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Midland, Texas, had largest 12-month percentage employment increase, January 2019
March 26, 2019
In January 2019, 53 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 336 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Midland, Texas, where employment increased by 9.2 percent as the number of jobs increased by 9,400. Reno, Nevada recorded an increase of 7.2 percent as a result of an employment increase of 16,600.
Change in nonfarm employment, selected metropolitan areas, January 2018 to January 2019, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
12-month percent change
12-month change in employment
Employment, January 2019
Midland, TX
9.2%
9,400
111,400
Reno, NV
7.2
16,600
247,900
Odessa, TX
7.0
5,400
82,000
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
6.3
7,600
129,200
Ocean City, NJ
6.0
2,000
35,400
Wheeling, WV-OH
5.8
3,700
68,000
Walla Walla, WA
5.3
1,400
28,000
Decatur, AL
4.6
2,500
56,400
Gainesville, GA
4.6
4,100
94,100
Auburn-Opelika, AL
4.3
2,700
65,400
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
4.1
8,900
227,700
Salinas, CA
4.1
5,700
143,900
Boise City, ID
4.0
12,700
332,300
Hattiesburg, MS
4.0
2,600
66,800
Springfield, MO
4.0
8,400
218,700
Trenton, NJ
4.0
10,600
272,600
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
-1.0
-500
51,300
Farmington, NM
-1.0
-500
47,500
Morgantown, WV
-1.0
-700
69,100
Panama City, FL
-1.0
-800
81,500
Pittsfield, MA
-1.0
-400
39,700
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-1.0
-1,800
177,800
Charleston, WV
-1.1
-1,200
108,300
Grand Forks, ND-MN
-1.1
-600
55,400
Williamsport, PA
-1.3
-700
52,800
Bloomington, IL
-1.8
-1,600
88,800
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-1.8
-1,500
83,800
Danville, IL
-2.2
-600
27,000
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary.
The largest over-the-year employment increases in terms of the number of jobs occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+141,000 or 1.5 percent), followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (+100,100 or 2.8 percent) and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (+83,800 or 2.8 percent).
United States Department of Labor
