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In June, nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 105 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 283 areas. The largest percentage gains in employment from June 2022 to June 2023 occurred in Midland, Texas (+8.3 percent), Odessa, Texas (+6.7 percent), and Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina (+6.3 percent). The one decrease occurred in Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana (−4.5 percent).
Metropolitan area | Percent change | June 2022 employment | June 2023 employment | Employment change | Statistically significant? |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Midland, TX |
8.3 | 111,500 | 120,700 | 9,200 | Yes |
Odessa, TX |
6.7 | 76,300 | 81,400 | 5,100 | Yes |
Charleston-North Charleston, SC |
6.3 | 394,600 | 419,300 | 24,700 | Yes |
Manchester, NH |
5.5 | 111,900 | 118,100 | 6,200 | Yes |
College Station-Bryan, TX |
5.4 | 128,900 | 135,800 | 6,900 | Yes |
Olympia-Tumwater, WA |
5.2 | 125,900 | 132,400 | 6,500 | Yes |
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO |
5.1 | 290,700 | 305,600 | 14,900 | Yes |
Jacksonville, FL |
5.1 | 760,900 | 800,000 | 39,100 | Yes |
Las Cruces, NM |
5.1 | 73,200 | 76,900 | 3,700 | Yes |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
5.0 | 4,068,600 | 4,273,600 | 205,000 | Yes |
Waco, TX |
4.9 | 129,300 | 135,600 | 6,300 | Yes |
Columbus, GA-AL |
4.7 | 120,500 | 126,200 | 5,700 | Yes |
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV |
4.7 | 1,075,600 | 1,126,500 | 50,900 | Yes |
Boise City, ID |
4.6 | 381,400 | 399,100 | 17,700 | Yes |
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL |
4.6 | 214,200 | 224,000 | 9,800 | Yes |
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX |
4.6 | 286,700 | 299,800 | 13,100 | Yes |
Salem, OR |
4.6 | 176,100 | 184,200 | 8,100 | Yes |
Austin-Round Rock, TX |
4.4 | 1,271,500 | 1,327,800 | 56,300 | Yes |
Baton Rouge, LA |
4.4 | 402,700 | 420,300 | 17,600 | Yes |
Bowling Green, KY |
4.4 | 78,000 | 81,400 | 3,400 | Yes |
Coeur d'Alene, ID |
4.4 | 73,000 | 76,200 | 3,200 | Yes |
Hanford-Corcoran, CA |
4.4 | 41,200 | 43,000 | 1,800 | Yes |
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA |
4.4 | 119,300 | 124,500 | 5,200 | Yes |
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC |
4.3 | 1,310,800 | 1,367,500 | 56,700 | Yes |
Clarksville, TN-KY |
4.3 | 97,200 | 101,400 | 4,200 | Yes |
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR |
4.3 | 373,800 | 389,700 | 15,900 | Yes |
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
4.3 | 189,100 | 197,300 | 8,200 | Yes |
Kennewick-Richland, WA |
4.2 | 123,300 | 128,500 | 5,200 | Yes |
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN |
4.2 | 1,120,600 | 1,167,900 | 47,300 | Yes |
Port St. Lucie, FL |
4.2 | 162,700 | 169,600 | 6,900 | Yes |
Tuscaloosa, AL |
4.2 | 108,400 | 113,000 | 4,600 | Yes |
Anchorage, AK |
4.1 | 177,200 | 184,400 | 7,200 | Yes |
Lexington-Fayette, KY |
4.1 | 284,100 | 295,700 | 11,600 | Yes |
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL |
4.1 | 1,463,300 | 1,523,800 | 60,500 | Yes |
Albuquerque, NM |
4.0 | 394,500 | 410,300 | 15,800 | Yes |
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL |
4.0 | 292,600 | 304,200 | 11,600 | Yes |
Huntsville, AL |
4.0 | 263,200 | 273,800 | 10,600 | Yes |
Salinas, CA |
3.9 | 144,200 | 149,800 | 5,600 | Yes |
