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24-2228-ATL
Wednesday, October 30, 2024

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Miami Area Employment — September 2024

Total nonfarm employment for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, metropolitan area increased by 63,000 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, 2.2 percent, compared to the 1.5-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, with 45 percent of the metropolitan area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 28,200 jobs over the year. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL, which accounted for 31 percent of the area’s employment, gained 21,100 jobs since September 2023. 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 largest gain (+14,600) among the metropolitan area’s private-industry supersectors. (See chart 2.) The Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL, division added 7,500 jobs, or 51.4 percent, of the metropolitan area’s employment gained in this industry. The 3.2-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to the 3.8-percent gain on a national level.


Construction added 13,800 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. The metropolitan area had an 8.9-percent gain in the construction supersector, compared to the 2.8-percent increase for the nation.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in September 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 (+149,600). Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD (+41,800), had the smallest employment increase among the areas with significant changes, followed by Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (+43,000) and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (+43,500). (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, each reported a 2.2-percent rate of job gain. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, reported a job gain of 1.3 percent.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for October 2024 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, November 27, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Hurricane Francine

Hurricane Francine made landfall in southern Louisiana on September 11, 2024, during the reference periods for both the household and establishment surveys. Response rates for the two surveys were within normal ranges both nationally and for the affected areas. For information on how unusually severe weather can affect employment and hours estimates, see question 8 in the Frequently Asked Questions section of the Employment Situation news release.


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 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

State and area employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website.

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 Sep
2023
Jul
2024
Aug
2024
Sep
2024(p)
Sep 2023 to
Sep 2024(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

United States(1)

Total nonfarm

156,845 158,399 158,717 159,177 2,332 1.5

Mining and logging

649 642 644 645 -4 -0.6

Construction

8,216 8,464 8,496 8,446 230 2.8

Manufacturing

12,953 13,013 12,980 12,923 -30 -0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,724 28,965 28,908 28,902 178 0.6

Information

3,000 3,025 3,024 2,994 -6 -0.2

Financial activities

9,220 9,318 9,311 9,259 39 0.4

Professional and business services

22,938 23,057 23,057 23,027 89 0.4

Education and health services

25,531 26,093 26,203 26,500 969 3.8

Leisure and hospitality

16,791 17,689 17,592 17,121 330 2.0

Other services

5,839 5,990 5,961 5,901 62 1.1

Government

22,984 22,143 22,541 23,459 475 2.1

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

Total nonfarm

2,900.8 2,940.3 2,964.6 2,963.8 63.0 2.2

Construction

154.2 166.3 166.3 168.0 13.8 8.9

Manufacturing

99.0 98.7 97.7 97.0 -2.0 -2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

648.8 656.0 654.3 654.9 6.1 0.9

Information

55.0 54.6 54.9 54.8 -0.2 -0.4

Financial activities

217.4 217.2 216.6 216.3 -1.1 -0.5

Professional and business services

516.5 524.1 524.8 522.0 5.5 1.1

Education and health services

449.3 457.5 461.3 463.9 14.6 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

330.7 343.9 345.0 341.4 10.7 3.2

Other services

113.6 119.2 120.0 119.6 6.0 5.3

Government

315.4 301.9 322.8 325.0 9.6 3.0

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,303.3 1,321.6 1,334.3 1,331.5 28.2 2.2

Mining and logging

0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0

Construction

57.4 63.3 63.1 63.8 6.4 11.1

Manufacturing

46.4 46.1 45.5 45.1 -1.3 -2.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

