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Las Vegas metro area employment up 21.4 percent over the year ended May 2021
July 06, 2021
Over the year ended May 2021, nonfarm employment increased in all 51 large metropolitan areas (those with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more). The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada, where employment increased 21.4 percent. The number of people employed in the Las Vegas area increased from 774,900 in May 2020 to 940,700 in May 2021, an increase of 165,800.
Over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment, selected large metropolitan areas, May 2021, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Percent change in employment
Employment, May 2020
Employment, May 2021
Change in employment
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
21.4%
774,900
940,700
165,800
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
20.1
1,587,400
1,905,900
318,500
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
17.4
456,900
536,200
79,300
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
13.4
498,400
565,000
66,600
Rochester, NY
12.2
456,300
512,100
55,800
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
11.0
588,800
653,700
64,900
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
10.7
8,216,600
9,095,300
878,700
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
10.6
2,377,400
2,630,300
252,900
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
10.4
934,500
1,031,400
96,900
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
10.4
2,557,000
2,822,900
265,900
Pittsburgh, PA
10.4
1,016,100
1,121,800
105,700
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
10.1
1,091,200
1,200,900
109,700
Raleigh, NC
9.8
586,700
644,300
57,600
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
9.7
1,389,100
1,523,600
134,500
Austin-Round Rock, TX
9.6
1,030,900
1,129,800
98,900
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
9.3
987,400
1,079,200
91,800
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
9.3
1,281,100
1,400,600
119,500
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
9.1
1,255,100
1,368,900
113,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
8.6
5,300,400
5,755,900
455,500
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
8.6
1,071,100
1,162,700
91,600
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
8.5
979,000
1,062,400
83,400
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
8.4
1,774,700
1,924,300
149,600
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
8.1
1,127,000
1,218,600
91,600
Kansas City, MO-KS
8.1
1,000,300
1,081,000
80,700
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
8.1
2,389,900
2,583,300
193,400
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
8.0
1,388,500
1,499,300
110,800
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
8.0
510,600
551,500
40,900
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
7.8
988,000
1,064,900
76,900
St. Louis, MO-IL
7.6
1,258,600
1,354,700
96,100
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
7.6
1,282,300
1,379,900
97,600
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
7.5
914,300
983,200
68,900
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
7.4
3,499,100
3,759,300
260,200
Jacksonville, FL
7.4
674,500
724,400
49,900
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
7.3
2,561,200
2,748,700
187,500
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
7.3
4,136,100
4,439,800
303,700
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
7.3
1,867,600
2,003,200
135,600
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
7.2
770,200
825,900
55,700
Salt Lake City, UT
7.1
710,700
761,000
50,300
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
7.1
711,100
761,400
50,300
Columbus, OH
7.0
1,006,500
1,076,600
70,100
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
6.9
2,979,900
3,187,000
207,100
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
6.8
602,600
643,600
41,000
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
6.6
497,700
530,700
33,000
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
6.5
492,400
524,400
32,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
6.5
2,039,300
2,172,200
132,900
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
6.2
951,800
1,010,900
59,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
6.1
2,148,000
2,279,900
131,900
Oklahoma City, OK
5.8
604,900
640,200
35,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
5.4
1,031,000
1,086,300
55,300
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
4.8
2,898,000
3,037,700
139,700
Richmond, VA
4.2
617,200
643,400
26,200
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary. Large metropolitan areas had a population of 1 million or more in the 2010 Census.
Employment was up 20.1 percent in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan, 17.4 percent in Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, New York, 13.4 percent in Providence-Warwick, Rhode Island-Massachusetts, and 12.2 percent in Rochester, New York, over the year ended May 2021. Employment increased by 10.0 percent or more in 7 more large metropolitan areas.
The smallest over-the-year changes in employment among these large metro areas were in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (5.8 percent), San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (5.4 percent), Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (4.8 percent) and Richmond, Virginia (4.2 percent).
United States Department of Labor
