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Over the year ended in April 2022, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 129 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 260 areas. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania, where employment increased 483,900, followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (employment up 333,700), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (277,900).
Metropolitan area | Over-the-year change in employment |
Over-the-year percent change in employment |
Employment, April 2021 |
Employment, April 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
483,900 | 5.3% | 9,157,400 | 9,641,300 |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
333,700 | 5.7 | 5,805,700 | 6,139,400 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
277,900 | 7.4 | 3,779,700 | 4,057,600 |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
189,900 | 4.3 | 4,457,600 | 4,647,500 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
184,100 | 6.7 | 2,764,900 | 2,949,000 |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
169,700 | 5.6 | 3,028,600 | 3,198,300 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
143,200 | 5.5 | 2,624,700 | 2,767,900 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
138,400 | 6.0 | 2,293,500 | 2,431,900 |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA |
132,100 | 5.0 | 2,642,200 | 2,774,300 |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
109,700 | 5.6 | 1,974,400 | 2,084,100 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
108,400 | 3.8 | 2,840,500 | 2,948,900 |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
103,400 | 3.2 | 3,182,600 | 3,286,000 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
103,000 | 8.3 | 1,245,900 | 1,348,900 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
98,200 | 10.3 | 949,800 | 1,048,000 |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
92,200 | 5.9 | 1,552,100 | 1,644,300 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
92,100 | 8.1 | 1,142,400 | 1,234,500 |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
91,800 | 4.8 | 1,893,500 | 1,985,300 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
88,300 | 6.2 | 1,419,400 | 1,507,700 |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
82,800 | 3.8 | 2,193,000 | 2,275,800 |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
76,300 | 5.5 | 1,380,600 | 1,456,900 |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
74,100 | 5.0 | 1,493,500 | 1,567,600 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
72,000 | 7.0 | 1,033,200 | 1,105,200 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
62,600 | 5.8 | 1,086,500 | 1,149,100 |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
56,600 | 2.9 | 1,921,000 | 1,977,600 |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
52,000 | 4.5 | 1,159,600 | 1,211,600 |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
51,400 | 4.2 | 1,233,900 | 1,285,300 |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
51,100 | 4.9 | 1,047,900 | 1,099,000 |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
50,500 | 3.7 | 1,352,200 | 1,402,700 |
Employment increased over the year by more than 100,000 in 10 other areas, including Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin (189,900); Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, Georgia (184,100); and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (169,700).
The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (up 12.5 percent), Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (10.3 percent), and Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (8.3 percent). Employment increased by at least 7.0 percent in 7 other areas: Austin, Texas; Santa Fe, New Mexico; Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas; Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii; Flagstaff, Arizona; Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana; and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee.
Metropolitan area | Over-the-year percent change in employment |
Over-the-year change in employment |
Employment, April 2021 |
Employment, April 2022 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
12.5% | 14,800 | 118,600 | 133,400 |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
10.3 | 98,200 | 949,800 | 1,048,000 |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
8.3 | 103,000 | 1,245,900 | 1,348,900 |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
8.1 | 92,100 | 1,142,400 | 1,234,500 |
Santa Fe, NM |
7.6 | 4,400 | 57,800 | 62,200 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
7.4 | 277,900 | 3,779,700 | 4,057,600 |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
7.4 | 5,000 | 67,900 | 72,900 |
Flagstaff, AZ |
7.3 | 4,600 | 63,300 | 67,900 |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
7.0 | 9,700 | 139,000 | 148,700 |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
7.0 | 72,000 | 1,033,200 | 1,105,200 |
Provo-Orem, UT |
6.9 | 19,900 | 290,200 | 310,100 |
Midland, TX |
6.8 | 6,800 | 99,300 | 106,100 |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
6.8 | 21,300 | 314,000 | 335,300 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
6.7 | 184,100 | 2,764,900 | 2,949,000 |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
6.5 | 6,200 | 95,200 | 101,400 |
Lake Charles, LA |
6.5 | 6,200 | 95,200 | 101,400 |
Bloomington, IN |
6.4 | 4,900 | 76,700 | 81,600 |
Bellingham, WA |
6.3 | 5,700 | 89,800 | 95,500 |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
6.2 | 88,300 | 1,419,400 | 1,507,700 |
Farmington, NM |
6.1 | 2,600 | 42,700 | 45,300 |
Odessa, TX |
6.1 | 4,300 | 70,200 | 74,500 |
Fresno, CA |
6.0 | 21,300 | 352,500 | 373,800 |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
6.0 | 138,400 | 2,293,500 | 2,431,900 |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
6.0 | 7,600 | 127,400 | 135,000 |
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 45 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of at least 1 million, while employment was essentially unchanged in 6 of these large metro areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada, followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, and Austin-Round Rock, Texas (8.1 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 — April 2022." 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, New York metro area employment up 483,900, or 5.3 percent, over the year ended April 2022 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2022/new-york-metro-area-employment-up-483900-or-5-3-percent-over-the-year-ended-april-2022.htm (visited October 31, 2024).