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Employment up in 23 metro areas, down in 1 area, over the year ended March 2025

May 07, 2025

From March 2024 to March 2025, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 23 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 363 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Barnstable Town, Massachusetts (5.2 percent), Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (4.8 percent), and Rochester, Minnesota (4.7 percent). Employment decreased over the year in Yuma, Arizona (−4.3 percent).
Over-the-year change in total nonfarm employment for metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area March 2024 employment March 2025 employment percent change (%) Statistically significant?

Anniston-Oxford, AL

 46,500 47,000 1.1 No

Auburn-Opelika, AL

 80,300 80,700 0.5 No

Birmingham, AL

 567,300 568,500 0.2 No

Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL

 90,200 90,400 0.2 No

Decatur, AL

 61,200 62,500 2.1 No

Dothan, AL

 62,500 63,000 0.8 No

Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

 59,200 60,500 2.2 No

Gadsden, AL

 34,800 35,300 1.4 No

Huntsville, AL

 283,600 290,200 2.3 Yes

Mobile, AL

 189,000 192,800 2.0 No

Montgomery, AL

 185,100 187,600 1.4 No

Tuscaloosa, AL

 117,000 118,400 1.2 No

Anchorage, AK

 177,300 180,700 1.9 No

Fairbanks-College, AK

 37,400 38,200 2.1 No

Flagstaff, AZ

 71,500 71,500 0.0 No

Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ

 57,600 57,000 -1.0 No

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ

 2,473,200 2,463,700 -0.4 No

Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ

 73,300 71,900 -1.9 No

Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ

 35,500 34,700 -2.3 No

Tucson, AZ

 403,800 400,100 -0.9 No

Yuma, AZ

 64,500 61,700 -4.3 Yes

Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR

 305,700 313,900 2.7 Yes

Fort Smith, AR-OK

 102,900 104,000 1.1 No

Hot Springs, AR

 41,400 40,600 -1.9 No

Jonesboro, AR

 64,700 65,200 0.8 No

Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR

 394,100 399,600 1.4 No

Bakersfield-Delano, CA

 292,800 296,100 1.1 No

Chico, CA

 77,700 78,900 1.5 No

El Centro, CA

 59,100 59,400 0.5 No

Fresno, CA

 432,900 444,500 2.7 Yes

Hanford-Corcoran, CA

 43,400 43,800 0.9 No

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

 6,275,300 6,259,000 -0.3 No

Merced, CA

 73,100 74,900 2.5 No

Modesto, CA

 188,300 193,000 2.5 No

Napa, CA

 73,300 76,500 4.4 No

Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

 315,800 315,900 0.0 No

Redding, CA

 69,800 71,800 2.9 No

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

 1,690,800 1,694,500 0.2 No

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

 1,081,200 1,088,200 0.6 No

Salinas, CA

 144,600 148,700 2.8 Yes

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA

 1,552,500 1,560,200 0.5 No

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

 2,437,200 2,416,700 -0.8 No

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

 1,147,200 1,141,200 -0.5 No

San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA

 117,900 117,700 -0.2 No

Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA

 99,300 100,200 0.9 No

Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA

 187,000 186,400 -0.3 No

Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA

 202,800 202,200 -0.3 No

Stockton-Lodi, CA

 274,100 278,300 1.5 No

