Total nonfarm employment for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, metropolitan area increased by 33,400 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, 1.1 percent, compared to the 1.2-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 greater metropolitan area. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL, accounted for 45 percent of the metropolitan area’s total nonfarm employment. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise, FL, accounted for 31 percent of the area’s employment, and West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL, accounted for 24 percent of area employment.

Industry employment

In Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, education and health services had the only significant gain (+12,700) among the metropolitan area’s private-industry supersectors. (See chart 2.) The West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL, division added 6,200 jobs, or 49 percent, of the metropolitan area’s employment gained in this industry. The 2.7-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to the 3.4-percent gain on a national level.

Within the trade, transportation, and utilities supersector, retail trade added 4,800 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in April 2025. Four of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+96,100), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+52,100), Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (+35,800), and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (+33,400). (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, and Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, each had a 1.2-percent rate of job gain, followed by Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (+1.1 percent), and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+1.0 percent).

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for May 2025 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, July 2, 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties.

• The Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise, 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

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, Miami metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area and Industry	Apr 2024	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025(p)	Apr 2024 to Apr 2025(p)
					Net change	Percent change
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm	2,968.3	2,991.0	2,995.1	3,001.7	33.4	1.1
Mining and logging	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
Construction	157.0	160.1	159.9	160.8	3.8	2.4
Manufacturing	101.8	102.5	102.6	102.3	0.5	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	654.2	669.0	667.3	664.6	10.4	1.6
Information	55.1	54.5	54.4	54.2	-0.9	-1.6
Financial activities	220.1	219.5	220.1	220.4	0.3	0.1
Professional and business services	521.0	516.2	516.4	522.9	1.9	0.4
Education and health services	463.5	472.7	473.6	476.2	12.7	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	357.2	353.6	355.9	355.8	-1.4	-0.4
Other services	118.4	119.2	119.3	119.9	1.5	1.3
Government	319.1	322.8	324.7	323.7	4.6	1.4
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	1,335.3	1,351.1	1,353.7	1,356.2	20.9	1.6
Mining and logging	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0
Construction	58.4	61.6	61.8	62.7	4.3	7.4
Manufacturing	47.1	47.4	47.4	47.3	0.2	0.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	323.9	333.4	332.9	331.6	7.7	2.4
Information	23.0	22.9	23.0	23.0	0.0	0.0
Financial activities	96.1	96.1	96.5	96.6	0.5	0.5
Professional and business services	212.7	212.7	212.8	215.6	2.9	1.4
