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95 metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from November 2021 to November 2022
January 03, 2023
Ninety-five metro areas had increases in nonfarm employment from November 2021 to November 2022, and 294 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment occurred in Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey, (7.3 percent), Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina (6.6 percent), and Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Illinois, (6.4 percent).
Top ten largest gains and losses in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, November 2021 to November 2022
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Employment change
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
7.3%
9,400
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
6.6
24,900
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
6.4
11,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6.1
242,200
Portland-South Portland, ME
6.0
12,400
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
5.6
176,300
Raleigh, NC
5.6
37,600
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
5.5
15,600
Athens-Clarke County, GA
5.4
5,400
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
5.3
67,300
Portsmouth, NH-ME
-0.4
-400
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
-0.4
-500
Manhattan, KS
-0.5
-200
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-0.5
-200
Grand Island, NE
-0.7
-300
Racine, WI
-0.7
-500
Sumter, SC
-0.8
-300
Pittsfield, MA
-1.0
-400
Rocky Mount, NC
-2.1
-1200
Sebring, FL
-2.3
-600
The over-the-year employment increase in Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey, was 9,400, while Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, had an increase of 24,900 and Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Illinois, had an increase of 11,400.
United States Department of Labor
