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From December 2013 to December 2014, employment rose in all of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2013. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+4.4 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+4.3 percent), and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+4.2 percent).
Metropolitan area | Percentage change(p) |
---|---|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
4.4 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
4.3 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX |
4.2 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
4.0 |
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO |
3.3 |
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA |
3.3 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3.2 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
3.1 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
3.1 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
3.1 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA |
3.1 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL |
3.0 |
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX |
2.9 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN |
2.7 |
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV |
2.7 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ |
2.7 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA |
2.6 |
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC |
2.3 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
2.2 |
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN |
2.1 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
2.1 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
2.0 |
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA |
2.0 |
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH |
1.9 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA |
1.8 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1.8 |
Baltimore-Towson, MD |
1.6 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA |
1.5 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
1.3 |
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH |
1.2 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
1.2 |
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI |
1.1 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
1.1 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
1.1 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI |
0.9 |
Columbus, OH |
0.8 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
0.8 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
0.7 |
Footnotes: (p) preliminary. |