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24-1064-ATL
Wednesday, May 29, 2024

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Atlanta Area Employment — April 2024

Total nonfarm employment for the Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, metropolitan area increased by 38,800 over the year in April, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the local rate of job gain, 1.3 percent, compared to the 1.8-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.)


Industry employment

In Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, private education and health services had a gain of 17,500 jobs. (See chart 2.) Health care and social assistance gained 18,100 jobs within this supersector. Both the metropolitan area and the nation had a 4.3-percent gain in the education and health services supersector.


The information supersector lost 14,000 jobs over the year. Atlanta’s over-the-year rate of job loss for the information supersector was 12.8 percent; nationwide, the rate of job loss was 1.4 percent.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in April 2024. Eight of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year. The largest job gain occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (+155,200). Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (+38,800) and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (+39,500) had the smallest employment increases among the areas with significant changes. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, each had a 2.4-percent rate of job gain, followed by Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (+2.1 percent). Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, reported a job gain of 0.9 percent.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for May 2024 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).


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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton Counties.

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, United States and the Atlanta metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and IndustryApr
2023
Feb
2024
Mar
2024
Apr
2024(p)
Apr
2023 to Apr 2024(p)
Net changePercent change

United States(1)

Total nonfarm

155,201156,551157,213158,0162,8151.8

Mining and logging

63363263963520.3

Construction

7,8747,8607,9728,1322583.3

Manufacturing

12,89612,90712,90312,913170.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,54428,68628,70128,7472030.7

Information

3,0352,9973,0042,993-42-1.4

Financial activities

9,1379,1679,1699,186490.5

Professional and business services

22,76722,69122,72422,8911240.5

Education and health services

25,20826,11626,18726,2931,0854.3

Leisure and hospitality

16,35816,22116,48316,7393812.3

Other services

5,7875,8215,8545,8921051.8

Government

22,96223,45323,57723,5956332.8

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

3,036.93,057.53,068.03,075.738.81.3

Mining and logging

2.02.12.12.10.15.0

Construction

142.2144.6148.7147.95.74.0

Manufacturing

181.3182.6182.3182.91.60.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

661.1652.7651.8651.3-9.8-1.5

Information

109.498.295.595.4-14.0-12.8

Financial activities

202.2207.4207.3208.15.92.9

Professional and business services

586.4581.3581.5588.21.80.3

Education and health services

403.0416.3418.8420.517.54.3

Leisure and hospitality

303.7310.1316.3316.612.94.2

Other services

102.6103.9104.2103.61.01.0

Government

343.0358.3359.5359.116.14.7

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


Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector for the 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
AreaApr
2023
Feb
2024
Mar
2024
Apr
2024(p)
Apr 2023 to
Apr 2024(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

3,036.93,057.53,068.03,075.738.81.3

Mining and logging

2.02.12.12.10.15.0

Construction

142.2144.6148.7147.95.74.0

Manufacturing

181.3182.6182.3182.91.60.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

661.1652.7651.8651.3-9.8-1.5

Information

109.498.295.595.4-14.0-12.8

Financial activities

202.2207.4207.3208.15.92.9

Professional and business services

586.4581.3581.5588.21.80.3

Education and health services

403.0416.3418.8420.517.54.3

Leisure and hospitality

303.7310.1316.3316.612.94.2

Other services

102.6103.9104.2103.61.01.0

Government

343.0358.3359.5359.116.14.7

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

Total nonfarm

2,801.92,781.12,786.02,805.43.50.1

Mining, logging, and construction

128.4120.1122.3126.9-1.5-1.2

Manufacturing

183.8182.2181.7181.1-2.7-1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

401.6399.6399.0398.6-3.0-0.7

Information

82.078.778.077.9-4.1-5.0

Financial activities

183.4182.7183.2182.3-1.1-0.6

Professional and business services

534.6523.0519.9526.6-8.0-1.5

Education and health services

610.7624.8624.7626.115.42.5

Leisure and hospitality

258.8247.5252.5260.11.30.5

Other services

102.3101.7102.7103.61.31.3

Government

316.3320.8322.0322.25.91.9

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,747.14,701.74,726.84,764.517.40.4

Mining and logging

1.51.51.51.50.00.0

Construction

182.2162.7169.3177.9-4.3-2.4

Manufacturing

412.1419.1420.1421.19.02.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

961.3952.3956.0957.1-4.2-0.4

Information

79.277.577.877.4-1.8-2.3

Financial activities

316.7315.6314.4312.5-4.2-1.3

Professional and business services

844.9801.6801.2812.3-32.6-3.9

Education and health services

757.3775.8777.1782.425.13.3

Leisure and hospitality

459.2449.9459.1471.111.92.6

Other services

194.4199.3199.9200.35.93.0

Government

538.3546.4550.4550.912.62.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

4,202.74,250.84,245.34,278.175.41.8

Mining, logging, and construction

242.5250.1250.4251.79.23.8

Manufacturing

304.4310.4309.0310.05.61.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

888.6896.2892.4895.97.30.8

Information

92.990.591.090.9-2.0-2.2

Financial activities

364.9368.8367.4370.45.51.5

Professional and business services

780.2777.0767.5774.3-5.9-0.8

Education and health services

500.9512.6513.7519.018.13.6

Leisure and hospitality

419.2418.3423.4431.512.32.9

Other services

134.2140.4142.2143.69.47.0

Government

474.9486.5488.3490.815.93.3

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,356.73,417.63,418.33,437.480.72.4

