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Employment up in 47 of 51 largest metropolitan areas, October 2017
December 04, 2017
From October 2016 to October 2017, nonfarm employment rose in 47 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more and fell in 4. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida; Raleigh, North Carolina; and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California (+3.0 percent each).
Over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment for large metropolitan areas, October 2017, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Percent change
October 2016 employment
October 2017 employment
Over-the-year net change
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
3.0%
1,219,700
1,256,500
36,800
Raleigh, NC
3.0
609,700
627,900
18,200
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
3.0
1,418,000
1,460,800
42,800
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
2.9
1,024,800
1,054,900
30,100
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
2.7
3,555,700
3,650,100
94,400
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
2.7
967,200
993,500
26,300
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
2.6
661,700
678,900
17,200
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
2.5
964,800
989,100
24,300
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
2.4
2,708,200
2,774,000
65,800
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2.4
2,606,200
2,668,200
62,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
2.4
1,984,200
2,032,000
47,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
2.4
1,978,400
2,025,000
46,600
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
2.3
2,735,100
2,797,400
62,300
Jacksonville, FL
2.3
673,700
689,500
15,800
Austin-Round Rock, TX
2.2
1,014,400
1,036,600
22,200
Salt Lake City, UT
2.2
714,400
730,400
16,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
2.2
1,313,100
1,341,800
28,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
2.1
1,057,400
1,079,800
22,400
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
2.1
956,800
977,300
20,500
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
2.0
1,170,600
1,193,800
23,200
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
1.9
1,159,600
1,182,100
22,500
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
1.7
2,008,500
2,043,100
34,600
Columbus, OH
1.6
1,078,900
1,096,100
17,200
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
1.6
3,013,500
3,061,600
48,100
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
1.5
2,000,100
2,029,400
29,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
1.5
1,082,600
1,098,700
16,100
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
1.4
1,092,800
1,108,500
15,700
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
1.4
1,061,300
1,075,800
14,500
Oklahoma City, OK
1.4
633,500
642,600
9,100
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
1.4
3,260,000
3,306,400
46,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.3
2,912,500
2,951,300
38,800
Richmond, VA
1.3
672,300
681,300
9,000
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
1.2
1,440,800
1,457,400
16,600
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
1.2
2,380,000
2,407,700
27,700
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
1.0
1,452,600
1,466,600
14,000
Pittsburgh, PA
1.0
1,175,300
1,187,400
12,100
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
0.9
9,628,100
9,719,400
91,300
St. Louis, MO-IL
0.9
1,379,700
1,392,300
12,600
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
0.8
1,408,600
1,419,200
10,600
Kansas City, MO-KS
0.8
1,083,300
1,091,800
8,500
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
0.8
6,040,300
6,089,200
48,900
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
0.6
522,500
525,600
3,100
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
0.5
4,710,100
4,731,800
21,700
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
0.5
592,900
596,000
3,100
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
0.4
645,800
648,500
2,700
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
0.2
868,900
871,000
2,100
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
0.1
578,400
578,800
400
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
-0.2
576,900
575,900
-1,000
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
-0.5
572,100
569,400
-2,700
Rochester, NY
-0.6
539,100
535,600
-3,500
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
-1.2
777,900
768,800
-9,100
The over-the-year percentage decreases occurred in Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia-North Carolina (−1.2 percent), Rochester, New York (−0.6 percent), Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, New York (−0.5 percent), and Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut (−0.2 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 and may be revised. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — October 2017” (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
