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Ocean City, New Jersey, employment up 7.0 percent over the year ended August 2019
October 07, 2019
In August 2019, 52 metropolitan areas had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 337 were essentially unchanged.
12-month change in nonfarm payroll employment in metropolitan areas, by census division, August 2019
Census division and metropolitan area
Over-the-year change in employment
Over-the-year percent change
Employment, Aug 2019
Pacific Division
Albany, OR
800
1.8%
46,300
Anchorage, AK
2,200
1.2
181,400
Bakersfield, CA
5,400
2.0
271,700
Bellingham, WA
1,300
1.4
95,200
Bend-Redmond, OR
2,300
2.7
88,200
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
2,300
2.5
96,000
Chico, CA
700
0.9
83,000
Corvallis, OR
100
0.2
41,300
El Centro, CA
0
0.0
51,200
Eugene, OR
600
0.4
159,400
Fairbanks, AK
100
0.3
39,500
Fresno, CA
10,200
2.9
363,000
Grants Pass, OR
600
2.2
27,900
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
600
1.4
42,100
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
-400
-0.5
78,100
Kennewick-Richland, WA
4,200
3.6
121,500
Longview, WA
-100
-0.2
40,400
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
71,600
1.2
6,202,900
Madera, CA
1,000
2.6
39,400
Medford, OR
2,200
2.5
90,000
Merced, CA
2,600
3.8
71,100
Modesto, CA
3,100
1.7
183,200
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
800
1.5
52,500
Napa, CA
900
1.2
76,100
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
2,100
1.8
121,600
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
400
0.1
308,000
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
24,600
2.1
1,220,600
Redding, CA
900
1.3
68,600
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
37,300
2.5
1,530,200
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
14,400
1.4
1,017,800
Salem, OR
2,900
1.7
170,200
Salinas, CA
5,300
3.7
148,400
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
27,400
1.8
1,512,700
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
59,100
2.4
2,508,800
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
29,100
2.6
1,158,800
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
700
0.6
115,700
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
2,500
2.5
104,300
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
4,400
2.4
187,200
Santa Rosa, CA
2,400
1.1
213,100
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
63,200
3.1
2,122,600
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
5,200
2.1
254,900
Stockton-Lodi, CA
-1,000
-0.4
242,700
Urban Honolulu, HI
3,600
0.8
474,600
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
-500
-0.4
141,400
Visalia-Porterville, CA
2,700
2.1
129,200
Walla Walla, WA
300
1.1
27,700
Wenatchee, WA
800
1.7
48,100
Yakima, WA
600
0.7
87,700
Yuba City, CA
-200
-0.4
45,000
Mountain Division
Albuquerque, NM
2,400
0.6
394,600
Billings, MT
0
0.0
85,700
Boise City, ID
8,900
2.7
343,900
Boulder, CO
2,700
1.4
198,600
Carson City, NV
1,100
3.6
31,300
Casper, WY
1,000
2.6
40,000
Cheyenne, WY
600
1.3
47,900
Coeur d'Alene, ID
1,000
1.5
68,800
Colorado Springs, CO
9,600
3.3
303,900
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
29,600
1.9
1,547,700
Farmington, NM
400
0.9
47,200
Flagstaff, AZ
-900
-1.3
69,100
Fort Collins, CO
2,200
1.3
174,300
Grand Junction, CO
1,400
2.2
65,900
Great Falls, MT
300
0.8
35,700
Greeley, CO
2,400
2.2
112,200
Idaho Falls, ID
2,900
4.2
71,400
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
1,000
1.9
52,400
Las Cruces, NM
500
0.7
72,900
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
20,300
2.0
1,030,900
Lewiston, ID-WA
300
1.1
28,800
Logan, UT-ID
2,200
3.7
62,200
Missoula, MT
1,700
2.8
63,200
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
12,100
4.6
273,900
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
57,600
2.7
2,160,400
Pocatello, ID
1,400
3.9
37,100
Prescott, AZ
1,200
1.8
66,400
Provo-Orem, UT
7,600
2.9
268,200
Pueblo, CO
300
0.5
62,300
Reno, NV
13,500
5.5
257,900
Salt Lake City, UT
14,900
2.0
