Total nonfarm employment for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, metropolitan area increased by 95,300 over the year in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Acting Regional Commissioner Mark J. Maggi noted that the local rate of job gain, 1.0 percent, compared to the 1.1-percent national increase. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, is made up of four metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, with 64 percent of the metropolitan area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 76,700 jobs over the year. Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY (14 percent of the area’s employment), Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ (12 percent of the area’s employment), and Newark, NJ (10 percent of the area’s employment), each had little change in the employment level over the year.

Industry employment

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, education and health services had the only significant gain (+107,100) among local private-industry supersectors. (See chart 2.) Health care and social assistance (+97,000) led the increase in the metropolitan area. The New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division added 75,000 jobs, or 77 percent of the metropolitan area’s employment gain in the health care and social assistance sector. The 4.7-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to a 3.5-percent increase on the national level.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in May 2025. Four of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+95,300), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+46,800), Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (+42,900), and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (+41,100). (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, had a 1.4-percent rate of job gain, followed by Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (+1.3 percent), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+1.1 percent), and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+1.0 percent).

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for June 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 30, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. More information about the CES data is available in the State Employment and Unemployment Summary and the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary. See the Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Technical Note for more information on definitions and methodology.

Reliability of the employment 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. 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. Documentation on the reliability of state and area estimates is available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineations issued on July 21, 2023. 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 Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Putnam, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York and Bergen, Essex, Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey.

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

Additional information

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

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Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, New York-Newark-Jersey City, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)