317.7 319.8 318.3 317.4 -0.3 -0.1

Information

23.4 23.5 23.6 23.4 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

94.4 95.1 94.0 94.0 -0.4 -0.4

Professional and business services

210.3 215.1 217.2 215.6 5.3 2.5

Education and health services

215.1 219.5 221.8 222.6 7.5 3.5

Leisure and hospitality

146.5 152.4 153.6 152.8 6.3 4.3

Other services

48.2 50.2 50.4 50.5 2.3 4.8

Government

143.3 136.0 146.2 145.7 2.4 1.7

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

Total nonfarm

911.0 924.6 931.9 932.1 21.1 2.3

Construction

52.6 55.7 56.3 57.1 4.5 8.6

Manufacturing

30.6 30.3 30.0 29.8 -0.8 -2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

206.0 209.5 209.6 210.7 4.7 2.3

Information

20.2 19.9 20.0 20.1 -0.1 -0.5

Financial activities

72.9 72.3 72.5 72.3 -0.6 -0.8

Professional and business services

170.9 172.8 172.3 171.1 0.2 0.1

Education and health services

119.8 121.8 122.7 122.9 3.1 2.6

Leisure and hospitality

95.3 99.2 99.2 97.1 1.8 1.9

Other services

35.6 39.2 39.6 39.3 3.7 10.4

Government

107.0 103.8 109.6 111.6 4.6 4.3

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

Total nonfarm

686.5 694.1 698.4 700.2 13.7 2.0

Construction

44.2 47.3 46.9 47.1 2.9 6.6

Manufacturing

22.0 22.3 22.2 22.1 0.1 0.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

125.1 126.7 126.4 126.8 1.7 1.4

Information

11.4 11.2 11.3 11.3 -0.1 -0.9

Financial activities

50.1 49.8 50.1 50.0 -0.1 -0.2

Professional and business services

135.3 136.2 135.3 135.3 0.0 0.0

Education and health services

114.4 116.2 116.8 118.4 4.0 3.5

Leisure and hospitality

88.9 92.3 92.2 91.5 2.6 2.9

Other services

29.8 29.8 30.0 29.8 0.0 0.0

Government

65.1 62.1 67.0 67.7 2.6 4.0

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 and Industry Sep
2023
Jul
2024
Aug
2024
Sep
2024(p)
Sep 2023 to
Sep 2024(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

3,053.8 3,087.6 3,097.4 3,096.8 43.0 1.4

Mining and logging

2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.1 5.0

Construction

145.5 145.5 149.0 150.4 4.9 3.4

Manufacturing

181.5 183.0 181.8 180.5 -1.0 -0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

656.2 654.8 650.3 649.6 -6.6 -1.0

Information

98.0 94.7 96.8 94.6 -3.4 -3.5

Financial activities

204.8 210.4 209.6 208.0 3.2 1.6

Professional and business services

586.4 583.5 583.3 581.1 -5.3 -0.9

Education and health services

414.7 418.8 427.7 431.4 16.7 4.0

Leisure and hospitality

307.3 335.1 327.9 327.6 20.3 6.6

Other services

104.4 109.8 107.5 108.5 4.1 3.9

Government

353.0 349.9 361.4 363.0 10.0 2.8

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

Total nonfarm

2,806.2 2,849.2 2,838.7 2,830.5 24.3 0.9

Mining, logging, and construction

132.4 134.0 135.7 133.7 1.3 1.0

Manufacturing

183.3 180.4 179.9 179.4 -3.9 -2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

401.8 402.6 402.0 400.2 -1.6 -0.4

Information

80.1 77.6 77.0 76.4 -3.7 -4.6

Financial activities

183.5 188.8 189.5 184.3 0.8 0.4

Professional and business services

530.2 537.5 533.2 527.6 -2.6 -0.5

Education and health services

608.2 617.0 614.1 623.7 15.5 2.5

Leisure and hospitality

268.6 301.6 300.4 278.3 9.7 3.6

Other services

101.3 109.8 108.7 104.4 3.1 3.1

Government

316.8 299.9 298.2 322.5 5.7 1.8

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,807.3 4,825.3 4,808.2 4,811.9 4.6 0.1

Mining and logging

1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 0.0 0.0

Construction

191.5 192.7 193.2 191.7 0.2 0.1

Manufacturing

414.5 423.6 421.8 419.4 4.9 1.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

966.5 966.5 964.7 968.4 1.9 0.2

Information

77.9 76.8 75.9 75.3 -2.6 -3.3

Financial activities

320.6 320.9 320.5 315.1 -5.5 -1.7

Professional and business services

850.3 825.3 823.3 820.7 -29.6 -3.5

Education and health services

764.0 771.3 770.6 783.9 19.9 2.6

Leisure and hospitality

478.2 501.1 493.6 475.4 -2.8 -0.6

Other services

196.8 205.0 204.2 203.1 6.3 3.2

Government

545.4 540.4 538.7 557.3 11.9 2.2

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

4,234.6 4,271.4 4,302.3 4,317.9 83.3 2.0

Mining, logging, and construction

250.2 257.1 259.5 258.6 8.4 3.4

Manufacturing

308.6 315.3 317.0 315.2 6.6 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

