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Employment up more than 100,000 over the year in New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas metro areas
April 08, 2016
From February 2015 to February 2016, the largest over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+181,700); Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+149,600); and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+116,800). In percentage terms, the 12-month employment change was 2.0 percent in the New York area, 2.6 percent in the Los Angeles area, and 3.5 percent in the Dallas area.
12-month percentage change, employees on nonfarm payrolls by metropolitan area, February 2016
16,100
Kansas City, MO-KS
Size of bubble indicates employment change; green indicates increase; red indicates decrease.
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
12-month change, employees on nonfarm payrolls by metropolitan area, February 2016
Area
12-month change, February 2015 to February 2016
Employment, February 2016
Number employed
Percent change
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
200
0.4
46,100
Auburn-Opelika, AL
600
1
61,100
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
6,400
1.3
515,800
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
2,600
3.9
69,300
Decatur, AL
200
0.4
53,400
Dothan, AL
400
0.7
57,200
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
500
0.9
55,800
Gadsden, AL
1,100
3
37,800
Huntsville, AL
2,600
1.2
219,600
Mobile, AL
100
0.1
175,600
Montgomery, AL
1,500
0.9
169,300
Tuscaloosa, AL
2,300
2.2
105,700
Anchorage, AK
0
0
176,700
Fairbanks, AK
-400
-1.1
36,700
Flagstaff, AZ
1,200
1.9
65,000
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
600
1.3
47,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
67,000
3.5
1,964,800
Prescott, AZ
2,400
4
62,600
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
-200
-0.6
34,200
Tucson, AZ
10,900
2.9
380,400
Yuma, AZ
400
0.7
55,100
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
11,300
4.9
241,700
Fort Smith, AR
500
0.4
113,000
Hot Springs, AR
800
2.2
37,800
Jonesboro, AR
2,000
3.8
55,100
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
5,800
1.7
351,700
Pine Bluff, AR
-200
-0.6
33,700
Bakersfield, CA
3,500
1.4
260,100
Chico, CA
1,100
1.4
77,800
El Centro, CA
2,500
5
53,000
Fresno, CA
10,500
3.3
327,700
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
900
2.4
38,500
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
149,600
2.6
5,893,300
Madera, CA
2,400
6.9
37,100
Merced, CA
2,000
3.2
63,800
Modesto, CA
5,400
3.3
167,300
Napa, CA
2,900
4.2
71,200
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
3,500
1.2
296,800
Redding, CA
1,500
2.4
63,200
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
46,800
3.5
1,371,800
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
23,400
2.6
922,200
Salinas, CA
5,900
4.6
134,800
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
39,100
2.9
1,399,700
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
75,500
3.4
2,284,700
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
39,200
3.8
1,059,800
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
3,400
3
116,000
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
2,800
2.9
98,900
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
4,100
2.3
182,400
Santa Rosa, CA
6,400
3.3
198,800
Stockton-Lodi, CA
8,400
3.9
221,100
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
5,000
3.9
134,000
Visalia-Porterville, CA
4,000
3.4
120,200
Yuba City, CA
1,900
4.8
41,100
Boulder, CO
3,000
1.7
180,900
Colorado Springs, CO
8,200
3.1
272,600
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
35,600
2.6
1,400,100
Fort Collins, CO
6,400
4.3
156,600
Grand Junction, CO
300
0.5
61,000
Greeley, CO
-1,300
-1.3
100,300
Pueblo, CO
1,000
1.7
60,900
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
1,100
0.3
400,200
Danbury, CT
