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23-1894-BOS
Wednesday, August 30, 2023

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New York Area Employment — July 2023

Total nonfarm employment for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, metropolitan area increased by 227,000 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, 2.3 percent, compared to the 2.1-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-PA, is made up of four metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. Employment increased significantly over the year in two of the four divisions. New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, with 73 percent of the metropolitan area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 188,700 jobs over the year. Newark, NJ-PA, which accounted for 13 percent of the area’s employment, gained 34,300 jobs since July 2022. Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY, also accounted for 13 percent of the area’s employment, but the employment level was little changed. The employment level for Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY, was also little changed and accounted for 1 percent of the area’s employment.

Industry employment

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, education and health services had the largest gain (+146,000) among local private-industry supersectors. (See chart 2.) The New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division added 127,500 jobs, or 87 percent of the metropolitan area’s employment gain in this industry, and 93,100 of those jobs were in the health care and social assistance sector. The 7.1-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to a 4.1-percent increase on the national level.

Leisure and hospitality gained 60,100 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area, with employment increases in the New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division (+43,700) and the Newark, NJ-PA, division (+14,200). Within leisure and hospitality, the accommodation and food services sector added 44,900 jobs in the New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division. The metropolitan area’s 6.4-percent rise for leisure and hospitality compared to a 3.9-percent gain for the nation.

Mining, logging, and construction employment expanded by 14,400 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. Gains in this industry were concentrated in the New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division. No other supersectors experienced significant employment gains in the metropolitan area.

In contrast, information lost 24,200 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. The New York-Jersey City-White Plains, NY-NJ, division lost 23,400 jobs. The 7.3-percent decline in the metropolitan area’s employment for this supersector compared to a 1.1-percent loss nationally.

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 2023 and had the largest job increase (+227,000), followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+178,600), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (+152,600). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, had the smallest increase (+48,800), closely followed by Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (+52,300), and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (+52,800), among the largest areas. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, had a 4.4-percent rate of job gain. The rates of job gain in the remaining 11 areas ranged from 3.1 percent in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, to 1.4 percent in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for August 2023 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

2023 Preliminary Benchmark Revision to Establishment Survey Data released on August 23, 2023

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 2023, 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 2022 to September 2023.

 

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released first-quarter 2023 data from the QCEW on August 23, 2023. Preliminary benchmark revisions for March 2023 for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and selected metropolitan areas at the total nonfarm level are available. The final benchmark revision for all state and metropolitan area series will be issued with the publication of the January 2024 State Employment and Unemployment news release in March 2024.


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.

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
2022
May
2023
June
2023
July
2023(1)
July 2022 to
July 2023(1)
Net
change
Percent
change

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

Total nonfarm

9,869.810,088.010,172.610,096.8227.02.3

Mining, logging, and construction

409.0415.5421.7423.414.43.5

Manufacturing

349.4349.7351.0349.80.40.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,667.91,662.01,672.81,657.3-10.6-0.6

Information

331.3319.2315.8307.1-24.2-7.3

Financial activities

819.0804.3819.6822.53.50.4

Professional and business services

1,656.21,644.51,660.01,648.8-7.4-0.4

Education and health services

2,064.52,233.32,222.52,210.5146.07.1

Leisure and hospitality

940.9950.6991.01,001.060.16.4

Other services

400.6406.3413.6411.310.72.7

Government

1,231.01,302.61,304.61,265.134.12.8

Dutchess County-Putnam County, NY Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

143.2142.0142.4139.5-3.7-2.6

Mining, logging, and construction

9.29.19.39.30.11.1

Manufacturing

8.58.18.18.1-0.4-4.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

24.223.924.123.9-0.3-1.2

Information

1.51.41.41.4-0.1-6.7

Financial activities

5.45.25.35.3-0.1-1.9

Professional and business services

13.912.012.712.8-1.1-7.9

Education and health services

34.936.535.035.00.10.3

Leisure and hospitality

16.714.615.115.1-1.6-9.6

Other services

6.66.76.76.70.11.5

Government

22.324.524.721.9-0.4-1.8

Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,345.61,348.81,360.11,353.37.70.6