Salt Lake City, UT |
3.9 | 798,800 | 830,000 | 31,200 | Yes |
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX |
3.8 | 156,900 | 162,900 | 6,000 | Yes |
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
3.8 | 3,239,200 | 3,360,800 | 121,600 | Yes |
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN |
3.8 | 1,123,800 | 1,166,300 | 42,500 | Yes |
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA |
3.8 | 119,900 | 124,400 | 4,500 | Yes |
Knoxville, TN |
3.8 | 426,900 | 443,300 | 16,400 | Yes |
Ogden-Clearfield, UT |
3.8 | 283,200 | 294,100 | 10,900 | Yes |
Reno, NV |
3.8 | 261,300 | 271,100 | 9,800 | Yes |
Trenton, NJ |
3.8 | 288,400 | 299,400 | 11,000 | Yes |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
3.7 | 1,112,700 | 1,153,900 | 41,200 | Yes |
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL |
3.7 | 1,375,600 | 1,426,000 | 50,400 | Yes |
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
3.7 | 1,222,700 | 1,268,200 | 45,500 | Yes |
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX |
3.7 | 1,124,100 | 1,165,800 | 41,700 | Yes |
Sioux Falls, SD |
3.7 | 169,400 | 175,700 | 6,300 | Yes |
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA |
3.6 | 353,400 | 366,200 | 12,800 | Yes |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
3.6 | 3,018,600 | 3,127,100 | 108,500 | Yes |
Chattanooga, TN-GA |
3.5 | 270,100 | 279,600 | 9,500 | Yes |
Jackson, MS |
3.5 | 274,700 | 284,300 | 9,600 | Yes |
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA |
3.5 | 260,500 | 269,600 | 9,100 | Yes |
Winston-Salem, NC |
3.5 | 273,600 | 283,300 | 9,700 | Yes |
Ann Arbor, MI |
3.4 | 221,400 | 228,900 | 7,500 | Yes |
Cheyenne, WY |
3.4 | 47,200 | 48,800 | 1,600 | Yes |
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC |
3.4 | 338,200 | 349,600 | 11,400 | Yes |
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
3.4 | 2,110,200 | 2,181,300 | 71,100 | Yes |
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
3.3 | 1,130,500 | 1,167,500 | 37,000 | Yes |
Asheville, NC |
3.2 | 201,000 | 207,500 | 6,500 | Yes |
Montgomery, AL |
3.2 | 177,000 | 182,700 | 5,700 | Yes |
Visalia-Porterville, CA |
3.2 | 137,800 | 142,200 | 4,400 | Yes |
Fresno, CA |
3.1 | 379,000 | 390,800 | 11,800 | Yes |
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL |
3.1 | 323,000 | 333,100 | 10,100 | Yes |
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA |
3.1 | 1,064,400 | 1,097,800 | 33,400 | Yes |
El Paso, TX |
3.0 | 331,100 | 341,100 | 10,000 | Yes |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
3.0 | 2,767,500 | 2,850,100 | 82,600 | Yes |
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL |
3.0 | 240,000 | 247,200 | 7,200 | Yes |
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA |
3.0 | 1,537,300 | 1,583,800 | 46,500 | Yes |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
2.9 | 2,981,200 | 3,069,100 | 87,900 | Yes |
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY |
2.9 | 546,900 | 562,900 | 16,000 | Yes |
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL |
2.9 | 191,100 | 196,700 | 5,600 | Yes |
Pittsburgh, PA |
2.9 | 1,149,500 | 1,182,600 | 33,100 | Yes |
Raleigh, NC |
2.9 | 702,900 | 723,100 | 20,200 | Yes |
Richmond, VA |
2.9 | 692,700 | 712,600 | 19,900 | Yes |
Syracuse, NY |
2.9 | 311,600 | 320,500 | 8,900 | Yes |
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
2.8 | 2,802,500 | 2,881,600 | 79,100 | Yes |
