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Tuesday, February 06, 2024

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Boston Area Employment — December 2023

Total nonfarm employment for the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area increased by 77,900 over the year in December, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner William J. Sibley noted that the local rate of job gains was 2.8 percent compared to the national increase of 1.9 percent. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, is made up of 10 metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA, division, with 69 percent of the metropolitan area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 64,500 jobs over the year. Aside from the Boston division, Framingham, MA, at 5.9 percent, and Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH, at 5.6 percent, accounted for the largest shares of the metropolitan area employment. Nashua, NH-MA, and Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA, were the next largest divisions with 4.5 percent and 3.4 percent, respectively. The remaining five divisions (Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH, Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA, Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH, Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA, and Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA) each accounted for 3.0 percent or less of the jobs in the metropolitan area.

Industry employment

Education and health services, the largest supersector in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, metropolitan area, added 29,500 jobs, with three divisions recording increases (Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA; Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH; and Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH). (See chart 2.) The metropolitan area’s rate of job gains in the supersector was 4.9 percent compared to the national increase of 4.3 percent.

Mining, logging, and construction and trade, transportation, and utilities each gained 8,000 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA, division gained 7,400 jobs in mining, logging, and construction, or 93 percent of the metropolitan area’s employment gain in this industry. The metropolitan area had a 1.9-percent increase in trade, transportation, and utilities compared to the national increase of 0.5 percent.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in December 2023. Ten of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year. The largest job gains occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, (+134,200) and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (+132,100). San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, had the smallest employment increase (+39,900), followed by Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (+42,500), among the areas with significant changes. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, each had a 3.2-percent rate of job gain. The rates of job gain in the remaining eight areas with significant changes ranged from 2.8 percent in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, to 0.9 percent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA.

Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.
Total nonfarm employment in the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, Mass.-N.H. Metropolitan New England City and Town Area stood at 2,813,000 in July 2018, up 62,200 from one year ago, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Deborah A. Brown noted that local nonfarm employment rose 2.3 percent from July a year ago. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.6 percent.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for January 2024 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Upcoming Changes to Current Employment Statistics (CES) Data

Effective with the release of January 2024 estimates on March 11, 2024, nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states and areas will be adjusted to 2023 benchmark levels. Not seasonally adjusted data beginning with April 2022 and seasonally adjusted data beginning with January 2019 are subject to revision. Some data series may be revised as far back as 1990.

Also effective with the release of January 2024 estimates, the CES program will implement a new weight smoothing procedure for state and metropolitan area employment data. Background information on weight smoothing in the Current Employment Statistics Survey is available on the BLS website.


Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor between State employment security agencies and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary.

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2022 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month's employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain statistical criteria. For some employment series, the estimates are produced with a model that uses direct sample estimates (described above) combined with other regressors to compensate for smaller sample sizes.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available in the CES State and Area benchmark article.

Reliability of the estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal totals shown in the same tables due to rounding.

Employment estimates. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Reliability of state and area estimates for the total nonfarm employment series are available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2018. The 12 metropolitan areas discussed in this release are the metropolitan areas with the largest population according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Areas in the six New England states are defined as Metropolitan New England City and Town Areas (NECTAs) and Divisions, while areas in other states are county-based and identified as Metropolitan Statistical Areas and Metropolitan Divisions. However, for comparative purposes, the Boston NECTA and its divisions have been referred to as a metropolitan area and metropolitan divisions.

The Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH Metropolitan New England City and Town Area (NECTA) includes 10 NECTA Divisions—subdivisions of the larger NECTA which function as distinct social, economic,and cultural areas within the larger region. The NECTA divisions that compose the Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA include: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA; Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA; Framingham, MA; Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury town, MA-NH; Lawrence-Methuen town-Salem, MA-NH; Lowell- Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH; Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA; Nashua, NH-MA; Peabody-Salem-Beverly,MA; and Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA.

