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22-1775-NEW
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

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New York Area Employment — July 2022

Total nonfarm employment for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, metropolitan area increased by 497,500 over the year in July, 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 growth, 5.3 percent, compared to 4.0 percent rate nationwide. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, is made up of four metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. Employment grew over the year in 3 of the 4 divisions. New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, with 72 percent of the area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 392,600 jobs over the year. Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY, and Newark, NJ-PA, each with 13 percent of the metropolitan area’s employment, added 33,100 jobs and 67,200 jobs, respectively. Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY, with a July 2022 employment level of 142,300, accounted for 1 percent of the area’s jobs.

Industry employment

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, leisure and hospitality had the largest gain (+141,000) among local private-industry supersectors. (See chart 2.) The 17.8-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s leisure and hospitality supersector compared to the 8.7-percent gain on the national level.

Education and health services gained 100,300 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. The New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division added 63,900 jobs in the health care and social assistance sector, accounting for most of the supersector’s gain. The metropolitan area’s 5.1-percent increase for education and health services compared to a 3.3-percent increase for the nation.

Employment in professional and business services was up 98,700 over the year in the metropolitan area. The professional, scientific, and technical services sector added 39,200 jobs in the New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division and 8,400 in the Newark, NJ-PA, division. The metropolitan area had a 6.4-percent gain for professional and business services supersector compared to a 5.2-percent increase for the nation.

Trade, transportation, and utilities gained 65,500 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. Employment increases were reported in the New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division (+48,900) and the Newark, NJ-PA, division (+9,100). Within this supersector, 44 percent of the metropolitan area’s employment gain was concentrated in retail trade (+28,900).

Other services added 36,300 jobs. The metropolitan area’s 9.7-percent increase for other services compared to a 3.9-percent increase for the nation.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in July 2022 and reported the largest job increase (+497,500). All 12 areas gained jobs over the year. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, had the smallest increase (+75,000) among the largest areas, followed by Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (+94,200). (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, had a 7.2-percent rate of job gain. The rates of job gain in the remaining 11 areas ranged from 6.1 percent in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, to 2.3 percent in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for August 2022 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

2022 Preliminary Benchmark Revision to Establishment Survey Data released on August 24, 2022

Each year, Current Employment Statistics (CES) estimates are benchmarked to comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). These counts are derived from state unemployment insurance (UI) tax records that nearly all employers are required to file. As part of the benchmark process for benchmark year 2022, census-derived employment counts replace CES payroll employment estimates for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions for the period from April 2021 to September 2022.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released first-quarter 2022 data from the QCEW on August 24, 2022. Preliminary benchmark revisions for March 2022 for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and selected metropolitan areas at the total nonfarm level are available on the CES State and Area homepage at www.bls.gov/sae. The final benchmark revision for all state and metropolitan area series will be issued with the publication of the January 2023 State Employment and Unemployment news release in March 2023.


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.

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 2017 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 decrease volatility in estimation.

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 online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/bmrk_article.htm.

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. Measures of sampling error for the total nonfarm employment series are available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm.

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.

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Bronx, Dutchess, Kings, Nassau, New York, Orange, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.

  • The Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metropolitan Division includes Dutchess and Putnam Counties in New York.
  • The Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division includes Nassau and Suffolk Counties in New York.
  • The New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division includes New York City (Bronx, Kings, New York, Queens, and Richmond Counties), and Orange, Rockland, and Westchester Counties in New York; and Bergen, Hudson, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Passaic Counties in New Jersey.
  • The Newark, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division includes Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.

Additional information

Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/.