Vallejo, CA

 144,100 143,100 -0.7 No

Visalia, CA

 144,400 144,800 0.3 No

Yuba City, CA

 50,700 52,200 3.0 No

Boulder, CO

 207,700 206,500 -0.6 No

Colorado Springs, CO

 328,800 330,200 0.4 No

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

 1,622,900 1,616,100 -0.4 No

Fort Collins-Loveland, CO

 186,100 183,400 -1.5 No

Grand Junction, CO

 67,300 68,100 1.2 No

Greeley, CO

 117,000 117,500 0.4 No

Pueblo, CO

 63,700 63,100 -0.9 No

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT

 401,400 403,900 0.6 No

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT

 602,200 604,000 0.3 No

New Haven, CT

 291,900 290,500 -0.5 No

Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT

 125,900 127,000 0.9 No

Waterbury-Shelton, CT

 158,700 159,900 0.8 No

Dover, DE

 73,300 73,400 0.1 No

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

 3,354,700 3,380,900 0.8 No

Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

 319,000 316,800 -0.7 No

Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL

 130,700 131,700 0.8 No

Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL

 230,000 230,800 0.3 No

Gainesville, FL

 163,900 169,700 3.5 Yes

Homosassa Springs, FL

 36,200 36,400 0.6 No

Jacksonville, FL

 801,200 811,700 1.3 No

Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL

 276,100 278,700 0.9 No

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

 2,963,400 2,994,900 1.1 Yes

Naples-Marco Island, FL

 180,400 178,900 -0.8 No

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

 353,500 356,300 0.8 No

Ocala, FL

 122,600 124,500 1.5 No

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

 1,496,600 1,526,700 2.0 Yes

Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

 257,400 261,400 1.6 No

Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL

 91,300 91,800 0.5 No

Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL

 201,300 203,100 0.9 No

Port St. Lucie, FL

 175,400 178,300 1.7 No

Punta Gorda, FL

 59,700 59,500 -0.3 No

Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL

 60,300 59,900 -0.7 No

Sebring, FL

 28,700 28,900 0.7 No

Tallahassee, FL

 201,000 205,800 2.4 No

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

 1,548,800 1,564,500 1.0 No

Wildwood-The Villages, FL

 41,400 41,800 1.0 No

Albany, GA

 61,400 61,800 0.7 No

Athens-Clarke County, GA

 104,400 106,100 1.6 No

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

 3,091,700 3,110,700 0.6 No

Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

 246,700 246,600 0.0 No

Brunswick-St. Simons, GA

 48,400 48,800 0.8 No

Columbus, GA-AL

 122,400 122,500 0.1 No

Dalton, GA

 69,300 68,500 -1.2 No

Gainesville, GA

 107,400 108,000 0.6 No

Hinesville, GA

 21,800 22,100 1.4 No

Macon-Bibb County, GA

 99,800 99,800 0.0 No

Rome, GA

 47,000 47,400 0.9 No

Savannah, GA

 207,400 206,300 -0.5 No

Valdosta, GA

 57,000 56,700 -0.5 No

Warner Robins, GA

 79,500 79,700 0.3 No

Kahului-Wailuku, HI

 73,100 74,500 1.9 No

Urban Honolulu, HI

 461,800 470,900 2.0 Yes

Boise City, ID

 397,400 408,600 2.8 Yes

Coeur d'Alene, ID

 72,200 75,700 4.8 Yes

Idaho Falls, ID

 80,800 83,700 3.6 Yes

Lewiston, ID-WA

 30,400 29,900 -1.6 No

Pocatello, ID

 40,100 40,900 2.0 No

Twin Falls, ID

 49,700 51,500 3.6 No

Bloomington, IL

 96,900 94,500 -2.5 No

Champaign-Urbana, IL

 120,600 122,900 1.9 No

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