750,900
Santa Fe, NM
-300
-0.5
64,300
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
500
1.5
33,800
St. George, UT
2,800
4.1
71,700
Tucson, AZ
11,500
3.1
386,300
Twin Falls, ID
400
0.9
47,000
Yuma, AZ
1,100
2.0
55,700
East North Central Division
Akron, OH
900
0.3
340,400
Ann Arbor, MI
800
0.4
220,500
Appleton, WI
-300
-0.2
127,100
Battle Creek, MI
0
0.0
57,600
Bay City, MI
-700
-2.0
35,000
Bloomington, IL
300
0.3
90,900
Bloomington, IN
1,300
1.8
75,100
Canton-Massillon, OH
800
0.5
176,400
Carbondale-Marion, IL
1,500
2.6
58,200
Champaign-Urbana, IL
2,600
2.5
107,100
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
47,500
1.0
4,830,400
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
27,300
2.5
1,140,700
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
12,700
1.2
1,092,100
Columbus, IN
1,400
2.6
55,100
Columbus, OH
9,400
0.8
1,116,000
Danville, IL
700
2.6
27,500
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
2,200
1.2
189,000
Dayton, OH
-300
-0.1
390,800
Decatur, IL
400
0.8
52,400
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-5,800
-0.3
2,034,100
Eau Claire, WI
100
0.1
87,500
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
300
0.2
142,800
Evansville, IN-KY
1,100
0.7
164,000
Flint, MI
2,000
1.4
142,500
Fond du Lac, WI
-500
-1.0
48,700
Fort Wayne, IN
5,600
2.5
231,600
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
3,200
0.6
564,500
Green Bay, WI
1,800
1.0
184,900
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
7,000
0.6
1,087,300
Jackson, MI
600
1.0
58,800
Janesville-Beloit, WI
900
1.3
71,500
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
100
0.1
147,800
Kankakee, IL
-500
-1.1
46,000
Kokomo, IN
1,000
2.5
41,800
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
1,100
1.4
78,800
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
-3,100
-3.0
100,000
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
1,700
0.7
231,900
Lima, OH
500
0.9
53,900
Madison, WI
100
0.0
403,700
Mansfield, OH
800
1.5
53,600
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-700
-1.7
40,900
Midland, MI
-200
-0.5
37,700
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
4,400
0.5
884,000
Monroe, MI
-100
-0.2
41,300
Muncie, IN
-200
-0.4
49,500
Muskegon, MI
500
0.8
66,800
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
500
0.8
63,700
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
700
0.7
98,000
Peoria, IL
-500
-0.3
176,800
Racine, WI
-100
-0.1
79,800
Rockford, IL
900
0.6
154,000
Saginaw, MI
200
0.2
87,500
Sheboygan, WI
1,100
1.7
65,400
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
2,500
1.8
143,300
Springfield, IL
1,400
1.2
118,700
Springfield, OH
600
1.2
50,600
Terre Haute, IN
400
0.6
69,900
Toledo, OH
600
0.2
309,400
Wausau, WI
1,400
1.9
74,400
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-700
-1.7
39,800
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
-2,700
-1.2
215,400
West North Central Division
Ames, IA
600
1.2
51,500
Bismarck, ND
500
0.7
72,100
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
700
1.6
45,200
Cedar Rapids, IA
-200
-0.1
143,800
Columbia, MO
300
0.3
97,600
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
8,600
2.3
380,900
Dubuque, IA
500
0.8
60,900
Duluth, MN-WI
1,200
0.9
137,000
Fargo, ND-MN
700
0.5
141,700
Grand Forks, ND-MN
100
0.2
53,800
Grand Island, NE
100
0.2
42,100
Iowa City, IA
-900
-0.9
99,900
Jefferson City, MO
100
0.1
76,300
Joplin, MO
900
1.1
80,100
Kansas City, MO-KS
19,500
1.8
1,116,200
Lawrence, KS
-900
-1.7
51,900
Lincoln, NE
300
0.2
191,100
Manhattan, KS
-1,400
-3.3
40,900
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
900
1.6
57,400
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
-900
0.0
2,026,500
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
12,400
2.5
515,200
Rapid City, SD
100
0.1
73,600
Rochester, MN
800
0.6
125,800
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
700
0.8
89,500
Sioux Falls, SD
5,600
3.5
165,500
Springfield, MO
3,200
1.5
215,100
St. Cloud, MN
1,200
1.1
111,100
St. Joseph, MO-KS