500
0.7
77,200
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
4,800
0.9
565,300
New Haven, CT
2,000
0.7
278,100
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT
3,400
2.8
126,500
Waterbury, CT
1,000
1.5
66,400
Dover, DE
1,400
2.1
68,000
Salisbury, DE
7,200
5.1
148,600
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC
68,800
2.2
3,180,500
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
8,800
3.6
255,400
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
1,500
1.5
104,200
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
6,300
3.4
193,000
Gainesville, FL
3,500
2.6
137,400
Homosassa Springs, FL
800
2.5
33,000
Jacksonville, FL
21,100
3.3
658,600
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
6,700
3.3
212,600
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
67,800
2.7
2,554,800
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
1,700
1.2
139,600
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
8,000
2.8
289,400
Ocala, FL
1,400
1.4
98,300
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
47,900
4.2
1,183,800
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
2,400
1.2
203,300
Panama City, FL
1,400
1.8
81,200
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
4,600
2.8
168,600
Port St. Lucie, FL
4,300
3.2
140,700
Punta Gorda, FL
1,000
2.2
46,900
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
1,100
2.3
49,800
Sebring, FL
1,100
4.5
25,700
Tallahassee, FL
1,800
1
176,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
39,500
3.2
1,273,800
The Villages, FL
900
3.4
27,100
Albany, GA
1,000
1.6
61,900
Athens-Clarke County, GA
4,000
4.5
93,400
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
72,500
2.9
2,606,500
Augusta-Richmond County, GA
400
0.2
226,800
Brunswick, GA
1,800
4.4
42,500
Columbus, GA
400
0.3
121,000
Dalton, GA
1,200
1.8
68,000
Gainesville, GA
4,300
5.3
85,600
Hinesville, GA
-200
-1
19,600
Macon, GA
2,200
2.2
102,800
Rome, GA
600
1.5
40,300
Savannah, GA
7,100
4.2
174,700
Valdosta, GA
900
1.6
55,500
Warner Robins, GA
1,200
1.7
70,500
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
2,000
2.8
74,300
Urban Honolulu, HI
8,400
1.8
475,300
Boise City, ID
9,900
3.5
294,900
Coeur d'Alene, ID
2,000
3.6
58,000
Idaho Falls, ID
3,000
5
62,800
Lewiston, ID
400
1.5
27,500
Pocatello, ID
1,000
2.9
35,900
Bloomington, IL
-1,800
-1.9
93,500
Carbondale-Marion, IL
-500
-0.9
56,400
Champaign-Urbana, IL
2,000
1.9
109,800
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL
77,000
1.7
4,542,000
Danville, IL
-200
-0.7
29,000
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IL
-2,100
-1.2
177,800
Decatur, IL
-300
-0.6
49,900
Kankakee, IL
800
1.8
44,600
Peoria, IL
-600
-0.3
175,000
Rockford, IL
3,100
2.1
150,700
Springfield, IL
1,400
1.3
111,400
Bloomington, IN
-900
-1.2
75,500
Columbus, IN
2,000
4
52,400
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
-600
-0.5
124,000
Evansville, IN
-1,400
-0.9
153,900
Fort Wayne, IN
6,300
3
218,000
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
25,200
2.5
1,015,100
Kokomo, IN
500
1.3
40,300
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
1,400
1.4
102,900
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
200
0.5
40,900
Muncie, IN
900
1.8
51,600
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN
3,600
2.7
139,100
Terre Haute, IN
500
0.7
70,200
Ames, IA
600
1.1
54,000
Cedar Rapids, IA
600
0.4
141,900
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
3,100
0.9
344,100
Dubuque, IA
1,400
2.4
59,600
Iowa City, IA
1,600
1.6
99,100
Sioux City, IA
800
0.9
86,900
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-1,200
-1.3
89,900
Lawrence, KS
-100
-0.2
53,400
Manhattan, KS
1,500
3.4
45,900
Topeka, KS
-1,100
-1
108,800
Wichita, KS
900
0.3
295,100
Bowling Green, KY
1,200
1.7
72,100
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
2,100
3.9
56,200
Lexington-Fayette, KY
5,100
1.9
269,000