Education and health services	222.6	225.5	225.6	227.1	4.5	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	156.1	155.6	156.3	155.7	-0.4	-0.3
Other services	50.2	50.0	50.2	50.6	0.4	0.8
Government	144.6	145.3	146.6	145.4	0.8	0.6
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Sunrise, FL Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	926.5	933.4	933.1	934.4	7.9	0.9
Construction	54.4	53.8	53.6	53.9	-0.5	-0.9
Manufacturing	31.9	32.1	32.2	32.1	0.2	0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	202.8	207.3	206.4	205.1	2.3	1.1
Information	20.1	19.9	19.8	19.7	-0.4	-2.0
Financial activities	74.0	73.5	73.6	73.7	-0.3	-0.4
Professional and business services	173.8	171.8	172.0	173.5	-0.3	-0.2
Education and health services	122.7	124.5	124.4	124.7	2.0	1.6
Leisure and hospitality	100.8	101.3	101.8	102.3	1.5	1.5
Other services	36.6	38.1	37.9	37.9	1.3	3.6
Government	109.3	111.0	111.3	111.4	2.1	1.9
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	706.5	706.5	708.3	711.1	4.6	0.7
Construction	44.2	44.7	44.5	44.2	0.0	0.0
Manufacturing	22.8	23.0	23.0	22.9	0.1	0.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	127.5	128.3	128.0	127.9	0.4	0.3
Information	12.0	11.7	11.6	11.5	-0.5	-4.2
Financial activities	50.0	49.9	50.0	50.1	0.1	0.2
Professional and business services	134.5	131.7	131.6	133.8	-0.7	-0.5
Education and health services	118.2	122.7	123.6	124.4	6.2	5.2
Leisure and hospitality	100.3	96.7	97.8	97.8	-2.5	-2.5
Other services	31.6	31.1	31.2	31.4	-0.2	-0.6
Government	65.2	66.5	66.8	66.9	1.7	2.6
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	Apr 2024	Feb 2025	Mar 2025	Apr 2025(p)	Apr 2024 to Apr 2025(p)
					Net change	Percent change
United States(1)
Total nonfarm	157,438	157,944	158,411	159,316	1,878	1.2
Mining and logging	624	620	619	620	-4	-0.6
Construction	8,089	7,987	8,071	8,226	137	1.7
Manufacturing	12,801	12,711	12,714	12,716	-85	-0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	28,656	28,887	28,861	28,915	259	0.9
Information	2,934	2,921	2,920	2,922	-12	-0.4
Financial activities	9,097	9,183	9,182	9,202	105	1.2
Professional and business services	22,593	22,328	22,355	22,577	-16	-0.1
Education and health services	26,427	27,162	27,228	27,321	894	3.4
Leisure and hospitality	16,640	16,346	16,559	16,857	217	1.3
Other services	5,943	5,959	5,993	6,021	78	1.3
Government	23,634	23,840	23,909	23,939	305	1.3
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Total nonfarm	3,100.8	3,099.4	3,110.0	3,107.8	7.0	0.2
Mining and logging	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
Construction	149.7	147.1	147.9	147.2	-2.5	-1.7
Manufacturing	180.9	179.2	179.8	179.8	-1.1	-0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	659.4	653.2	651.2	649.8	-9.6	-1.5
Information	105.5	105.2	107.8	102.2	-3.3	-3.1
Financial activities	207.6	209.0	209.0	209.4	1.8	0.9
Professional and business services	571.1	565.6	566.5	568.7	-2.4	-0.4
Education and health services	440.5	458.0	460.1	459.1	18.6	4.2
Leisure and hospitality	316.1	306.2	308.6	314.2	-1.9	-0.6
Other services	109.3	108.7	110.0	109.1	-0.2	-0.2
Government	358.6	365.1	367.0	366.2	7.6	2.1
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Total nonfarm	2,753.6	2,719.4	2,728.6	2,754.5	0.9	0.0
Mining, logging, and construction	121.9	114.9	114.9	119.1	-2.8	-2.3
Manufacturing	164.7	162.3	162.4	162.6	-2.1	-1.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	386.6	386.6	387.2	389.2	2.6	0.7
Information	77.6	75.4	75.5	75.5	-2.1	-2.7
Financial activities	177.3	178.6	178.9	179.1	1.8	1.0
Professional and business services	520.8	511.1	509.9	519.8	-1.0	-0.2
Education and health services	618.9	622.3	624.4	624.9	6.0	1.0
Leisure and hospitality	267.6	248.3	253.2	261.8	-5.8	-2.2