Oklahoma City, OK |
2.8 | 663,900 | 682,400 | 18,500 | Yes |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
2.8 | 1,159,100 | 1,192,100 | 33,000 | Yes |
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA |
2.8 | 265,600 | 273,100 | 7,500 | Yes |
Lincoln, NE |
2.7 | 188,600 | 193,700 | 5,100 | Yes |
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
2.7 | 9,927,600 | 10,191,200 | 263,600 | Yes |
Fort Wayne, IN |
2.6 | 230,200 | 236,300 | 6,100 | Yes |
Urban Honolulu, HI |
2.6 | 440,500 | 452,000 | 11,500 | Yes |
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
2.6 | 3,308,800 | 3,394,000 | 85,200 | Yes |
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA |
2.5 | 501,900 | 514,500 | 12,600 | Yes |
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
2.5 | 2,278,800 | 2,335,000 | 56,200 | Yes |
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
2.4 | 461,400 | 472,700 | 11,300 | Yes |
Bakersfield, CA |
2.4 | 286,900 | 293,800 | 6,900 | Yes |
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC |
2.4 | 447,700 | 458,500 | 10,800 | Yes |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
2.4 | 6,205,100 | 6,351,500 | 146,400 | Yes |
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA |
2.3 | 386,500 | 395,500 | 9,000 | Yes |
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
2.3 | 1,961,900 | 2,007,200 | 45,300 | Yes |
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI |
2.2 | 573,800 | 586,300 | 12,500 | Yes |
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
2.2 | 2,486,200 | 2,540,200 | 54,000 | Yes |
Birmingham-Hoover, AL |
2.1 | 555,500 | 566,900 | 11,400 | Yes |
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD |
2.0 | 1,392,200 | 1,420,000 | 27,800 | Yes |
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
2.0 | 4,733,600 | 4,827,800 | 94,200 | Yes |
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC |
2.0 | 791,000 | 807,000 | 16,000 | Yes |
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
1.9 | 2,019,700 | 2,058,700 | 39,000 | Yes |
St. Louis, MO-IL |
1.7 | 1,422,400 | 1,447,000 | 24,600 | Yes |
Elkhart-Goshen, IN |
-4.5 | 148,900 | 142,200 | -6,700 | Yes |
Manhattan, KS |
7.2 | 38,900 | 41,700 | 2,800 | No |
Rome, GA |
6.9 | 41,800 | 44,700 | 2,900 | No |
Mankato-North Mankato, MN |
6.5 | 55,200 | 58,800 | 3,600 | No |
Corvallis, OR |
5.7 | 43,800 | 46,300 | 2,500 | No |
Athens-Clarke County, GA |
5.6 | 94,800 | 100,100 | 5,300 | No |
Lebanon, PA |
5.4 | 53,700 | 56,600 | 2,900 | No |
Ithaca, NY |
5.2 | 58,100 | 61,100 | 3,000 | No |
Ocean City, NJ |
4.9 | 53,300 | 55,900 | 2,600 | No |
Brunswick, GA |
4.6 | 45,900 | 48,000 | 2,100 | No |
Lawrence, KS |
4.6 | 49,700 | 52,000 | 2,300 | No |
Carson City, NV |
4.5 | 31,000 | 32,400 | 1,400 | No |
The Villages, FL |
4.5 | 37,500 | 39,200 | 1,700 | No |
Charlottesville, VA |
4.4 | 118,000 | 123,200 | 5,200 | No |
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
4.3 | 86,700 | 90,400 | 3,700 | No |
Auburn-Opelika, AL |
3.9 | 69,800 | 72,500 | 2,700 | No |
Dothan, AL |
3.9 | 61,200 | 63,600 | 2,400 | No |
Jefferson City, MO |
3.9 | 79,300 | 82,400 | 3,100 | No |
Hammond, LA |
3.8 | 46,800 | 48,600 | 1,800 | No |
Homosassa Springs, FL |
3.8 | 34,500 | 35,800 | 1,300 | No |
Idaho Falls, ID |
3.8 | 79,800 | 82,800 | 3,000 | No |
State College, PA |
3.7 | 73,000 | 75,700 | 2,700 | No |
Columbia, MO |
3.6 | 102,400 | 106,100 | 3,700 | No |