500
0.8
62,500
St. Louis, MO-IL
26,400
1.9
1,412,100
Topeka, KS
2,800
2.5
115,300
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-100
-0.1
90,700
Wichita, KS
2,100
0.7
300,500
East South Central Division
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
200
0.4
47,600
Auburn-Opelika, AL
1,000
1.5
66,500
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
7,400
1.4
547,400
Bowling Green, KY
1,100
1.4
77,200
Chattanooga, TN-GA
2,900
1.1
265,200
Clarksville, TN-KY
2,000
2.2
94,300
Cleveland, TN
0
0.0
46,100
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
2,300
2.9
81,500
Decatur, AL
1,600
2.9
57,500
Dothan, AL
600
1.0
59,500
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
600
1.1
57,700
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
700
1.2
57,300
Gadsden, AL
900
2.4
38,700
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
2,800
1.8
158,200
Hattiesburg, MS
2,200
3.4
66,600
Huntsville, AL
7,200
3.0
244,800
Jackson, MS
5,200
1.9
284,100
Jackson, TN
1,200
1.7
70,600
Johnson City, TN
600
0.8
80,400
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
2,300
1.9
123,300
Knoxville, TN
7,200
1.8
407,600
Lexington-Fayette, KY
6,300
2.3
281,300
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
6,600
1.0
680,300
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
8,900
1.4
658,400
Mobile, AL
2,400
1.3
187,200
Montgomery, AL
2,400
1.4
179,800
Morristown, TN
500
1.1
46,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
19,100
1.9
1,035,600
Owensboro, KY
-100
-0.2
54,300
Tuscaloosa, AL
2,500
2.3
112,700
West South Central Division
Abilene, TX
200
0.3
69,700
Alexandria, LA
-100
-0.2
61,200
Amarillo, TX
900
0.8
120,100
Austin-Round Rock, TX
22,200
2.1
1,094,900
Baton Rouge, LA
1,600
0.4
411,000
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
1,400
0.8
166,400
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
100
0.1
141,700
College Station-Bryan, TX
800
0.7
118,200
Corpus Christi, TX
1,600
0.8
194,600
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
115,800
3.1
3,810,900
El Paso, TX
3,100
1.0
319,400
Enid, OK
0
0.0
25,500
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
8,300
3.2
264,500
Fort Smith, AR-OK
-500
-0.4
112,000
Hammond, LA
300
0.7
46,200
Hot Springs, AR
700
1.8
39,500
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
-2,500
-2.9
84,200
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
81,900
2.7
3,166,900
Jonesboro, AR
1,200
2.1
59,300
Killeen-Temple, TX
3,400
2.4
146,100
Lafayette, LA
1,900
0.9
205,300
Lake Charles, LA
300
0.3
118,700
Laredo, TX
500
0.5
106,600
Lawton, OK
800
1.8
45,500
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
1,300
0.4
362,800
Longview, TX
-600
-0.6
96,900
Lubbock, TX
1,600
1.1
150,100
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
5,700
2.2
267,400
Midland, TX
900
0.8
111,400
Monroe, LA
-300
-0.4
77,400
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
10,900
1.9
585,700
Odessa, TX
2,000
2.5
82,800
Oklahoma City, OK
7,900
1.2
656,700
Pine Bluff, AR
-400
-1.2
32,700
San Angelo, TX
400
0.8
50,400
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
22,000
2.1
1,082,600
Sherman-Denison, TX
500
1.0
48,900
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-3,300
-1.8
178,300
Texarkana, TX-AR
900
1.5
59,800
Tulsa, OK
-3,900
-0.9
450,500
Tyler, TX
900
0.8
107,400
Victoria, TX
0
0.0
41,900
Waco, TX
1,200
1.0
123,100
Wichita Falls, TX
500
0.8
60,000
South Atlantic Division
Albany, GA
400
0.6
62,700
Asheville, NC
8,300
4.3
203,500
Athens-Clarke County, GA
900
0.9
99,300
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
42,500
1.5
2,848,100
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
4,000
1.7
243,600
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
12,900
0.9
1,425,800
Beckley, WV
100
0.2
44,800
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
400
0.5
77,200
Brunswick, GA
1,300
2.9
46,600
Burlington, NC
1,600
2.6
63,400
California-Lexington Park, MD
100
0.2
46,000
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
10,600
