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Large metropolitan area employment changes, November 2013 to November 2014
January 06, 2015
From November 2013 to November 2014, nonfarm employment rose in 37 of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2013. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment occurred in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+4.4 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+4.3 percent), and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+3.8 percent). The only over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (-0.2 percent).
12-month change in nonfarm employment, metropolitan areas with annual employment above 750,000, not seasonally adjusted, November 2013 to November 2014
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Change in employment
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
2.4
59,600
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
3.2
28,600
Baltimore-Towson, MD
1.1
14,500
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
2.1
53,400
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
2.9
26,100
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
0.7
33,600
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
2.2
23,000
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
1.3
13,700
Columbus, OH
0.4
3,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3.5
111,500
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
2.7
36,100
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
0.7
12,500
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
4.4
125,300
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN
2.3
21,900
Kansas City, MO-KS
1.0
10,300
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
2.5
22,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
1.6
92,200
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
3.4
80,800
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
2.5
21,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
2.1
38,400
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
2.7
22,000
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
1.2
107,900
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.3
46,300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
-0.2
-4,800
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
2.9
54,700
Pittsburgh, PA
0.8
9,100
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
3.2
33,600
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
2.2
27,500
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA
2.6
22,900
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
3.2
29,100
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
3.2
43,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
3.2
69,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
3.8
37,100
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.3
60,500
St. Louis, MO-IL
1.3
17,600
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
1.1
12,900
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
1.0
7,600
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
0.6
18,900
Over the same period, the largest employment increases occurred in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+125,300), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+111,500), and New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+107,900). The only over-the-year decrease in employment was in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (-4,800).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Area) program. The estimates are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — November 2014" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
