Employment in 12 large metropolitan areas

Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area Back
data		 Apr
2011		 Feb
2012		 Mar
2012		 Apr
2012		 Apr 2011 to
Apr 2012
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United States

  

Total nonfarm
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 131,240 131,210 (P) 132,071 (P) 132,967 (P) 1,727 (P) 1.3

Mining and logging
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 756 820 (P) 822 (P) 827 (P) 71 (P) 9.4

Construction
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 5,356 5,133 (P) 5,223 (P) 5,394 (P) 38 (P) 0.7

Manufacturing
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 11,643 11,773 (P) 11,844 (P) 11,879 (P) 236 (P) 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 24,782 24,837 (P) 24,928 (P) 25,048 (P) 266 (P) 1.1

Information
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 2,669 2,635 (P) 2,625 (P) 2,625 (P) -44 (P) -1.6

Financial activities
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 7,648 7,653 (P) 7,682 (P) 7,691 (P) 43 (P) 0.6

Professional and business services
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 17,236 17,483 (P) 17,602 (P) 17,818 (P) 582 (P) 3.4

Education and health services
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 19,974 20,304 (P) 20,375 (P) 20,411 (P) 437 (P) 2.2

Leisure and hospitality
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 13,224 12,943 (P) 13,230 (P) 13,515 (P) 291 (P) 2.2

Other services
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 5,331 5,306 (P) 5,336 (P) 5,355 (P) 24 (P) 0.5

Government
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 22,621 22,323 (P) 22,404 (P) 22,404 (P) -217 (P) -1.0
 

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,312.6 2,314.4 2,316.3 (P) 2,331.1 (P) 18.5 (P) 0.8

Mining and logging
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 1.3 1.3 1.3 (P) 1.3 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 91.7 88.3 86.4 (P) 86.3 (P) -5.4 (P) -5.9

Manufacturing
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 145.8 149.2 149.1 (P) 147.9 (P) 2.1 (P) 1.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 520.1 530.2 531.3 (P) 537.9 (P) 17.8 (P) 3.4

Information
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 80.0 79.4 78.9 (P) 78.3 (P) -1.7 (P) -2.1

Financial activities
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 142.3 135.2 134.2 (P) 136.2 (P) -6.1 (P) -4.3

Professional and business services
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 401.0 413.2 412.1 (P) 415.6 (P) 14.6 (P) 3.6

Education and health services
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 288.6 294.1 294.2 (P) 295.1 (P) 6.5 (P) 2.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 227.9 214.6 218.8 (P) 221.8 (P) -6.1 (P) -2.7

Other services
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 94.3 92.4 92.1 (P) 93.5 (P) -0.8 (P) -0.8

Government
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 319.6 316.5 317.9 (P) 317.2 (P) -2.4 (P) -0.8
 

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (NECTA)

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,449.7 2,418.4 2,435.0 (P) 2,470.7 (P) 21.0 (P) 0.9

Mining and logging
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 0.5 0.4 0.5 (P) 0.5 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 77.5 70.7 72.7 (P) 78.5 (P) 1.0 (P) 1.3

Manufacturing
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 194.4 195.6 196.6 (P) 196.6 (P) 2.2 (P) 1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 398.6 398.3 400.5 (P) 401.9 (P) 3.3 (P) 0.8

Information
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 71.8 72.3 72.5 (P) 73.6 (P) 1.8 (P) 2.5

Financial activities
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 172.1 168.0 168.6 (P) 170.1 (P) -2.0 (P) -1.2

Professional and business services
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 401.8 395.3 400.0 (P) 410.5 (P) 8.7 (P) 2.2

Education and health services
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 507.4 507.9 510.1 (P) 511.2 (P) 3.8 (P) 0.7

Leisure and hospitality
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 224.7 211.3 213.8 (P) 227.2 (P) 2.5 (P) 1.1

Other services
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 93.0 94.5 95.1 (P) 95.9 (P) 2.9 (P) 3.1

Government
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 307.9 304.1 304.6 (P) 304.7 (P) -3.2 (P) -1.0
 

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

  

Total nonfarm
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 4,278.3 4,229.7 4,262.1 (P) 4,313.6 (P) 35.3 (P) 0.8