Mining, logging, and construction

84.382.082.282.0-2.3-2.7

Manufacturing

69.871.070.271.21.42.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

256.3250.5252.3249.8-6.5-2.5

Information

15.114.614.814.7-0.4-2.6

Financial activities

73.071.771.772.3-0.7-1.0

Professional and business services

182.2183.6186.4187.04.82.6

Education and health services

275.3282.5280.2275.90.60.2

Leisure and hospitality

147.1135.7142.0150.93.82.6

Other services

56.357.657.858.32.03.6

Government

186.2199.6202.5191.25.02.7

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

Total nonfarm

7,142.87,333.07,387.17,331.5188.72.6

Mining, logging, and construction

266.4276.9281.8284.718.36.9

Manufacturing

193.7193.0194.6192.2-1.5-0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,139.91,137.91,144.71,132.9-7.0-0.6

Information

289.0278.5274.2265.6-23.4-8.1

Financial activities

663.5651.4665.2667.64.10.6

Professional and business services

1,201.31,196.81,208.31,198.6-2.7-0.2

Education and health services

1,560.31,703.31,695.41,687.8127.58.2

Leisure and hospitality

673.1692.9715.9716.843.76.5

Other services

286.1291.6296.6294.07.92.8

Government

869.5910.7910.4891.321.82.5

New York City, NY

Total nonfarm

4,531.04,679.54,695.24,683.1152.13.4

Mining, logging, and construction

144.1153.5155.7157.513.49.3

Manufacturing

58.057.558.156.7-1.3-2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

577.9573.5574.7569.2-8.7-1.5

Information

239.4229.7224.4215.8-23.6-9.9

Financial activities

499.7490.9503.5505.55.81.2

Professional and business services

785.1787.5795.8791.46.30.8

Education and health services

1,078.11,182.71,177.01,176.498.39.1

Leisure and hospitality

414.0448.9450.5447.433.48.1

Other services

179.2183.5186.9183.94.72.6

Government

555.5571.8568.6579.323.84.3

Newark, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,238.21,264.21,283.01,272.534.32.8

Mining, logging, and construction

49.147.548.447.4-1.7-3.5

Manufacturing

77.477.678.178.30.91.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

247.5249.7251.7250.73.21.3

Information

25.724.725.425.4-0.3-1.2

Financial activities

77.176.077.477.30.20.3

Professional and business services

258.8252.1252.6250.4-8.4-3.2

Education and health services

194.0211.0211.9211.817.89.2

Leisure and hospitality

104.0107.4118.0118.214.213.7

Other services

51.650.452.552.30.71.4

Government

153.0167.8167.0160.77.75.0

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
2022
May
2023
Jun
2023
Jul
2023(p)
Jul 2022 to
Jul 2023(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

United States(1)

Total nonfarm

152,875156,279156,945156,1263,2512.1

Mining and logging

622641648651294.7

Construction

7,9927,9718,1398,1891972.5

Manufacturing

12,92712,95213,06113,0421150.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,64128,72528,82028,8051640.6

