FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: FOR RELEASE: Cheryl Abbot, Regional Economist June 4, 2009 (972) 850-4800 http://www.bls.gov/ro6/ DALLAS-FORT WORTH-AREA EMPLOYMENT, APRIL 2009 Rate of Job Loss Slower than National Average Total nonfarm employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 2,937,100 in April 2009, down 49,500 or 1.7 percent, from April 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. During the same period, the national job count decreased 3.8 percent. Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that this was the fourth consecutive month of over-the-year job losses following nearly five years of expansion in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. (See chart A and table 1; Technical Note at end of release contains metropolitan area definitions. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.) Chart A. Total nonfarm employment, over-the-year net change in the Dallas metropolitan area and its divisions, January 2001-April 2009The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area is comprised of two metropolitan divisions -- separately identifiable employment centers within the larger metropolitan area. In the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division, which accounted for 70 percent of the greater metropolitan area’s workforce, employment fell by 42,900 from April a year ago. The Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division, which accounted for the remaining 30 percent of the area workforce, lost 6,600 jobs during the same 12-month period. Industry employment In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, seven supersectors experienced over-the-year declines. The professional and business services supersector reported the largest employment decrease, down 25,100 from April 2008. Losses were experienced in both Dallas-Plano-Irving and Fort Worth-Arlington, but the rate of decline was much sharper in the Dallas-Plano-Irving metropolitan division (down 6.7 and 1.4 percent, respectively). In the greater Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area, the losses in this supersector represented a 5.6-percent decline from last year; nationwide, jobs in professional and business services were down 6.4 percent. (See table 1 and chart B.) Locally, trade, transportation, and utilities lost 12,400 jobs over the year, a decline of 2.0 percent, with both metropolitan divisions contributing to the industry's loss. Nationwide, employment in this industry declined 4.7 percent. Other supersectors recording job losses on an annual basis included: manufacturing (-9,700); mining, logging, and construction (-8,300); other services (-7,700); financial activities (-5,000); and information (-3,400). In contrast, over-the-year job gains in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area were limited to two supersectors. Education and health services experienced the largest increase adding 15,400 jobs over the year, a gain of 4.7 percent; this was more than twice the national growth rate of 2.2 percent. Both metropolitan divisions contributed to the advance. Government employment rose by 7,600 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area from April a year ago, with most of the growth, 6,900, occurring in the Dallas-Plano-Irving division. The 2.6-percent increase in government jobs in the Dallas division was almost four times the national rate of growth in the public sector. Chart B. Over-the-year percent change in employment by industry supersector, United States and the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, April 2009
Employment in the 12 largest areas The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in April 2009. All 12 of these areas experienced over-the-year job losses. (See chart C and table 2.) Nationally, employment fell 3.8 percent from April 2008 to April 2009. Six of the 12 areas -- Detroit-Warren-Livonia (-7.5 percent), Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta (-5.1 percent), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana (-4.3 percent), Chicago-Naperville-Joliet (-4.2 percent), and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (-4.1 percent each) -- experienced employment losses steeper than the national rate of decline. Six other metropolitan areas had a percentage loss in jobs that fell below the nation average. Three of these areas, all located in the Northeast, experienced declines in the 3.2- to 2.7-percent range -- Philadelphia- Camden-Wilmington, Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, and New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island. Percentage losses in the remaining areas of Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (-1.7 percent), Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown (-1.4 percent), and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria (-1.0 percent) were considerably smaller. Two metropolitan areas experienced employment declines of over 200,000 from April a year ago, Los Angeles (-240,500) and New York (-234,400). Another three areas (Chicago, Detroit, and Atlanta) had job losses of 120,000 or more. Job losses were heaviest in the professional and business services industry in 8 of the 12 largest areas. Chart C. Over-the-year percent change in employment, United States and 12 largest metropolitan areas, April 2009
Additional information For personal assistance or further information on the Current Employment Statistics program, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the Southwest Information Office at 972-850-4800 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. Technical Note This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Employment Definition. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period that 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 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System. Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using a "link relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month employment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the official estimators for the approximately 39 percent of CES published series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimates. Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports that 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. 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 the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding. Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error are available for state CES data at the total nonfarm and supersector level and for metropolitan area CES data. Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/sae/. Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on November 20, 2008. A detailed list of geographic definitions is available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas. The Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties in Texas. The Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, U.S. and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands) Area and Industry Apr
2008Feb
2009Mar
2009Apr
2009(p)Change from
Apr 2008 to Apr 2009Number Percent U.S.
