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23-2332-ATL
Wednesday, November 01, 2023

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Miami Area Employment — September 2023

Total nonfarm employment for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, metropolitan area increased by 69,700 over the year in September, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Victoria G. Lee noted that the local rate of job gain, 2.5 percent, compared to the 2.1-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 greater metropolitan area. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendal, FL, with 45 percent of the metropolitan area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 38,600 jobs over the year. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL, which accounted for 32 percent of the area’s employment, gained 19,600 jobs since September 2022. West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL, accounted for 23 percent of area employment.

Industry employment

In Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, trade, transportation, and utilities had the largest gain (+20,500) among the metropolitan area’s private-industry supersectors. (See chart 2.) Retail trade accounted for 5,800 of the jobs added within this supersector. The metropolitan area had a 3.2-percent gain in the trade, transportation, and utilities supersector, compared to the 0.5-percent increase for the nation.


Education and health services added 17,700 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. The Miami-Miami Beach-Kendal, FL, division added 8,400 jobs, or 47 percent, of the metropolitan area’s employment gained in this industry. Both the metropolitan area and the nation had a 4.1-percent gain in the education and health services supersector.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in September 2023. All 12 areas gained jobs over the year. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, had the largest increase (+201,600), followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (+178,300). San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA, had the smallest increase (+42,400), closely followed by Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (+51,700), among the largest areas. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, had a 4.3-percent rate of job gain. The rates of job gain in the remaining 11 areas ranged from 2.9 percent in both Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, and 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 October 2023 is scheduled to be released on Thursday, November 30, 2023, 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 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; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and the Miami metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry Sept
2022
July
2023
Aug
2023
Sept
2023(p)
Sept 2022 to Sept 2023(p)
Net change Percent change

United States(1)

Total nonfarm

153,809 156,022 156,416 157,001 3,192 2.1

Mining and logging

619 652 652 649 30 4.8

Construction

7,956 8,185 8,215 8,173 217 2.7

Manufacturing

12,918 13,038 13,056 13,014 96 0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,584 28,778 28,714 28,720 136 0.5

Information

3,108 3,084 3,055 3,034 -74 -2.4

Financial activities

9,066 9,222 9,210 9,152 86 0.9

Professional and business services

22,806 23,052 23,087 23,073 267 1.2

Education and health services

24,539 25,120 25,242 25,545 1,006 4.1

Leisure and hospitality

16,157 17,388 17,288 16,822 665 4.1

Other services

5,733 5,942 5,928 5,866 133 2.3

Government

22,323 21,561 21,969 22,953 630 2.8

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

2,823.8 2,862.9 2,883.4 2,893.5 69.7 2.5

Construction

147.0 139.2 139.5 140.2 -6.8 -4.6

Manufacturing

94.8 97.4 97.9 97.6 2.8 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

636.0 654.6 654.1 656.5 20.5 3.2

Information

56.0 55.3 54.8 54.4 -1.6 -2.9

Financial activities

212.9 215.3 217.4 216.8 3.9 1.8

Professional and business services

511.3 522.4 524.9 530.5 19.2 3.8

Education and health services

429.9 441.1 441.6 447.6 17.7 4.1

Leisure and hospitality

318.9 327.9 325.8 320.6 1.7 0.5

Other services

111.2 115.9 115.2 115.5 4.3 3.9

Government

305.0 293.0 311.4 313.0 8.0 2.6

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,263.5 1,292.9 1,303.7 1,302.1 38.6 3.1

Mining and logging

0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.0

Construction

55.0 50.3 50.7 50.3 -4.7 -8.5

Manufacturing

43.3 45.9 46.3 46.1 2.8 6.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

311.7 323.1 322.0 324.1 12.4 4.0

Information

24.2 23.7 23.5 23.2 -1.0 -4.1

Financial activities

91.0 91.6 92.4 92.0 1.0 1.1

Professional and business services

206.0 216.2 216.6 217.6 11.6 5.6

Education and health services

205.5 212.4 214.2 213.9 8.4 4.1

Leisure and hospitality

139.6 141.6 140.8 138.0 -1.6 -1.1

Other services

47.1 51.0 50.8 50.8 3.7 7.9

Government

139.6 136.6 145.9 145.6 6.0 4.3

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

892.2 896.6 905.2 911.8 19.6 2.2

Construction

49.9 47.7 47.5 48.3 -1.6 -3.2

Manufacturing

30.4 30.3 30.3 30.2 -0.2 -0.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

