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San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California, has largest employment percent increase over the year
March 24, 2015
From January 2014 to January 2015, nonfarm employment rose in all 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in these areas occurred in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+5.3 percent). Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, and Louisville/Jefferson County, Kentucky-Indiana, each had job gains of 4.4 percent over the year.
Percent change in employment, metro areas with populations of 1 million or more, January 2014 to January 2015
2.5%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Percent change in employment, metro areas with populations of 1 million or more, January 2014 to January 2015
Area
Percent change
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
4.3
Austin-Round Rock, TX
3.1
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.6
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
2.1
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
1.9
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
1.2
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
3.2
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
1.6
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2.1
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
1.1
Columbus, OH
3.1
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
4.4
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
3.9
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
2.5
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
1.6
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
3.8
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
2.7
Jacksonville, FL
3.1
Kansas City, MO-KS
3.2
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
3.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
2.6
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
4.4
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
2.0
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
3.8
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
0.9
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
1.7
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
3.4
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
0.9
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
2.0
Oklahoma City, OK
2.5
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.0
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.7
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
2.9
Pittsburgh, PA
0.9
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
2.9
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
1.5
Raleigh, NC
3.5
Richmond, VA
1.4
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
4.2
Rochester, NY
0.9
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
2.9
Salt Lake City, UT
2.9
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
3.4
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3.1
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
3.8
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
5.3
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.3
St. Louis, MO-IL
0.9
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
2.8
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
0.8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
1.5
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 — January 2015" (HTML) (PDF).