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Employment in Myrtle Beach area up 5.2 percent over the year ended June 2025
August 05, 2025
Nonfarm payroll employment increased from June 2024 to June 2025 in 30 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 357 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment occurred in Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (+5.2 percent), Rochester, Minnesota (+4.8 percent), and St. George, Utah (+4.3 percent). In terms of number of employees, the employment increases in these three areas ranged from 8,200 in the Myrtle Beach area to 3,700 in St. George. Employment also increased by over 4.0 percent in College Station-Bryan, Texas, and Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina.
Over-the-year increases in nonfarm employment in metropolitan areas, June 2025, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Over-the-year percent change
Over-the-year change in employment
Employment
June 2024
June 2025
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
5.2
8,200
158,900
167,100
Rochester, MN
4.8
6,200
128,900
135,100
St. George, UT
4.3
3,700
85,800
89,500
College Station-Bryan, TX
4.2
5,800
139,300
145,100
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
4.1
17,600
424,300
441,900
Eagle Pass, TX
3.8
700
18,300
19,000
Ithaca, NY
3.8
1,900
50,300
52,200
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
3.7
11,100
303,500
314,600
Boise City, ID
3.2
13,100
405,300
418,400
Columbia, SC
3.0
12,800
426,700
439,500
Iowa City, IA
3.0
3,000
100,600
103,600
Spartanburg, SC
3.0
5,300
175,900
181,200
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
2.6
36,100
1,382,300
1,418,400
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
2.6
6,100
238,600
244,700
Raleigh-Cary, NC
2.6
19,600
750,200
769,800
Winston-Salem, NC
2.6
7,300
278,300
285,600
Urban Honolulu, HI
2.4
10,800
457,500
468,300
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
2.3
2,900
124,000
126,900
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
2.3
18,800
827,700
846,500
Syracuse, NY
2.3
7,400
317,100
324,500
Tulsa, OK
2.2
10,700
477,200
487,900
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
2.1
31,600
1,483,000
1,514,600
Albuquerque, NM
1.9
7,900
419,600
427,500
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
1.9
23,100
1,185,800
1,208,900
Oklahoma City, OK
1.8
12,500
704,600
717,100
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
1.5
42,600
2,922,000
2,964,600
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.5
46,500
3,117,500
3,164,000
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
1.1
110,100
10,052,300
10,162,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
1.0
43,600
4,258,900
4,302,500
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
0.9
53,600
6,248,600
6,302,200
Note: Data are preliminary.
The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey (+110,100 or 1.1 percent), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+53,600 or 0.9 percent), and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (+46,500 or 1.5 percent). Employment also increased by over 40,000 over the year in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, Florida.
United States Department of Labor