Area	May 2024	March 2025	April 2025	May 2025(p)	May 2024 to May 2025(p)
					Net change	Percent change
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm	9,975.4	9,954.3	10,009.5	10,070.7	95.3	1.0
Mining, logging, and construction	391.5	368.8	376.5	381.5	-10.0	-2.6
Manufacturing	331.5	330.3	330.3	329.5	-2.0	-0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,595.3	1,585.3	1,578.3	1,587.0	-8.3	-0.5
Information	312.7	309.8	309.8	309.3	-3.4	-1.1
Financial activities	815.3	814.0	814.5	813.7	-1.6	-0.2
Professional and business services	1,624.1	1,594.9	1,611.4	1,618.2	-5.9	-0.4
Education and health services	2,279.9	2,364.0	2,382.4	2,387.0	107.1	4.7
Leisure and hospitality	927.3	868.8	884.8	928.9	1.6	0.2
Other services	401.3	401.1	402.0	403.3	2.0	0.5
Government	1,296.5	1,317.3	1,319.5	1,312.3	15.8	1.2
Lakewood-New Brunswick, NJ Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	1,186.1	1,165.1	1,176.8	1,193.5	7.4	0.6
Mining, logging, and construction	53.4	50.2	51.2	51.3	-2.1	-3.9
Manufacturing	63.6	63.7	64.3	63.9	0.3	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	253.4	249.8	249.7	251.0	-2.4	-0.9
Information	24.9	23.5	23.2	23.1	-1.8	-7.2
Financial activities	56.3	57.9	58.3	58.5	2.2	3.9
Professional and business services	223.2	218.4	220.1	222.8	-0.4	-0.2
Education and health services	214.9	222.1	223.5	224.5	9.6	4.5
Leisure and hospitality	109.2	94.7	100.6	112.2	3.0	2.7
Other services	48.4	48.1	48.7	49.2	0.8	1.7
Government	138.8	136.7	137.2	137.0	-1.8	-1.3
Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	1,372.2	1,353.7	1,366.7	1,381.0	8.8	0.6
Mining, logging, and construction	83.1	76.7	77.7	78.8	-4.3	-5.2
Manufacturing	69.2	69.0	68.9	68.9	-0.3	-0.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	252.4	250.6	250.3	251.2	-1.2	-0.5
Information	14.5	13.3	13.2	13.3	-1.2	-8.3
Financial activities	68.7	67.0	67.0	67.1	-1.6	-2.3
Professional and business services	190.2	181.4	188.7	192.4	2.2	1.2
Education and health services	296.8	306.4	307.9	308.7	11.9	4.0
Leisure and hospitality	135.6	125.1	128.2	134.4	-1.2	-0.9
Other services	60.6	60.7	60.3	60.0	-0.6	-1.0
Government	201.1	203.5	204.5	206.2	5.1	2.5
Newark, NJ Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	1,055.0	1,046.8	1,052.8	1,057.4	2.4	0.2
Mining, logging, and construction	40.6	37.0	39.3	38.9	-1.7	-4.2
Manufacturing	64.3	65.1	65.1	65.3	1.0	1.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	202.6	200.8	199.8	201.2	-1.4	-0.7
Information	19.1	18.0	17.9	18.0	-1.1	-5.8
Financial activities	70.1	69.6	69.9	70.0	-0.1	-0.1
Professional and business services	188.5	182.9	182.6	183.1	-5.4	-2.9
Education and health services	178.3	185.8	188.3	187.9	9.6	5.4
Leisure and hospitality	88.4	80.7	82.5	87.3	-1.1	-1.2
Other services	45.5	45.8	46.1	46.6	1.1	2.4
Government	157.6	161.1	161.3	159.1	1.5	1.0
New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	6,362.1	6,388.7	6,413.2	6,438.8	76.7	1.2
Mining, logging, and construction	214.4	204.9	208.3	212.5	-1.9	-0.9
Manufacturing	134.4	132.5	132.0	131.4	-3.0	-2.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	886.9	884.1	878.5	883.6	-3.3	-0.4
Information	254.2	255.0	255.5	254.9	0.7	0.3
Financial activities	620.2	619.5	619.3	618.1	-2.1	-0.3
Professional and business services	1,022.2	1,012.2	1,020.0	1,019.9	-2.3	-0.2
Education and health services	1,589.9	1,649.7	1,662.7	1,665.9	76.0	4.8
Leisure and hospitality	594.1	568.3	573.5	595.0	0.9	0.2
Other services	246.8	246.5	246.9	247.5	0.7	0.3
Government	799.0	816.0	816.5	810.0	11.0	1.4
New York City, NY
Total nonfarm	4,780.3	4,819.3	4,831.9	4,847.3	67.0	1.4
Mining, logging, and construction	143.3	137.0	138.8	139.2	-4.1	-2.9
Manufacturing	55.5	54.7	54.8	54.7	-0.8	-1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	576.3	578.3	574.2	576.9	0.6	0.1
Information	225.1	228.1	228.9	228.3	3.2	1.4
Financial activities	502.3	502.0	501.0	500.9	-1.4	-0.3
Professional and business services	797.2	794.5	794.9	794.3	-2.9	-0.4
Education and health services	1,258.7	1,308.4	1,318.4	1,322.5	63.8	5.1
Leisure and hospitality	453.7	434.8	439.5	452.6	-1.1	-0.2
Other services	179.1	178.1	178.5	178.9	-0.2	-0.1
Government	589.1	603.4	602.9	599.0	9.9	1.7
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area	May 2024	Mar 2025	Apr 2025	May 2025(p)	May 2024 to May 2025(p)
					Net change	Percent change
United States(1)
Total nonfarm	158,256	158,402	159,238	159,964	1,708	1.1
Mining and logging	624	619	621	624	0	0.0
Construction	8,237	8,071	8,218	8,354	117	1.4
Manufacturing	12,829	12,714	12,721	12,740	-89	-0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	28,794	28,862	28,848	28,954	160	0.6