202.4 207.4 207.7 208.5 6.1 3.0

Information

20.6 20.5 20.3 20.3 -0.3 -1.5

Financial activities

72.7 74.0 75.2 75.2 2.5 3.4

Professional and business services

170.7 174.0 176.5 178.3 7.6 4.5

Education and health services

116.2 116.8 117.4 120.6 4.4 3.8

Leisure and hospitality

93.3 95.5 95.0 93.6 0.3 0.3

Other services

33.8 34.7 34.7 34.6 0.8 2.4

Government

102.1 95.6 100.5 102.1 0.0 0.0

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

668.1 673.4 674.5 679.6 11.5 1.7

Construction

42.1 41.2 41.3 41.6 -0.5 -1.2

Manufacturing

21.1 21.2 21.3 21.3 0.2 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

121.9 124.1 124.4 123.9 2.0 1.6

Information

11.2 11.1 11.0 10.9 -0.3 -2.7

Financial activities

49.2 49.7 49.8 49.6 0.4 0.8

Professional and business services

134.6 132.2 131.8 134.6 0.0 0.0

Education and health services

108.2 111.9 110.0 113.1 4.9 4.5

Leisure and hospitality

86.0 90.8 90.0 89.0 3.0 3.5

Other services

30.3 30.2 29.7 30.1 -0.2 -0.7

Government

63.3 60.8 65.0 65.3 2.0 3.2

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)
Area Sep
2022
Jul
2023
Aug
2023
Sep
2023(p)
Sep 2022 to
Sep 2023(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

3,006.0 3,052.0 3,063.3 3,072.8 66.8 2.2

Mining and logging

1.8 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.1 5.6

Construction

138.6 144.3 145.3 145.9 7.3 5.3

Manufacturing

176.9 175.2 174.8 174.1 -2.8 -1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

654.0 653.2 650.9 649.8 -4.2 -0.6

Information

112.2 114.4 113.4 113.0 0.8 0.7

Financial activities

199.5 208.2 208.5 208.5 9.0 4.5

Professional and business services

593.2 581.0 585.2 588.7 -4.5 -0.8

Education and health services

393.5 407.9 413.0 416.4 22.9 5.8

Leisure and hospitality

293.8 321.0 315.9 312.5 18.7 6.4

Other services

103.6 109.3 109.5 110.5 6.9 6.7

Government

338.9 335.6 344.9 351.5 12.6 3.7

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

Total nonfarm

2,788.8 2,875.0 2,870.3 2,865.5 76.7 2.8

Mining, logging, and construction

130.4 137.5 139.0 137.2 6.8 5.2

Manufacturing

183.5 184.6 183.6 182.0 -1.5 -0.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

403.0 413.1 412.5 411.7 8.7 2.2

Information

84.0 85.4 85.4 84.8 0.8 1.0

Financial activities

185.3 193.8 193.9 191.1 5.8 3.1

Professional and business services

537.8 566.3 563.0 554.7 16.9 3.1

Education and health services

595.1 608.1 608.5 618.1 23.0 3.9

Leisure and hospitality

258.7 285.4 285.7 267.8 9.1 3.5

Other services

99.5 106.5 106.2 101.1 1.6 1.6

Government

311.5 294.3 292.5 317.0 5.5 1.8

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,748.5 4,821.1 4,808.7 4,815.0 66.5 1.4

Mining and logging

1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.1 6.7

Construction

190.5 197.4 195.4 194.5 4.0 2.1

Manufacturing

406.8 408.8 408.6 410.3 3.5 0.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