Total nonfarm
137,543 132,138 132,054 132,295 -5,248 -3.8 Natural resources and mining
746 754 738 729 -17 -2.3 Construction
7,174 6,156 6,114 6,196 -978 -13.6 Manufacturing
13,521 12,343 12,197 12,069 -1,452 -10.7 Trade, transportation, and utilities
26,331 25,217 25,171 25,106 -1,225 -4.7 Information
3,012 2,905 2,902 2,884 -128 -4.2 Financial activities
8,167 7,853 7,814 7,779 -388 -4.8 Professional and business services
17,897 16,750 16,691 16,756 -1,141 -6.4 Education and health services
18,906 19,237 19,277 19,322 416 2.2 Leisure and hospitality
13,401 12,682 12,816 13,043 -358 -2.7 Other services
5,542 5,398 5,404 5,416 -126 -2.3 Government
22,846 22,843 22,930 22,995 149 0.7 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm
2,986.6 2,934.2 2,937.1 2,937.1 -49.5 -1.7 Mining, logging, and construction
194.3 185.7 183.8 186.0 -8.3 -4.3 Manufacturing
287.8 280.1 277.8 278.1 -9.7 -3.4 Trade, transportation, and utilities
624.3 613.0 615.4 611.9 -12.4 -2.0 Information
89.0 87.3 86.5 85.6 -3.4 -3.8 Financial activities
235.6 231.8 231.6 230.6 -5.0 -2.1 Professional and business services
451.7 429.2 430.0 426.6 -25.1 -5.6 Education and health services
325.4 339.1 339.6 340.8 15.4 4.7 Leisure and hospitality
287.1 277.6 280.7 286.2 -0.9 -0.3 Other services
106.3 98.9 98.8 98.6 -7.7 -7.2 Government
385.1 391.5 392.9 392.7 7.6 2.0 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX
Total nonfarm
2,107.8 2,065.0 2,064.4 2,064.9 -42.9 -2.0 Mining, logging, and construction
127.5 119.7 117.2 119.0 -8.5 -6.7 Manufacturing
190.2 185.8 183.7 184.7 -5.5 -2.9 Trade, transportation, and utilities
415.6 406.0 407.6 404.4 -11.2 -2.7 Information
72.9 71.6 70.9 70.1 -2.8 -3.8 Financial activities
185.6 183.2 183.1 182.2 -3.4 -1.8 Professional and business services
352.1 331.5 331.6 328.4 -23.7 -6.7 Education and health services
225.7 236.3 236.4 238.1 12.4 5.5 Leisure and hospitality
198.5 192.2 194.4 199.0 0.5 0.3 Other services
74.2 67.1 66.7 66.6 -7.6 -10.2 Government
265.5 271.6 272.8 272.4 6.9 2.6 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm
878.8 869.2 872.7 872.2 -6.6 -0.8 Mining, logging, and construction
66.8 66.0 66.6 67.0 0.2 0.3 Manufacturing
97.6 94.3 94.1 93.4 -4.2 -4.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities
208.7 207.0 207.8 207.5 -1.2 -0.6 Information
16.1 15.7 15.6 15.5 -0.6 -3.7 Financial activities
50.0 48.6 48.5 48.4 -1.6 -3.2 Professional and business services
99.6 97.7 98.4 98.2 -1.4 -1.4 Education and health services
99.7 102.8 103.2 102.7 3.0 3.0 Leisure and hospitality
88.6 85.4 86.3 87.2 -1.4 -1.6 Other services
32.1 31.8 32.1 32.0 -0.1 -0.3 Government
119.6 119.9 120.1 120.3 0.7 0.6 (p) preliminary
Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands) Area and Industry Apr
2008Feb
2009Mar
2009Apr
2009(p) Change from
