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Employment in New York and Dallas areas up over 100,000, June 2017 to June 2018
August 06, 2018
From June 2017 to June 2018, nonfarm employment rose in 35 of 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more and remained essentially unchanged in 16 areas. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+117,400; an increase of 1.2 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+109,400; 3.0 percent), and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (+94,600; 3.1 percent).
12-month change in nonfarm employment, large metropolitan areas, June 2017–2018
Metropolitan area
Over-the-year employment change
Over-the-year percent change
Statistically significant change
Employment, June 2017
Employment, June 2018
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
117,400
1.2%
Yes
9,789,800
9,907,200
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
109,400
3.0
Yes
3,606,800
3,716,200
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
94,600
3.1
Yes
3,038,800
3,133,400
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
83,400
1.4
Yes
6,049,200
6,132,600
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
61,400
3.1
Yes
1,999,200
2,060,600
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
60,300
3.0
Yes
2,014,500
2,074,800
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
53,400
1.9
Yes
2,771,400
2,824,800
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
51,500
1.6
Yes
3,300,300
3,351,800
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
49,000
1.7
Yes
2,923,200
2,972,200
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
49,000
1.8
Yes
2,731,300
2,780,300
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
46,500
1.0
Yes
4,757,400
4,803,900
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
45,800
3.2
Yes
1,445,800
1,491,600
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
44,100
3.6
Yes
1,238,500
1,282,600
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
42,500
2.9
Yes
1,475,400
1,517,900
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
40,500
2.0
Yes
2,009,000
2,049,500
Austin-Round Rock, TX
35,700
3.4
Yes
1,038,400
1,074,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
34,800
1.4
Yes
2,404,900
2,439,700
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
34,100
3.1
Yes
1,103,000
1,137,100
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
34,100
1.3
Yes
2,613,800
2,647,900
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
31,200
2.6
Yes
1,184,900
1,216,100
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
28,900
2.2
Yes
1,312,000
1,340,900
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
28,800
3.0
Yes
974,100
1,002,900
Kansas City, MO-KS
28,400
2.6
Yes
1,088,300
1,116,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
25,800
2.2
Yes
1,179,400
1,205,200
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
22,900
2.1
Yes
1,072,300
1,095,200
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
22,500
1.5
Yes
1,460,700
1,483,200
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
21,500
1.5
Yes
1,407,800
1,429,300
Jacksonville, FL
21,300
3.1
Yes
685,800
707,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
20,600
2.1
Yes
975,900
996,500
Raleigh, NC
19,600
3.2
Yes
618,000
637,600
Salt Lake City, UT
18,200
2.5
Yes
719,000
737,200
Oklahoma City, OK
17,700
2.8
Yes
633,300
651,000
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
17,500
1.6
Yes
1,064,000
1,081,500
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
16,800
0.8
No
2,034,600
2,051,400
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
15,500
1.5
No
1,044,200
1,059,700
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
15,300
1.6
Yes
971,300
986,600
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
15,300
2.4
Yes
638,100
653,400
St. Louis, MO-IL
14,300
1.0
No
1,392,600
1,406,900
Columbus, OH
14,000
1.3
No
1,089,500
1,103,500
Pittsburgh, PA
12,300
1.0
No
1,181,600
1,193,900
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
10,900
1.0
No
1,104,500
1,115,400
Rochester, NY
8,800
1.6
No
538,000
546,800
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
8,100
1.4
No
598,000
606,100
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
8,000
1.4
No
567,200
575,200
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
7,900
1.4
No
578,100
586,000
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
7,700
0.9
No
874,900
882,600
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
6,700
1.3
No
532,500
539,200
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
4,300
0.5
No
791,700
796,000
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
4,300
0.7
No
575,900
580,200
Richmond, VA
4,200
0.6
No
677,700
681,900
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
2,200
0.3
No
671,200
673,400
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary.
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California; Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington also had increases in employment of more than 60,000 over the June 2017–June 2018 period.
The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+3.6 percent; an employment increase of 44,100), Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+3.4 percent; 35,700), and Raleigh, North Carolina (+3.2 percent; 19,600), and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (+3.2 percent; 45,800).
United States Department of Labor
