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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).
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).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Large metropolitan area employment changes, November 2013 to November 2014 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2015/large-metropolitan-area-employment-changes-november-2013-to-november-2014.htm (visited October 31, 2024).