Information

3,1303,0773,1073,097-33-1.1

Financial activities

9,1269,1059,1869,2301041.1

Professional and business services

22,73522,99723,09823,0943591.6

Education and health services

24,11925,26025,08925,1139944.1

Leisure and hospitality

16,71216,77917,28617,3716593.9

Other services

5,8005,8715,9425,9661662.9

Government

21,07122,90122,56921,5684972.4

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

2,997.23,054.03,063.63,049.552.31.7

Mining and logging

1.81.91.91.90.15.6

Construction

138.1143.0145.4144.76.64.8

Manufacturing

177.6175.8176.5175.4-2.2-1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

655.8651.6654.0652.3-3.5-0.5

Information

110.1117.8118.3114.14.03.6

Financial activities

199.5205.2206.5208.18.64.3

Professional and business services

600.8585.1580.9580.0-20.8-3.5

Education and health services

385.5412.7408.4406.420.95.4

Leisure and hospitality

301.7310.9319.7322.020.36.7

Other services

103.6107.8110.0109.86.26.0

Government

322.7342.2342.0334.812.13.7

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

Total nonfarm

2,798.42,854.32,882.32,879.581.12.9

Mining, logging, and construction

131.8134.8137.2137.55.74.3

Manufacturing

185.6183.2184.6184.6-1.0-0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

407.9410.0415.0412.34.41.1

Information

85.384.585.687.32.02.3

Financial activities

188.5189.2191.9194.05.52.9

Professional and business services

546.1553.8561.3566.520.43.7

Education and health services

585.4613.1606.3610.825.44.3

Leisure and hospitality

272.6266.1280.1286.113.55.0

Other services

105.7101.5103.4105.90.20.2

Government

289.5318.1316.9294.55.01.7

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,759.04,780.44,826.24,823.564.51.4

Mining and logging

1.31.61.61.60.323.1

Construction

191.6184.4195.2196.85.22.7

Manufacturing

411.7408.8409.2408.5-3.2-0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

967.3957.8961.1967.2-0.10.0

Information

83.277.378.078.5-4.7-5.6

Financial activities

323.0319.7326.1327.04.01.2

Professional and business services

878.1859.5871.3868.4-9.7-1.1

Education and health services

721.9759.3750.2754.532.64.5

Leisure and hospitality

473.2485.3503.3507.534.37.2

Other services

196.3195.4198.2196.80.50.3

Government

511.4531.3532.0516.75.31.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

4,098.04,236.74,272.34,276.6178.64.4

Mining, logging, and construction

235.0244.6252.7257.322.39.5

Manufacturing

301.8305.0311.2312.410.63.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

881.1894.7902.4904.323.22.6

Information

92.494.896.596.84.44.8

Financial activities

361.8372.4379.1380.618.85.2

Professional and business services

773.7792.8802.2812.839.15.1

Education and health services

475.7498.4496.1495.319.64.1

Leisure and hospitality

410.2417.7425.3423.613.43.3

Other services

131.3140.0143.3144.513.210.1

Government

435.0476.3463.5449.014.03.2

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,250.63,355.43,363.53,347.496.83.0

Mining and logging

65.669.870.370.34.77.2

Construction

225.8215.7221.5224.6-1.2-0.5

Manufacturing

225.6230.4232.6234.18.53.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

667.1688.6694.2695.628.54.3

Information

33.333.333.133.30.00.0

Financial activities

180.4183.9184.4187.67.24.0

Professional and business services

544.3559.4565.7560.416.13.0

Education and health services

423.4447.5447.0451.227.86.6

Leisure and hospitality

348.3357.1351.1350.11.80.5

Other services

120.5118.8118.5118.1-2.4-2.0

Government

416.3450.9445.1422.15.81.4

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,163.56,359.66,350.96,316.1152.62.5

Mining and logging

2.01.91.91.9-0.1-5.0

Construction

260.4255.0261.0261.41.00.4

Manufacturing

480.1475.1477.8479.3-0.8-0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,089.81,099.91,099.61,105.215.41.4

Information

255.6248.9246.2241.8-13.8-5.4

Financial activities

329.6329.3328.9329.70.10.0

Professional and business services

997.31,014.61,014.41,012.615.31.5

Education and health services

1,106.71,186.61,174.11,178.772.06.5

Leisure and hospitality

741.1783.5785.6791.150.06.7

Other services

207.0212.8212.8215.38.34.0

Government

693.9752.0748.6699.15.20.7

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,786.02,887.82,851.42,863.177.12.8

Mining and logging

      

