Total nonfarm employment for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, metropolitan area increased by 136,000 over the year in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Janet S. Rankin noted that the local rate of job gain, 5.3 percent, compared to the 4.1-percent national increase. (See chart 1 and table 1.) (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, is made up of three metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the larger metropolitan area. Employment increased over the year in all three divisions. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL, with about 45 percent of the area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 70,100 jobs over the year. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL, which accounted for 32 percent of the area’s employment, gained 34,900 jobs since November 2020. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL, with 24 percent of the area’s employment, added 31,000 jobs.

Industry employment

In Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, leisure and hospitality had the largest gain (+39,300) among local private-industry supersectors, with all three divisions recording increases. (See chart 2.) Within this supersector, the accommodation and food services sector added 30,900 jobs. The 15.3-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s leisure and hospitality supersector compared to the 14.3-percent gain on a national level.

Professional and business services gained 30,700 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. The Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL, division added 22,600 jobs, or 74 percent of the metropolitan area’s employment gained in this industry. The metropolitan area had a 7.0-percent gain in the professional and business services supersector, compared to the 5.5-percent increase for the nation.

Trade, transportation, and utilities gained 26,900 jobs over the year in the local area, with all three divisions recording increases. Within this supersector, the retail trade sector added 8,100 jobs. The 4.6-percent increase in Miami’s trade, transportation, and utilities supersector compared to the 3.0-percent gain on a national level.

Three other supersectors had significant over-the-year job gains for the metropolitan area: education and health services (+10,200), other services (+8,700), and financial activities (+7,400).

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in November 2021. All 12 areas gained jobs over the year. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, had the largest increase (+348,200), followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, (+344,800). Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, had the smallest gain (+110,000) among the largest areas. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, had a 6.1-percent rate of job gain, followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (+5.6 percent each). The rates of job gains in the remaining nine areas ranged from 5.5 percent in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, to 3.7 percent in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for December 2021 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Technical Note

Special technical note: This technical note describes the procedures regularly used on a monthly basis to develop estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the procedures described in this technical note have been modified. The modifications are briefly described in the box note of this news release. More information on the changes to the CES business birth-death model is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.

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 sample of establishments is very small or highly variable. In these cases, a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level being estimated. For more detailed information about each model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/ces-20110307.pdf.

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.

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 the totals shown in the same tables because of 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. Measures of sampling error for more detailed series at the area and division level are available upon request.

Measures of sampling error for states at the supersector level and for the private service-providing, goods-producing, total private and total nonfarm levels are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/bmrk_article.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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties.

• The Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division includes Broward County.

• The Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division includes Miami-Dade County.

• The West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division includes Palm Beach County.

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; Federal Relay Service: (800) 877-8339.