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ |
3.5 | 132,900 | 137,600 | 4,700 | No |
Barnstable Town, MA |
3.5 | 113,000 | 116,900 | 3,900 | No |
Flagstaff, AZ |
3.5 | 66,600 | 68,900 | 2,300 | No |
Bellingham, WA |
3.4 | 95,200 | 98,400 | 3,200 | No |
Lake Charles, LA |
3.4 | 94,700 | 97,900 | 3,200 | No |
Panama City, FL |
3.4 | 85,600 | 88,500 | 2,900 | No |
Spartanburg, SC |
3.4 | 165,900 | 171,500 | 5,600 | No |
Danville, IL |
3.3 | 26,900 | 27,800 | 900 | No |
Morristown, TN |
3.3 | 48,600 | 50,200 | 1,600 | No |
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
3.3 | 195,200 | 201,700 | 6,500 | No |
Harrisonburg, VA |
3.2 | 68,700 | 70,900 | 2,200 | No |
Punta Gorda, FL |
3.2 | 52,800 | 54,500 | 1,700 | No |
Beckley, WV |
3.1 | 42,600 | 43,900 | 1,300 | No |
Longview, TX |
3.1 | 97,200 | 100,200 | 3,000 | No |
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
3.1 | 51,400 | 53,000 | 1,600 | No |
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI |
3.1 | 124,400 | 128,300 | 3,900 | No |
Pocatello, ID |
3.1 | 38,800 | 40,000 | 1,200 | No |
San Angelo, TX |
3.1 | 51,100 | 52,700 | 1,600 | No |
Abilene, TX |
3.0 | 74,100 | 76,300 | 2,200 | No |
Corpus Christi, TX |
3.0 | 190,200 | 195,900 | 5,700 | No |
Gainesville, FL |
3.0 | 146,100 | 150,500 | 4,400 | No |
Jonesboro, AR |
3.0 | 63,100 | 65,000 | 1,900 | No |
Mobile, AL |
3.0 | 187,400 | 193,000 | 5,600 | No |
Decatur, AL |
2.9 | 59,100 | 60,800 | 1,700 | No |
Gainesville, GA |
2.9 | 100,800 | 103,700 | 2,900 | No |
Grants Pass, OR |
2.9 | 27,500 | 28,300 | 800 | No |
Portsmouth, NH-ME |
2.9 | 95,500 | 98,300 | 2,800 | No |
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA |
2.9 | 51,600 | 53,100 | 1,500 | No |
Yakima, WA |
2.9 | 89,400 | 92,000 | 2,600 | No |
Ames, IA |
2.8 | 50,500 | 51,900 | 1,400 | No |
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA |
2.8 | 95,200 | 97,900 | 2,700 | No |
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY |
2.8 | 54,400 | 55,900 | 1,500 | No |
Greenville, NC |
2.8 | 79,500 | 81,700 | 2,200 | No |
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC |
2.8 | 86,200 | 88,600 | 2,400 | No |
Ocala, FL |
2.8 | 114,400 | 117,600 | 3,200 | No |
Rochester, MN |
2.8 | 123,500 | 126,900 | 3,400 | No |
Springfield, MO |
2.8 | 228,900 | 235,200 | 6,300 | No |
Winchester, VA-WV |
2.8 | 68,900 | 70,800 | 1,900 | No |
Yuba City, CA |
2.8 | 50,900 | 52,300 | 1,400 | No |
Albany, GA |
2.7 | 61,900 | 63,600 | 1,700 | No |
Alexandria, LA |
2.7 | 61,900 | 63,600 | 1,700 | No |
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX |
2.7 | 154,400 | 158,600 | 4,200 | No |
Killeen-Temple, TX |
2.7 | 149,900 | 153,900 | 4,000 | No |
Logan, UT-ID |
2.7 | 70,400 | 72,300 | 1,900 | No |
Missoula, MT |
2.7 | 66,200 | 68,000 | 1,800 | No |
Peoria, IL |
2.7 | 170,100 | 174,700 | 4,600 | No |
Racine, WI |
2.7 | 78,300 | 80,400 | 2,100 | No |
Walla Walla, WA |
2.7 | 29,500 | 30,300 | 800 | No |
Waterbury, CT |
2.7 | 66,200 | 68,000 | 1,800 | No |
Champaign-Urbana, IL |
2.6 | 112,700 | 115,600 | 2,900 | No |
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL |
2.6 | 128,600 | 131,900 | 3,300 | No |
Farmington, NM |
2.6 | 42,400 | 43,500 | 1,100 | No |
Florence, SC |
2.6 | 93,700 | 96,100 | 2,400 | No |
Hattiesburg, MS |
2.6 | 66,500 | 68,200 | 1,700 | No |
Jacksonville, NC |
2.6 | 53,400 | 54,800 | 1,400 | No |
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI |
2.6 | 74,100 | 76,000 | 1,900 | No |
Lancaster, PA |
2.6 | 261,900 | 268,700 | 6,800 | No |
Longview, WA |
2.6 | 42,500 | 43,600 | 1,100 | No |
Napa, CA |
2.6 | 73,200 | 75,100 | 1,900 | No |
Sherman-Denison, TX |
2.6 | 49,400 | 50,700 | 1,300 | No |
Springfield, OH |
2.6 | 49,600 | 50,900 | 1,300 | No |
St. George, UT |
2.6 | 79,500 | 81,600 | 2,100 | No |
Terre Haute, IN |
2.6 | 66,500 | 68,200 | 1,700 | No |
Williamsport, PA |
2.6 | 50,900 | 52,200 | 1,300 | No |
Colorado Springs, CO |
2.5 | 318,200 | 326,000 | 7,800 | No |
Duluth, MN-WI |
2.5 | 130,800 | 134,100 | 3,300 | No |
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
2.5 | 57,100 | 58,500 | 1,400 | No |
Grand Forks, ND-MN |
2.5 | 52,400 | 53,700 | 1,300 | No |
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL |
2.5 | 260,200 | 266,700 | 6,500 | No |
Lansing-East Lansing, MI |
2.5 | 228,900 | 234,600 | 5,700 | No |
Medford, OR |
2.5 | 88,800 | 91,000 | 2,200 | No |
Roanoke, VA |
2.5 | 161,600 | 165,600 | 4,000 | No |
Santa Fe, NM |
2.5 | 61,000 | 62,500 | 1,500 | No |
Tallahassee, FL |
2.5 | 188,600 | 193,400 | 4,800 | No |
Victoria, TX |
2.5 | 40,000 | 41,000 | 1,000 | No |
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA |
2.4 | 61,400 | 62,900 | 1,500 | No |
Dover, DE |
2.4 | 71,400 | 73,100 | 1,700 | No |
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH |
2.4 | 131,100 | 134,300 | 3,200 | No |
Johnson City, TN |
2.4 | 84,100 | 86,100 | 2,000 | No |
Joplin, MO |
2.4 | 81,800 | 83,800 | 2,000 | No |
Provo-Orem, UT |
2.4 | 298,600 | 305,900 | 7,300 | No |
St. Cloud, MN |
2.4 | 105,000 | 107,500 | 2,500 | No |
Wenatchee, WA |
2.4 | 49,000 | 50,200 | 1,200 | No |
Yuma, AZ |
2.4 | 58,800 | 60,200 | 1,400 | No |
Burlington, NC |
2.3 | 64,500 | 66,000 | 1,500 | No |
Columbus, IN |
2.3 | 51,500 | 52,700 | 1,200 | No |
Hinesville, GA |
2.3 | 21,600 | 22,100 | 500 | No |
Lafayette, LA |
2.3 | 199,500 | 204,000 | 4,500 | No |
Lynchburg, VA |
2.3 | 102,800 | 105,200 | 2,400 | No |
Macon-Bibb County, GA |
2.3 | 100,900 | 103,200 | 2,300 | No |
Portland-South Portland, ME |
2.3 | 216,300 | 221,200 | 4,900 | No |
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA |
2.3 | 101,000 | 103,300 | 2,300 | No |
Stockton-Lodi, CA |
2.3 | 269,700 | 275,800 | 6,100 | No |
Tyler, TX |
2.3 | 112,000 | 114,600 | 2,600 | No |
Wilmington, NC |
2.3 | 141,400 | 144,600 | 3,200 | No |
York-Hanover, PA |
2.3 | 189,200 | 193,600 | 4,400 | No |
Bend-Redmond, OR |
2.2 | 91,100 | 93,100 | 2,000 | No |
Dayton, OH |
2.2 | 383,900 | 392,500 | 8,600 | No |
East Stroudsburg, PA |
2.2 | 57,800 | 59,100 | 1,300 | No |
Fairbanks, AK |
2.2 | 37,200 | 38,000 | 800 | No |
Fort Collins, CO |
2.2 | 180,500 | 184,500 | 4,000 | No |
Glens Falls, NY |
2.2 | 54,800 | 56,000 | 1,200 | No |
Green Bay, WI |
2.2 | 179,200 | 183,100 | 3,900 | No |
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN |
2.2 | 76,900 | 78,600 | 1,700 | No |
Lubbock, TX |
2.2 | 155,000 | 158,400 | 3,400 | No |
Modesto, CA |
2.2 | 185,900 | 190,000 | 4,100 | No |
Rocky Mount, NC |
2.2 | 53,700 | 54,900 | 1,200 | No |
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL |
2.2 | 55,700 | 56,900 | 1,200 | No |
Sebring, FL |
2.2 | 26,700 | 27,300 | 600 | No |
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA |
2.2 | 175,200 | 179,100 | 3,900 | No |
Tulsa, OK |
2.2 | 453,900 | 464,100 | 10,200 | No |
Twin Falls, ID |
