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From November 2015 to November 2016, nonfarm employment rose in 48 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, and fell in three areas.
Metropolitan area | Over-the-year percent change | Over-the-year net change |
---|---|---|
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
4.5 | 53,100 |
Jacksonville, FL |
3.6 | 23,700 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
3.5 | 24,400 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3.5 | 67,000 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
3.3 | 114,800 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
3.3 | 35,300 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
3.1 | 43,400 |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
3.1 | 41,500 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
2.8 | 26,200 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2.6 | 68,200 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
2.6 | 29,500 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
2.6 | 33,400 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
2.5 | 23,500 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
2.5 | 34,100 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2.5 | 56,600 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
2.4 | 61,900 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
2.2 | 30,900 |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
2.1 | 21,600 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
2.0 | 19,500 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
2.0 | 19,100 |
Raleigh, NC |
2.0 | 12,100 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2.0 | 65,500 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
1.9 | 21,900 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA |
1.8 | 47,500 |
Columbus, OH |
1.8 | 19,200 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1.8 | 34,400 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
1.7 | 23,600 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1.7 | 103,600 |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
1.7 | 10,900 |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1.6 | 17,000 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
1.6 | 15,800 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1.5 | 43,600 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
1.4 | 27,100 |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
1.2 | 7,900 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1.2 | 117,300 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
1.1 | 21,500 |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA |
1.1 | 6,300 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
0.9 | 9,600 |
Richmond, VA |
0.9 | 5,800 |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
0.8 | 4,200 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
0.8 | 37,900 |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
0.7 | 3,700 |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
0.7 | 7,900 |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
0.7 | 3,800 |
Pittsburgh, PA |
0.7 | 8,400 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
0.5 | 16,100 |
Rochester, NY |
0.5 | 2,800 |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA |
0.4 | 2,100 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
-0.2 | -2,000 |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
-0.2 | -1,600 |
Oklahoma City, OK |
-0.9 | -5,900 |
The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee Sanford, Florida (4.5 percent or 53,100 jobs), followed by Jacksonville, Florida (3.6 percent or 23,700), and Salt Lake City, Utah (3.5 percent or 24,400), and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (3.5 percent or 67,000).
Employment fell over the year in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (−0.9 percent or 5,900 jobs), Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin (−0.2 percent or 2,000), and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia-North Carolina (−0.2 percent or 1,600).
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 — November 2016" (HTML) (PDF).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, leads large metro areas in over-the-year employment percent gain at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/orlando-kissimmee-sanford-florida-leads-large-metro-areas-in-over-the-year-employment-percent-gain.htm (visited October 31, 2024).