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Employment up 2.9 percent over the year in Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall metropolitan division
June 10, 2024
Among large metropolitan areas that are divided into metropolitan divisions, growth in nonfarm payroll employment over the year ended April 2024 ranged from 0.1 percent in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Massachusetts-New Hampshire; Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, Michigan; and San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, California, metropolitan areas to 2.4 percent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida.
Percent change in nonfarm payroll employment in metropolitan areas and divisions, April 2023–April 2024
Metropolitan area and division
Percent change in employment
Statistically significant?
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2.4
Yes
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL
2.9
Yes
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL
2.6
Yes
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL
1.4
No
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
1.8
Yes
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX
1.8
Yes
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
1.8
Yes
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
1.6
Yes
Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY
1.8
Yes
Newark, NJ
1.7
Yes
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY–NJ
1.5
Yes
Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY
1.2
No
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.3
Yes
Camden, NJ
2.3
Yes
Philadelphia, PA
1.7
No
Wilmington, DE
1.5
No
Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA
0.3
No
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
1.1
No
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA
1.1
No
Tacoma-Lakewood, WA
1.1
No
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
0.9
Yes
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA
1.3
No
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA
0.7
No
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
0.7
No
Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD
-0.1
No
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
0.9
No
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
0.4
No
Elgin, IL
2.1
No
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI
0.8
No
Gary, IN
0.3
No
Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL
0.2
No
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
0.1
No
Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA
1.6
No
Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA
0.7
No
Nashua, NH-MA
0.5
No
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA
0.3
No
Framingham, MA
-0.2
No
Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH
-0.3
No
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH
-0.4
No
Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH
-0.5
No
Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA
-0.7
No
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA
-2.1
No
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
0.1
No
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI
0.3
No
Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI
-0.1
No
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
0.1
No
San Rafael, CA
1.5
No
Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA
0.8
No
San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA
-0.8
No
Note: Data not seasonally adjusted.
Among metropolitan divisions, some of the largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment were in Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall (+2.9 percent) and Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach (+2.6 percent), both in Florida; and Camden, New Jersey (+2.3 percent).
Over the past year, nonfarm employment increased in 25 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population over 1 million and was essentially unchanged in 26 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+3.9 percent), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (+3.0 percent), and Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, California (+2.9 percent).
United States Department of Labor