2.2 | 50,200 | 51,300 | 1,100 | No |
Cleveland, TN |
2.1 | 47,500 | 48,500 | 1,000 | No |
El Centro, CA |
2.1 | 56,700 | 57,900 | 1,200 | No |
Grand Island, NE |
2.1 | 42,900 | 43,800 | 900 | No |
Madera, CA |
2.1 | 42,400 | 43,300 | 900 | No |
New Orleans-Metairie, LA |
2.1 | 553,800 | 565,700 | 11,900 | No |
Santa Rosa, CA |
2.1 | 205,700 | 210,000 | 4,300 | No |
Topeka, KS |
2.1 | 111,900 | 114,200 | 2,300 | No |
Amarillo, TX |
2.0 | 125,700 | 128,200 | 2,500 | No |
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL |
2.0 | 45,600 | 46,500 | 900 | No |
Chico, CA |
2.0 | 76,700 | 78,200 | 1,500 | No |
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS |
2.0 | 159,800 | 163,000 | 3,200 | No |
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ |
1.9 | 386,300 | 393,800 | 7,500 | No |
Columbus, OH |
1.9 | 1,138,700 | 1,160,100 | 21,400 | No |
Dover-Durham, NH-ME |
1.9 | 52,300 | 53,300 | 1,000 | No |
Great Falls, MT |
1.9 | 36,900 | 37,600 | 700 | No |
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN |
1.9 | 679,400 | 692,400 | 13,000 | No |
Pine Bluff, AR |
1.9 | 31,300 | 31,900 | 600 | No |
Salisbury, MD-DE |
1.9 | 177,000 | 180,400 | 3,400 | No |
Warner Robins, GA |
1.9 | 79,700 | 81,200 | 1,500 | No |
Wichita Falls, TX |
1.9 | 58,800 | 59,900 | 1,100 | No |
Flint, MI |
1.8 | 138,500 | 141,000 | 2,500 | No |
Jackson, TN |
1.8 | 71,100 | 72,400 | 1,300 | No |
Johnstown, PA |
1.8 | 50,400 | 51,300 | 900 | No |
Lewiston-Auburn, ME |
1.8 | 49,300 | 50,200 | 900 | No |
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA |
1.8 | 140,600 | 143,100 | 2,500 | No |
Bay City, MI |
1.7 | 35,100 | 35,700 | 600 | No |
Bloomington, IL |
1.7 | 94,700 | 96,300 | 1,600 | No |
Burlington-South Burlington, VT |
1.7 | 121,700 | 123,800 | 2,100 | No |
Danbury, CT |
1.7 | 76,400 | 77,700 | 1,300 | No |
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL |
1.7 | 184,000 | 187,200 | 3,200 | No |
Goldsboro, NC |
1.7 | 40,200 | 40,900 | 700 | No |
Greensboro-High Point, NC |
1.7 | 358,500 | 364,600 | 6,100 | No |
Monroe, LA |
1.7 | 77,300 | 78,600 | 1,300 | No |
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI |
1.7 | 63,100 | 64,200 | 1,100 | No |
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA |
1.7 | 312,200 | 317,400 | 5,200 | No |
Reading, PA |
1.7 | 176,700 | 179,700 | 3,000 | No |
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI |
1.7 | 138,300 | 140,600 | 2,300 | No |
Appleton, WI |
1.6 | 128,600 | 130,700 | 2,100 | No |
Bangor, ME |
1.6 | 67,600 | 68,700 | 1,100 | No |
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA |
1.6 | 42,700 | 43,400 | 700 | No |
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
1.6 | 406,400 | 412,700 | 6,300 | No |
Fort Smith, AR-OK |
1.6 | 113,700 | 115,500 | 1,800 | No |
Iowa City, IA |
1.6 | 99,000 | 100,600 | 1,600 | No |
Lawton, OK |
1.6 | 43,100 | 43,800 | 700 | No |
Tucson, AZ |
1.6 | 382,500 | 388,700 | 6,200 | No |
Akron, OH |
1.5 | 328,600 | 333,600 | 5,000 | No |
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL |
1.5 | 46,900 | 47,600 | 700 | No |
Casper, WY |
1.5 | 38,800 | 39,400 | 600 | No |
Gettysburg, PA |
1.5 | 33,500 | 34,000 | 500 | No |
Greeley, CO |
1.5 | 109,500 | 111,100 | 1,600 | No |
Leominster-Gardner, MA |
1.5 | 52,200 | 53,000 | 800 | No |
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI |
1.5 | 97,000 | 98,500 | 1,500 | No |
Rochester, NY |
1.5 | 523,200 | 531,200 | 8,000 | No |
