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From January 2013 to January 2014, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 316 metropolitan areas, decreased in 48 areas, and was unchanged in 8 areas (not seasonally adjusted). The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+135,600), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California (+129,800), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+95,900).
Nonfarm payroll employment changes, selected metropolitan areas, January 2013 to January 2014
Metropolitan area
Employment change
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
135,600
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
129,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
95,900
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
91,300
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
68,700
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA
-2,200
Bloomington-Normal, IL
-2,400
Charleston, WV
-2,900
Peoria, IL
-3,400
Albuquerque, NM
-4,100
The largest over-the-year decrease in employment occurred in Albuquerque, New Mexico (–4,100), followed by Peoria, Illinois (–3,400), and Charleston, West Virginia (–2,900). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Anniston-Oxford, Alabama. (–3.7 percent), Danville, Virginia (–3.2 percent), and Bloomington-Normal, Illinois. (–2.7 percent).
Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 36 of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2013.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Data for the most recent month (January 2014) are preliminary and subject to revision. The data are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — January 2014" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑0435.
United States Department of Labor