Apr 2008 to Apr 2009Number Percent Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
Total nonfarm
2,445.7 2,330.6 2,323.8 2,322.1 -123.6 -5.1 Mining and logging
1.7 1.5 1.4 1.4 -0.3 -17.6 Construction
130.4 111.6 108.8 107.1 -23.3 -17.9 Manufacturing
170.2 155.1 153.0 150.9 -19.3 -11.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities
554.4 526.9 526.1 522.7 -31.7 -5.7 Information
84.0 81.8 80.7 80.3 -3.7 -4.4 Financial activities
157.0 148.8 148.3 147.8 -9.2 -5.9 Professional and business services
412.4 379.8 379.6 376.1 -36.3 -8.8 Education and health services
259.9 263.0 262.2 265.6 5.7 2.2 Leisure and hospitality
236.4 223.7 224.7 230.9 -5.5 -2.3 Other services
98.0 96.8 96.3 96.7 -1.3 -1.3 Government
341.3 341.6 342.7 342.6 1.3 0.4 Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
Total nonfarm
2,499.6 2,409.5 2,411.8 2,428.8 -70.8 -2.8 Mining and logging
0.8 0.6 0.6 0.7 -0.1 -12.5 Construction
95.3 76.8 76.8 81.3 -14.0 -14.7 Manufacturing
216.6 208.7 208.4 207.7 -8.9 -4.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities
413.2 397.6 396.4 396.1 -17.1 -4.1 Information
75.1 73.1 72.5 72.7 -2.4 -3.2 Financial activities
185.6 175.8 175.9 175.2 -10.4 -5.6 Professional and business services
416.0 387.8 387.1 391.0 -25.0 -6.0 Education and health services
481.3 488.2 490.8 491.4 10.1 2.1 Leisure and hospitality
217.2 203.2 204.8 214.9 -2.3 -1.1 Other services
89.0 86.0 86.5 85.9 -3.1 -3.5 Government
309.5 311.7 312.0 311.9 2.4 0.8 Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
Total nonfarm
4,536.0 4,331.4 4,331.5 4,345.6 -190.4 -4.2 Mining and logging
2.1 1.8 1.7 1.9 -0.2 -9.5 Construction
202.0 166.1 170.2 176.3 -25.7 -12.7 Manufacturing
474.4 444.4 438.4 432.5 -41.9 -8.8 Trade, transportation, and utilities
919.8 887.5 888.3 887.0 -32.8 -3.6 Information
90.7 87.5 87.0 85.8 -4.9 -5.4 Financial activities
318.6 305.8 303.0 300.5 -18.1 -5.7 Professional and business services
739.8 686.9 683.4 693.2 -46.6 -6.3 Education and health services
606.3 611.1 611.5 610.7 4.4 0.7 Leisure and hospitality
409.4 376.1 381.9 390.1 -19.3 -4.7 Other services
198.6 195.7 197.2 196.7 -1.9 -1.0 Government
574.3 568.5 568.9 570.9 -3.4 -0.6 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm
2,986.6 2,934.2 2,937.1 2,937.1 -49.5 -1.7 Mining, logging, and construction
194.3 185.7 183.8 186.0 -8.3 -4.3 Manufacturing
287.8 280.1 277.8 278.1 -9.7 -3.4 Trade, transportation, and utilities
624.3 613.0 615.4 611.9 -12.4 -2.0 Information
89.0 87.3 86.5 85.6 -3.4 -3.8 Financial activities
235.6 231.8 231.6 230.6 -5.0 -2.1 Professional and business services
451.7 429.2 430.0 426.6 -25.1 -5.6 Education and health services
325.4 339.1 339.6 340.8 15.4 4.7 Leisure and hospitality
287.1 277.6 280.7 286.2 -0.9 -0.3 Other services
106.3 98.9 98.8 98.6 -7.7 -7.2 Government
385.1 391.5 392.9 392.7 7.6 2.0 Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