  • The Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division includes Abington town, Acton town, Andover town, Arlington town, Bedford town, Belmont town, Berlin town, Bolton town, Boston city, Boxborough town, Boxford town, Braintree Town city, Brookline town, Burlington town, Cambridge city, Canton town, Carlisle town, Carver town, Chelsea city, Cohasset town, Concord town, Dedham town, Dover town, Duxbury town, Essex town, Everett city, Foxborough town, Franklin Town city, Gloucester city, Halifax town, Hamilton town, Hanover town, Hingham town, Holbrook town, Hull town, Ipswich town, Kingston town, Lexington town, Lincoln town, Lynnfield town, Malden city, Manchester-by-the-Sea town, Mansfield town, Marshfield town, Maynard town, Medfield town, Medford city, Medway town, Melrose city, Middleton town, Millis town, Milton town, Needham town, Newbury town, Newton city, Norfolk town, North Reading town, Norwell town, Norwood town, Pembroke town, Plymouth town, Plympton town, Quincy city, Randolph town, Reading town, Revere city, Rockland town, Rockport town, Rowley town, Scituate town, Sharon town, Sherborn town, Somerville city, Stoneham town, Stoughton town, Stow town, Topsfield town, Wakefield town, Walpole town, Waltham city, Watertown Town city, Wayland town, Wellesley town, Wenham town, Weston town, Westwood town, Weymouth Town city, Wilmington town, Winchester town, Winthrop Town city, Woburn city, and Wrentham town in Massachusetts.
  • The Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division includes Avon town, Bridgewater town, Brockton city, East Bridgewater town, Easton town, Hanson town, West Bridgewater town, and Whitman town in Massachusetts.
  • The Framingham, MA NECTA Division includes Ashland town, Framingham town, Holliston town, Hopedale town, Hopkinton town, Hudson town, Marlborough city, Mendon town, Milford town, Natick town, Southborough town, and Sudbury town in Massachusetts.
  • The Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury town, MA-NH NECTA Division includes Amesbury Town city, Georgetown town, Groveland town, Haverhill city, Merrimac town, Newburyport city, Salisbury town, and West Newbury town in Massachusetts and Atkinson town, Danville town, East Kingston town, Fremont town, Hampstead town, Hampton Falls town, Kensington town, Kingston town, Newton town, Plaistow town, Sandown town, Seabrook town, and South Hampton town in New Hampshire.
  • The Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division includes Lawrence city, Methuen Town city, and North Andover town in Massachusetts and Salem town in New Hampshire.
  • The Lowell- Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division includes Ashby town, Ayer town, Billerica town, Chelmsford town, Dracut town, Groton town, Harvard town, Littleton town, Lowell city, Shirley town, Tewksbury town, Townsend town, Tyngsborough town, and Westford town in Massachusetts and Pelham town in New Hampshire.
  • The Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Division includes Lynn city, Marblehead town, Nahant town, Saugus town, and Swampscott town in Massachusetts.
  • The Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division includes Amherst town, Brookline town, Chester town, Derry town, Greenfield town, Greenville town, Hollis town, Hudson town, Litchfield town, Londonderry town, Lyndeborough town, Mason town, Merrimack town, Milford town, Mont Vernon town, Nashua city, Temple town, Wilton town, and Windham town in New Hampshire and Dunstable town and Pepperell town in Massachusetts.
  • The Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Division includes Beverly city, Danvers town, Peabody city, and Salem city in Massachusetts.
  • The Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Division includes Berkley town, Dighton town, Freetown town, Lakeville town, Middleborough town, Norton town, Raynham town, Rochester town, and Taunton city in Massachusetts.

