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12-month employment growth 3.0 percent or higher in 6 large metropolitan areas, August 2017
October 03, 2017
From August 2016 to August 2017, nonfarm employment rose in 48 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of at least 1 million. Nonfarm employment fell over the year in 3 of these areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Raleigh, North Carolina (3.5 percent), Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (3.3 percent), and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia, and Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (3.2 percent each).
Over-the-year percentage change in nonfarm employment, metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, August 2017, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Over-the-year percent change
Over-the-year change in employment
Employment, August 2017
Raleigh, NC
3.5
21,100
626,400
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
3.3
40,000
1,250,400
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
3.2
86,400
2,761,700
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
3.2
30,300
979,900
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
3.1
39,600
1,336,500
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
3.0
28,700
983,200
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2.8
29,900
1,114,500
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
2.8
96,700
3,612,900
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
2.7
52,400
2,017,300
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
2.6
30,200
1,178,900
Jacksonville, FL
2.5
16,900
688,600
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
2.5
29,100
1,173,500
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
2.5
34,100
1,425,900
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2.4
61,900
2,635,500
Richmond, VA
2.4
16,200
680,300
Salt Lake City, UT
2.4
16,800
718,800
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
2.3
63,400
2,774,000
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
2.3
44,900
2,019,700
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
2.3
44,800
2,023,300
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
2.3
23,000
1,041,600
Austin-Round Rock, TX
2.1
21,100
1,018,900
Columbus, OH
2.1
22,300
1,091,500
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
2.1
67,600
3,294,900
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
2.0
28,400
1,474,800
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
1.8
53,500
3,037,800
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
1.8
19,200
1,072,700
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
1.8
12,100
676,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.8
51,500
2,904,300
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
1.8
34,900
1,996,600
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
1.8
10,700
593,200
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
1.7
16,000
970,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
1.7
40,700
2,392,200
Kansas City, MO-KS
1.6
17,200
1,086,700
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
1.5
9,500
646,700
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
1.5
145,900
9,662,800
Oklahoma City, OK
1.5
9,200
633,800
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.4
19,100
1,415,300
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
1.3
19,200
1,444,200
St. Louis, MO-IL
1.1
15,500
1,376,900
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
1.0
5,400
526,800
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
1.0
11,000
1,087,900
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
0.9
9,700
1,074,400
Pittsburgh, PA
0.9
10,300
1,169,700
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
0.6
3,200
566,200
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
0.6
38,100
5,977,900
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
0.5
24,700
4,709,800
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
0.3
1,600
575,100
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
0.2
1,100
561,400
Rochester, NY
-0.3
-1,500
525,200
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
-0.4
-3,100
866,600
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
-0.6
-4,500
774,900
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary.
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee were the only other large metropolitan areas with 12-month employment increases of 3.0 percent or higher.
Among the metropolitan areas with employment increases of 3.0 percent or higher, the change in the number of people employed ranged from 21,100 in Raleigh to 86,400 in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell
The largest increases in employment over the year ending in August 2017 occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennnsylvania (145,900 or 1.5 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (96,700 or 2.8 percent), and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia (86,400, 3.2 percent).
Over-the-year percentage decreases occurred in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia-North Carolina (−0.6 percent), Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin (−0.4 percent), and Rochester, New York (−0.3 percent).
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 — August 2017" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