Total nonfarm
1,912.0 1,773.0 1,770.8 1,768.6 -143.4 -7.5 Mining, logging, and construction
61.7 50.3 49.5 49.8 -11.9 -19.3 Manufacturing
237.4 200.2 201.7 195.1 -42.3 -17.8 Trade, transportation, and utilities
357.2 337.4 337.7 336.9 -20.3 -5.7 Information
32.3 30.7 30.1 29.6 -2.7 -8.4 Financial activities
107.5 100.3 99.6 99.0 -8.5 -7.9 Professional and business services
342.3 297.4 293.2 294.8 -47.5 -13.9 Education and health services
281.8 283.5 284.2 283.7 1.9 0.7 Leisure and hospitality
180.2 168.7 169.2 173.8 -6.4 -3.6 Other services
87.0 84.8 84.8 85.3 -1.7 -2.0 Government
224.6 219.7 220.8 220.6 -4.0 -1.8 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
Total nonfarm
2,600.4 2,571.4 2,573.9 2,565.1 -35.3 -1.4 Mining and logging
87.6 92.3 90.9 90.1 2.5 2.9 Construction
208.1 200.2 196.5 194.6 -13.5 -6.5 Manufacturing
240.0 238.8 236.4 234.3 -5.7 -2.4 Trade, transportation, and utilities
527.8 517.5 520.8 520.6 -7.2 -1.4 Information
36.6 35.6 35.4 35.3 -1.3 -3.6 Financial activities
143.7 141.7 142.7 142.4 -1.3 -0.9 Professional and business services
382.9 368.7 368.6 363.0 -19.9 -5.2 Education and health services
283.2 289.8 290.8 291.3 8.1 2.9 Leisure and hospitality
233.5 226.4 229.9 231.4 -2.1 -0.9 Other services
91.6 90.3 90.9 89.9 -1.7 -1.9 Government
365.4 370.1 371.0 372.2 6.8 1.9 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
Total nonfarm
5,606.6 5,373.4 5,383.9 5,366.1 -240.5 -4.3 Mining and logging
4.9 5.0 4.9 4.9 0.0 0.0 Construction
241.4 205.3 205.9 205.2 -36.2 -15.0 Manufacturing
614.6 575.2 573.5 566.6 -48.0 -7.8 Trade, transportation, and utilities
1,077.6 1,025.4 1,021.3 1,017.6 -60.0 -5.6 Information
242.5 227.8 236.3 229.9 -12.6 -5.2 Financial activities
353.4 335.6 335.2 333.7 -19.7 -5.6 Professional and business services
860.7 816.1 815.9 813.5 -47.2 -5.5 Education and health services
657.8 667.0 670.4 668.8 11.0 1.7 Leisure and hospitality
581.5 554.5 553.8 556.1 -25.4 -4.4 Other services
195.9 190.4 190.3 189.9 -6.0 -3.1 Government
776.3 771.1 776.4 779.9 3.6 0.5 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
Total nonfarm
2,393.9 2,313.8 2,305.2 2,296.2 -97.7 -4.1 Mining and logging
0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 -0.2 -25.0 Construction
138.5 118.1 114.0 111.5 -27.0 -19.5 Manufacturing
94.5 89.6 88.5 87.4 -7.1 -7.5 Trade, transportation, and utilities
544.6 524.4 523.4 523.7 -20.9 -3.8 Information
51.1 48.9 48.5 48.4 -2.7 -5.3 Financial activities
173.8 167.3 166.3 164.9 -8.9 -5.1 Professional and business services
362.0 342.4 340.4 341.4 -20.6 -5.7 Education and health services
326.6 332.0 332.5 330.0 3.4 1.0 Leisure and hospitality
266.3 259.6 260.4 257.0 -9.3 -3.5 Other services
104.2 102.2 102.5 101.8 -2.4 -2.3 Government
331.5 328.7 328.1 329.5 -2.0 -0.6 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Total nonfarm