Additional information

State and area employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, the Boston metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Area Dec.
2022
Oct.
2023
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023(1)
Dec. 2022 to
Dec. 2023(1)
Net
change
Percent
change

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA

Total nonfarm

2,813.3 2,890.8 2,895.4 2,891.2 77.9 2.8

Mining, logging, and construction

126.4 138.3 137.3 134.4 8.0 6.3

Manufacturing

182.5 182.1 182.5 183.8 1.3 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

418.0 417.0 420.5 426.0 8.0 1.9

Information

85.5 84.5 85.2 85.7 0.2 0.2

Financial activities

189.5 191.7 192.9 192.2 2.7 1.4

Professional and business services

545.7 556.5 556.7 554.7 9.0 1.6

Education and health services

600.9 630.4 634.0 630.4 29.5 4.9

Leisure and hospitality

250.6 265.6 259.0 256.1 5.5 2.2

Other services

99.2 103.0 102.6 103.3 4.1 4.1

Government

315.0 321.7 324.7 324.6 9.6 3.0

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

1,920.5 1,985.6 1,990.5 1,985.0 64.5 3.4

Mining, logging, and construction

75.3 84.7 84.6 82.7 7.4 9.8

Manufacturing

77.1 77.7 78.0 79.0 1.9 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

244.5 246.8 249.1 252.6 8.1 3.3

Information

69.0 67.8 68.5 69.1 0.1 0.1

Financial activities

160.0 162.4 163.6 162.9 2.9 1.8

Professional and business services

419.8 429.4 429.9 428.1 8.3 2.0

Education and health services

439.7 464.3 467.1 462.6 22.9 5.2

Leisure and hospitality

172.2 181.1 176.9 175.1 2.9 1.7

Other services

64.8 67.3 66.7 67.3 2.5 3.9

Government

198.1 204.1 206.1 205.6 7.5 3.8

Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

81.1 80.4 80.7 81.1 0.0 0.0

Mining, logging, and construction

5.5 5.5 5.4 5.3 -0.2 -3.6

Manufacturing

5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 -0.1 -2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

16.8 15.9 16.2 16.8 0.0 0.0

Information

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

7.5 7.4 7.3 7.2 -0.3 -4.0

Education and health services

17.6 18.1 18.1 18.1 0.5 2.8

Leisure and hospitality

6.4 6.5 6.4 6.4 0.0 0.0

Other services

4.6 4.7 4.8 4.8 0.2 4.3

Government

15.0 14.7 14.9 14.9 -0.1 -0.7

Framingham, MA NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

166.9 169.7 170.1 170.7 3.8 2.3

Mining, logging, and construction

10.2 10.7 10.6 10.4 0.2 2.0

Manufacturing

19.9 19.5 19.5 19.5 -0.4 -2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28.2 27.1 27.3 28.0 -0.2 -0.7

Information

6.1 6.5 6.4 6.4 0.3 4.9

Financial activities

5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 -0.1 -2.0

Professional and business services

36.1 38.1 38.1 38.0 1.9 5.3

Education and health services

25.1 24.7 25.2 25.4 0.3 1.2

Leisure and hospitality

12.0 13.2 12.9 12.8 0.8 6.7

Other services

5.6 5.7 5.7 5.8 0.2 3.6

Government

18.6 19.2 19.4 19.4 0.8 4.3

Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, MA-NH NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