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

Area	Nov 2020	Sep 2021	Oct 2021	Nov 2021(p)	Nov 2020 to Nov 2021(p)
					Net change	Percent change
United States(1)
Total nonfarm	144,121	147,650	149,226	150,004	5,883	4.1
Mining and logging	599	646	653	648	49	8.2
Construction	7,413	7,626	7,666	7,605	192	2.6
Manufacturing	12,191	12,465	12,517	12,558	367	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	27,520	27,409	27,761	28,343	823	3.0
Information	2,659	2,771	2,790	2,797	138	5.2
Financial activities	8,763	8,860	8,907	8,915	152	1.7
Professional and business services	20,580	21,207	21,603	21,708	1,128	5.5
Education and health services	23,510	23,584	23,917	24,006	496	2.1
Leisure and hospitality	13,418	15,397	15,435	15,332	1,914	14.3
Other services	5,475	5,726	5,773	5,781	306	5.6
Government	21,993	21,959	22,204	22,311	318	1.4
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Total nonfarm	2,723.2	2,799.2	2,836.1	2,863.0	139.8	5.1
Mining and logging	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
Construction	127.3	129.7	129.8	131.4	4.1	3.2
Manufacturing	162.6	168.8	170.8	173.4	10.8	6.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	602.1	598.1	606.9	620.7	18.6	3.1
Information	98.8	103.6	106.1	106.8	8.0	8.1
Financial activities	179.4	181.5	182.3	182.6	3.2	1.8
Professional and business services	533.4	561.5	574.0	574.0	40.6	7.6
Education and health services	357.6	367.0	375.5	377.3	19.7	5.5
Leisure and hospitality	239.2	260.5	259.2	264.0	24.8	10.4
Other services	91.2	95.0	95.7	95.6	4.4	4.8
Government	329.9	331.9	334.1	335.5	5.6	1.7
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH (NECTA)
Total nonfarm	2,584.7	2,679.9	2,718.8	2,726.8	142.1	5.5
Mining, logging, and construction	122.0	129.0	129.7	130.1	8.1	6.6
Manufacturing	176.3	183.2	185.1	186.0	9.7	5.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	401.6	400.4	406.6	411.9	10.3	2.6
Information	77.3	82.3	83.0	83.1	5.8	7.5
Financial activities	179.7	181.9	181.2	181.1	1.4	0.8
Professional and business services	502.3	525.1	536.6	539.5	37.2	7.4
Education and health services	554.8	559.1	569.6	573.8	19.0	3.4
Leisure and hospitality	183.4	229.2	231.8	223.7	40.3	22.0
Other services	84.6	89.2	90.4	91.2	6.6	7.8
Government	302.7	300.5	304.8	306.4	3.7	1.2
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Total nonfarm	4,409.4	4,501.9	4,558.4	4,571.7	162.3	3.7
Mining and logging	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	0.1	5.9
Construction	173.1	179.3	179.9	177.9	4.8	2.8
Manufacturing	393.1	398.0	397.1	400.9	7.8	2.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	933.1	930.1	945.8	970.0	36.9	4.0
Information	71.7	70.5	71.1	71.1	-0.6	-0.8
Financial activities	316.0	313.7	318.7	317.1	1.1	0.3
Professional and business services	795.3	803.3	825.4	814.5	19.2	2.4
Education and health services	699.1	700.7	709.8	713.3	14.2	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	327.1	395.7	398.6	394.0	66.9	20.5
Other services	174.5	181.3	184.4	183.4	8.9	5.1
Government	524.7	527.5	525.8	527.7	3.0	0.6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm	3,730.8	3,831.8	3,881.6	3,941.0	210.2	5.6
Mining, logging, and construction	220.5	221.5	218.4	221.5	1.0	0.5
Manufacturing	279.8	286.1	285.1	287.2	7.4	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	828.0	831.5	852.3	870.4	42.4	5.1
Information	78.1	79.1	78.6	79.7	1.6	2.0
Financial activities	329.6	330.6	332.0	334.4	4.8	1.5
Professional and business services	638.1	687.2	709.3	720.2	82.1	12.9
Education and health services	449.1	452.1	458.7	464.6	15.5	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	336.3	367.8	365.0	376.2	39.9	11.9
Other services	115.0	121.3	124.0	125.8	10.8	9.4
Government	456.3	454.6	458.2	461.0	4.7	1.0
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Total nonfarm	2,985.6	3,066.7	3,095.2	3,128.3	142.7	4.8
Mining and logging	66.0	71.0	71.9	76.2	10.2	15.5
Construction	207.5	203.7	206.3	204.9	-2.6	-1.3
Manufacturing	208.4	211.0	211.3	213.4	5.0	2.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	629.6	630.5	639.0	655.8	26.2	4.2
Information	28.8	28.9	28.8	29.2	0.4	1.4
Financial activities	163.6	165.5	165.6	166.1	2.5	1.5
Professional and business services	480.3	511.7	515.1	513.7	33.4	7.0
Education and health services	397.5	407.5	418.2	422.3	24.8	6.2
Leisure and hospitality	282.6	312.6	306.8	308.4	25.8	9.1
Other services	104.0	117.6	119.4	121.5	17.5	16.8
Government	417.3	406.7	412.8	416.8	-0.5	-0.1
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Total nonfarm	5,649.5	5,870.9	5,942.0	5,994.3	344.8	6.1
Mining and logging	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
Construction	246.1	251.0	253.8	252.5	6.4	2.6
Manufacturing	454.7	459.7	461.2	461.5	6.8	1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,066.3	1,061.2	1,073.7	1,103.2	36.9	3.5
