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In February 2020, 34 metropolitan areas had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 355 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Yuba City, California (+8.3 percent), Kennewick-Richland, Washington (+5.4 percent), and Boise City, Idaho, and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+3.4 percent each).
Metropolitan area | Over-the-year percent change | Over-the-year change in employment | Employment, February 2019 | Employment, February 2020 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yuba City, CA |
8.3% | 3,700 | 44,600 | 48,300 |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
5.4 | 6,100 | 113,200 | 119,300 |
Boise City, ID |
3.4 | 11,500 | 337,500 | 349,000 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
3.4 | 126,000 | 3,721,500 | 3,847,500 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
3.3 | 36,700 | 1,099,900 | 1,136,600 |
Bakersfield, CA |
3.3 | 8,800 | 269,400 | 278,200 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
3.2 | 69,800 | 2,162,100 | 2,231,900 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
3.1 | 32,300 | 1,030,800 | 1,063,100 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
3.1 | 8,200 | 268,400 | 276,600 |
Jacksonville, FL |
3.0 | 21,500 | 716,900 | 738,400 |
Salt Lake City, UT |
3.0 | 22,100 | 739,100 | 761,200 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
2.9 | 59,700 | 2,039,700 | 2,099,400 |
Fresno, CA |
2.8 | 10,000 | 354,900 | 364,900 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
2.8 | 29,400 | 1,063,800 | 1,093,200 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
2.7 | 40,800 | 1,504,500 | 1,545,300 |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
2.6 | 6,900 | 263,000 | 269,900 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
2.6 | 36,200 | 1,378,300 | 1,414,500 |
Raleigh, NC |
2.5 | 16,100 | 642,200 | 658,300 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
2.4 | 31,100 | 1,320,000 | 1,351,100 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
2.2 | 68,900 | 3,132,900 | 3,201,800 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
2.0 | 24,400 | 1,218,700 | 1,243,100 |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
2.0 | 9,900 | 497,400 | 507,300 |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
1.9 | 18,700 | 1,006,600 | 1,025,300 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
1.9 | 21,100 | 1,133,800 | 1,154,900 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
1.8 | 26,400 | 1,488,000 | 1,514,400 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
1.7 | 103,100 | 6,207,100 | 6,310,200 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
1.7 | 26,500 | 1,523,800 | 1,550,300 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1.7 | 41,500 | 2,447,800 | 2,489,300 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
1.7 | 55,600 | 3,305,700 | 3,361,300 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
1.5 | 42,400 | 2,819,300 | 2,861,700 |
Columbus, OH |
1.5 | 16,400 | 1,093,000 | 1,109,400 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
1.3 | 16,200 | 1,206,400 | 1,222,600 |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1.0 | 100,100 | 9,810,300 | 9,910,400 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1.0 | 29,200 | 2,932,700 | 2,961,900 |
Note: Data are preliminary. |
Employment also increased by more than 3.0 percent in Austin-Round Rock, Texas; Bakersfield, California; Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona; Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee; and Provo-Orem, Utah.
In terms of the number of jobs, the largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+126,000 or 3.4 percent), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+103,100 or 1.7 percent), and New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+100,100 or 1.0 percent)
Among the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population at least 1 million, nonfarm employment rose over the year in 26 and was essentially unchanged in 25. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+3.4 percent), Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+3.3 percent), and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona (+3.2 percent).
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 — February 2020." Also see Charts related to the latest "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" news release.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Payroll employment up over the year in 34 metropolitan areas in February 2020 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/payroll-employment-up-over-the-year-in-34-metropolitan-areas-in-february-2020.htm (visited February 14, 2025).