Construction

145.4136.3138.0139.6-5.8-4.0

Manufacturing

94.697.396.797.42.83.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

634.2650.4651.4652.918.72.9

Information

55.954.355.055.1-0.8-1.4

Financial activities

212.1214.6213.1215.33.21.5

Professional and business services

509.4522.8521.1523.614.22.8

Education and health services

418.6445.3437.3441.322.75.4

Leisure and hospitality

317.6338.5330.2327.810.23.2

Other services

111.8114.5115.3116.34.54.0

Government

285.6313.0292.5293.07.42.6

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

Total nonfarm

9,869.810,088.010,172.610,096.8227.02.3

Mining, logging, and construction

409.0415.5421.7423.414.43.5

Manufacturing

349.4349.7351.0349.80.40.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,667.91,662.01,672.81,657.3-10.6-0.6

Information

331.3319.2315.8307.1-24.2-7.3

Financial activities

819.0804.3819.6822.53.50.4

Professional and business services

1,656.21,644.51,660.01,648.8-7.4-0.4

Education and health services

2,064.52,233.32,222.52,210.5146.07.1

Leisure and hospitality

940.9950.6991.01,001.060.16.4

Other services

400.6406.3413.6411.310.72.7

Government

1,231.01,302.61,304.61,265.134.12.8

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

Total nonfarm

3,010.83,108.13,123.53,104.894.03.1

Mining, logging, and construction

127.3128.5130.9131.74.43.5

Manufacturing

181.1182.2182.8183.42.31.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

548.1550.5554.7552.84.70.9

Information

55.054.755.755.70.71.3

Financial activities

228.9228.9230.8230.92.00.9

Professional and business services

501.2510.9513.4509.88.61.7

Education and health services

660.7705.6696.3695.935.25.3

Leisure and hospitality

276.1285.1297.3300.624.58.9

Other services

121.0123.3126.8127.06.05.0

Government

311.4338.4334.8317.05.61.8

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,276.12,357.72,336.82,328.952.82.3

Mining and logging

3.03.33.33.30.310.0

Construction

153.4156.6158.9159.35.93.8

Manufacturing

149.1149.0149.8149.40.30.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

444.6450.8450.3449.44.81.1

Information

43.642.041.941.9-1.7-3.9

Financial activities

217.7218.2219.1220.22.51.1

Professional and business services

389.5397.2397.1392.53.00.8

Education and health services

356.4377.0375.3376.019.65.5

Leisure and hospitality

230.8245.1244.9241.010.24.4

Other services

71.270.270.969.4-1.8-2.5

Government

216.8248.3225.3226.59.74.5

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,472.82,530.32,544.42,535.762.92.5

Mining and logging

0.40.30.30.40.00.0

Construction

125.5127.2129.3131.35.84.6

Manufacturing

155.8156.9158.2158.32.51.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

356.0354.8355.9356.70.70.2

Information

157.5151.4154.7156.1-1.4-0.9

Financial activities

145.5146.7146.8147.31.81.2

Professional and business services

527.5524.3528.0526.1-1.4-0.3

Education and health services

373.0403.3399.8397.124.16.5

Leisure and hospitality

244.9259.8264.8267.822.99.4

Other services

83.484.786.388.55.16.1

Government

303.3320.9320.3306.12.80.9

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

Total nonfarm

3,333.73,367.73,392.33,382.548.81.5

Mining, logging, and construction

164.2166.0171.4170.46.23.8

Manufacturing

57.256.557.056.7-0.5-0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

403.8398.1399.6398.7-5.1-1.3

Information

81.079.681.282.11.11.4

Financial activities

156.2152.5153.1152.8-3.4-2.2

Professional and business services

813.0807.4814.1811.0-2.0-0.2

Education and health services

432.6457.2456.2454.321.75.0

Leisure and hospitality

320.0318.7329.0332.612.63.9

Other services

194.0198.9199.8202.38.34.3

Government

711.7732.8730.9721.69.91.4

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

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, August 30, 2023