66.6 68.8 68.5 68.6 2.0 3.0

Mining, logging, and construction

5.0 5.3 5.2 5.0 0.0 0.0

Manufacturing

8.7 8.5 8.5 8.6 -0.1 -1.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

13.7 14.7 14.7 14.8 1.1 8.0

Information

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

6.4 6.6 6.6 6.6 0.2 3.1

Education and health services

10.9 11.4 11.4 11.4 0.5 4.6

Leisure and hospitality

7.8 8.5 8.2 8.1 0.3 3.8

Other services

2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 0.1 3.7

Government

9.2 8.8 8.9 9.1 -0.1 -1.1

Lawrence-Methuen Town-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

83.4 85.7 85.0 85.5 2.1 2.5

Mining, logging, and construction

4.2 4.4 4.3 4.3 0.1 2.4

Manufacturing

8.6 8.4 8.4 8.5 -0.1 -1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

15.9 15.9 16.0 16.0 0.1 0.6

Information

0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

10.3 10.4 10.3 10.3 0.0 0.0

Education and health services

21.7 23.2 23.2 23.6 1.9 8.8

Leisure and hospitality

7.3 7.8 7.2 7.1 -0.2 -2.7

Other services

3.0 3.2 3.2 3.2 0.2 6.7

Government

9.2 9.2 9.2 9.3 0.1 1.1

Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

160.1 162.6 162.4 163.3 3.2 2.0

Mining, logging, and construction

10.2 11.1 11.0 10.8 0.6 5.9

Manufacturing

24.5 24.1 24.1 24.2 -0.3 -1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

26.2 25.4 25.5 26.1 -0.1 -0.4

Information

3.1 3.0 3.1 3.0 -0.1 -3.2

Financial activities

3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

27.1 26.1 25.9 26.2 -0.9 -3.3

Education and health services

24.1 25.5 25.6 25.8 1.7 7.1

Leisure and hospitality

12.4 13.9 13.5 13.4 1.0 8.1

Other services

4.5 4.8 4.8 4.8 0.3 6.7

Government

24.1 24.8 25.0 25.1 1.0 4.1

Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, MA NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

44.5 45.3 45.2 45.3 0.8 1.8

Mining, logging, and construction

2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.1 4.8

Manufacturing

4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 -0.1 -2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

8.3 7.9 8.0 8.1 -0.2 -2.4

Information

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 0.0 0.0

Education and health services

9.5 9.8 9.8 9.9 0.4 4.2

Leisure and hospitality

5.1 5.5 5.3 5.2 0.1 2.0

Other services

2.7 2.9 2.9 3.0 0.3 11.1

Government

6.7 7.0 7.0 6.9 0.2 3.0

Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

132.1 131.6 131.7 131.5 -0.6 -0.5

Mining, logging, and construction

6.0 6.2 6.0 5.8 -0.2 -3.3

Manufacturing

4.3 4.2 4.2 4.2 -0.1 -2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28.3 27.6 27.7 27.9 -0.4 -1.4

Information

2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 -0.1 -3.4

Financial activities

6.8 6.8 6.8 6.8 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

17.4 17.2 17.3 17.1 -0.3 -1.7

Education and health services

18.7 18.7 18.7 18.8 0.1 0.5

Leisure and hospitality

11.9 12.0 11.9 11.6 -0.3 -2.5

Other services

5.2 5.2 5.3 5.2 0.0 0.0

Government

13.2 12.8 12.8 13.0 -0.2 -1.5

Peabody-Salem-Beverly, MA NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

96.2 97.6 97.7 97.2 1.0 1.0

Mining, logging, and construction

3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 0.1 2.6

Manufacturing

7.5 7.4 7.4 7.3 -0.2 -2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

18.7 18.1 18.4 18.4 -0.3 -1.6

Information

1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 -0.1 -2.5

Professional and business services

10.8 10.9 10.9 10.9 0.1 0.9

Education and health services

24.7 25.4 25.5 25.4 0.7 2.8

Leisure and hospitality

9.9 10.9 10.5 10.3 0.4 4.0

Other services

3.8 4.1 4.1 4.1 0.3 7.9

Government

11.9 11.8 12.0 11.9 0.0 0.0

Taunton-Middleborough-Norton, MA NECTA Division

Total nonfarm

61.9 63.5 63.6 63.0 1.1 1.8

Mining, logging, and construction

4.1 4.2 4.1 4.0 -0.1 -2.4

Manufacturing

5.1 5.0 5.0 5.0 -0.1 -2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

17.4 17.6 17.6 17.3 -0.1 -0.6

Information

0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

1.6 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.0 0.0

Professional and business services

7.0 7.1 7.1 7.0 0.0 0.0

Education and health services

8.9 9.3 9.4 9.4 0.5 5.6

Leisure and hospitality

5.6 6.2 6.2 6.1 0.5 8.9

Other services

2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 0.0 0.0

Government

9.0 9.3 9.4 9.4 0.4 4.4

Footnotes
(1) Preliminary

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area Dec
2022
Oct
2023
Nov
2023
Dec
2023(p)
Dec 2022 to
Dec 2023(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

