October 4, 2012 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Payroll employment in metropolitan areas, August 2011–August 2012

Nonfarm payroll employment changes, selected metropolitan areas, August 2011 to August 2012
Metropolitan area	Employment change (p)
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA	117,900
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA	103,000
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX	89,500
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	61,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	59,400
Albuquerque, NM	-3,300
Norwich-New London, CT	-3,700
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	-4,000
Colorado Springs, CO	-4,400
Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, SC	-5,000
Footnotes: (p) Preliminary

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