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Employment up 364,100 over the year in Los Angeles metro area
November 16, 2021
Among the nation's metropolitan areas, the largest increases in nonfarm employment from September 2020 to September 2021 occurred in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+364,100), New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+260,600), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (+196,700) and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land (+148,100) both in Texas. In percentage terms, the changes in these four areas ranged from 2.9 percent (in the New York area) to 6.6 percent (in the Los Angeles area).
Statistically significant over-the-year changes in nonfarm employment in metropolitan areas, September 2021, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Over-the-year change in employment
Over-the-year percent change
Employment, Sep. 2020
Employment, Sep. 2021
Alabama
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
24,700
4.8%
516,300
541,000
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
6,800
8.9
76,700
83,500
Alaska
Anchorage, AK
4,200
2.5
165,100
169,300
Arizona
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
126,500
6.0
2,105,300
2,231,800
Tucson, AZ
14,800
4.0
369,100
383,900
Yuma, AZ
3,400
6.3
54,400
57,800
Arkansas
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
16,900
6.4
262,300
279,200
California
Fresno, CA
8,500
2.4
347,100
355,600
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
364,100
6.6
5,510,400
5,874,500
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
59,000
4.0
1,473,000
1,532,000
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
34,800
3.6
960,900
995,700
Salinas, CA
7,700
5.9
130,400
138,100
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
51,300
3.8
1,362,200
1,413,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
105,700
4.8
2,206,600
2,312,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
47,000
4.4
1,057,100
1,104,100
Colorado
Colorado Springs, CO
14,000
4.8
292,400
306,400
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
73,100
5.0
1,451,400
1,524,500
Connecticut
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
9,800
2.6
370,000
379,800
District of Columbia
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
105,100
3.4
3,125,500
3,230,600
Florida
Jacksonville, FL
30,300
4.3
705,800
736,100
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
119,200
4.8
2,494,200
2,613,400
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
8,900
6.2
143,900
152,800
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
17,400
5.9
294,600
312,000
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
81,600
7.0
1,167,900
1,249,500
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
79,900
6.0
1,332,500
1,412,400
Georgia
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
121,000
4.5
2,676,000
2,797,000
Savannah, GA
13,000
7.3
179,100
192,100
Hawaii
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
12,400
23.9
51,800
64,200
Urban Honolulu, HI
47,700
12.7
376,000
423,700
Idaho
Boise City, ID
8,100
2.3
346,900
355,000
Illinois
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
116,900
2.7
4,387,000
4,503,900
Indiana
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
27,600
2.6
1,047,900
1,075,500
Iowa
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
15,900
4.5
356,300
372,200
Kansas
Wichita, KS
6,100
2.1
286,900
293,000
Kentucky
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
19,000
3.0
640,500
659,500
Louisiana
Lake Charles, LA
9,400
11.1
84,500
93,900
Maryland
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
41,900
3.2
1,321,500
1,363,400
Massachusetts
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
134,500
5.3
2,551,700
2,686,200
Springfield, MA-CT
13,300
4.4
303,100
316,400
Worcester, MA-CT
8,700
3.3
264,800
273,500
Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI
8,300
3.9
211,000
219,300
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
65,800
3.5
1,868,300
1,934,100
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
15,700
3.0
528,200
543,900
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
8,600
4.0
215,900
224,500
Minnesota
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
61,800
3.3
1,879,600
1,941,400
Missouri
Kansas City, MO-KS
47,900
4.6
1,047,700
1,095,600
St. Louis, MO-IL (1)
24,400
1.8
1,326,400
1,350,800
Nebraska
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
12,900
2.7
483,800
496,700
Nevada
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
72,100
8.0
896,400
968,500
New Jersey
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
5,800
4.9
117,800
123,600
Ocean City, NJ
5,000
11.2
44,800
49,800
New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
12,800
3.4
373,200
386,000
New York
Albany-Schenectady-Troy NY
8,400
1.9
437,900
446,300
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
19,400
3.8
514,200
533,600
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
260,600
2.9
8,885,100
9,145,700
Rochester, NY
22,400
4.6
489,800
512,200
North Carolina
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
40,600
3.4
1,184,600
1,225,200
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
14,500
4.6
312,200
326,700
Greenville, NC
4,600
5.9
78,400
83,000
Raleigh, NC
29,100
4.7
624,200
653,300
Wilmington, NC
6,300
4.9
127,800
134,100
North Dakota
Bismarck, ND
1,800
2.5
71,100
72,900
Fargo, ND-MN
5,900
4.2
140,200
146,100
Ohio
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
41,900
4.0
1,058,800
1,100,700
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
15,300
1.5
1,000,200
1,015,500
Columbus, OH
24,500
2.3
1,064,500
1,089,000
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, OK
17,600
2.8
625,000
642,600
Tulsa, OK
11,500
2.7
432,900
444,400
Oregon
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
55,800
4.9
1,130,800
1,186,600
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
89,900
3.3
2,760,200
2,850,100
Pittsburgh, PA
29,000
2.6
1,098,400
1,127,400
Rhode Island
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
20,300
3.7
555,000
575,300
South Carolina
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
13,800
3.9
351,100
364,900
South Dakota
Sioux Falls, SD
3,900
2.5
157,400
161,300
Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
12,900
3.3
396,600
409,500
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
28,500
4.6
622,800
651,300
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
45,500
4.5
1,002,600
1,048,100
Texas
Austin-Round Rock, TX
79,700
7.4
1,079,400
1,159,100
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
196,700
5.4
3,639,700
3,836,400
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
148,100
5.1
2,928,300
3,076,400
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
14,200
5.5
259,100
273,300
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
53,400
5.2
1,025,500
1,078,900
Tyler, TX
7,700
7.4
104,200
111,900
Utah
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
11,500
4.3
269,200
280,700
Provo-Orem, UT
16,400
5.9
276,100
292,500
Salt Lake City, UT
41,100
5.6
737,000
778,100
Vermont
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
3,000
2.6
116,200
119,200
Washington
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
6,100
5.3
115,200
121,300
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
102,000
5.2
1,958,100
2,060,100
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
16,400
6.7
243,200
259,600
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary.
The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii (+23.9 percent), Urban Honolulu, Hawaii (+12.7 percent), Ocean City, New Jersey (+11.2 percent), Lake Charles, Louisiana (+11.1 percent), and Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, Alabama (8.9 percent). Over-the-year employment in Ocean City was up 5,000, while employment increased 47,700 in the Honolulu area.
Among large metropolitan areas (areas with a population of at least a million in the 2010 Census), the largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+8.0 percent), Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+7.4 percent), and Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+7.0 percent).
In September 2021, 90 metropolitan areas had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment. In the remaining 299 areas, employment was essentially unchanged. Among large metropolitan areas, employment increased in 46 areas and was essentially unchanged in 5 areas.
United States Department of Labor