 4,666,000 4,682,200 0.3 No

Decatur, IL

 47,400 46,200 -2.5 No

Kankakee, IL

 42,800 42,900 0.2 No

Peoria, IL

 171,400 170,900 -0.3 No

Rockford, IL

 144,200 145,100 0.6 No

Springfield, IL

 111,400 111,200 -0.2 No

Bloomington, IN

 82,100 83,500 1.7 No

Columbus, IN

 52,300 52,000 -0.6 No

Elkhart-Goshen, IN

 131,400 131,500 0.1 No

Evansville, IN

 140,300 140,400 0.1 No

Fort Wayne, IN

 235,800 236,100 0.1 No

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN

 1,157,700 1,162,800 0.4 No

Kokomo, IN

 37,400 37,200 -0.5 No

Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN

 112,400 111,800 -0.5 No

Michigan City-La Porte, IN

 41,900 41,800 -0.2 No

Muncie, IN

 49,200 49,800 1.2 No

South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI

 138,400 141,000 1.9 No

Terre Haute, IN

 67,300 67,500 0.3 No

Ames, IA

 63,700 63,900 0.3 No

Cedar Rapids, IA

 139,900 138,400 -1.1 No

Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL

 181,800 179,200 -1.4 No

Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA

 409,900 405,100 -1.2 No

Dubuque, IA

 60,100 59,800 -0.5 No

Iowa City, IA

 101,500 103,100 1.6 No

Sioux City, IA-NE-SD

 75,700 73,600 -2.8 No

Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

 87,900 86,200 -1.9 No

Lawrence, KS

 55,200 56,700 2.7 No

Manhattan, KS

 55,800 56,700 1.6 No

Topeka, KS

 113,900 114,000 0.1 No

Wichita, KS

 312,500 313,600 0.4 No

Bowling Green, KY

 82,100 83,600 1.8 No

Elizabethtown, KY

 53,000 52,900 -0.2 No

Lexington-Fayette, KY

 298,900 301,000 0.7 No

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

 713,900 716,200 0.3 No

Owensboro, KY

 49,800 50,400 1.2 No

Paducah, KY-IL

 51,100 51,000 -0.2 No

Alexandria, LA

 61,500 61,900 0.7 No

Baton Rouge, LA

 431,600 437,200 1.3 No

Hammond, LA

 50,500 51,300 1.6 No

Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA

 85,400 85,600 0.2 No

Lafayette, LA

 183,100 186,800 2.0 No

Lake Charles, LA

 103,800 104,800 1.0 No

Monroe, LA

 91,000 91,300 0.3 No

New Orleans-Metairie, LA

 471,500 478,600 1.5 No

Shreveport-Bossier City, LA

 166,400 169,000 1.6 No

Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA

 100,200 102,800 2.6 No

Bangor, ME

 72,900 72,400 -0.7 No

Lewiston-Auburn, ME

 49,700 48,900 -1.6 No

Portland-South Portland, ME

 284,800 285,100 0.1 No

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

 1,449,900 1,447,900 -0.1 No

Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV

 111,300 111,000 -0.3 No

Lexington Park, MD

 74,900 74,300 -0.8 No

Salisbury, MD

 57,400 57,200 -0.3 No

Amherst Town-Northampton, MA

 71,900 72,200 0.4 No

Barnstable Town, MA

 86,900 91,400 5.2 Yes

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH

 2,739,100 2,731,400 -0.3 No

Pittsfield, MA

 57,400 57,000 -0.7 No

Springfield, MA

 206,300 206,300 0.0 No

Worcester, MA

 357,500 356,300 -0.3 No

Ann Arbor, MI

 229,100 232,000 1.3 No

Battle Creek, MI

 57,000 57,800 1.4 No

Bay City, MI

 35,100 35,400 0.9 No

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

 2,031,500 2,039,400 0.4 No

Flint, MI

 139,700 141,500 1.3 No

Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI

 598,900 597,400 -0.3 No

Jackson, MI

 58,600 58,400 -0.3 No

Kalamazoo-Portage, MI

 131,300 132,300 0.8 No

Lansing-East Lansing, MI

 244,600 248,100 1.4 No

Midland, MI

 39,800 40,500 1.8 No

Monroe, MI

 44,000 43,700 -0.7 No

Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI

 64,800 65,600 1.2 No

Niles, MI

 62,900 62,700 -0.3 No

Saginaw, MI

 82,900 82,900 0.0 No

Traverse City, MI

 67,900 70,200 3.4 No

Duluth, MN-WI

 133,100 132,500 -0.5 No

Mankato, MN

 58,500 58,000 -0.9 No

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI

 1,954,200 1,966,600 0.6 No

Rochester, MN

 124,300 130,100 4.7 Yes

St. Cloud, MN

 107,700 108,000 0.3 No

Gulfport-Biloxi, MS

 171,100 170,700 -0.2 No

Hattiesburg, MS

 68,500 68,500 0.0 No

Jackson, MS

 299,500 304,700 1.7 No

Cape Girardeau, MO-IL

 46,800 47,200 0.9 No

Columbia, MO

 118,500 119,500 0.8 No

Jefferson City, MO

 82,200 83,600 1.7 No

Joplin, MO-KS

 90,400 90,000 -0.4 No

Kansas City, MO-KS

 1,138,000 1,140,900 0.3 No

Springfield, MO

 233,200 237,300 1.8 No

St. Joseph, MO-KS

 56,800 57,500 1.2 No

St. Louis, MO-IL

 1,422,400 1,429,500 0.5 No

Billings, MT

 94,500 94,400 -0.1 No

Bozeman, MT

 74,500 74,400 -0.1 No

Great Falls, MT

 37,500 37,300 -0.5 No

Helena, MT

 44,300 44,500 0.5 No

Missoula, MT

 68,200 69,300 1.6 No

Grand Island, NE

 40,700 40,200 -1.2 No

Lincoln, NE

 195,300 197,400 1.1 No

Omaha, NE-IA

 509,700 510,400 0.1 No

Carson City, NV

 31,800 32,300 1.6 No

Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV

 1,141,500 1,142,000 0.0 No

Reno, NV

 278,700 281,900 1.1 No

Manchester-Nashua, NH

 207,100 207,000 0.0 No

Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ

 163,000 169,100 3.7 Yes

Trenton-Princeton, NJ

 291,700 293,900 0.8 No

Vineland, NJ

 59,800 61,400 2.7 No

Albuquerque, NM

 419,000 428,000 2.1 Yes

Farmington, NM

 47,300 47,800 1.1 No

Las Cruces, NM

 80,600 81,700 1.4 No

Santa Fe, NM

 62,600 63,900 2.1 No

Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

 466,100 471,900 1.2 No

Binghamton, NY

 99,700 100,200 0.5 No

Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

 552,300 556,600 0.8 No

Elmira, NY

 34,500 34,800 0.9 No

Glens Falls, NY

 51,100 51,500 0.8 No

Ithaca, NY

 52,700 52,500 -0.4 No

Kingston, NY

 59,500 60,300 1.3 No

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

 276,600 278,500 0.7 No

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ

 9,866,900 9,961,100 1.0 Yes

Rochester, NY

 511,600 518,200 1.3 No

Syracuse, NY

 310,200 316,000 1.9 No

Utica-Rome, NY

 122,100 121,800 -0.2 No

Watertown-Fort Drum, NY

 40,000 40,800 2.0 No

Asheville, NC

 190,200 188,900 -0.7 No

Burlington, NC

 69,900 70,300 0.6 No

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

 1,367,200 1,392,500 1.9 Yes

Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

 349,700 356,100 1.8 No

Fayetteville, NC

 136,100 135,100 -0.7 No

Goldsboro, NC

 41,800 43,000 2.9 No

Greensboro-High Point, NC

 366,400 367,000 0.2 No

Greenville, NC

 84,100 83,600 -0.6 No

Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC

 157,600 157,900 0.2 No

Jacksonville, NC

 55,500 55,700 0.4 No

Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC

 40,900 41,200 0.7 No

Raleigh-Cary, NC

 740,400 754,300 1.9 Yes

Rocky Mount, NC

 55,200 55,200 0.0 No

Wilmington, NC

 188,900 192,200 1.7 No

Winston-Salem, NC

 278,000 282,600 1.7 No

Bismarck, ND

 71,900 72,800 1.3 No

Fargo, ND-MN

 151,700 151,000 -0.5 No

Grand Forks, ND-MN

 55,000 56,000 1.8 No

Minot, ND

 34,400 34,400 0.0 No

Akron, OH

 337,300 338,600 0.4 No

Canton-Massillon, OH

 170,900 172,400 0.9 No

Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN

 1,150,700 1,158,200 0.7 No

Cleveland, OH

 1,082,200 1,085,100 0.3 No

Columbus, OH

 1,153,400 1,165,300 1.0 No

Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH

 393,700 393,700 0.0 No

Lima, OH

 51,500 51,700 0.4 No

Mansfield, OH

 51,100 50,900 -0.4 No

Sandusky, OH

 48,300 51,200 6.0 No

Springfield, OH

 49,200 48,000 -2.4 No

Toledo, OH

 304,000 306,100 0.7 No

Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH

 38,500 37,300 -3.1 No

Youngstown-Warren, OH

 165,900 167,000 0.7 No

Enid, OK

 24,300 24,100 -0.8 No

Lawton, OK

 44,700 44,500 -0.4 No

Oklahoma City, OK

 705,300 712,300 1.0 No

Tulsa, OK

 477,100 482,300 1.1 No

Albany, OR

 47,600 48,000 0.8 No

Bend, OR

 108,900 112,200 3.0 No

Corvallis, OR

 45,300 45,000 -0.7 No

Eugene-Springfield, OR

 164,300 164,800 0.3 No

Grants Pass, OR

 26,900 26,700 -0.7 No

Medford, OR

 89,100 89,100 0.0 No

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

 1,243,700 1,244,000 0.0 No

Salem, OR

 184,200 188,800 2.5 No

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

 391,700 397,000 1.4 No

Altoona, PA

 60,100 61,400 2.2 No

Chambersburg, PA

 61,300 63,100 2.9 No

Erie, PA

 124,700 125,800 0.9 No

Gettysburg, PA

 33,700 33,500 -0.6 No

Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA

 360,300 366,000 1.6 No

Johnstown, PA

 51,400 51,100 -0.6 No

Lancaster, PA

 264,300 265,900 0.6 No

Lebanon, PA

 56,300 57,200 1.6 No

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

 3,091,600 3,116,400 0.8 No

Pittsburgh, PA

 1,194,900 1,202,700 0.7 No

Reading, PA

 180,600 183,300 1.5 No

Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA

 265,600 268,100 0.9 No

State College, PA

 80,400 80,300 -0.1 No

Williamsport, PA

 52,300 52,700 0.8 No

York-Hanover, PA

 192,600 192,700 0.1 No

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

 732,100 729,800 -0.3 No

Charleston-North Charleston, SC

 418,800 431,900 3.1 Yes

Columbia, SC

 427,100 437,400 2.4 Yes

Florence, SC

 96,300 97,500 1.2 No

Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC

 469,500 479,100 2.0 No

Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC

 87,000 88,600 1.8 No

Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC

 151,900 156,900 3.3 Yes

Spartanburg, SC

 175,800 180,500 2.7 No

Sumter, SC

 38,100 38,400 0.8 No

Rapid City, SD

 72,400 74,300 2.6 No

Sioux Falls, SD-MN

 176,900 177,400 0.3 No

Chattanooga, TN-GA

 294,500 295,200 0.2 No

Clarksville, TN-KY

 106,900 108,400 1.4 No

Cleveland, TN

 47,100 46,800 -0.6 No

Jackson, TN

 88,400 88,700 0.3 No

Johnson City, TN

 87,400 87,600 0.2 No

Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

 126,000 126,200 0.2 No

Knoxville, TN

 449,000 453,000 0.9 No

Memphis, TN-MS-AR

 661,900 653,900 -1.2 No

Morristown, TN

 50,500 51,300 1.6 No

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

 1,182,400 1,187,400 0.4 No

Abilene, TX

 77,900 78,700 1.0 No

Amarillo, TX

 128,900 130,600 1.3 No

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

 1,349,800 1,369,000 1.4 No

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

 167,000 169,900 1.7 No

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

 162,500 164,100 1.0 No

College Station-Bryan, TX

 143,600 147,800 2.9 No

Corpus Christi, TX

 198,600 199,700 0.6 No

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 4,223,600 4,279,700 1.3 Yes