United States(1)

Total nonfarm

155,344 157,936 158,395 158,228 2,884 1.9

Mining and logging

626 649 643 640 14 2.2

Construction

7,763 8,195 8,113 7,993 230 3.0

Manufacturing

12,988 12,962 12,990 13,013 25 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

29,506 28,963 29,399 29,661 155 0.5

Information

3,139 3,030 3,055 3,070 -69 -2.2

Financial activities

9,132 9,173 9,166 9,171 39 0.4

Professional and business services

22,907 23,222 23,182 23,012 105 0.5

Education and health services

24,960 25,894 26,070 26,043 1,083 4.3

Leisure and hospitality

15,947 16,693 16,482 16,450 503 3.2

Other services

5,778 5,888 5,893 5,877 99 1.7

Government

22,598 23,267 23,402 23,298 700 3.1

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

3,048.3 3,097.2 3,126.5 3,120.3 72.0 2.4

Mining and logging

1.8 1.9 1.9 2.0 0.2 11.1

Construction

141.2 145.3 145.8 145.9 4.7 3.3

Manufacturing

178.9 174.4 175.0 175.2 -3.7 -2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

669.5 657.2 666.0 670.6 1.1 0.2

Information

115.2 113.0 113.4 113.1 -2.1 -1.8

Financial activities

204.1 210.0 212.4 213.6 9.5 4.7

Professional and business services

590.3 594.4 598.6 592.3 2.0 0.3

Education and health services

398.5 424.7 426.6 425.6 27.1 6.8

Leisure and hospitality

299.4 315.7 321.7 317.9 18.5 6.2

Other services

106.0 109.1 110.5 109.2 3.2 3.0

Government

343.4 351.5 354.6 354.9 11.5 3.3

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH (NECTA)

Total nonfarm

2,813.3 2,890.8 2,895.4 2,891.2 77.9 2.8

Mining, logging, and construction

126.4 138.3 137.3 134.4 8.0 6.3

Manufacturing

182.5 182.1 182.5 183.8 1.3 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

418.0 417.0 420.5 426.0 8.0 1.9

Information

85.5 84.5 85.2 85.7 0.2 0.2

Financial activities

189.5 191.7 192.9 192.2 2.7 1.4

Professional and business services

545.7 556.5 556.7 554.7 9.0 1.6

Education and health services

600.9 630.4 634.0 630.4 29.5 4.9

Leisure and hospitality

250.6 265.6 259.0 256.1 5.5 2.2

Other services

99.2 103.0 102.6 103.3 4.1 4.1

Government

315.0 321.7 324.7 324.6 9.6 3.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,771.6 4,822.8 4,832.3 4,810.5 38.9 0.8

Mining and logging

1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.1 6.7

Construction

176.8 194.4 189.7 181.5 4.7 2.7

Manufacturing

410.9 406.6 414.0 414.5 3.6 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

995.4 969.6 985.1 989.9 -5.5 -0.6

Information

81.9 76.0 76.5 75.2 -6.7 -8.2

Financial activities

315.1 323.5 322.8 320.9 5.8 1.8

Professional and business services

867.8 869.8 859.0 849.8 -18.0 -2.1

Education and health services

746.9 776.6 783.1 777.6 30.7 4.1

Leisure and hospitality

457.1 474.1 469.8 469.6 12.5 2.7

Other services

193.6 196.1 197.1 195.6 2.0 1.0

Government

524.6 534.5 533.6 534.3 9.7 1.8

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

4,223.4 4,342.5 4,356.4 4,357.6 134.2 3.2

Mining, logging, and construction

240.9 255.5 255.7 255.7 14.8 6.1

Manufacturing

307.4 314.3 315.8 316.7 9.3 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