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, New York-Newark-Jersey City, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
AreaJuly
2021
May
2022
June
2022
July
2022(1)
July 2021 to
July 2022(1)
Net
change
Percent
change

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

9,335.69,727.49,867.29,833.1497.55.3

Mining, logging, and construction

396.2391.9395.9397.81.60.4

Manufacturing

334.6339.8343.4343.38.72.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,587.61,648.91,669.31,653.165.54.1

Information

309.5321.2329.8330.721.26.8

Financial activities

778.9776.1787.3791.913.01.7

Professional and business services

1,544.21,613.21,637.91,642.998.76.4

Education and health services

1,957.32,072.52,067.02,057.6100.35.1

Leisure and hospitality

791.0862.4915.7932.0141.017.8

Other services

374.5401.5408.5410.836.39.7

Government

1,261.81,299.91,312.41,273.011.20.9

Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

137.7141.8143.1142.34.63.3

Mining, logging, and construction

8.68.38.48.5-0.1-1.2

Manufacturing

8.68.38.38.3-0.3-3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

23.823.824.023.80.00.0

Information

1.61.61.61.60.00.0

Financial activities

5.15.05.05.0-0.1-2.0

Professional and business services

13.013.513.913.80.86.2

Education and health services

33.435.634.434.51.13.3

Leisure and hospitality

15.214.215.615.70.53.3

Other services

6.36.46.56.50.23.2

Government

22.125.125.424.62.511.3

Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,292.81,316.11,336.11,325.933.12.6

Mining, logging, and construction

81.080.880.580.6-0.4-0.5

Manufacturing

68.167.867.567.9-0.2-0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

247.5255.1258.3255.07.53.0

Information

14.514.214.514.80.32.1

Financial activities

70.869.769.869.4-1.4-2.0

Professional and business services

171.0176.4179.8178.67.64.4

Education and health services

265.6268.7266.6266.91.30.5

Leisure and hospitality

134.3126.9137.8143.28.96.6

Other services

53.556.357.058.75.29.7

Government

186.5200.2204.3190.84.32.3

New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

6,732.27,040.47,136.87,124.8392.65.8

Mining, logging, and construction

258.9251.7255.7256.6-2.3-0.9

Manufacturing

183.8188.5191.0190.36.53.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,081.01,127.31,140.31,129.948.94.5

Information

270.0283.0290.4291.221.27.9

Financial activities

625.8623.4634.8639.513.72.2

Professional and business services

1,117.11,173.41,191.31,196.479.37.1

Education and health services

1,474.61,575.11,571.91,560.585.95.8

Leisure and hospitality

550.4621.3653.7663.6113.220.6

Other services

267.1286.7292.4292.825.79.6

Government

903.5910.0915.3904.00.50.1

New York City, NY

Total nonfarm

4,251.34,495.94,531.14,552.5301.27.1

Mining, logging, and construction

142.0139.9141.5141.8-0.2-0.1

Manufacturing

54.857.558.257.72.95.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

542.9577.4581.1574.231.35.8

Information

221.9235.4242.1243.321.49.6

Financial activities

470.6467.6477.7481.010.42.2

Professional and business services

723.8774.0784.4788.464.68.9

Education and health services

1,013.91,091.11,086.21,082.668.76.8

Leisure and hospitality

320.3395.4399.6404.484.126.3

Other services

168.4180.2182.5182.714.38.5

Government

592.7577.4577.8596.43.70.6

Newark, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,172.91,229.11,251.21,240.167.25.7

Mining, logging, and construction

47.751.151.352.14.49.2

Manufacturing

74.175.276.676.82.73.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

235.3242.7246.7244.49.13.9

Information

23.422.423.323.1-0.3-1.3

Financial activities

77.278.077.778.00.81.0

Professional and business services

243.1249.9252.9254.111.04.5

Education and health services

183.7193.1194.1195.712.06.5

Leisure and hospitality

91.1100.0108.6109.518.420.2

Other services

47.652.152.652.85.210.9

Government

149.7164.6167.4153.63.92.6

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)
AreaJul
2021
May
2022
Jun
2022
Jul
2022(p)
Jul 2021 to
Jul 2022(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

United States(1)

Total nonfarm

146,452151,728152,634152,2495,7974.0

Mining and logging

5776166326426511.3

Construction

7,6057,7077,8557,9283234.2

Manufacturing

12,41712,74212,87112,8874703.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

27,64528,43828,64128,6189733.5

Information

2,8592,9753,0283,0471886.6

Financial activities

8,8368,9218,9949,0311952.2

Professional and business services

21,31622,15622,31022,4261,1105.2

Education and health services

23,43424,26524,15924,1997653.3

Leisure and hospitality

15,21215,76116,32516,5411,3298.7

Other services

5,5705,6925,7625,7862163.9

Government

20,98122,45522,05721,1441630.8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