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD |
1.5 | 88,600 | 89,900 | 1,300 | No |
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ |
1.5 | 61,300 | 62,200 | 900 | No |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
1.4 | 857,900 | 870,000 | 12,100 | No |
Savannah, GA |
1.4 | 200,000 | 202,800 | 2,800 | No |
Toledo, OH |
1.4 | 300,100 | 304,300 | 4,200 | No |
Albany, OR |
1.3 | 47,800 | 48,400 | 600 | No |
Columbia, SC |
1.3 | 410,900 | 416,400 | 5,500 | No |
Dalton, GA |
1.3 | 67,200 | 68,100 | 900 | No |
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC |
1.3 | 157,600 | 159,700 | 2,100 | No |
Janesville-Beloit, WI |
1.3 | 70,100 | 71,000 | 900 | No |
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI |
1.3 | 149,700 | 151,600 | 1,900 | No |
Saginaw, MI |
1.3 | 83,200 | 84,300 | 1,100 | No |
Springfield, IL |
1.3 | 108,400 | 109,800 | 1,400 | No |
Sumter, SC |
1.3 | 39,200 | 39,700 | 500 | No |
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA |
1.3 | 208,800 | 211,500 | 2,700 | No |
Altoona, PA |
1.2 | 60,800 | 61,500 | 700 | No |
Evansville, IN-KY |
1.2 | 159,600 | 161,500 | 1,900 | No |
Gadsden, AL |
1.2 | 34,100 | 34,500 | 400 | No |
Hot Springs, AR |
1.2 | 41,200 | 41,700 | 500 | No |
Memphis, TN-MS-AR |
1.2 | 658,100 | 665,800 | 7,700 | No |
New Bedford, MA |
1.2 | 67,400 | 68,200 | 800 | No |
Prescott, AZ |
1.2 | 67,500 | 68,300 | 800 | No |
Rapid City, SD |
1.2 | 76,000 | 76,900 | 900 | No |
St. Joseph, MO-KS |
1.2 | 59,900 | 60,600 | 700 | No |
Texarkana, TX-AR |
1.2 | 59,600 | 60,300 | 700 | No |
Utica-Rome, NY |
1.2 | 122,000 | 123,500 | 1,500 | No |
Charleston, WV |
1.1 | 103,700 | 104,800 | 1,100 | No |
Erie, PA |
1.1 | 123,800 | 125,200 | 1,400 | No |
Fargo, ND-MN |
1.1 | 148,000 | 149,700 | 1,700 | No |
Laredo, TX |
1.1 | 107,700 | 108,900 | 1,200 | No |
New Haven, CT |
1.1 | 299,200 | 302,400 | 3,200 | No |
Redding, CA |
1.1 | 69,800 | 70,600 | 800 | No |
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA |
1.0 | 77,300 | 78,100 | 800 | No |
Cumberland, MD-WV |
1.0 | 38,300 | 38,700 | 400 | No |
Decatur, IL |
1.0 | 47,900 | 48,400 | 500 | No |
Fond du Lac, WI |
1.0 | 48,400 | 48,900 | 500 | No |
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
1.0 | 572,800 | 578,500 | 5,700 | No |
Lewiston, ID-WA |
1.0 | 29,800 | 30,100 | 300 | No |
Mansfield, OH |
1.0 | 50,500 | 51,000 | 500 | No |
Midland, MI |
1.0 | 38,200 | 38,600 | 400 | No |
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA |
1.0 | 1,655,400 | 1,672,600 | 17,200 | No |
Worcester, MA-CT |
1.0 | 293,900 | 296,800 | 2,900 | No |
Canton-Massillon, OH |
0.9 | 170,800 | 172,400 | 1,600 | No |
Carbondale-Marion, IL |
0.9 | 55,600 | 56,100 | 500 | No |
Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
0.9 | 1,056,700 | 1,066,400 | 9,700 | No |
Eugene, OR |
0.9 | 161,400 | 162,900 | 1,500 | No |
Madison, WI |
0.9 | 415,800 | 419,700 | 3,900 | No |
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL |
0.9 | 161,600 | 163,000 | 1,400 | No |
New Bern, NC |
0.9 | 46,700 | 47,100 | 400 | No |
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ |
0.9 | 33,300 | 33,600 | 300 | No |
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA |
0.9 | 88,400 | 89,200 | 800 | No |
Wichita, KS |
0.9 | 303,700 | 306,300 | 2,600 | No |
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC |
0.8 | 241,900 | 243,900 | 2,000 | No |