Information	201.4	213.3	217.4	216.4	15.0	7.4
Financial activities	323.9	321.5	322.3	322.2	-1.7	-0.5
Professional and business services	896.0	931.4	946.7	956.9	60.9	6.8
Education and health services	1,052.7	1,071.0	1,084.3	1,092.7	40.0	3.8
Leisure and hospitality	538.3	667.1	671.4	670.5	132.2	24.6
Other services	161.3	177.6	180.9	180.1	18.8	11.7
Government	706.9	715.2	728.4	736.4	29.5	4.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Total nonfarm	2,552.7	2,613.3	2,655.6	2,688.7	136.0	5.3
Mining and logging	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
Construction	137.1	142.3	143.6	144.2	7.1	5.2
Manufacturing	88.4	88.3	89.1	90.9	2.5	2.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	586.4	588.9	600.4	613.3	26.9	4.6
Information	46.4	47.0	47.3	48.0	1.6	3.4
Financial activities	188.1	191.5	193.0	195.5	7.4	3.9
Professional and business services	438.7	457.7	466.3	469.4	30.7	7.0
Education and health services	399.2	399.9	407.0	409.4	10.2	2.6
Leisure and hospitality	257.2	283.8	290.8	296.5	39.3	15.3
Other services	105.3	111.4	113.2	114.0	8.7	8.3
Government	305.1	301.7	304.1	306.7	1.6	0.5
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Total nonfarm	9,044.9	9,162.0	9,295.1	9,393.1	348.2	3.8
Mining, logging, and construction	387.7	376.6	377.9	374.8	-12.9	-3.3
Manufacturing	327.5	337.7	337.5	339.1	11.6	3.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,598.4	1,571.1	1,596.7	1,642.5	44.1	2.8
Information	286.9	301.3	304.3	310.8	23.9	8.3
Financial activities	760.0	747.5	749.5	749.2	-10.8	-1.4
Professional and business services	1,471.0	1,515.3	1,549.9	1,563.6	92.6	6.3
Education and health services	1,961.8	1,961.0	2,004.2	2,021.3	59.5	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	595.9	721.0	719.1	714.1	118.2	19.8
Other services	344.6	352.7	357.0	360.7	16.1	4.7
Government	1,311.1	1,277.8	1,299.0	1,317.0	5.9	0.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Total nonfarm	2,798.0	2,852.2	2,886.4	2,908.0	110.0	3.9
Mining, logging, and construction	116.9	122.7	123.3	123.2	6.3	5.4
Manufacturing	174.8	176.0	176.9	177.9	3.1	1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	521.3	518.8	529.2	543.6	22.3	4.3
Information	50.4	53.0	53.0	53.7	3.3	6.5
Financial activities	215.4	216.7	216.9	217.7	2.3	1.1
Professional and business services	450.6	461.1	469.9	469.9	19.3	4.3
Education and health services	641.5	646.1	655.0	656.9	15.4	2.4
Leisure and hospitality	193.1	224.6	225.0	224.6	31.5	16.3
Other services	102.8	105.6	106.7	107.6	4.8	4.7
Government	331.2	327.6	330.5	332.9	1.7	0.5
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Total nonfarm	2,162.1	2,236.9	2,262.4	2,282.1	120.0	5.6
Mining and logging	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	0.0	0.0
Construction	137.6	138.5	136.5	136.3	-1.3	-0.9
Manufacturing	133.0	136.2	137.0	137.7	4.7	3.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	436.0	443.5	451.1	462.5	26.5	6.1
Information	36.5	35.8	36.4	36.7	0.2	0.5
Financial activities	206.0	207.3	208.2	209.1	3.1	1.5
Professional and business services	362.8	379.1	388.8	391.5	28.7	7.9
Education and health services	343.3	360.1	363.0	366.5	23.2	6.8
Leisure and hospitality	192.5	218.7	222.4	221.9	29.4	15.3
Other services	66.5	69.9	69.8	69.3	2.8	4.2
Government	245.1	245.0	246.4	247.8	2.7	1.1
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
Total nonfarm	2,250.4	2,315.9	2,346.4	2,363.8	113.4	5.0
Mining and logging	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
Construction	121.1	125.3	125.6	122.6	1.5	1.2
Manufacturing	139.7	140.9	139.8	140.0	0.3	0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	343.6	332.5	338.2	346.5	2.9	0.8
Information	135.0	139.1	140.0	141.0	6.0	4.4
Financial activities	140.5	139.9	141.1	140.4	-0.1	-0.1
Professional and business services	482.8	509.7	518.0	523.1	40.3	8.3
Education and health services	352.8	356.3	360.6	363.3	10.5	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	162.0	209.1	210.9	210.5	48.5	29.9
Other services	66.3	71.7	73.3	74.6	8.3	12.5
Government	306.3	291.1	298.6	301.5	-4.8	-1.6
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Total nonfarm	3,173.3	3,238.3	3,281.5	3,302.0	128.7	4.1
Mining, logging, and construction	162.8	162.3	164.4	165.4	2.6	1.6
Manufacturing	54.3	55.6	56.2	56.5	2.2	4.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	397.6	390.9	397.3	411.8	14.2	3.6
Information	72.8	72.5	73.3	73.4	0.6	0.8
Financial activities	153.4	154.5	153.6	152.6	-0.8	-0.5
Professional and business services	769.6	787.1	803.3	801.2	31.6	4.1
Education and health services	422.9	435.5	440.2	441.2	18.3	4.3
Leisure and hospitality	236.7	274.5	280.9	282.0	45.3	19.1
Other services	189.5	193.8	193.8	194.5	5.0	2.6
Government	713.7	711.6	718.5	723.4	9.7	1.4
Footnotes (1) U.S. data are preliminary for two months after they are first published. (p) Preliminary