2,830.72,963.22,984.62,983.5152.85.4

Mining and logging

1.81.92.02.00.211.1

Construction

132.5133.1133.8132.50.00.0

Manufacturing

169.2176.5178.0177.07.84.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

605.4637.5641.0642.236.86.1

Information

108.5120.9121.8121.613.112.1

Financial activities

185.8192.9195.2196.811.05.9

Professional and business services

560.5590.3596.4598.237.76.7

Education and health services

369.1387.0387.7386.817.74.8

Leisure and hospitality

279.1289.1295.7300.821.77.8

Other services

101.4102.6104.2103.01.61.6

Government

317.4331.4328.8322.65.21.6

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

Total nonfarm

2,693.12,784.02,819.32,820.8127.74.7

Mining, logging, and construction

127.9130.3133.7135.67.76.0

Manufacturing

180.0184.4185.6186.86.83.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

402.0409.7416.4414.712.73.2

Information

84.085.687.589.05.06.0

Financial activities

184.9178.3180.0181.4-3.5-1.9

Professional and business services

524.1541.7549.0556.432.36.2

Education and health services

574.3597.7595.3598.924.64.3

Leisure and hospitality

240.0252.4270.2275.535.514.8

Other services

94.795.398.2101.26.56.9

Government

281.2308.6303.4281.30.10.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,557.44,693.34,753.64,760.2202.84.4

Mining and logging

1.91.91.91.90.00.0

Construction

183.5184.4192.5193.910.45.7

Manufacturing

401.6409.7412.6417.616.04.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

931.5951.5960.9964.533.03.5

Information

75.678.079.478.73.14.1

Financial activities

318.9313.4314.9319.00.10.0

Professional and business services

817.7842.6857.1861.243.55.3

Education and health services

704.4729.8725.9719.014.62.1

Leisure and hospitality

430.7458.9483.8492.361.614.3

Other services

184.2187.2189.2189.95.73.1

Government

507.4535.9535.4522.214.82.9

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

3,847.64,100.04,119.44,125.2277.67.2

Mining, logging, and construction

220.9234.4230.8231.810.94.9

Manufacturing

287.5296.0299.7301.213.74.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

833.3881.2886.5890.156.86.8

Information

82.286.187.288.15.97.2

Financial activities

345.3364.1368.0371.526.27.6

Professional and business services

690.2753.0756.2761.671.410.3

Education and health services

459.3481.5485.2488.429.16.3

Leisure and hospitality

379.5418.3428.7431.652.113.7

Other services

122.6132.8134.4134.311.79.5

Government

426.8452.6442.7426.6-0.20.0

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,078.13,230.33,266.13,267.0188.96.1

Mining and logging

59.266.968.870.811.619.6

Construction

209.8232.5238.3240.831.014.8

Manufacturing

213.4222.2225.7227.914.56.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

631.9665.2669.0674.242.36.7

Information

30.831.632.032.31.54.9

Financial activities

170.8172.4172.4172.92.11.2

Professional and business services

509.1516.0525.2531.122.04.3

Education and health services

409.6431.4432.6435.726.16.4

Leisure and hospitality

322.6344.3355.5354.131.59.8

Other services

110.4111.5115.1114.74.33.9

Government

410.5436.3431.5412.52.00.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

5,908.16,157.76,174.46,155.5247.44.2

Mining and logging

2.02.02.02.00.00.0

Construction

253.0259.7261.6265.712.75.0

Manufacturing

461.4471.7474.3476.214.83.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,065.61,090.81,096.21,100.034.43.2

Information

241.2254.3253.8256.215.06.2

Financial activities

330.4326.9328.6328.6-1.8-0.5

Professional and business services

957.4982.4986.4997.440.04.2

Education and health services

1,072.11,117.31,110.31,114.142.03.9

Leisure and hospitality

659.0716.8723.1731.872.811.0

Other services

187.1201.2202.0207.620.511.0

Government

678.9734.6736.1675.9-3.0-0.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,646.42,783.12,770.32,789.3142.95.4

