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Percent change in employment for metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more, from February 2026, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
10 year
5 year
1 year
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
18.0 11.6 -0.2
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
42.6 26.2 1.0
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
4.0 6.9 -1.6
Birmingham, AL
8.6 6.5 0.2
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
3.9 6.2 -1.0
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
0.7 8.3 0.8
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
21.0 11.3 0.7
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
4.0 8.8 -0.1
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
9.0 8.3 -0.2
Cleveland, OH
0.6 4.2 -0.3
Columbus, OH
12.7 9.2 0.0
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
25.3 16.6 0.6
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
15.1 10.1 -0.2
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
3.4 6.1 -0.8
Fresno, CA
22.9 16.7 2.0
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
7.7 8.8 -0.3
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
2.4 7.2 -0.2
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
16.1 16.3 0.2
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
14.2 10.4 -1.0
Jacksonville, FL
22.0 10.9 -0.4
Kansas City, MO-KS
10.2 10.3 0.6
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
25.2 26.2 2.0
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
5.5 10.4 0.0
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
7.1 6.7 -1.1
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
2.6 3.1 -0.6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
16.1 14.3 -0.7
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
-1.2 3.5 -1.0
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
4.9 6.8 -0.3
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
27.4 15.8 0.1
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-2.7 6.6 -2.1
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
8.8 13.7 -0.5
Oklahoma City, OK
12.1 12.1 -0.9
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
25.4 21.1 0.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
10.1 11.3 -0.2
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
26.5 14.1 0.2
Pittsburgh, PA
1.0 6.9 -0.4
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
6.1 6.1 -2.4
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
3.2 8.2 0.0
Raleigh-Cary, NC
31.0 18.9 1.8
Richmond, VA
10.4 10.4 -0.6
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
23.9 11.7 0.2
Rochester, NY
-0.6 7.0 0.0
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
17.5 12.1 0.9
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
22.1 11.2 0.9
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
18.3 15.4 -0.1
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
11.7 12.9 0.5
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
5.2 7.5 0.5
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
8.9 9.1 1.5
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
10.2 8.2 -0.2
St. Louis, MO-IL
3.8 5.3 -0.7
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
21.3 12.8 -0.3
Tucson, AZ
8.9 7.5 -0.8
Tulsa, OK
7.8 10.8 0.2
Urban Honolulu, HI
-1.1 13.8 -0.3
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
7.8 7.5 -0.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
4.3 5.2 -3.5
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