Employment increased in 84 of 389 metropolitan areas from May 2022 to May 2023
July 06, 2023
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 84 metropolitan areas from May 2022 to May 2023, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 304 areas. The metropolitan areas with the largest percentage increases over the year were Midland, Texas (7.7 percent), Rome, Georgia (6.7 percent), and Corvallis, Oregon (6.3 percent). The largest employment increases were New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (254,700), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (172,300), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (143,400).
Over-the-year percent change in metropolitan area employment, May 2022 to May 2023
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Total change
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
1.7
800
Auburn-Opelika, AL
3.6
2,500
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
1.2
6,700
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
3.0
2,600
Decatur, AL
2.4
1,400
Dothan, AL
2.6
1,600
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
1.2
700
Gadsden, AL
0.3
100
Huntsville, AL
3.9
10,300
Mobile, AL
2.9
5,400
Montgomery, AL
2.6
4,600
Tuscaloosa, AL
4.0
4,400
Anchorage, AK
2.2
3,900
Fairbanks, AK
3.9
1,400
Flagstaff, AZ
2.7
1,800
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
0.9
500
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
1.6
37,500
Prescott, AZ
0.7
500
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
-0.3
-100
Tucson, AZ
1.2
4,600
Yuma, AZ
0.7
400
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
5.0
14,700
Fort Smith, AR-OK
1.8
2,000
Hot Springs, AR
0.2
100
Jonesboro, AR
3.2
2,000
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
3.0
11,300
Pine Bluff, AR
1.0
300
Bakersfield, CA
2.6
7,300
Chico, CA
0.6
500
El Centro, CA
3.2
1,800
Fresno, CA
3.0
11,200
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
5.9
2,400
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
2.3
143,400
Madera, CA
3.5
1,500
Merced, CA
1.1
800
Modesto, CA
2.3
4,300
Napa, CA
2.6
1,900
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
1.5
4,600
Redding, CA
2.3
1,600
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
1.0
16,600
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
2.7
29,200
Salinas, CA
3.3
4,800
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
2.8
42,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
2.4
58,900
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
2.6
29,900
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
2.7
3,300
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
2.4
2,400
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
2.8
5,400
Santa Rosa, CA
2.1
4,200
Stockton-Lodi, CA
2.7
7,300
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
2.1
3,000
Visalia-Porterville, CA
2.7
3,800
Yuba City, CA
3.0
1,500
Boulder, CO
0.6
1,300
Colorado Springs, CO
1.4
4,600
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
-0.1
-2,300
Fort Collins, CO
2.4
4,400
Grand Junction, CO
-0.5
-300
Greeley, CO
0.5
500
Pueblo, CO
-0.8
-500
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT
2.1
8,400
Danbury, CT
1.7
1,300
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
1.5
8,800
New Haven, CT
1.5
4,400
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI
2.7
3,300
Waterbury, CT
2.7
1,800
Dover, DE
1.4
1,000
Salisbury, MD-DE
2.0
3,400
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
1.9
62,000
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
4.4
13,000
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
2.1
2,700
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
4.1
8,900
Gainesville, FL
2.9
4,300
Homosassa Springs, FL
3.4
1,200
Jacksonville, FL
4.1
31,800
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
2.6
7,000
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
3.0
83,600
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
0.0
0
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
2.8
9,000
Ocala, FL
3.2
3,700
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
3.6
50,300
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
3.1
7,400
Panama City, FL
2.8
2,400
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
2.3
4,500
Port St. Lucie, FL
3.7
6,200
Punta Gorda, FL
3.2
1,700
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
1.1
600
Sebring, FL
3.0
800
Tallahassee, FL
2.4
4,500
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
4.3
63,300
The Villages, FL
4.7
1,800
Albany, GA
2.4
1,500
Athens-Clarke County, GA
4.1
4,000
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
2.4
71,000
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
1.3
3,200
Brunswick, GA
4.8
2,200
Columbus, GA-AL
4.2
5,100
Dalton, GA
1.8
1,200
Gainesville, GA
2.9
2,900
Hinesville, GA
2.8
600
Macon-Bibb County, GA
2.0
2,000
Rome, GA
6.7
2,800
Savannah, GA
1.8
3,600
Valdosta, GA
1.1
600
Warner Robins, GA
1.9
1,500
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
2.7
2,000
Urban Honolulu, HI