921.8 913.6 928.7 935.3 13.5 1.5

Information

94.6 95.9 96.2 95.7 1.1 1.2

Financial activities

370.7 385.9 384.5 387.0 16.3 4.4

Professional and business services

784.5 825.9 824.7 814.0 29.5 3.8

Education and health services

498.3 504.0 502.4 503.7 5.4 1.1

Leisure and hospitality

402.9 420.9 419.1 419.1 16.2 4.0

Other services

131.5 146.4 147.0 148.2 16.7 12.7

Government

470.8 480.1 482.3 482.2 11.4 2.4

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,335.8 3,391.1 3,402.3 3,405.9 70.1 2.1

Mining and logging

67.4 70.2 69.7 70.2 2.8 4.2

Construction

224.6 218.0 219.1 218.7 -5.9 -2.6

Manufacturing

229.7 235.2 234.2 233.6 3.9 1.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

696.7 702.3 710.3 716.9 20.2 2.9

Information

33.4 33.0 33.2 33.2 -0.2 -0.6

Financial activities

183.4 189.4 188.2 188.2 4.8 2.6

Professional and business services

554.7 562.6 563.3 560.8 6.1 1.1

Education and health services

438.9 459.8 461.5 463.6 24.7 5.6

Leisure and hospitality

343.9 347.7 346.7 344.8 0.9 0.3

Other services

116.7 119.5 118.5 118.3 1.6 1.4

Government

446.4 453.4 457.6 457.6 11.2 2.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,331.4 6,421.6 6,452.6 6,463.5 132.1 2.1

Mining and logging

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0

Construction

255.7 265.5 266.9 264.8 9.1 3.6

Manufacturing

478.7 475.9 475.4 474.9 -3.8 -0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,129.8 1,119.9 1,137.8 1,146.4 16.6 1.5

Information

257.2 230.0 237.6 235.5 -21.7 -8.4

Financial activities

333.5 330.5 331.3 332.7 -0.8 -0.2

Professional and business services

1,025.9 1,029.2 1,023.6 1,027.0 1.1 0.1

Education and health services

1,157.5 1,216.1 1,220.9 1,225.6 68.1 5.9

Leisure and hospitality

749.5 792.7 790.7 791.6 42.1 5.6

Other services

209.7 216.0 216.1 215.1 5.4 2.6

Government

732.0 743.9 750.4 748.0 16.0 2.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,878.9 2,928.2 2,957.3 2,970.3 91.4 3.2

Construction

142.5 143.2 144.2 143.9 1.4 1.0

Manufacturing

96.7 98.0 98.9 99.5 2.8 2.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

661.6 666.3 676.5 681.1 19.5 2.9

Information

55.9 54.0 54.4 55.2 -0.7 -1.3

Financial activities

214.6 219.9 220.6 221.7 7.1 3.3

Professional and business services

517.1 533.5 536.5 540.1 23.0 4.4

Education and health services

437.9 453.2 456.1 454.2 16.3 3.7

Leisure and hospitality

330.8 328.1 335.7 340.8 10.0 3.0

Other services

112.9 115.7 117.2 117.7 4.8 4.3

Government

308.1 315.5 316.4 315.3 7.2 2.3

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

Total nonfarm

10,100.3 10,146.3 10,180.9 10,193.3 93.0 0.9

Mining, logging, and construction

406.9 420.2 407.5 404.5 -2.4 -0.6

Manufacturing

349.9 351.5 349.9 349.3 -0.6 -0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,739.0 1,670.9 1,690.4 1,709.4 -29.6 -1.7