Mining and logging

70.670.671.671.20.60.8

Construction

232.4233.6235.0237.34.92.1

Manufacturing

232.3237.4236.2236.74.41.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

681.1686.9684.1685.84.70.7

Information

33.232.632.232.3-0.9-2.7

Financial activities

185.7186.6186.3187.51.81.0

Professional and business services

551.9560.3557.2561.19.21.7

Education and health services

444.4464.7466.4468.223.85.4

Leisure and hospitality

355.0353.2355.6361.96.91.9

Other services

124.7130.7130.8132.67.96.3

Government

445.4461.0462.9462.817.43.9

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,219.56,235.06,252.66,273.153.60.9

Mining and logging

2.01.91.91.9-0.1-5.0

Construction

254.0253.0253.7252.4-1.6-0.6

Manufacturing

475.2471.3470.1468.8-6.4-1.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,076.91,081.71,077.31,077.20.30.0

Information

222.8203.6206.1206.9-15.9-7.1

Financial activities

315.3313.0310.9311.7-3.6-1.1

Professional and business services

979.3961.6960.6960.5-18.8-1.9

Education and health services

1,174.31,217.41,228.21,237.262.95.4

Leisure and hospitality

759.4758.9765.6773.313.91.8

Other services

211.4215.4216.5217.86.43.0

Government

748.9757.2761.7765.416.52.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,897.62,953.62,958.42,968.070.42.4

Construction

150.0156.3157.8158.38.35.5

Manufacturing

97.298.798.799.42.22.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

644.3658.4655.2656.011.71.8

Information

56.254.955.155.6-0.6-1.1

Financial activities

215.2217.1216.6215.1-0.10.0

Professional and business services

519.0515.0514.5519.80.80.2

Education and health services

447.3461.3463.4465.618.34.1

Leisure and hospitality

342.1354.7356.7357.915.84.6

Other services

114.1116.3117.6117.93.83.3

Government

311.4320.0321.9321.510.13.2

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

Total nonfarm

9,984.810,008.710,088.710,140.0155.21.6

Mining, logging, and construction

400.0377.7389.8400.50.50.1

Manufacturing

347.0344.5346.0346.2-0.8-0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,650.81,650.81,651.31,651.81.00.1

Information

321.6308.9309.6305.3-16.3-5.1

Financial activities

814.7821.2820.3816.51.80.2

Professional and business services

1,648.01,609.91,623.51,635.4-12.6-0.8

Education and health services

2,204.02,296.82,318.42,333.0129.05.9

Leisure and hospitality

894.1882.5900.8920.926.83.0

Other services

403.2403.2409.0409.76.51.6

Government

1,301.41,313.21,320.01,320.719.31.5

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

Total nonfarm

3,064.63,065.23,084.13,104.139.51.3

Mining, logging, and construction

125.1117.6120.2124.9-0.2-0.2

Manufacturing

180.9182.0181.5181.00.10.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

540.0534.6535.3535.8-4.2-0.8

Information

53.852.852.752.9-0.9-1.7

Financial activities

228.5229.6230.3229.81.30.6

Professional and business services

502.1487.7490.6495.7-6.4-1.3

Education and health services

704.3730.2734.3736.532.24.6

Leisure and hospitality

267.8259.8267.0275.17.32.7

Other services

122.6122.4123.0123.61.00.8

Government

339.5348.5349.2348.89.32.7

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,405.32,445.52,445.92,456.050.72.1

Mining and logging

3.33.83.83.80.515.2

Construction

167.5170.4170.5171.13.62.1

Manufacturing

149.4148.1147.3147.3-2.1-1.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

464.5475.8476.1477.012.52.7

Information

43.040.840.640.9-2.1-4.9

Financial activities

212.0210.9209.6210.7-1.3-0.6

Professional and business services

392.1395.3396.1398.46.31.6

Education and health services

384.9408.7409.5412.627.77.2

Leisure and hospitality

258.2250.9251.3251.5-6.7-2.6

Other services

76.877.877.978.82.02.6

Government

253.6263.0263.2263.910.34.1

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,463.32,453.32,459.62,465.11.80.1

Mining and logging

0.40.40.40.40.00.0

Construction

123.3118.4120.5119.4-3.9-3.2

Manufacturing

152.7148.6148.8147.6-5.1-3.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

346.9347.1345.5346.6-0.3-0.1

Information

146.7135.2133.9133.6-13.1-8.9

Financial activities

137.9134.3133.7134.2-3.7-2.7

Professional and business services

509.3499.4498.2498.6-10.7-2.1

Education and health services

392.5408.7410.6413.621.15.4

Leisure and hospitality

249.1250.1252.1254.45.32.1

Other services

83.785.886.987.84.14.9

Government

320.8325.3329.0328.98.12.5

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

Total nonfarm

3,358.13,348.83,361.93,381.223.10.7

Mining, logging, and construction

163.2157.9160.4160.5-2.7-1.7

Manufacturing

57.057.357.758.21.22.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

399.3401.6400.6399.70.40.1

Information

82.079.079.479.2-2.8-3.4

Financial activities

154.8150.3150.9150.1-4.7-3.0

Professional and business services

817.0803.6805.7812.4-4.6-0.6

Education and health services

455.1465.6464.8467.212.12.7

Leisure and hospitality

318.5306.1310.3319.91.40.4

Other services

192.2193.2194.8196.03.82.0

Government

719.0734.2737.3738.019.02.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2024