8,618.1 8,329.9 8,353.2 8,383.7 -234.4 -2.7 Mining, logging, and construction
362.3 311.8 316.6 327.0 -35.3 -9.7 Manufacturing
434.3 400.7 398.7 396.1 -38.2 -8.8 Trade, transportation, and utilities
1,598.0 1,541.7 1,538.3 1,536.8 -61.2 -3.8 Information
283.1 278.0 276.3 275.5 -7.6 -2.7 Financial activities
788.5 757.0 755.4 753.3 -35.2 -4.5 Professional and business services
1,326.2 1,244.2 1,250.7 1,258.1 -68.1 -5.1 Education and health services
1,480.7 1,496.6 1,505.6 1,509.0 28.3 1.9 Leisure and hospitality
660.1 626.5 634.5 642.6 -17.5 -2.7 Other services
373.3 370.0 370.3 372.8 -0.5 -0.1 Government
1,311.6 1,303.4 1,306.8 1,312.5 0.9 0.1 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Total nonfarm
2,831.1 2,721.5 2,723.0 2,741.0 -90.1 -3.2 Mining, logging, and construction
126.0 103.6 104.1 107.5 -18.5 -14.7 Manufacturing
218.0 205.9 205.2 203.9 -14.1 -6.5 Trade, transportation, and utilities
525.2 503.1 504.2 504.2 -21.0 -4.0 Information
57.9 55.3 55.0 55.0 -2.9 -5.0 Financial activities
218.1 210.7 210.2 209.4 -8.7 -4.0 Professional and business services
434.1 404.8 405.8 411.2 -22.9 -5.3 Education and health services
543.8 549.5 545.5 548.7 4.9 0.9 Leisure and hospitality
224.7 207.4 210.7 218.1 -6.6 -2.9 Other services
122.8 121.7 122.1 122.1 -0.7 -0.6 Government
360.5 359.5 360.2 360.9 0.4 0.1 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Total nonfarm
2,035.9 1,955.6 1,953.3 1,953.1 -82.8 -4.1 Mining and logging
1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 Construction
109.6 93.9 93.4 93.5 -16.1 -14.7 Manufacturing
136.6 130.7 130.1 129.3 -7.3 -5.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities
354.5 338.2 336.3 334.2 -20.3 -5.7 Information
68.4 65.9 65.6 65.6 -2.8 -4.1 Financial activities
144.9 136.1 135.5 134.7 -10.2 -7.0 Professional and business services
372.8 361.1 359.7 358.8 -14.0 -3.8 Education and health services
237.4 235.6 236.5 236.5 -0.9 -0.4 Leisure and hospitality
215.3 204.0 205.0 207.5 -7.8 -3.6 Other services
75.5 73.0 73.1 72.7 -2.8 -3.7 Government
319.5 315.7 316.7 318.9 -0.6 -0.2 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Total nonfarm
3,005.5 2,961.6 2,965.0 2,975.2 -30.3 -1.0 Mining, logging, and construction
174.4 156.9 155.8 155.8 -18.6 -10.7 Manufacturing
61.0 58.7 58.5 58.5 -2.5 -4.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities
396.3 381.0 379.2 381.3 -15.0 -3.8 Information
92.2 88.2 87.0 86.4 -5.8 -6.3 Financial activities
155.2 148.6 148.7 148.8 -6.4 -4.1 Professional and business services
683.9 686.4 686.5 691.2 7.3 1.1 Education and health services
338.8 344.6 346.4 346.4 7.6 2.2 Leisure and hospitality
262.5 250.6 251.1 255.4 -7.1 -2.7 Other services
183.8 182.5 183.9 184.7 0.9 0.5 Government
657.4 664.1 667.9 666.7 9.3 1.4
Last Modified Date: June 5, 2009
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