4.0
277,200
Charleston, WV
-300
-0.3
110,600
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
6,000
1.6
373,600
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
27,500
2.3
1,239,200
Charlottesville, VA
2,100
1.8
118,100
Columbia, SC
1,000
0.2
403,600
Columbus, GA-AL
-400
-0.3
122,400
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
2,400
2.0
120,400
Cumberland, MD-WV
300
0.8
39,000
Dalton, GA
600
0.9
69,300
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
3,400
1.7
207,200
Dover, DE
1,700
2.5
69,800
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
300
0.1
315,800
Fayetteville, NC
1,700
1.3
130,800
Florence, SC
1,700
1.9
92,300
Gainesville, FL
1,500
1.1
143,300
Gainesville, GA
3,900
4.2
97,000
Goldsboro, NC
200
0.5
41,500
Greensboro-High Point, NC
800
0.2
360,500
Greenville, NC
300
0.4
81,200
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
7,200
1.7
430,100
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
1,300
1.2
105,900
Harrisonburg, VA
1,100
1.7
67,000
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
100
0.1
154,400
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
3,300
3.9
87,200
Hinesville, GA
400
1.9
21,100
Homosassa Springs, FL
500
1.5
33,800
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
-700
-0.5
133,700
Jacksonville, FL
15,600
2.2
726,000
Jacksonville, NC
100
0.2
50,100
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
3,800
1.7
231,800
Lynchburg, VA
1,100
1.0
106,200
Macon-Bibb County, GA
1,400
1.4
104,300
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
53,100
2.0
2,725,800
Morgantown, WV
-1,400
-2.0
67,700
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
4,200
2.3
184,700
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
4,900
3.3
151,900
New Bern, NC
200
0.4
45,200
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
800
0.3
307,200
Ocala, FL
3,100
3.0
107,600
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
51,600
4.0
1,347,400
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
7,400
3.3
231,700
Panama City, FL
-1,700
-1.9
85,700
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
0
0.0
38,300
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
900
0.5
184,400
Port St. Lucie, FL
5,400
3.6
155,900
Punta Gorda, FL
1,900
4.0
49,800
Raleigh, NC
10,800
1.7
651,300
Richmond, VA
4,400
0.6
687,200
Roanoke, VA
2,100
1.3
162,900
Rocky Mount, NC
-500
-0.9
55,300
Rome, GA
1,200
2.9
42,400
Salisbury, MD-DE
200
0.1
173,300
Savannah, GA
2,100
1.1
186,400
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
1,800
3.4
54,400
Sebring, FL
300
1.2
25,900
Spartanburg, SC
4,300
2.7
162,000
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
1,000
2.0
51,600
Sumter, SC
100
0.2
40,400
Tallahassee, FL
6,100
3.4
186,600
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
21,700
1.6
1,375,100
The Villages, FL
900
3.0
30,600
Valdosta, GA
1,100
2.0
57,300
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
2,600
0.3
800,600
Warner Robins, GA
1,500
2.0
77,500
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
33,600
1.0
3,334,700
Wheeling, WV-OH
1,100
1.6
69,500
Wilmington, NC
2,000
1.5
134,200
Winchester, VA-WV
2,300
3.6
66,000
Winston-Salem, NC
7,600
2.9
272,400
New England Division
Bangor, ME
1,300
2.0
67,500
Barnstable Town, MA
0
0.0
121,200
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
39,600
1.4
2,810,500
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
4,900
1.2
412,300
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
1,200
0.9
127,700
Danbury, CT
600
0.8
77,200
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
700
1.3
53,400
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
1,900
0.3
576,800
Leominster-Gardner, MA
800
1.5
54,700
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
700
1.4
50,900
Manchester, NH
1,300
1.1
115,800
New Bedford, MA
900
1.4
67,100
New Haven, CT
6,300
2.3
285,600
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
-800
-0.6
131,200
Pittsfield, MA
600
1.4
43,100
Portland-South Portland, ME
4,400
2.1
218,900