Other services	97.4	94.9	95.1	96.3	-1.1	-1.1
Government	320.8	325.0	327.1	326.2	5.4	1.7
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Total nonfarm	4,690.5	4,659.2	4,678.3	4,706.5	16.0	0.3
Mining and logging	1.6	1.6	1.6	1.7	0.1	6.3
Construction	177.4	162.2	167.1	176.8	-0.6	-0.3
Manufacturing	405.9	401.8	406.2	404.5	-1.4	-0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	936.9	935.9	936.5	935.4	-1.5	-0.2
Information	75.5	75.8	75.3	75.8	0.3	0.4
Financial activities	311.3	312.1	312.6	312.4	1.1	0.4
Professional and business services	811.0	790.6	789.2	795.2	-15.8	-1.9
Education and health services	769.8	784.3	782.0	785.3	15.5	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	460.4	447.9	456.3	468.3	7.9	1.7
Other services	192.4	193.3	194.2	194.4	2.0	1.0
Government	548.3	553.7	557.3	556.7	8.4	1.5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm	4,244.4	4,272.4	4,275.8	4,296.5	52.1	1.2
Mining, logging, and construction	251.8	253.4	256.5	259.8	8.0	3.2
Manufacturing	310.3	309.9	308.5	307.6	-2.7	-0.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	879.8	891.9	891.3	889.7	9.9	1.1
Information	88.7	88.6	89.4	88.8	0.1	0.1
Financial activities	377.4	383.5	382.6	383.2	5.8	1.5
Professional and business services	773.7	769.7	764.7	772.3	-1.4	-0.2
Education and health services	510.7	517.9	518.2	520.9	10.2	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	427.1	425.8	429.5	437.2	10.1	2.4
Other services	139.1	138.3	140.2	140.0	0.9	0.6
Government	485.8	493.4	494.9	497.0	11.2	2.3
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Total nonfarm	3,429.8	3,453.7	3,455.8	3,470.2	40.4	1.2
Mining and logging	78.2	80.2	80.1	80.9	2.7	3.5
Construction	232.0	233.2	233.3	233.7	1.7	0.7
Manufacturing	238.3	238.9	238.5	239.4	1.1	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	689.4	699.9	698.7	699.8	10.4	1.5
Information	30.2	29.3	29.2	29.1	-1.1	-3.6
Financial activities	180.7	181.2	181.1	181.1	0.4	0.2
Professional and business services	561.8	560.8	556.9	562.5	0.7	0.1
Education and health services	458.6	464.6	466.8	468.6	10.0	2.2
Leisure and hospitality	365.1	361.2	364.2	368.1	3.0	0.8
Other services	130.6	134.4	135.9	135.8	5.2	4.0
Government	464.9	470.0	471.1	471.2	6.3	1.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Total nonfarm	6,272.0	6,261.9	6,262.7	6,283.8	11.8	0.2
Mining and logging	2.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	-0.1	-4.8
Construction	255.8	245.0	242.9	247.1	-8.7	-3.4
Manufacturing	468.6	452.9	450.6	449.6	-19.0	-4.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,067.0	1,067.3	1,060.1	1,057.5	-9.5	-0.9
Information	211.8	209.5	207.2	209.5	-2.3	-1.1
Financial activities	311.8	303.8	303.0	303.8	-8.0	-2.6
Professional and business services	965.9	963.1	960.1	960.6	-5.3	-0.5
Education and health services	1,243.0	1,289.2	1,296.5	1,301.1	58.1	4.7
Leisure and hospitality	769.3	753.2	755.3	764.2	-5.1	-0.7
Other services	215.8	209.3	211.4	212.7	-3.1	-1.4
Government	760.9	766.6	773.6	775.7	14.8	1.9
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Total nonfarm	2,968.3	2,991.0	2,995.1	3,001.7	33.4	1.1
Mining and logging	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
Construction	157.0	160.1	159.9	160.8	3.8	2.4
Manufacturing	101.8	102.5	102.6	102.3	0.5	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	654.2	669.0	667.3	664.6	10.4	1.6
Information	55.1	54.5	54.4	54.2	-0.9	-1.6
Financial activities	220.1	219.5	220.1	220.4	0.3	0.1
Professional and business services	521.0	516.2	516.4	522.9	1.9	0.4
Education and health services	463.5	472.7	473.6	476.2	12.7	2.7
Leisure and hospitality	357.2	353.6	355.9	355.8	-1.4	-0.4
Other services	118.4	119.2	119.3	119.9	1.5	1.3
