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Employment up at least 6.0 percent over the year in 4 metro areas in February 2023
April 10, 2023
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 96 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 293 areas from February 2022 to February 2023. The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Midland, Texas (10.1 percent), followed by Odessa, Texas (6.6 percent), Pocatello, Idaho (6.3 percent), and Rome, Georgia (6.0 percent).
Largest percentage changes in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, February 2022 to February 2023
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Employment change
Midland, TX
10.1%
10,900
Odessa, TX
6.6
5,000
Pocatello, ID
6.3
2,400
Rome, GA
6.0
2,500
Barnstable Town, MA
5.8
5,400
Bowling Green, KY
5.7
4,300
Jacksonville, FL
5.6
42,800
Manhattan, KS
5.6
2,300
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
5.6
9,700
The Villages, FL
5.6
2,100
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
5.5
21,100
Napa, CA
5.5
3,800
Wilmington, NC
5.5
7,500
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
5.4
57,000
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
5.3
211,600
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
5.1
2,100
Ocean City, NJ
5.0
1,700
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
5.0
68,300
Sherman-Denison, TX
5.0
2,400
Among the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, Jacksonville, Florida, had the largest over-the-year percentage increase in nonfarm employment, at 5.6 percent.
Percentage change in employment for metropolitan areas with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more, February 2022 to February 2023
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Employment change
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
3.2%
93,000
Austin-Round Rock, TX
4.8
58,800
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
-0.5
-6,600
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
0.3
1,900
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
2.5
68,600
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
2.0
10,900
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
3.1
40,200
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
2.0
93,000
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2.3
26,000
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
1.5
15,600
Columbus, OH
0.7
8,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
5.3
211,600
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
1.1
17,500
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
1.8
35,500
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
0.8
4,400
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
4.3
137,300
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
3.3
36,400
Jacksonville, FL
5.6
42,800
Kansas City, MO-KS
2.6
28,700
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
5.4
57,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
2.4
146,900
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
1.4
9,500
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
2.2
14,200
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
3.1
85,300
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
0.5
4,100
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
1.9
35,300
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
4.5
49,000
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
2.2
12,300
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
3.0
287,600
Oklahoma City, OK
3.9
25,800
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
5.0
68,300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
3.0
87,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
2.4
54,900
Pittsburgh, PA
1.9
21,100
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
2.9
35,100
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
1.2
6,800
Raleigh, NC
3.9
26,500
Richmond, VA
2.7
18,400
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
0.8
13,000
Rochester, NY
1.0
5,100
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
2.7
28,300
Salt Lake City, UT
3.6
28,100
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
4.1
45,800
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3.5
52,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
2.6
63,100
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
3.3
37,600
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.7
76,200
St. Louis, MO-IL
2.2
30,800
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
4.7
68,700
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
1.6
12,400
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
1.9
61,900
An additional three of these 51 areas had over-the-year percentage increases of at least 5.0 percent in February 2023: Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (5.4 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (5.3 percent), and Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (5.0 percent).
From February 2022 to February 2023, nonfarm employment increased in 37 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, while employment was essentially unchanged in 14 areas.
United States Department of Labor