960.7 963.3 961.8 960.5 -0.2 0.0

Information

82.2 78.7 78.7 77.2 -5.0 -6.1

Financial activities

319.3 327.2 325.8 324.2 4.9 1.5

Professional and business services

875.0 871.1 869.0 868.9 -6.1 -0.7

Education and health services

732.2 752.6 756.1 767.6 35.4 4.8

Leisure and hospitality

457.3 506.5 499.5 477.4 20.1 4.4

Other services

192.9 198.6 197.0 196.6 3.7 1.9

Government

530.1 515.3 515.2 536.2 6.1 1.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

4,128.6 4,276.8 4,281.3 4,306.9 178.3 4.3

Mining, logging, and construction

236.7 256.8 254.6 258.6 21.9 9.3

Manufacturing

302.0 312.2 311.5 312.9 10.9 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

887.3 902.8 902.3 907.4 20.1 2.3

Information

91.5 96.8 95.6 95.5 4.0 4.4

Financial activities

363.8 381.3 380.7 382.1 18.3 5.0

Professional and business services

774.3 812.9 808.2 813.9 39.6 5.1

Education and health services

481.1 496.4 499.3 503.9 22.8 4.7

Leisure and hospitality

404.5 423.4 420.6 418.6 14.1 3.5

Other services

130.0 144.1 145.6 144.8 14.8 11.4

Government

457.4 450.1 462.9 469.2 11.8 2.6

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,276.1 3,345.1 3,348.8 3,370.8 94.7 2.9

Mining and logging

66.9 70.1 70.1 70.0 3.1 4.6

Construction

227.3 221.7 218.5 218.5 -8.8 -3.9

Manufacturing

226.5 234.0 233.7 233.1 6.6 2.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

669.2 695.6 695.6 695.5 26.3 3.9

Information

32.8 33.3 33.2 33.1 0.3 0.9

Financial activities

181.5 187.2 188.2 188.7 7.2 4.0

Professional and business services

545.4 562.2 560.6 559.8 14.4 2.6

Education and health services

431.6 449.7 451.2 454.9 23.3 5.4

Leisure and hospitality

340.7 352.2 352.9 351.5 10.8 3.2

Other services

120.2 117.4 120.8 119.5 -0.7 -0.6

Government

434.0 421.7 424.0 446.2 12.2 2.8

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,217.4 6,320.7 6,329.2 6,360.7 143.3 2.3

Mining and logging

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0

Construction

259.3 261.4 262.5 262.6 3.3 1.3

Manufacturing

477.8 479.5 479.2 476.0 -1.8 -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,089.9 1,104.7 1,108.4 1,107.2 17.3 1.6

Information

258.2 240.9 235.0 228.6 -29.6 -11.5

Financial activities

325.4 331.2 330.0 329.6 4.2 1.3

Professional and business services

1,005.9 1,015.5 1,016.8 1,019.6 13.7 1.4

Education and health services

1,127.6 1,179.0 1,185.0 1,201.9 74.3 6.6

Leisure and hospitality

741.2 792.4 790.4 788.3 47.1 6.4

Other services

208.3 215.8 215.5 214.5 6.2 3.0

Government

721.9 698.4 704.5 730.5 8.6 1.2

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,823.8 2,862.9 2,883.4 2,893.5 69.7 2.5

Construction

147.0 139.2 139.5 140.2 -6.8 -4.6

Manufacturing

94.8 97.4 97.9 97.6 2.8 3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

636.0 654.6 654.1 656.5 20.5 3.2

Information

56.0 55.3 54.8 54.4 -1.6 -2.9

Financial activities

212.9 215.3 217.4 216.8 3.9 1.8

Professional and business services

511.3 522.4 524.9 530.5 19.2 3.8

Education and health services

429.9 441.1 441.6 447.6 17.7 4.1

Leisure and hospitality

318.9 327.9 325.8 320.6 1.7 0.5

Other services

111.2 115.9 115.2 115.5 4.3 3.9

Government

305.0 293.0 311.4 313.0 8.0 2.6

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

Total nonfarm

9,886.7 10,093.4 10,070.1 10,088.3 201.6 2.0

Mining, logging, and construction

409.7 423.5 423.6 421.3 11.6 2.8

Manufacturing

348.2 350.4 351.2 351.8 3.6 1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,669.9 1,656.3 1,648.8 1,657.4 -12.5 -0.7