Mining and logging
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 1.4 1.4 1.5 (P) 1.6 (P) 0.2 (P) 14.3

Construction
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 142.2 120.1 125.9 (P) 136.7 (P) -5.5 (P) -3.9

Manufacturing
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 411.0 412.9 416.3 (P) 417.3 (P) 6.3 (P) 1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 860.4 847.0 850.9 (P) 856.4 (P) -4.0 (P) -0.5

Information
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 79.2 78.0 78.2 (P) 78.0 (P) -1.2 (P) -1.5

Financial activities
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 283.1 282.7 282.1 (P) 283.2 (P) 0.1 (P) 0.0

Professional and business services
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 702.1 698.6 708.3 (P) 727.4 (P) 25.3 (P) 3.6

Education and health services
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 651.1 660.9 660.9 (P) 660.1 (P) 9.0 (P) 1.4

Leisure and hospitality
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 398.2 383.9 392.9 (P) 406.4 (P) 8.2 (P) 2.1

Other services
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 189.2 190.7 190.4 (P) 189.8 (P) 0.6 (P) 0.3

Government
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 560.4 553.5 554.7 (P) 556.7 (P) -3.7 (P) -0.7
 

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,916.5 2,947.1 2,969.2 (P) 2,968.5 (P) 52.0 (P) 1.8

Mining, logging, and construction
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 156.8 155.0 158.7 (P) 158.1 (P) 1.3 (P) 0.8

Manufacturing
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 253.0 256.2 257.4 (P) 257.7 (P) 4.7 (P) 1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 595.8 609.7 610.6 (P) 609.2 (P) 13.4 (P) 2.2

Information
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 78.4 78.2 79.1 (P) 79.0 (P) 0.6 (P) 0.8

Financial activities
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 234.0 240.5 240.9 (P) 240.9 (P) 6.9 (P) 2.9

Professional and business services
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 445.4 448.7 452.3 (P) 451.4 (P) 6.0 (P) 1.3

Education and health services
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 364.4 366.1 372.8 (P) 372.9 (P) 8.5 (P) 2.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 289.2 295.5 299.4 (P) 299.7 (P) 10.5 (P) 3.6

Other services
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 102.6 102.7 103.3 (P) 103.7 (P) 1.1 (P) 1.1

Government
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 396.9 394.5 394.7 (P) 395.9 (P) -1.0 (P) -0.3
 

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.

  

Total nonfarm
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 1,769.4 1,761.2 1,778.1 (P) 1,795.4 (P) 26.0 (P) 1.5

Mining, logging, and construction
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 49.8 45.3 47.5 (P) 50.4 (P) 0.6 (P) 1.2

Manufacturing
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 202.1 208.7 211.9 (P) 210.7 (P) 8.6 (P) 4.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 329.0 326.6 328.6 (P) 329.8 (P) 0.8 (P) 0.2

Information
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 25.5 25.7 25.6 (P) 25.5 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Financial activities
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 97.5 98.0 97.9 (P) 98.8 (P) 1.3 (P) 1.3

Professional and business services
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 323.8 329.3 331.0 (P) 337.3 (P) 13.5 (P) 4.2

Education and health services
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 288.9 290.9 293.7 (P) 293.5 (P) 4.6 (P) 1.6

Leisure & hospitality
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 169.8 161.4 165.0 (P) 172.3 (P) 2.5 (P) 1.5

Other services
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 79.7 79.0 80.3 (P) 81.4 (P) 1.7 (P) 2.1

Government
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 203.3 196.3 196.6 (P) 195.7 (P) -7.6 (P) -3.7
 

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,585.7 2,637.0 2,651.0 (P) 2,666.9 (P) 81.2 (P) 3.1

Mining and logging
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 85.8 93.6 94.7 (P) 95.0 (P) 9.2 (P) 10.7

Construction
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 169.6 171.0 167.3 (P) 172.5 (P) 2.9 (P) 1.7

Manufacturing
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 225.1 231.3 233.4 (P) 234.1 (P) 9.0 (P) 4.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 525.2 534.7 538.0 (P) 538.9 (P) 13.7 (P) 2.6

Information
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 31.7 31.1 31.4 (P) 31.4 (P) -0.3 (P) -0.9