Eagle Pass, TX

 18,200 18,800 3.3 No

El Paso, TX

 350,400 355,000 1.3 No

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

 3,423,100 3,459,400 1.1 No

Killeen-Temple, TX

 155,600 154,700 -0.6 No

Laredo, TX

 111,700 114,200 2.2 No

Longview, TX

 123,200 122,100 -0.9 No

Lubbock, TX

 173,600 174,900 0.7 No

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX

 301,500 305,300 1.3 No

Midland, TX

 124,400 125,700 1.0 No

Odessa, TX

 82,400 83,800 1.7 No

San Angelo, TX

 53,700 54,400 1.3 No

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

 1,170,400 1,190,800 1.7 Yes

Sherman-Denison, TX

 53,600 53,900 0.6 No

Texarkana, TX-AR

 60,200 60,900 1.2 No

Tyler, TX

 116,600 118,200 1.4 No

Victoria, TX

 39,800 40,400 1.5 No

Waco, TX

 141,700 143,800 1.5 No

Wichita Falls, TX

 59,700 59,400 -0.5 No

Logan, UT-ID

 71,100 72,900 2.5 No

Ogden, UT

 269,600 273,800 1.6 No

Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT

 315,000 318,600 1.1 No

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

 821,800 834,300 1.5 No

St. George, UT

 86,400 89,600 3.7 No

Burlington-South Burlington, VT

 124,300 125,600 1.0 No

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

 85,300 83,300 -2.3 No

Charlottesville, VA

 124,700 126,100 1.1 No

Harrisonburg, VA

 73,200 71,700 -2.0 No

Lynchburg, VA

 105,200 104,500 -0.7 No

Richmond, VA

 712,400 719,800 1.0 No

Roanoke, VA

 167,000 168,400 0.8 No

Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA

 54,100 53,900 -0.4 No

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

 816,000 818,200 0.3 No

Winchester, VA-WV

 73,100 73,600 0.7 No

Bellingham, WA

 97,000 96,500 -0.5 No

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA

 96,000 97,200 1.3 No

Kennewick-Richland, WA

 125,400 129,300 3.1 No

Longview-Kelso, WA

 41,600 42,400 1.9 No

Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA

 52,300 53,700 2.7 No

Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA

 131,300 133,800 1.9 No

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

 2,125,500 2,143,000 0.8 No

Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA

 265,200 264,400 -0.3 No

Walla Walla, WA

 27,700 28,500 2.9 No

Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA

 47,500 48,900 2.9 No

Yakima, WA

 89,400 90,500 1.2 No

Beckley, WV

 43,900 44,100 0.5 No

Charleston, WV

 108,600 107,200 -1.3 No

Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH

 143,900 144,800 0.6 No

Morgantown, WV

 72,500 73,100 0.8 No

Parkersburg-Vienna, WV

 38,200 38,100 -0.3 No

Wheeling, WV-OH

 60,400 61,100 1.2 No

Appleton, WI

 127,800 128,800 0.8 No

Eau Claire, WI

 89,500 89,700 0.2 No

Fond du Lac, WI

 46,500 46,000 -1.1 No

Green Bay, WI

 177,900 180,700 1.6 No

Janesville-Beloit, WI

 71,500 72,200 1.0 No

Kenosha, WI

 76,500 77,700 1.6 No

La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN

 87,000 87,900 1.0 No

Madison, WI

 427,500 426,700 -0.2 No

Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI

 853,200 855,100 0.2 No

Oshkosh-Neenah, WI

 97,600 96,400 -1.2 No

Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI

 79,000 77,600 -1.8 No

Sheboygan, WI

 62,300 63,100 1.3 No

Wausau, WI

 72,100 71,500 -0.8 No

Casper, WY

 39,700 39,900 0.5 No

Cheyenne, WY

 48,500 48,500 0.0 No

Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 9 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more and was essentially unchanged in 47 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Fresno, California (2.7 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, and Urban Honolulu, Hawaii (2.0 percent each).

These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — March 2025." Also see charts related to the latest "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" news release.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Employment up in 23 metro areas, down in 1 area, over the year ended March 2025 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2025/employment-up-in-23-metro-areas-down-in-1-area-over-the-year-ended-march-2025.htm (visited May 14, 2025).

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