August 5, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Metropolitan area employment in June 2011

Changes in nonfarm payroll employment, selected metropolitan areas, June 2010–June 2011, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area	Employment change
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	62,800
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH	54,900
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	50,900
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	28,700
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	-11,300
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	-11,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	-13,300
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA	-24,300

These data are featured in the TED article, Metropolitan area employment in June 2011.

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