Financial activities
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 136.8 138.5 137.2 (P) 139.4 (P) 2.6 (P) 1.9

Professional and business services
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 378.8 386.0 387.3 (P) 388.2 (P) 9.4 (P) 2.5

Education and health services
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 314.1 335.4 336.4 (P) 336.0 (P) 21.9 (P) 7.0

Leisure and hospitality
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 243.6 245.8 254.4 (P) 258.7 (P) 15.1 (P) 6.2

Other services
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 91.5 95.9 95.9 (P) 97.6 (P) 6.1 (P) 6.7

Government
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 383.5 373.7 375.0 (P) 375.1 (P) -8.4 (P) -2.2
 

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.

  

Total nonfarm
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 5,162.1 5,193.4 5,217.8 (P) 5,214.0 (P) 51.9 (P) 1.0

Mining and logging
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 4.5 4.5 4.5 (P) 4.5 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 170.9 170.7 172.0 (P) 167.9 (P) -3.0 (P) -1.8

Manufacturing
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 520.0 516.2 517.0 (P) 513.7 (P) -6.3 (P) -1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 982.0 994.2 998.2 (P) 1,000.1 (P) 18.1 (P) 1.8

Information
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 216.7 233.1 219.8 (P) 219.6 (P) 2.9 (P) 1.3

Financial activities
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 311.4 313.8 315.4 (P) 315.9 (P) 4.5 (P) 1.4

Professional and business services
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 779.8 795.6 804.3 (P) 804.3 (P) 24.5 (P) 3.1

Education and health services
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 699.1 706.9 712.0 (P) 711.5 (P) 12.4 (P) 1.8

Leisure and hospitality
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 564.8 563.4 572.6 (P) 575.0 (P) 10.2 (P) 1.8

Other services
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 179.3 175.7 177.4 (P) 176.9 (P) -2.4 (P) -1.3

Government
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 733.6 719.3 724.6 (P) 724.6 (P) -9.0 (P) -1.2
 

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,230.9 2,243.3 2,254.0 (P) 2,244.6 (P) 13.7 (P) 0.6

Mining and logging
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 0.7 0.7 0.7 (P) 0.7 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 84.3 79.6 80.0 (P) 77.9 (P) -6.4 (P) -7.6

Manufacturing
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 75.8 77.5 77.2 (P) 77.1 (P) 1.3 (P) 1.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 514.8 522.8 525.0 (P) 524.6 (P) 9.8 (P) 1.9

Information
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 44.0 43.4 43.4 (P) 43.1 (P) -0.9 (P) -2.0

Financial activities
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 153.1 151.1 152.3 (P) 152.4 (P) -0.7 (P) -0.5

Professional and business services
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 342.8 345.7 345.4 (P) 344.2 (P) 1.4 (P) 0.4

Education and health services
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 343.7 355.6 356.1 (P) 356.5 (P) 12.8 (P) 3.7

Leisure and hospitality
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 264.1 262.3 267.3 (P) 263.5 (P) -0.6 (P) -0.2

Other services
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 94.4 94.6 97.2 (P) 94.6 (P) 0.2 (P) 0.2

Government
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 313.2 310.0 309.4 (P) 310.0 (P) -3.2 (P) -1.0
 

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.

  

Total nonfarm
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 8,396.9 8,351.5 8,416.6 (P) 8,481.9 (P) 85.0 (P) 1.0

Mining, logging, and construction
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 291.1 264.4 270.7 (P) 281.7 (P) -9.4 (P) -3.2

Manufacturing
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 361.6 358.3 358.2 (P) 358.9 (P) -2.7 (P) -0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 1,538.6 1,540.9 1,550.4 (P) 1,557.9 (P) 19.3 (P) 1.3

Information
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 271.1 266.3 268.8 (P) 269.3 (P) -1.8 (P) -0.7

Financial activities
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 731.6 742.2 744.0 (P) 745.3 (P) 13.7 (P) 1.9

Professional and business services
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 1,295.3 1,311.3 1,323.4 (P) 1,342.4 (P) 47.1 (P) 3.6

Education and health services
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 1,568.9 1,567.9 1,580.6 (P) 1,582.4 (P) 13.5 (P) 0.9