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
0.8 | 37,500 | 37,800 | 300 | No |
Sheboygan, WI |
0.8 | 63,500 | 64,000 | 500 | No |
Battle Creek, MI |
0.7 | 55,600 | 56,000 | 400 | No |
Boulder, CO |
0.7 | 204,600 | 206,000 | 1,400 | No |
Merced, CA |
0.7 | 72,800 | 73,300 | 500 | No |
Springfield, MA-CT |
0.7 | 336,000 | 338,200 | 2,200 | No |
Binghamton, NY |
0.6 | 98,000 | 98,600 | 600 | No |
Eau Claire, WI |
0.6 | 88,400 | 88,900 | 500 | No |
Houma-Thibodaux, LA |
0.6 | 81,300 | 81,800 | 500 | No |
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
0.6 | 600,500 | 603,900 | 3,400 | No |
Cedar Rapids, IA |
0.5 | 143,600 | 144,300 | 700 | No |
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO |
0.5 | 1,605,500 | 1,612,900 | 7,400 | No |
Dubuque, IA |
0.5 | 60,700 | 61,000 | 300 | No |
Grand Junction, CO |
0.5 | 65,700 | 66,000 | 300 | No |
Kingston, NY |
0.5 | 60,100 | 60,400 | 300 | No |
Enid, OK |
0.4 | 24,200 | 24,300 | 100 | No |
Valdosta, GA |
0.4 | 56,000 | 56,200 | 200 | No |
Rockford, IL |
0.3 | 146,900 | 147,400 | 500 | No |
Wheeling, WV-OH |
0.3 | 59,500 | 59,700 | 200 | No |
Kankakee, IL |
0.2 | 43,200 | 43,300 | 100 | No |
Pittsfield, MA |
0.2 | 40,300 | 40,400 | 100 | No |
Fayetteville, NC |
0.0 | 132,800 | 132,800 | 0 | No |
Michigan City-La Porte, IN |
0.0 | 41,500 | 41,500 | 0 | No |
Muskegon, MI |
0.0 | 65,100 | 65,100 | 0 | No |
Owensboro, KY |
0.0 | 52,900 | 52,900 | 0 | No |
Pueblo, CO |
0.0 | 64,600 | 64,600 | 0 | No |
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ |
-0.2 | 55,200 | 55,100 | -100 | No |
Morgantown, WV |
-0.4 | 68,800 | 68,500 | -300 | No |
Wausau, WI |
-0.4 | 73,600 | 73,300 | -300 | No |
Bismarck, ND |
-0.5 | 74,400 | 74,000 | -400 | No |
Billings, MT |
-0.6 | 90,900 | 90,400 | -500 | No |
Lima, OH |
-0.6 | 51,600 | 51,300 | -300 | No |
Monroe, MI |
-0.7 | 42,100 | 41,800 | -300 | No |
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY |
-0.7 | 42,200 | 41,900 | -300 | No |
Jackson, MI |
-0.8 | 60,100 | 59,600 | -500 | No |
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV |
-0.9 | 103,100 | 102,200 | -900 | No |
Muncie, IN |
-0.9 | 46,800 | 46,400 | -400 | No |
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
-1.0 | 40,200 | 39,800 | -400 | No |
California-Lexington Park, MD |
-1.2 | 48,700 | 48,100 | -600 | No |
Elmira, NY |
-1.4 | 35,900 | 35,400 | -500 | No |
Kokomo, IN |
-2.2 | 36,100 | 35,300 | -800 | No |
Bloomington, IN |
-2.5 | 79,100 | 77,100 | -2,000 | No |
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN |
-2.7 | 104,100 | 101,300 | -2,800 | No |
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 40 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, while employment was essentially unchanged in 11 areas. The largest percentage increase in employment from June 2022 to June 2023 in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Jacksonville, Florida (+5.1 percent), followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+5.0 percent), and Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+4.7 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 — June 2023." 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, Employment increased in 105 metropolitan areas from June 2022 to June 2023 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2023/employment-increased-in-105-metropolitan-areas-from-june-2022-to-june-2023.htm (visited October 31, 2024).