Mining and logging

0.90.90.90.90.00.0

Construction

139.4144.0143.6145.25.84.2

Manufacturing

89.495.095.495.86.47.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

604.5634.4637.8639.835.35.8

Information

51.752.652.753.11.42.7

Financial activities

197.8201.9202.2204.46.63.3

Professional and business services

467.7486.5487.8492.124.45.2

Education and health services

403.8419.7419.4426.422.65.6

Leisure and hospitality

295.1324.9326.6326.531.410.6

Other services

111.3116.5118.8120.18.87.9

Government

284.8306.7285.1285.00.20.1

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

Total nonfarm

9,335.69,727.49,867.29,833.1497.55.3

Mining, logging, and construction

396.2391.9395.9397.81.60.4

Manufacturing

334.6339.8343.4343.38.72.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,587.61,648.91,669.31,653.165.54.1

Information

309.5321.2329.8330.721.26.8

Financial activities

778.9776.1787.3791.913.01.7

Professional and business services

1,544.21,613.21,637.91,642.998.76.4

Education and health services

1,957.32,072.52,067.02,057.6100.35.1

Leisure and hospitality

791.0862.4915.7932.0141.017.8

Other services

374.5401.5408.5410.836.39.7

Government

1,261.81,299.91,312.41,273.011.20.9

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

Total nonfarm

2,861.12,967.62,986.22,984.4123.34.3

Mining, logging, and construction

123.0122.1123.9124.31.31.1

Manufacturing

174.1178.9179.2180.86.73.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

519.2539.7545.9546.927.75.3

Information

49.049.750.450.61.63.3

Financial activities

219.4218.9220.1221.52.11.0

Professional and business services

475.8492.9498.0503.627.85.8

Education and health services

631.3659.4653.6653.522.23.5

Leisure and hospitality

246.7256.4269.1272.826.110.6

Other services

113.6118.2120.1121.27.66.7

Government

309.0331.4325.9309.20.20.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,178.32,273.52,254.72,272.594.24.3

Mining and logging

2.83.03.03.00.27.1

Construction

139.8141.4143.7144.54.73.4

Manufacturing

138.1143.4145.2147.29.16.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

436.5451.4453.1457.921.44.9

Information

40.142.843.343.33.28.0

Financial activities

216.6212.7215.4216.3-0.3-0.1

Professional and business services

365.0377.3376.1382.617.64.8

Education and health services

338.2358.6354.5359.721.56.4

Leisure and hospitality

214.7232.0231.1230.716.07.5

Other services

68.071.770.670.22.23.2

Government

218.5239.2218.7217.1-1.4-0.6

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,346.62,447.62,463.32,466.0119.45.1

Mining and logging

0.40.40.40.40.00.0

Construction

124.1126.9128.0132.58.46.8

Manufacturing

147.9152.8155.3155.57.65.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

347.0357.3360.2361.814.84.3

Information

141.0144.9147.0150.19.16.5

Financial activities

140.6140.8141.7142.82.21.6

Professional and business services

495.4518.3522.2528.933.56.8

Education and health services

364.8372.7370.0368.53.71.0

Leisure and hospitality

213.1232.1237.7241.128.013.1

Other services

76.883.384.785.78.911.6

Government

295.5318.1316.1298.73.21.1

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

Total nonfarm

3,240.73,292.33,321.03,315.775.02.3

Mining, logging, and construction

163.7163.7167.0166.52.81.7

Manufacturing

55.655.556.356.30.71.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

397.6400.6407.6407.610.02.5

Information

77.276.778.279.42.22.8

Financial activities

158.6151.7154.2152.2-6.4-4.0

Professional and business services

791.1793.6800.4805.914.81.9

Education and health services

419.7432.9433.9438.118.44.4

Leisure and hospitality

283.5305.3314.9316.432.911.6

Other services

196.9198.0198.8199.72.81.4

Government

696.8714.3709.7693.6-3.2-0.5

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

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022