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Large metropolitan area percent changes in employment

Charts related to the latest "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" news release   |   More chart packages

Percent change in employment for metropolitan areas with a Census 2020 population of 1 million or more, from March 2025, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area 10 year 5 year 1 year

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

22.0 8.2 0.6

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

43.9 20.1 1.4

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

7.1 2.1 -0.1

Birmingham, AL

10.0 4.2 0.2

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

7.4 -0.1 -0.3

Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

2.3 -0.1 0.8

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

26.2 10.1 1.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

5.6 1.7 0.3

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

10.9 4.3 0.7

Cleveland, OH

2.9 -0.2 0.3

Columbus, OH

14.3 5.9 1.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

28.5 12.7 1.3

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

17.9 5.3 -0.4

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

6.9 1.4 0.4

Fresno, CA

25.5 9.2 2.7

Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI

10.7 2.3 -0.3

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

1.2 -0.4 0.3

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

15.7 8.9 1.1

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

17.2 8.5 0.4

Jacksonville, FL

26.7 11.6 1.3

Kansas City, MO-KS

10.5 4.3 0.3

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

25.8 9.5 0.0

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

8.3 0.5 -0.3

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

11.7 5.3 0.3

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

5.6 0.5 -1.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

20.0 9.5 1.1

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

1.7 -0.7 0.2

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

7.0 0.7 0.6

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

32.3 12.9 0.4

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

-1.3 -1.5 1.5

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

10.8 3.7 1.0

Oklahoma City, OK

13.5 8.4 1.0

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

33.4 13.5 2.0

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

12.1 5.1 0.8

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

29.5 11.1 -0.4

Pittsburgh, PA

2.4 0.4 0.7

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

13.0 1.6 0.0

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

4.9 0.9 -0.3

Raleigh-Cary, NC

33.1 15.5 1.9

Richmond, VA

14.1 6.0 1.0

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

27.1 7.6 0.2

Rochester, NY

1.8 0.5 1.3

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

20.2 6.0 0.6

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

25.1 10.3 1.5

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

22.0 10.5 1.7

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

14.3 4.0 0.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

9.0 -2.8 -0.8

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

10.7 -0.4 -0.5

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

15.3 2.3 0.8

St. Louis, MO-IL

7.2 2.3 0.5

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

25.9 11.5 1.0

Tucson, AZ

8.0 1.4 -0.9

Tulsa, OK

8.4 5.1 1.1

Urban Honolulu, HI

1.2 -0.5 2.0

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

8.2 2.9 0.3

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

9.8 2.3 0.8