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Nonfarm employment rises 9.4 percent in Ocean City, New Jersey, over the year ending September 2019
November 14, 2019
Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 56 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in the remaining 333 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Ocean City, New Jersey (+9.4 percent), Ithaca, New York (+6.5 percent), and Wilmington, North Carolina (+6.4 percent).
Change in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, September 2018 to September 2019, by ten largest percent gains and losses
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Employment change
Ocean City, NJ
9.4%
4,500
Ithaca, NY
6.5
4,200
Wilmington, NC
6.4
8,000
Reno, NV
5.4
13,300
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
4.8
8,300
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
4.3
11,400
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
4.1
10,900
Kennewick-Richland, WA
4
4,700
Bend-Redmond, OR
3.9
3,300
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
3.8
3,100
Muncie, IN
-1.3
-700
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
-1.3
-2,800
Grand Island, NE
-1.4
-600
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-1.4
-2,500
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-1.5
-600
Enid, OK
-1.6
-400
Bay City, MI
-1.7
-600
Panama City, FL
-2.3
-2,000
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
-2.6
-2,800
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-2.8
-2,400
The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Houma-Thibodaux, Louisiana (−2.8 percent), Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana (−2.6 percent), and Panama City, Florida (−2.3 percent).
United States Department of Labor