Information	2,939	2,921	2,921	2,928	-11	-0.4
Financial activities	9,126	9,180	9,186	9,223	97	1.1
Professional and business services	22,682	22,351	22,571	22,618	-64	-0.3
Education and health services	26,375	27,222	27,337	27,296	921	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	17,076	16,558	16,858	17,331	255	1.5
Other services	5,983	5,993	6,019	6,059	76	1.3
Government	23,591	23,911	23,938	23,837	246	1.0
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Total nonfarm	3,118.0	3,110.0	3,109.1	3,120.0	2.0	0.1
Mining and logging	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
Construction	150.7	147.9	146.3	146.1	-4.6	-3.1
Manufacturing	181.0	179.8	180.1	180.7	-0.3	-0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	660.8	651.2	650.1	650.2	-10.6	-1.6
Information	107.6	107.8	102.7	105.7	-1.9	-1.8
Financial activities	207.9	209.0	208.9	208.7	0.8	0.4
Professional and business services	572.1	566.5	569.5	570.0	-2.1	-0.4
Education and health services	442.1	460.1	459.5	462.7	20.6	4.7
Leisure and hospitality	322.1	308.6	313.9	318.9	-3.2	-1.0
Other services	110.2	110.0	109.8	109.4	-0.8	-0.7
Government	361.4	367.0	366.2	365.5	4.1	1.1
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Total nonfarm	2,769.2	2,728.6	2,753.3	2,771.6	2.4	0.1
Mining, logging, and construction	124.8	114.9	119.1	122.8	-2.0	-1.6
Manufacturing	164.7	162.4	162.5	163.3	-1.4	-0.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	390.2	387.2	387.8	390.2	0.0	0.0
Information	77.2	75.5	76.0	76.7	-0.5	-0.6
Financial activities	177.4	178.9	179.5	180.1	2.7	1.5
Professional and business services	521.5	509.9	519.0	517.3	-4.2	-0.8
Education and health services	612.7	624.4	624.8	617.0	4.3	0.7
Leisure and hospitality	279.8	253.2	262.1	278.8	-1.0	-0.4
Other services	98.2	95.1	96.3	97.9	-0.3	-0.3
Government	322.7	327.1	326.2	327.5	4.8	1.5
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Total nonfarm	4,737.7	4,678.3	4,706.3	4,755.1	17.4	0.4
Mining and logging	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
Construction	183.4	167.1	176.0	183.5	0.1	0.1
Manufacturing	406.0	406.2	404.8	402.0	-4.0	-1.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	942.3	936.5	933.8	936.3	-6.0	-0.6
Information	75.3	75.3	75.6	76.3	1.0	1.3
Financial activities	311.8	312.6	313.3	315.0	3.2	1.0
Professional and business services	816.0	789.2	795.4	806.4	-9.6	-1.2
Education and health services	770.9	782.0	786.8	786.8	15.9	2.1
Leisure and hospitality	478.6	456.3	467.9	485.6	7.0	1.5
Other services	193.4	194.2	194.1	195.4	2.0	1.0
Government	558.3	557.3	556.9	566.1	7.8	1.4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm	4,262.4	4,275.8	4,294.6	4,309.2	46.8	1.1
Mining, logging, and construction	253.6	256.5	258.3	261.8	8.2	3.2
Manufacturing	310.9	308.5	308.1	308.8	-2.1	-0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	884.2	891.3	889.9	893.1	8.9	1.0
Information	88.2	89.4	89.0	87.9	-0.3	-0.3
Financial activities	378.1	382.6	383.3	384.9	6.8	1.8
Professional and business services	774.8	764.7	771.2	766.5	-8.3	-1.1
Education and health services	512.0	518.2	520.1	522.1	10.1	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	433.1	429.5	437.4	444.3	11.2	2.6
Other services	140.7	140.2	140.3	141.1	0.4	0.3
Government	486.8	494.9	497.0	498.7	11.9	2.4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Total nonfarm	3,441.7	3,455.8	3,467.7	3,471.3	29.6	0.9
Mining and logging	77.9	80.1	81.1	81.5	3.6	4.6
Construction	233.0	233.3	232.6	231.7	-1.3	-0.6
Manufacturing	238.1	238.5	239.5	238.7	0.6	0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	691.6	698.7	699.4	702.4	10.8	1.6
Information	30.1	29.2	29.3	29.6	-0.5	-1.7
Financial activities	180.4	181.1	181.0	181.4	1.0	0.6
Professional and business services	564.9	556.9	560.8	557.6	-7.3	-1.3
Education and health services	459.1	466.8	469.0	469.0	9.9	2.2
Leisure and hospitality	368.9	364.2	367.9	375.3	6.4	1.7
Other services	132.1	135.9	135.3	135.3	3.2	2.4
Government	465.6	471.1	471.8	468.8	3.2	0.7
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Total nonfarm	6,278.5	6,262.7	6,287.8	6,307.3	28.8	0.5
Mining and logging	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
Construction	255.8	242.9	247.7	247.6	-8.2	-3.2
Manufacturing	467.5	450.6	450.0	450.6	-16.9	-3.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,062.5	1,060.1	1,057.7	1,059.0	-3.5	-0.3
Information	213.5	207.2	209.4	210.0	-3.5	-1.6
Financial activities	311.1	303.0	303.5	304.0	-7.1	-2.3
Professional and business services	967.3	960.1	960.8	961.7	-5.6	-0.6
Education and health services	1,241.4	1,296.5	1,303.7	1,303.0	61.6	5.0