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
14,300
2.3
641,600
Owensboro, KY
900
1.7
53,200
Alexandria, LA
200
0.3
64,000
Baton Rouge, LA
7,100
1.8
408,200
Hammond, LA
-300
-0.7
43,100
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-6,700
-6.7
92,600
Lafayette, LA
-9,100
-4.2
208,600
Lake Charles, LA
2,900
2.9
103,800
Monroe, LA
800
1
79,100
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-1,200
-0.2
569,900
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-2,200
-1.2
181,900
Bangor, ME
-300
-0.5
65,000
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
1,100
2.2
50,200
Portland-South Portland, ME
2,600
1.4
191,600
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
20,800
1.6
1,356,500
California-Lexington Park, MD
400
0.9
44,600
Cumberland, MD
-800
-2
38,400
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD
0
0
102,500
Barnstable Town, MA
3,800
4.2
95,300
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA
46,800
1.8
2,625,600
Leominster-Gardner, MA
900
1.8
50,400
New Bedford, MA
1,300
2
65,700
Pittsfield, MA
900
2.2
41,200
Springfield, MA
800
0.2
322,700
Worcester, MA
3,700
1.4
277,100
Ann Arbor, MI
5,900
2.8
217,700
Battle Creek, MI
600
1
58,400
Bay City, MI
200
0.6
36,000
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
39,800
2.1
1,936,800
Flint, MI
900
0.7
137,800
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
13,400
2.6
529,500
Jackson, MI
-1,000
-1.8
54,100
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
4,100
2.9
144,700
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
4,100
1.8
228,400
Midland, MI
-100
-0.3
37,300
Monroe, MI
1,800
4.4
43,000
Muskegon, MI
1,000
1.6
63,500
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
1,300
2.2
60,700
Saginaw, MI
2,200
2.6
88,000
Duluth, MN
-2,700
-2
130,600
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
700
1.3
56,100
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN
33,500
1.8
1,916,500
Rochester, MN
2,700
2.4
115,400
St. Cloud, MN
2,500
2.4
107,600
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
800
0.5
152,800
Hattiesburg, MS
1,600
2.6
63,700
Jackson, MS
3,100
1.1
276,100
Cape Girardeau, MO
400
0.9
44,300
Columbia, MO
2,600
2.7
99,600
Jefferson City, MO
1,100
1.5
75,800
Joplin, MO
400
0.5
80,200
Kansas City, MO
16,100
1.6
1,037,700
St. Joseph, MO
400
0.6
62,400
St. Louis, MO
20,300
1.5
1,334,900
Springfield, MO
4,500
2.2
208,500
Billings, MT
1,200
1.5
83,400
Great Falls, MT
-100
-0.3
35,500
Missoula, MT
500
0.9
58,100
Grand Island, NE
300
0.7
41,700
Lincoln, NE
2,900
1.6
185,400
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE
5,500
1.1
486,700
Carson City, NV
-300
-1.1
27,500
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
23,100
2.6
924,200
Reno, NV
7,200
3.5
212,000
Dover-Durham, NH
400
0.8
52,400
Manchester, NH
2,900
2.7
109,200
Portsmouth, NH
4,200
5
87,700
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
-200
-0.2
124,900
Ocean City, NJ
2,900
8.8
35,900
Trenton, NJ
6,000
2.4
260,300
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
500
0.9
56,700
Albuquerque, NM
3,200
0.9
379,500
Farmington, NM
-900
-1.7
51,100
Las Cruces, NM
400
0.6
71,500
Santa Fe, NM
1,200
2
62,300
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
-2,000
-0.4
451,000
Binghamton, NY
100
0.1
102,200
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
4,900
0.9
549,000
Elmira, NY
-200
-0.5
37,800
Glens Falls, NY
500
1
53,100
Ithaca, NY
1,300
1.8
73,000
Kingston, NY
1,200
2
60,200
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY
181,700
2
9,296,300
Rochester, NY
-4,700
-0.9
515,800
Syracuse, NY
300
0.1
314,100
Utica-Rome, NY
1,300
1.1
125,100
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
1,100
2.7
41,600
Asheville, NC
5,800
3.3
183,300
Burlington, NC
400
0.7
59,400
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC
24,100
2.2
1,109,300
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