Information

328.0 306.2 301.6 304.2 -23.8 -7.3

Financial activities

809.0 821.5 820.9 809.5 0.5 0.1

Professional and business services

1,644.2 1,651.2 1,645.4 1,637.6 -6.6 -0.4

Education and health services

2,106.5 2,212.6 2,215.2 2,255.2 148.7 7.1

Leisure and hospitality

901.4 995.0 992.5 952.2 50.8 5.6

Other services

396.6 409.6 411.2 401.7 5.1 1.3

Government

1,273.2 1,267.1 1,259.7 1,297.4 24.2 1.9

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

Total nonfarm

3,037.7 3,107.4 3,102.2 3,124.4 86.7 2.9

Mining, logging, and construction

127.1 131.8 133.0 131.5 4.4 3.5

Manufacturing

179.8 183.8 183.6 182.1 2.3 1.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

547.2 554.2 552.4 554.2 7.0 1.3

Information

54.6 55.6 55.1 54.9 0.3 0.5

Financial activities

227.5 231.1 230.4 230.9 3.4 1.5

Professional and business services

501.9 511.9 510.6 511.1 9.2 1.8

Education and health services

681.1 695.4 696.5 716.2 35.1 5.2

Leisure and hospitality

265.4 299.6 296.0 281.4 16.0 6.0

Other services

120.4 127.0 126.3 125.1 4.7 3.9

Government

332.7 317.0 318.3 337.0 4.3 1.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,327.2 2,324.4 2,356.0 2,378.9 51.7 2.2

Mining and logging

3.0 3.3 3.4 3.3 0.3 10.0

Construction

155.0 159.4 161.3 160.6 5.6 3.6

Manufacturing

150.0 149.5 148.3 149.5 -0.5 -0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

446.5 448.9 448.7 449.6 3.1 0.7

Information

43.0 41.8 41.8 40.3 -2.7 -6.3

Financial activities

217.1 219.8 222.0 223.0 5.9 2.7

Professional and business services

395.7 391.9 395.9 399.2 3.5 0.9

Education and health services

367.4 375.5 381.2 388.1 20.7 5.6

Leisure and hospitality

234.5 241.2 242.1 244.1 9.6 4.1

Other services

71.4 69.7 70.0 69.9 -1.5 -2.1

Government

243.6 223.4 241.3 251.3 7.7 3.2

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,473.5 2,534.3 2,528.6 2,515.9 42.4 1.7

Mining and logging

0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.0

Construction

126.0 130.9 131.5 129.5 3.5 2.8

Manufacturing

156.4 158.1 157.1 157.2 0.8 0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

354.3 356.8 358.1 356.5 2.2 0.6

Information

154.0 153.5 152.8 149.9 -4.1 -2.7

Financial activities

143.7 147.3 147.1 144.0 0.3 0.2

Professional and business services

524.0 529.4 525.5 518.1 -5.9 -1.1

Education and health services

378.1 396.9 396.6 399.2 21.1 5.6

Leisure and hospitality

244.9 266.5 265.4 261.1 16.2 6.6

Other services

82.5 88.4 87.2 87.0 4.5 5.5

Government

309.3 306.2 307.0 313.1 3.8 1.2

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

Total nonfarm

3,318.4 3,375.7 3,380.1 3,396.4 78.0 2.4

Mining, logging, and construction

164.3 170.5 171.6 167.9 3.6 2.2

Manufacturing

57.0 56.6 56.8 56.8 -0.2 -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

397.3 398.8 397.8 396.5 -0.8 -0.2

Information

80.9 82.1 82.2 81.0 0.1 0.1

Financial activities

155.0 153.4 153.5 153.5 -1.5 -1.0

Professional and business services

804.1 813.1 811.8 810.4 6.3 0.8

Education and health services

441.0 453.6 457.6 461.5 20.5 4.6

Leisure and hospitality

308.1 330.7 329.1 324.0 15.9 5.2

Other services

191.8 202.0 200.1 199.6 7.8 4.1

Government

718.9 714.9 719.6 745.2 26.3 3.7

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, November 01, 2023