Leisure and hospitality	776.3	755.3	764.4	775.4	-0.9	-0.1
Other services	216.1	211.4	212.8	215.3	-0.8	-0.4
Government	764.9	773.6	775.7	778.6	13.7	1.8
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Total nonfarm	2,962.3	2,995.1	3,000.3	3,005.2	42.9	1.4
Mining and logging	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
Construction	157.7	159.9	160.6	161.3	3.6	2.3
Manufacturing	101.7	102.6	102.4	103.4	1.7	1.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	653.5	667.3	664.9	665.9	12.4	1.9
Information	54.8	54.4	53.8	53.7	-1.1	-2.0
Financial activities	219.9	220.1	220.0	221.4	1.5	0.7
Professional and business services	518.7	516.4	521.9	522.2	3.5	0.7
Education and health services	462.7	473.6	475.9	475.1	12.4	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	354.2	355.9	356.9	356.9	2.7	0.8
Other services	118.4	119.3	119.4	120.0	1.6	1.4
Government	319.8	324.7	323.6	324.4	4.6	1.4
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Total nonfarm	9,975.4	9,954.3	10,009.5	10,070.7	95.3	1.0
Mining, logging, and construction	391.5	368.8	376.5	381.5	-10.0	-2.6
Manufacturing	331.5	330.3	330.3	329.5	-2.0	-0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,595.3	1,585.3	1,578.3	1,587.0	-8.3	-0.5
Information	312.7	309.8	309.8	309.3	-3.4	-1.1
Financial activities	815.3	814.0	814.5	813.7	-1.6	-0.2
Professional and business services	1,624.1	1,594.9	1,611.4	1,618.2	-5.9	-0.4
Education and health services	2,279.9	2,364.0	2,382.4	2,387.0	107.1	4.7
Leisure and hospitality	927.3	868.8	884.8	928.9	1.6	0.2
Other services	401.3	401.1	402.0	403.3	2.0	0.5
Government	1,296.5	1,317.3	1,319.5	1,312.3	15.8	1.2
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Total nonfarm	3,113.0	3,114.0	3,138.3	3,154.1	41.1	1.3
Mining, logging, and construction	124.9	117.7	120.9	122.6	-2.3	-1.8
Manufacturing	178.4	177.1	177.8	178.4	0.0	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	540.7	541.1	540.4	544.1	3.4	0.6
Information	52.1	51.0	51.0	51.2	-0.9	-1.7
Financial activities	225.7	222.9	224.2	224.7	-1.0	-0.4
Professional and business services	500.5	494.8	501.5	502.6	2.1	0.4
Education and health services	730.6	758.3	763.4	757.7	27.1	3.7
Leisure and hospitality	286.4	266.0	274.5	289.1	2.7	0.9
Other services	126.0	129.4	129.5	131.1	5.1	4.0
Government	347.7	355.7	355.1	352.6	4.9	1.4
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
Total nonfarm	2,447.0	2,460.1	2,476.7	2,461.3	14.3	0.6
Mining and logging	3.6	3.9	3.9	3.9	0.3	8.3
Construction	180.1	179.2	181.6	179.4	-0.7	-0.4
Manufacturing	149.7	148.2	147.2	147.0	-2.7	-1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	469.5	465.4	468.3	465.3	-4.2	-0.9
Information	41.1	38.5	39.4	39.2	-1.9	-4.6
Financial activities	209.4	209.9	210.0	210.4	1.0	0.5
Professional and business services	389.5	385.7	388.6	385.7	-3.8	-1.0
Education and health services	402.5	418.2	424.7	422.8	20.3	5.0
Leisure and hospitality	268.6	269.1	269.3	268.5	-0.1	0.0
Other services	78.4	79.3	80.4	79.7	1.3	1.7
Government	254.6	262.7	263.3	259.4	4.8	1.9
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Total nonfarm	2,449.4	2,416.8	2,422.8	2,428.1	-21.3	-0.9
Mining and logging	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
Construction	120.5	113.6	115.6	116.5	-4.0	-3.3
Manufacturing	141.9	133.4	132.8	132.5	-9.4	-6.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	341.3	342.3	341.3	341.9	0.6	0.2
Information	135.7	132.8	131.5	130.4	-5.3	-3.9
Financial activities	131.5	127.7	127.9	128.2	-3.3	-2.5
Professional and business services	491.8	483.1	483.7	482.2	-9.6	-2.0
Education and health services	413.0	425.2	428.3	427.5	14.5	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	254.9	242.2	243.5	247.7	-7.2	-2.8
Other services	87.9	86.2	87.0	88.0	0.1	0.1
Government	330.5	329.9	330.8	332.8	2.3	0.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Total nonfarm	3,380.4	3,380.9	3,396.5	3,407.7	27.3	0.8
Mining, logging, and construction	164.1	168.7	174.7	176.4	12.3	7.5
Manufacturing	56.7	56.9	57.0	56.9	0.2	0.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	398.3	398.4	397.3	399.7	1.4	0.4
Information	81.0	80.9	80.6	80.8	-0.2	-0.2
Financial activities	153.4	153.7	154.3	153.7	0.3	0.2
Professional and business services	808.5	801.5	801.4	804.3	-4.2	-0.5
Education and health services	475.0	493.5	494.3	491.5	16.5	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	331.4	314.4	323.6	332.7	1.3	0.4
Other services	184.3	183.3	185.8	187.9	3.6	2.0
Government	727.7	729.6	727.5	723.8	-3.9	-0.5
Footnotes (1) U.S. data are preliminary for two months after they are first published. (p) Preliminary