2,300
0.8
297,500
Fayetteville, NC
1,600
1.3
127,900
Goldsboro, NC
700
1.7
42,300
Greensboro-High Point, NC
4,800
1.4
355,200
Greenville, NC
-400
-0.5
77,800
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
800
0.5
146,300
Jacksonville, NC
-400
-0.8
48,400
New Bern, NC
800
1.9
44,000
Raleigh, NC
20,200
3.6
587,400
Rocky Mount, NC
500
0.9
56,600
Wilmington, NC
1,200
1
117,200
Winston-Salem, NC
3,300
1.3
257,600
Bismarck, ND
600
0.8
73,400
Fargo, ND
2,600
1.9
139,000
Grand Forks, ND
-200
-0.4
56,500
Akron, OH
7,800
2.3
341,300
Canton-Massillon, OH
900
0.5
170,100
Cincinnati, OH
20,800
2
1,052,900
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
8,000
0.8
1,030,100
Columbus, OH
22,400
2.2
1,039,300
Dayton, OH
8,400
2.3
380,300
Lima, OH
1,800
3.5
53,200
Mansfield, OH
-400
-0.8
51,400
Springfield, OH
-100
-0.2
50,200
Toledo, OH
5,900
2
304,400
Weirton-Steubenville, OH
-100
-0.2
42,400
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH
-700
-0.3
221,100
Lawton, OK
-100
-0.2
46,100
Oklahoma City, OK
5,500
0.9
631,500
Tulsa, OK
-2,000
-0.5
441,900
Albany, OR
300
0.7
41,600
Bend-Redmond, OR
4,500
6.4
74,600
Corvallis, OR
500
1.2
41,400
Eugene, OR
4,600
3.1
154,000
Grants Pass, OR
600
2.5
24,800
Medford, OR
2,100
2.6
81,800
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR
34,600
3.2
1,126,200
Salem, OR
3,100
2
155,600
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA
2,900
0.8
351,900
Altoona, PA
500
0.8
60,400
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
1,100
2.6
42,700
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
1,200
2
61,100
East Stroudsburg, PA
1,000
1.8
56,200
Erie, PA
-2,100
-1.6
126,400
Gettysburg, PA
-400
-1.2
33,800
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
5,900
1.8
332,700
Johnstown, PA
-500
-0.9
55,900
Lancaster, PA
3,400
1.4
242,400
Lebanon, PA
500
1
50,700
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA
60,000
2.2
2,826,900
Pittsburgh, PA
1,600
0.1
1,141,400
Reading, PA
2,700
1.6
176,100
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
1,500
0.6
254,600
State College, PA
-1,700
-2.2
74,800
Williamsport, PA
-1,600
-2.9
54,200
York-Hanover, PA
4,300
2.4
182,000
Providence-Warwick, RI
10,200
1.8
566,400
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
9,000
2.8
334,500
Columbia, SC
7,100
1.9
386,800
Florence, SC
1,500
1.8
86,600
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
8,900
2.3
402,000
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
2,600
3.6
74,300
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
5,300
3.7
149,700
Spartanburg, SC
4,800
3.4
144,400
Sumter, SC
900
2.3
39,500
Rapid City, SD
-500
-0.8
63,100
Sioux Falls, SD
5,900
4
151,800
Chattanooga, TN
8,600
3.6
249,100
Clarksville, TN
1,600
1.8
89,000
Cleveland, TN
4,200
9.3
49,600
Jackson, TN
1,400
2.2
66,200
Johnson City, TN
900
1.2
78,500
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN
2,200
1.8
121,500
Knoxville, TN
11,900
3.1
390,100
Memphis, TN
10,500
1.7
628,000
Morristown, TN
1,300
3
45,300
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
32,100
3.6
922,800
Abilene, TX
300
0.4
68,500
Amarillo, TX
1,200
1
118,700
Austin-Round Rock, TX
39,800
4.2
978,000
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
-300
-0.2
167,200
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
3,300
2.4
140,800
College Station-Bryan, TX
4,800
4.5
112,600
Corpus Christi, TX
4,000
2.1
196,600
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
116,800
3.5
3,447,800
El Paso, TX
8,800
3
307,000
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
9,000
0.3
2,983,600
Killeen-Temple, TX
4,800
3.5
140,500
Laredo, TX
2,500
2.5
102,600
Longview, TX
-2,000
-2
100,400
Lubbock, TX
3,400
2.5
141,800
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
5,600
2.3
252,800
Midland, TX
-5,100
-5.3
90,300
Odessa, TX
-5,200
-6.6
73,500
San Angelo, TX
400
0.8
49,500