Information

330.1 301.9 303.5 303.5 -26.6 -8.1

Financial activities

814.7 809.4 809.1 810.1 -4.6 -0.6

Professional and business services

1,664.8 1,646.3 1,653.0 1,639.2 -25.6 -1.5

Education and health services

2,194.3 2,292.7 2,320.5 2,336.9 142.6 6.5

Leisure and hospitality

887.7 940.5 931.0 928.5 40.8 4.6

Other services

405.6 404.4 406.3 402.6 -3.0 -0.7

Government

1,307.3 1,308.5 1,309.7 1,309.3 2.0 0.2

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

Total nonfarm

3,081.7 3,149.4 3,161.8 3,162.8 81.1 2.6

Mining, logging, and construction

123.2 130.9 129.2 128.4 5.2 4.2

Manufacturing

181.6 182.0 182.3 183.3 1.7 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

573.2 557.5 564.4 571.7 -1.5 -0.3

Information

54.7 55.0 54.9 54.8 0.1 0.2

Financial activities

230.2 231.4 231.1 230.7 0.5 0.2

Professional and business services

502.9 515.4 515.4 510.7 7.8 1.6

Education and health services

695.4 727.0 734.7 734.4 39.0 5.6

Leisure and hospitality

258.0 279.9 276.6 276.5 18.5 7.2

Other services

123.0 127.2 128.3 127.4 4.4 3.6

Government

339.5 343.1 344.9 344.9 5.4 1.6

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,379.5 2,392.2 2,416.7 2,422.0 42.5 1.8

Mining and logging

3.1 3.4 3.4 3.4 0.3 9.7

Construction

153.1 161.5 165.0 163.5 10.4 6.8

Manufacturing

151.6 149.1 149.4 149.4 -2.2 -1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

466.7 454.7 465.1 468.2 1.5 0.3

Information

43.6 40.0 40.6 40.4 -3.2 -7.3

Financial activities

222.4 221.3 221.1 224.2 1.8 0.8

Professional and business services

403.6 400.3 406.4 406.3 2.7 0.7

Education and health services

379.3 393.0 396.8 398.3 19.0 5.0

Leisure and hospitality

241.4 246.5 247.1 246.6 5.2 2.2

Other services

73.1 70.2 69.6 70.5 -2.6 -3.6

Government

241.6 252.2 252.2 251.2 9.6 4.0

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,509.5 2,537.8 2,543.0 2,549.4 39.9 1.6

Mining and logging

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0

Construction

123.4 132.3 129.8 127.2 3.8 3.1

Manufacturing

157.0 156.9 156.8 157.6 0.6 0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

368.8 360.5 363.8 366.7 -2.1 -0.6

Information

155.2 150.5 149.7 148.9 -6.3 -4.1

Financial activities

146.8 146.4 145.0 145.4 -1.4 -1.0

Professional and business services

531.6 520.7 520.2 520.6 -11.0 -2.1

Education and health services

391.6 406.0 410.2 414.8 23.2 5.9

Leisure and hospitality

246.5 261.5 261.4 262.0 15.5 6.3

Other services

83.5 86.4 86.9 87.4 3.9 4.7

Government

304.8 316.3 318.9 318.5 13.7 4.5

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

Total nonfarm

3,355.9 3,405.4 3,411.1 3,394.0 38.1 1.1

Mining, logging, and construction

165.7 168.9 167.3 165.9 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing

58.5 57.0 56.9 56.9 -1.6 -2.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

415.5 403.6 411.5 416.5 1.0 0.2

Information

80.3 80.5 81.4 81.0 0.7 0.9

Financial activities

154.8 152.6 152.5 151.8 -3.0 -1.9

Professional and business services

806.1 812.7 807.5 803.0 -3.1 -0.4

Education and health services

450.5 468.8 469.9 466.9 16.4 3.6

Leisure and hospitality

304.4 321.8 320.2 316.7 12.3 4.0

Other services

194.0 200.0 200.4 200.0 6.0 3.1

Government

726.1 739.5 743.5 735.3 9.2 1.3

Footnotes
(1) U.S. data are preliminary for two months after they are first published.
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Tuesday, February 06, 2024