Leisure and hospitality
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 699.8 678.5 690.8 (P) 711.8 (P) 12.0 (P) 1.7

Other services
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 363.1 365.2 366.6 (P) 368.8 (P) 5.7 (P) 1.6

Government
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 1,275.8 1,256.5 1,263.1 (P) 1,263.4 (P) -12.4 (P) -1.0
 

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,725.4 2,684.8 2,702.2 (P) 2,731.9 (P) 6.5 (P) 0.2

Mining, logging, and construction
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 101.1 95.5 96.6 (P) 99.2 (P) -1.9 (P) -1.9

Manufacturing
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 185.9 184.2 185.2 (P) 185.4 (P) -0.5 (P) -0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 498.1 490.0 492.2 (P) 496.1 (P) -2.0 (P) -0.4

Information
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 50.4 48.8 48.7 (P) 49.0 (P) -1.4 (P) -2.8

Financial activities
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 199.1 197.8 198.6 (P) 199.3 (P) 0.2 (P) 0.1

Professional and business services
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 419.2 416.5 421.5 (P) 427.6 (P) 8.4 (P) 2.0

Education and health services
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 570.1 579.8 579.1 (P) 580.9 (P) 10.8 (P) 1.9

Leisure and hospitality
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 228.9 213.8 220.0 (P) 233.0 (P) 4.1 (P) 1.8

Other services
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 120.4 117.2 118.5 (P) 118.6 (P) -1.8 (P) -1.5

Government
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 352.2 341.2 341.8 (P) 342.8 (P) -9.4 (P) -2.7
 

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.

  

Total nonfarm
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 1,894.5 1,911.3 1,925.7 (P) 1,928.6 (P) 34.1 (P) 1.8

Mining and logging
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 1.4 1.4 1.4 (P) 1.4 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 75.9 77.0 76.9 (P) 77.4 (P) 1.5 (P) 2.0

Manufacturing
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 115.4 115.6 115.7 (P) 114.9 (P) -0.5 (P) -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 317.7 321.5 321.5 (P) 323.5 (P) 5.8 (P) 1.8

Information
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 62.8 65.8 66.0 (P) 65.5 (P) 2.7 (P) 4.3

Financial activities
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 123.7 122.6 122.5 (P) 121.4 (P) -2.3 (P) -1.9

Professional and business services
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 353.0 367.6 369.9 (P) 369.9 (P) 16.9 (P) 4.8

Education and health services
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 250.1 254.0 257.5 (P) 257.8 (P) 7.7 (P) 3.1

Leisure and hospitality
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 213.9 210.2 215.3 (P) 217.6 (P) 3.7 (P) 1.7

Other services
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 74.3 76.8 78.6 (P) 78.3 (P) 4.0 (P) 5.4

Government
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 306.3 298.8 300.4 (P) 300.9 (P) -5.4 (P) -1.8
 

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.

  

Total nonfarm
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 2,990.4 2,989.3 3,012.6 (P) 3,024.9 (P) 34.5 (P) 1.2

Mining, logging, and construction
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 139.2 140.0 142.2 (P) 144.1 (P) 4.9 (P) 3.5

Manufacturing
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 50.8 49.5 49.6 (P) 50.0 (P) -0.8 (P) -1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 376.3 368.9 371.4 (P) 373.6 (P) -2.7 (P) -0.7

Information
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 81.3 79.9 79.7 (P) 79.4 (P) -1.9 (P) -2.3

Financial activities
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 144.5 147.7 148.5 (P) 148.9 (P) 4.4 (P) 3.0

Professional and business services
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 690.6 682.4 689.3 (P) 692.6 (P) 2.0 (P) 0.3

Education and health services
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 367.1 380.5 382.1 (P) 383.1 (P) 16.0 (P) 4.4

Leisure and hospitality
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 266.2 264.8 270.0 (P) 274.2 (P) 8.0 (P) 3.0

Other services
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 182.4 180.9 181.8 (P) 181.7 (P) -0.7 (P) -0.4

Government
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 692.0 694.7 698.0 (P) 697.3 (P) 5.3 (P) 0.8

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Last Modified Date: May 18, 2012