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Employment in State College, Pennsylvania, metro area up 11.5 percent for year ended in May 2024
July 05, 2024
From May 2023 to May 2024, nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 44 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 344 areas. The largest percentage increase occurred in State College, Pennsylvania (+11.5 percent). The lone over-the-year decrease was in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii, at 6.8 percent.
Metropolitan areas with a statistically significant change in nonfarm employment, May 2023 to May 2024
Metropolitan area
May 2023 employment
May 2024 employment
Change
Percentage change
State College, PA
74,700
83,300
8,600
11.5
Madera, CA
42,500
44,800
2,300
5.4
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
413,000
431,400
18,400
4.5
College Station-Bryan, TX
139,200
144,700
5,500
4.0
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
1,120,500
1,165,700
45,200
4.0
Rochester, MN
124,300
129,000
4,700
3.8
Merced, CA
73,700
76,400
2,700
3.7
Spartanburg, SC
169,900
176,200
6,300
3.7
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
129,400
133,800
4,400
3.4
Stockton-Lodi, CA
273,500
282,900
9,400
3.4
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
294,900
304,200
9,300
3.2
Lincoln, NE
195,500
201,300
5,800
3.0
Modesto, CA
188,900
194,600
5,700
3.0
Boise City, ID
392,300
403,700
11,400
2.9
Columbia, SC
423,600
435,800
12,200
2.9
Tallahassee, FL
192,600
198,100
5,500
2.9
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
508,900
523,400
14,500
2.8
Anchorage, AK
179,500
184,400
4,900
2.7
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
307,200
315,300
8,100
2.6
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
456,200
467,900
11,700
2.6
Oklahoma City, OK
695,900
713,900
18,000
2.6
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
1,156,100
1,186,100
30,000
2.6
Raleigh, NC
726,800
744,900
18,100
2.5
Syracuse, NY
312,600
320,500
7,900
2.5
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
3,370,900
3,452,600
81,700
2.4
Huntsville, AL
275,400
282,100
6,700
2.4
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
389,100
398,300
9,200
2.4
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2,902,700
2,969,300
66,600
2.3
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
1,074,500
1,098,800
24,300
2.3
Fresno, CA
386,700
395,300
8,600
2.2
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
1,162,300
1,188,000
25,700
2.2
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
2,397,700
2,450,000
52,300
2.2
Salt Lake City, UT
817,300
835,100
17,800
2.2
Austin-Round Rock, TX
1,330,200
1,357,800
27,600
2.1
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
555,000
566,500
11,500
2.1
Jacksonville, FL
789,600
806,000
16,400
2.1
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
805,500
822,600
17,100
2.1
St. Louis, MO-IL
1,431,600
1,460,000
28,400
2.0
Kansas City, MO-KS
1,137,900
1,159,300
21,400
1.9
Rochester, NY
526,600
536,500
9,900
1.9
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
4,218,300
4,286,300
68,000
1.6
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
10,092,900
10,237,300
144,400
1.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
3,080,000
3,124,300
44,300
1.4
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
2,130,500
2,158,700
28,200
1.3
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
76,900
71,700
-5,200
-6.8
An additional four metro areas had over-the-year employment increases of at least 4.0 percent: Madera, California (+5.4 percent); Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina (+4.5 percent); College Station-Bryan, Texas; and Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+4.0 percent each).
The largest employment gains from May 2023 to May 2024 occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+144,400), Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (+81,700), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+68,000).
United States Department of Labor