3.1
13,800
Boise City, ID
3.4
13,100
Coeur d'Alene, ID
3.6
2,600
Idaho Falls, ID
3.0
2,400
Lewiston, ID-WA
-1.0
-300
Pocatello, ID
3.1
1,200
Twin Falls, ID
1.0
500
Bloomington, IL
3.2
3,000
Carbondale-Marion, IL
1.2
700
Champaign-Urbana, IL
2.7
3,200
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
1.7
81,900
Danville, IL
0.7
200
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
1.5
2,800
Decatur, IL
1.9
900
Kankakee, IL
0.2
100
Peoria, IL
2.9
4,900
Rockford, IL
0.1
200
Springfield, IL
0.7
800
Bloomington, IN
0.5
400
Columbus, IN
2.7
1,400
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
-4.4
-6,600
Evansville, IN-KY
2.0
3,100
Fort Wayne, IN
2.9
6,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
4.0
45,000
Kokomo, IN
-1.6
-600
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
0.1
100
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
0.5
200
Muncie, IN
0.8
400
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
1.4
1,900
Terre Haute, IN
2.7
1,800
Ames, IA
1.7
900
Cedar Rapids, IA
0.9
1,300
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
2.8
10,800
Dubuque, IA
1.3
800
Iowa City, IA
2.3
2,300
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
2.4
2,100
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
1.5
1,300
Lawrence, KS
4.3
2,300
Manhattan, KS
4.8
2,000
Topeka, KS
1.4
1,600
Wichita, KS
1.3
3,900
Bowling Green, KY
4.2
3,300
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
1.8
1,000
Lexington-Fayette, KY
3.9
11,200
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
1.5
10,300
Owensboro, KY
-0.2
-100
Alexandria, LA
2.8
1,700
Baton Rouge, LA
3.8
15,400
Hammond, LA
2.7
1,300
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
0.7
600
Lafayette, LA
1.6
3,300
Lake Charles, LA
2.0
1,900
Monroe, LA
1.8
1,400
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
1.7
9,500
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
1.8
3,100
Bangor, ME
1.0
700
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
1.0
500
Portland-South Portland, ME
1.8
3,800
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.2
16,800
California-Lexington Park, MD
-1.4
-700
Cumberland, MD-WV
1.3
500
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
-2.1
-2,200
Barnstable Town, MA
3.4
3,500
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
2.7
76,000
Leominster-Gardner, MA
2.3
1,200
New Bedford, MA
2.4
1,600
Pittsfield, MA
1.3
500
Springfield, MA-CT
2.5
8,300
Worcester, MA-CT
2.0
5,900
Ann Arbor, MI
4.0
9,000
Battle Creek, MI
0.0
0
Bay City, MI
1.1
400
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
1.6
32,200
Flint, MI
1.8
2,500
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
2.4
13,800
Jackson, MI
0.0
0
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
1.5
2,300
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
3.6
8,400
Midland, MI
1.3
500
Monroe, MI
-0.2
-100
Muskegon, MI
0.3
200
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
2.4
1,500
Saginaw, MI
0.2
200
Duluth, MN-WI
0.5
600
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
5.0
2,800
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
2.1
40,200
Rochester, MN
2.2
2,700
St. Cloud, MN
1.5
1,600
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
2.0
3,200
Hattiesburg, MS
1.6
1,100
Jackson, MS
3.3
9,000
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
1.5
700
Columbia, MO
2.7
2,800
Jefferson City, MO
2.4
1,900
Joplin, MO
2.2
1,800
Kansas City, MO-KS
3.1
34,200
St. Joseph, MO-KS
0.3
200
St. Louis, MO-IL
1.3
18,500
Springfield, MO
1.7
4,000
Billings, MT
-1.4
-1,300
Great Falls, MT
1.9
700
Missoula, MT
3.2
2,100
Grand Island, NE
2.4
1,000
Lincoln, NE
2.0
3,700
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
1.2
6,200
Carson City, NV
4.9
1,500
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
4.2
45,200
Reno, NV
3.1
8,200
Dover-Durham, NH-ME
2.0
1,100
Manchester, NH
3.4
3,900
Portsmouth, NH-ME
2.7
2,500
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
3.0
3,900
Ocean City, NJ
5.1
2,200
Trenton, NJ
4.1
11,700
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
0.2
100
Albuquerque, NM
1.9
7,800
Farmington, NM
1.8
800
Las Cruces, NM
3.7
2,800
Santa Fe, NM
1.3
800
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
1.5
7,000
Binghamton, NY
0.7
700
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
1.9
10,300
Elmira, NY
-0.8
-300
Glens Falls, NY
2.9
1,500
Ithaca, NY
1.6
1,000
Kingston, NY
1.3
800
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
2.6
254,700
Rochester, NY
1.5
8,100
Syracuse, NY
2.7
8,400
Utica-Rome, NY
0.2
300
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
1.0
400
Asheville, NC
2.7
5,400
Burlington, NC
1.8
1,200
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
3.2
42,500
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
2.4
8,200
Fayetteville, NC
-0.1
-200
Goldsboro, NC
1.7
700
Greensboro-High Point, NC
1.6
5,800
Greenville, NC
1.7
1,400
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
1.5
2,300
Jacksonville, NC
3.9
2,100
New Bern, NC
0.6
300
Raleigh, NC
2.9