Portsmouth, NH-ME
1,500
1.5
98,700
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
8,000
1.4
600,000
Springfield, MA-CT
9,100
2.7
341,900
Waterbury, CT
-100
-0.1
67,600
Worcester, MA-CT
700
0.2
284,500
Middle Atlantic Division
Albany-Schedy-Troy, NY
-900
-0.2
469,100
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
6,200
1.7
377,600
Altoona, PA
600
1.0
62,100
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
1,100
0.8
138,500
Binghamton, NY
700
0.7
103,600
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
900
2.1
43,100
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
4,100
0.7
570,000
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
900
1.5
62,600
East Stroudsburg, PA
500
0.8
59,800
Elmira, NY
200
0.5
36,700
Erie, PA
1,300
1.0
128,800
Gettysburg, PA
200
0.6
35,000
Glens Falls, NY
-800
-1.3
58,800
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
300
0.1
350,400
Ithaca, NY
2,300
3.7
64,400
Johnstown, PA
600
1.1
54,000
Kingston, NY
1,400
2.2
63,900
Lancaster, PA
1,500
0.6
258,800
Lebanon, PA
1,000
1.9
53,600
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
134,200
1.4
9,938,000
Ocean City, NJ
4,000
7.0
61,100
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
41,500
1.4
2,960,500
Pittsburgh, PA
6,400
0.5
1,187,700
Reading, PA
3,100
1.7
180,800
Rochester, NY
2,500
0.5
537,000
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
200
0.1
261,400
State College, PA
0
0.0
79,100
Syracuse, NY
4,100
1.3
324,000
Trenton, NJ
5,600
2.1
277,200
Utica-Rome, NY
-400
-0.3
129,000
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
1,800
3.2
58,800
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
200
0.5
43,500
Williamsport, PA
200
0.4
53,500
York-Hanover, PA
200
0.1
186,200
Note: New England Division: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. Middle Atlantic Division: New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania. South Atlantic Division: Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia. East South Central: Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee. West South Central: Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas. East North Central: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin. West North Central: Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota. Mountain: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming. Pacific: Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington.
The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Ocean City, New Jersey (+7.0 percent), Reno, Nevada (+5.5 percent), and Ogden-Clearfield, Utah (+4.6 percent). Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, and Punta Gorda, all in Florida, St. George, Utah; Gainesville, Georgia; Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Asheville, North Carolina all had employment increases of 4.0–4.3 percent over the year ended in August 2019.
Among large metropolitan areas, nonfarm employment rose in 32 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, while employment was essentially unchanged in 19 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+4.0 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (+3.1 percent each), and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas, and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona (+2.7 percent each).
In terms of the number of jobs, the largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+134,200, an increase of 1.4 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+115,800), and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (+81,900).
Employment increased by over 50,000 in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida; Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida; Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona; San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California; Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington; and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California.
United States Department of Labor