Government	319.1	322.8	324.7	323.7	4.6	1.4
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Total nonfarm	9,923.3	9,913.5	9,954.3	10,019.4	96.1	1.0
Mining, logging, and construction	387.3	360.8	368.8	379.7	-7.6	-2.0
Manufacturing	330.8	328.7	330.3	329.9	-0.9	-0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,588.4	1,590.7	1,585.3	1,582.1	-6.3	-0.4
Information	312.8	308.4	309.8	306.6	-6.2	-2.0
Financial activities	813.8	814.6	814.0	817.4	3.6	0.4
Professional and business services	1,616.3	1,587.6	1,594.9	1,615.0	-1.3	-0.1
Education and health services	2,278.4	2,352.3	2,364.0	2,381.2	102.8	4.5
Leisure and hospitality	893.3	858.0	868.8	885.9	-7.4	-0.8
Other services	397.7	398.1	401.1	402.6	4.9	1.2
Government	1,304.5	1,314.3	1,317.3	1,319.0	14.5	1.1
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Total nonfarm	3,104.0	3,097.9	3,114.0	3,139.8	35.8	1.2
Mining, logging, and construction	125.0	116.6	117.7	120.6	-4.4	-3.5
Manufacturing	178.3	177.3	177.1	177.8	-0.5	-0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	537.9	542.8	541.1	541.0	3.1	0.6
Information	52.5	50.6	51.0	51.0	-1.5	-2.9
Financial activities	225.8	223.9	222.9	223.5	-2.3	-1.0
Professional and business services	499.6	490.9	494.8	503.2	3.6	0.7
Education and health services	733.1	754.3	758.3	761.8	28.7	3.9
Leisure and hospitality	277.2	259.3	266.0	275.5	-1.7	-0.6
Other services	124.9	127.7	129.4	129.9	5.0	4.0
Government	349.7	354.5	355.7	355.5	5.8	1.7
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
Total nonfarm	2,463.2	2,461.6	2,460.1	2,478.3	15.1	0.6
Mining and logging	3.6	3.8	3.9	3.9	0.3	8.3
Construction	179.6	177.8	179.2	181.6	2.0	1.1
Manufacturing	149.7	148.3	148.2	147.6	-2.1	-1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	470.2	469.6	465.4	468.2	-2.0	-0.4
Information	40.8	38.8	38.5	39.3	-1.5	-3.7
Financial activities	209.9	210.2	209.9	209.6	-0.3	-0.1
Professional and business services	392.4	386.3	385.7	388.3	-4.1	-1.0
Education and health services	405.4	416.9	418.2	424.6	19.2	4.7
Leisure and hospitality	271.4	266.8	269.1	271.8	0.4	0.1
Other services	77.9	79.1	79.3	80.5	2.6	3.3
Government	262.3	264.0	262.7	262.9	0.6	0.2
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Total nonfarm	2,437.3	2,415.3	2,416.8	2,421.3	-16.0	-0.7
Mining and logging	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
Construction	118.8	113.1	113.6	116.1	-2.7	-2.3
Manufacturing	142.3	133.2	133.4	132.7	-9.6	-6.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	341.2	345.0	342.3	341.3	0.1	0.0
Information	135.8	133.0	132.8	131.2	-4.6	-3.4
Financial activities	131.1	128.6	127.7	128.0	-3.1	-2.4
Professional and business services	490.3	486.0	483.1	483.7	-6.6	-1.3
Education and health services	412.5	423.9	425.2	426.2	13.7	3.3
Leisure and hospitality	249.8	239.9	242.2	243.5	-6.3	-2.5
Other services	87.4	85.5	86.2	86.9	-0.5	-0.6
Government	327.7	326.7	329.9	331.3	3.6	1.1
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Total nonfarm	3,367.0	3,369.7	3,380.9	3,393.7	26.7	0.8
Mining, logging, and construction	163.3	164.3	168.7	173.8	10.5	6.4
Manufacturing	56.4	56.9	56.9	56.8	0.4	0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	395.7	398.6	398.4	397.6	1.9	0.5
Information	81.0	80.7	80.9	80.6	-0.4	-0.5
Financial activities	153.5	154.5	153.7	154.3	0.8	0.5
Professional and business services	808.3	799.8	801.5	799.4	-8.9	-1.1
Education and health services	478.0	492.1	493.5	494.3	16.3	3.4
Leisure and hospitality	323.6	306.1	314.4	324.0	0.4	0.1
Other services	183.9	184.5	183.3	185.5	1.6	0.9
Government	723.3	732.2	729.6	727.4	4.1	0.6
Footnotes ​(1) U.S. data are preliminary for two months after they are first published. ​(p) Preliminary