Large metropolitan area percent changes in employment
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Percent change in employment for metropolitan areas with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more, from May 2021, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
10 year
5 year
1 year
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
18.3 3.2 7.3
Austin-Round Rock, TX
38.8 13.1 9.6
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
5.3 -1.7 9.1
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
6.4 0.6 6.6
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
6.7 -3.0 10.6
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
-1.2 -4.5 17.4
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
24.0 5.7 8.1
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
3.0 -4.8 7.3
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
7.9 -0.8 9.3
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
0.5 -5.0 6.2
Columbus, OH
13.8 1.1 7.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
25.0 7.3 7.4
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
23.1 4.7 8.0
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
6.2 -4.0 20.1
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
-1.4 -5.4 8.0
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
15.4 1.3 4.8
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
14.0 1.6 7.8
Jacksonville, FL
22.8 8.4 7.4
Kansas City, MO-KS
10.0 1.0 8.1
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
15.9 -0.7 21.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
7.8 -3.9 8.6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
11.2 -0.7 11.0
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
7.8 1.0 6.8
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
15.5 -0.1 8.1
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
1.2 -4.6 7.2
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
6.8 -2.3 8.4
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
31.1 9.0 10.4
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-3.2 -9.7 6.5
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
4.0 -4.9 10.7
Oklahoma City, OK
10.0 1.3 5.8
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
19.3 -0.5 10.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
3.6 -1.7 10.4
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
25.9 10.2 6.5
Pittsburgh, PA
-2.7 -4.3 10.4
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
16.0 0.9 8.6
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
1.9 -4.6 13.4
Raleigh, NC
27.1 8.2 9.8
Richmond, VA
7.1 -2.8 4.2
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
31.6 9.1 9.7
Rochester, NY
-1.2 -4.8 12.2
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
18.4 3.5 7.5
Salt Lake City, UT
27.9 9.4 7.1
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
21.5 4.6 8.5
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
12.0 -1.5 9.3
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
16.7 -1.8 6.1
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
21.5 0.3 5.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
18.3 2.7 7.3
St. Louis, MO-IL
2.8 -2.3 7.6
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
22.9 6.5 7.6
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
2.4 -1.5 7.1
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
5.4 -1.0 6.9
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