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Employment up 5.7 percent over the year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California
July 08, 2015
Over the 12 months ending in May 2015, the largest percentage increase in nonfarm payroll employment among large metropolitan areas occurred in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (where employment increased by 57,100 or 5.7 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (44,000 or 4.0 percent), and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California (51,800, also 4.0 percent).
Over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment, large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, May 2015
Metropolitan area
12-month percentage change in employment
12-month employment change
Employment, May 2015
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
5.7
57,100
1,057,400
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.0
44,000
1,153,200
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
4.0
51,800
1,332,200
Salt Lake City, UT
3.9
25,300
678,200
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.7
68,100
1,899,600
Austin-Round Rock, TX
3.5
32,200
947,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3.4
110,500
3,375,900
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
3.3
35,100
1,106,200
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
3.2
79,600
2,583,200
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
3.1
42,000
1,384,300
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
3.1
75,500
2,500,700
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
3.1
27,500
903,900
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
3.1
29,000
978,200
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3.1
42,400
1,388,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
3.0
29,900
1,030,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
3.0
55,200
1,899,400
Raleigh, NC
3.0
17,000
575,800
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
3.0
66,300
2,248,500
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
2.9
18,000
644,900
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
2.9
31,000
1,107,400
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
2.8
34,100
1,245,500
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
2.7
51,100
1,957,700
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
2.6
23,100
909,300
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
2.6
151,200
5,867,300
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
2.6
23,500
916,300
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
2.3
13,000
568,600
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2.2
23,100
1,076,900
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
2.1
62,300
2,985,300
Jacksonville, FL
2.1
13,200
637,000
Oklahoma City, OK
2.1
13,000
632,100
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
2.0
10,300
522,000
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
2.0
51,200
2,647,400
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
2.0
11,300
577,400
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.9
25,700
1,380,600
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
1.8
34,100
1,940,300
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
1.8
10,200
583,400
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
1.8
57,000
3,181,100
Pittsburgh, PA
1.7
19,400
1,191,600
Columbus, OH
1.6
16,100
1,036,900
Kansas City, MO-KS
1.6
16,900
1,043,300
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
1.5
15,900
1,061,200
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
1.5
139,800
9,317,200
Rochester, NY
1.3
7,100
536,400
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
1.2
56,500
4,582,900
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
1.0
6,000
621,800
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.0
29,300
2,829,100
St. Louis, MO-IL
0.9
12,100
1,341,500
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
0.7
5,700
848,700
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
0.5
4,100
761,400
Richmond, VA
0.4
2,800
636,600
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-0.1
-400
566,000
Note: Large metropolitan areas have a population of 1 million or more in the 2010 Census.
The only large metropolitan area that had an over-the-year decrease was New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana (where an employment decrease of 400 was a change of −0.1 percent).
The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (151,200 or 2.6 percent), New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania. (139,800 or 1.5 percent), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (110,500 or 3.4 percent).
Over the year ended in May 2015, nonfarm employment rose in 50 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more. Among metropolitan areas of all sizes, 319 had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment in May, 63 had decreases, and 5 had no change. The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Provo-Orem, Utah (6.7 percent), followed by Odessa, Texas (6.1 percent), and Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Midland, Texas (6.0 percent each). Nationwide, employment increased 2.2 percent from May 2014 to May 2015.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — May 2015" (HTML) (PDF). Large metropolitan areas have a population of 1 million or more in the 2010 Census.
United States Department of Labor
