construction

413.2 420.2 420.2 411.7 -1.5 -0.4

Manufacturing

349.4 351.6 351.5 350.6 1.2 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,715.7 1,656.1 1,670.9 1,695.3 -20.4 -1.2

Information

328.2 301.9 301.9 302.2 -26.0 -7.9

Financial activities

811.5 809.1 809.4 809.3 -2.2 -0.3

Professional and business services

1,663.8 1,642.0 1,646.3 1,654.0 -9.8 -0.6

Education and health services

2,180.8 2,255.8 2,292.7 2,318.6 137.8 6.3

Leisure and hospitality

893.0 951.5 940.5 929.7 36.7 4.1

Other services

403.0 401.6 404.4 404.3 1.3 0.3

Government

1,304.6 1,289.8 1,308.5 1,309.7 5.1 0.4

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

Total nonfarm

3,078.6 3,125.1 3,149.4 3,162.5 83.9 2.7

Mining, logging, and construction

124.4 131.3 130.9 129.9 5.5 4.4

Manufacturing

180.9 181.6 182.0 182.3 1.4 0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

563.0 554.3 557.5 564.9 1.9 0.3

Information

54.6 54.9 55.0 54.9 0.3 0.5

Financial activities

229.3 230.2 231.4 231.0 1.7 0.7

Professional and business services

507.0 513.2 515.4 516.2 9.2 1.8

Education and health services

698.2 716.0 727.0 734.0 35.8 5.1

Leisure and hospitality

259.3 281.0 279.9 276.1 16.8 6.5

Other services

122.5 125.1 127.2 128.3 5.8 4.7

Government

339.4 337.5 343.1 344.9 5.5 1.6

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,371.4 2,376.4 2,392.2 2,415.3 43.9 1.9

Mining and logging

3.1 3.3 3.4 3.4 0.3 9.7

Construction

156.7 160.5 161.5 164.0 7.3 4.7

Manufacturing

150.4 149.5 149.1 149.4 -1.0 -0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

462.1 449.6 454.7 465.9 3.8 0.8

Information

43.3 39.8 40.0 40.3 -3.0 -6.9

Financial activities

219.7 222.7 221.3 221.0 1.3 0.6

Professional and business services

398.6 398.5 400.3 406.5 7.9 2.0

Education and health services

373.7 387.8 393.0 395.3 21.6 5.8

Leisure and hospitality

239.9 244.7 246.5 247.1 7.2 3.0

Other services

75.3 70.1 70.2 70.2 -5.1 -6.8

Government

248.6 249.9 252.2 252.2 3.6 1.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,513.8 2,515.5 2,537.8 2,541.1 27.3 1.1

Mining and logging

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0

Construction

124.0 129.6 132.3 129.2 5.2 4.2

Manufacturing

156.8 157.2 156.9 156.4 -0.4 -0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

365.0 358.0 360.5 364.0 -1.0 -0.3

Information

156.3 150.1 150.5 150.4 -5.9 -3.8

Financial activities

146.5 143.9 146.4 145.7 -0.8 -0.5

Professional and business services

531.4 516.7 520.7 517.5 -13.9 -2.6

Education and health services

389.5 398.9 406.0 409.8 20.3 5.2

Leisure and hospitality

245.0 261.4 261.5 262.1 17.1 7.0

Other services

82.5 86.5 86.4 86.9 4.4 5.3

Government

316.5 312.9 316.3 318.8 2.3 0.7

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

Total nonfarm

3,363.8 3,387.0 3,405.4 3,412.2 48.4 1.4

Mining, logging, and construction

164.4 169.1 168.9 166.9 2.5 1.5

Manufacturing

58.2 56.6 57.0 57.1 -1.1 -1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

409.6 396.3 403.6 411.5 1.9 0.5

Information

81.5 81.3 80.5 81.7 0.2 0.2

Financial activities

154.4 153.7 152.6 152.6 -1.8 -1.2

Professional and business services

810.5 810.7 812.7 807.5 -3.0 -0.4

Education and health services

453.4 463.3 468.8 469.4 16.0 3.5

Leisure and hospitality

309.2 322.0 321.8 321.3 12.1 3.9

Other services

192.7 199.7 200.0 200.7 8.0 4.2

Government

729.9 734.3 739.5 743.5 13.6 1.9

(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, January 04, 2024