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
25,400
2.6
992,300
Sherman-Denison, TX
900
2
46,400
Texarkana, TX
1,100
1.9
60,400
Tyler, TX
2,900
2.9
101,900
Victoria, TX
100
0.2
45,100
Waco, TX
2,400
2.1
116,000
Wichita Falls, TX
-400
-0.7
58,100
Logan, UT
2,200
3.8
59,700
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
11,900
5.1
245,900
Provo-Orem, UT
12,400
5.6
231,900
St. George, UT
3,900
7.1
59,100
Salt Lake City, UT
18,300
2.8
681,900
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
3,200
2.6
125,800
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
600
0.8
77,900
Charlottesville, VA
3,200
2.9
114,400
Harrisonburg, VA
400
0.6
65,200
Lynchburg, VA
800
0.8
102,300
Richmond, VA
27,400
4.3
661,500
Roanoke, VA
2,600
1.6
161,100
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
-200
-0.4
48,300
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA
3,100
0.4
751,800
Winchester, VA
2,700
4.5
62,100
Bellingham, WA
1,300
1.5
87,500
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
2,800
3.3
88,400
Kennewick-Richland, WA
3,700
3.6
107,600
Longview, WA
1,000
2.6
39,300
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
1,100
2.4
47,800
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
2,900
2.7
110,400
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
58,600
3.2
1,910,100
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
3,700
1.6
234,900
Walla Walla, WA
300
1.1
27,200
Wenatchee, WA
1,100
2.7
41,800
Yakima, WA
2,100
2.6
81,800
Beckley, WV
-1,300
-2.8
45,200
Charleston, WV
-2,000
-1.6
120,200
Huntington-Ashland, WV
-100
-0.1
138,700
Morgantown, WV
900
1.3
71,600
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-300
-0.7
41,500
Wheeling, WV
-500
-0.7
66,700
Appleton, WI
2,000
1.7
121,500
Eau Claire, WI
700
0.8
84,500
Fond du Lac, WI
600
1.3
47,600
Green Bay, WI
1,400
0.8
171,000
Janesville-Beloit, WI
2,500
3.8
67,600
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI
400
0.5
77,100
Madison, WI
8,400
2.2
390,100
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
3,100
0.4
842,200
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
1,900
2.1
94,500
Racine, WI
-1,000
-1.3
74,700
Sheboygan, WI
1,200
2
60,200
Wausau, WI
700
1
71,400
Casper, WY
-3,500
-8.1
39,800
Cheyenne, WY
100
0.2
46,600
Note: Date are preliminary.
The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Cleveland, Tennessee (+9.3 percent); followed by Ocean City, New Jersey (+8.8 percent); and St. George, Utah (+7.1 percent). The numeric changes in employment in these areas were all less than 5,000.
The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Lafayette, Louisiana (−9,100 or −4.2 percent); Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (−6,700); and Odessa, Texas (−5,200).
The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Casper, Wyoming (−8.1 percent, a change in the number employed of −3,500). The employment decreases in Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (−6.7 percent) and Odessa, Texas (−6.6 percent) were the next largest in percentage terms.
Over the year, employment rose in 49 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas was +4.3 percent in Richmond, Virginia (employment change +27,400), followed by two large metropolitan areas which each had changes of 4.2 percent: Austin-Round Rock, Texas (employment change +39,800) and Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (employment change 47,900).
Among large metropolitan areas, employment decreased in Rochester, New York (employment change −4,700 or −0.9 percent), and New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana (employment change −1,200 or −0.2 percent).
Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 323 metropolitan areas, decreased in 62 areas, and was unchanged in 2 areas.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — February 2016" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