20,300
Rocky Mount, NC
1.5
800
Wilmington, NC
3.2
4,500
Winston-Salem, NC
2.7
7,300
Bismarck, ND
-1.2
-900
Fargo, ND-MN
1.2
1,800
Grand Forks, ND-MN
2.1
1,100
Akron, OH
0.8
2,800
Canton-Massillon, OH
0.7
1,200
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2.8
31,500
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
0.7
7,100
Columbus, OH
1.4
16,200
Dayton, OH
2.3
8,900
Lima, OH
-1.5
-800
Mansfield, OH
0.8
400
Springfield, OH
1.4
700
Toledo, OH
0.4
1,200
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-1.2
-500
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
0.8
1,600
Enid, OK
-0.8
-200
Lawton, OK
2.1
900
Oklahoma City, OK
3.4
22,400
Tulsa, OK
1.9
8,600
Albany, OR
0.6
300
Bend-Redmond, OR
1.8
1,600
Corvallis, OR
6.3
2,700
Eugene, OR
-0.1
-100
Grants Pass, OR
1.1
300
Medford, OR
1.7
1,500
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
3.0
36,300
Salem, OR
3.4
6,000
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
1.5
5,900
Altoona, PA
0.7
400
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
1.6
700
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
2.4
1,500
East Stroudsburg, PA
2.1
1,200
Erie, PA
0.9
1,100
Gettysburg, PA
1.8
600
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
3.3
11,700
Johnstown, PA
1.0
500
Lancaster, PA
1.9
5,000
Lebanon, PA
4.4
2,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
3.0
90,600
Pittsburgh, PA
1.9
22,200
Reading, PA
1.0
1,700
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
2.6
6,700
State College, PA
4.1
3,200
Williamsport, PA
1.8
900
York-Hanover, PA
2.1
3,900
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
-0.7
-4,300
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
5.9
23,000
Columbia, SC
1.4
5,700
Florence, SC
1.6
1,500
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
2.3
10,300
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
2.1
1,800
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
4.7
8,700
Spartanburg, SC
2.3
3,900
Sumter, SC
0.8
300
Rapid City, SD
0.5
400
Sioux Falls, SD
2.9
4,900
Chattanooga, TN-GA
3.3
9,000
Clarksville, TN-KY
3.5
3,400
Cleveland, TN
1.5
700
Jackson, TN
0.8
600
Johnson City, TN
1.8
1,500
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
3.2
3,900
Knoxville, TN
3.0
12,900
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
0.5
3,000
Morristown, TN
2.5
1,200
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
4.0
44,400
Abilene, TX
2.1
1,600
Amarillo, TX
1.6
2,000
Austin-Round Rock, TX
4.0
50,800
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
3.6
5,700
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
3.6
5,600
College Station-Bryan, TX
3.7
5,000
Corpus Christi, TX
2.5
4,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
4.2
172,300
El Paso, TX
2.5
8,400
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
3.7
119,100
Killeen-Temple, TX
2.5
3,700
Laredo, TX
2.6
2,800
Longview, TX
1.8
1,800
Lubbock, TX
1.9
3,000
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
4.2
12,000
Midland, TX
7.7
8,600
Odessa, TX
5.5
4,200
San Angelo, TX
2.7
1,400
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
4.6
51,700
Sherman-Denison, TX
2.4
1,200
Texarkana, TX-AR
1.3
800
Tyler, TX
1.0
1,100
Victoria, TX
3.0
1,200
Waco, TX
3.5
4,600
Wichita Falls, TX
1.7
1,000
Logan, UT-ID
1.7
1,200
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
2.6
7,300
Provo-Orem, UT
1.5
4,600
St. George, UT
1.1
900
Salt Lake City, UT
3.9
31,100
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
0.7
900
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
2.0
1,600
Charlottesville, VA
3.4
4,100
Harrisonburg, VA
2.8
1,900
Lynchburg, VA
1.9
2,000
Richmond, VA
3.2
21,800
Roanoke, VA
3.0
4,800
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
3.3
1,700
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
1.6
12,800
Winchester, VA-WV
2.2
1,500
Bellingham, WA
2.4
2,300
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
2.7
2,600
Kennewick-Richland, WA
4.2
5,200
Longview, WA
4.1
1,700
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
2.5
1,300
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
4.9
6,200
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.1
65,000
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
3.0
8,000
Walla Walla, WA
2.0
600
Wenatchee, WA
2.9
1,400
Yakima, WA
2.6
2,300
Beckley, WV
0.7
300
Charleston, WV
-1.0
-1,000
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
0.6
800
Morgantown, WV
-1.1
-800
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-1.3
-500
Wheeling, WV-OH
-1.3
-800
Appleton, WI
2.1
2,600
Eau Claire, WI
-0.1
-100
Fond du Lac, WI
1.5
700
Green Bay, WI
1.8
3,200
Janesville-Beloit, WI
0.6
400
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
1.9
1,500
Madison, WI
2.7
11,300
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
0.0
300
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
1.6
1,500
Racine, WI
2.3
1,800
Sheboygan, WI
0.5
300
Wausau, WI
0.1
100
Casper, WY
2.3
900
Cheyenne, WY
1.9
900
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