895.6 900.9 904.2 908.7 13.1 1.5

Information

90.7 91.7 91.7 91.8 1.1 1.2

Financial activities

368.5 377.4 378.9 377.8 9.3 2.5

Professional and business services

778.1 770.1 780.7 788.4 10.3 1.3

Education and health services

506.2 514.2 519.0 523.0 16.8 3.3

Leisure and hospitality

425.4 435.7 433.4 429.1 3.7 0.9

Other services

137.3 144.4 143.8 143.9 6.6 4.8

Government

474.0 464.6 474.1 481.4 7.4 1.6

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,383.6 3,421.3 3,447.0 3,458.7 75.1 2.2

Mining and logging

71.6 72.4 72.6 72.5 0.9 1.3

Construction

232.7 241.7 247.0 249.3 16.6 7.1

Manufacturing

234.3 237.9 239.5 239.5 5.2 2.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities

685.7 686.5 692.0 691.9 6.2 0.9

Information

32.8 32.5 32.1 32.2 -0.6 -1.8

Financial activities

186.9 191.2 192.7 191.1 4.2 2.2

Professional and business services

555.2 560.6 564.3 565.0 9.8 1.8

Education and health services

452.7 463.7 468.5 470.4 17.7 3.9

Leisure and hospitality

356.1 365.1 365.7 362.4 6.3 1.8

Other services

127.5 134.5 136.0 133.9 6.4 5.0

Government

448.1 435.2 436.6 450.5 2.4 0.5

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,200.4 6,262.8 6,270.7 6,282.2 81.8 1.3

Mining and logging

1.9 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.0 0.0

Construction

256.9 259.7 259.6 258.0 1.1 0.4

Manufacturing

474.6 468.3 467.7 466.8 -7.8 -1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,081.1 1,088.0 1,089.5 1,092.5 11.4 1.1

Information

196.3 206.0 205.2 201.6 5.3 2.7

Financial activities

312.4 316.5 316.5 315.8 3.4 1.1

Professional and business services

969.0 963.2 962.6 962.2 -6.8 -0.7

Education and health services

1,187.9 1,227.3 1,225.0 1,239.6 51.7 4.4

Leisure and hospitality

768.4 792.2 791.8 780.9 12.5 1.6

Other services

214.2 219.2 219.3 218.0 3.8 1.8

Government

737.7 720.4 731.5 744.9 7.2 1.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,900.8 2,940.3 2,964.6 2,963.8 63.0 2.2

Construction

154.2 166.3 166.3 168.0 13.8 8.9

Manufacturing

99.0 98.7 97.7 97.0 -2.0 -2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

648.8 656.0 654.3 654.9 6.1 0.9

Information

55.0 54.6 54.9 54.8 -0.2 -0.4

Financial activities

217.4 217.2 216.6 216.3 -1.1 -0.5

Professional and business services

516.5 524.1 524.8 522.0 5.5 1.1

Education and health services

449.3 457.5 461.3 463.9 14.6 3.2

Leisure and hospitality

330.7 343.9 345.0 341.4 10.7 3.2

Other services

113.6 119.2 120.0 119.6 6.0 5.3

Government

315.4 301.9 322.8 325.0 9.6 3.0

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

Total nonfarm

10,077.4 10,262.1 10,217.6 10,227.0 149.6 1.5

Mining, logging, and construction

412.8 406.2 409.3 404.2 -8.6 -2.1

Manufacturing

350.0 349.0 348.7 348.7 -1.3 -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,667.8 1,662.7 1,657.6 1,669.9 2.1 0.1

Information

307.1 294.1 299.6 296.0 -11.1 -3.6

Financial activities

827.0 835.7 834.7 828.1 1.1 0.1

Professional and business services

1,659.0 1,673.9 1,653.2 1,640.1 -18.9 -1.1

Education and health services

2,204.7 2,316.8 2,311.9 2,342.6 137.9 6.3

Leisure and hospitality

945.8 1,021.4 1,012.7 967.7 21.9 2.3

Other services

405.1 424.6 420.5 411.1 6.0 1.5

Government

1,298.1 1,277.7 1,269.4 1,318.6 20.5 1.6

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

Total nonfarm

3,088.3 3,125.8 3,115.8 3,130.1 41.8 1.4

Mining, logging, and construction

127.3 130.5 130.8 129.4 2.1 1.6

Manufacturing

182.2 181.9 181.1 179.4 -2.8 -1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

544.2 540.9 537.9 537.8 -6.4 -1.2

Information

53.1 53.0 53.2 52.6 -0.5 -0.9

Financial activities

229.0 233.3 232.6 231.3 2.3 1.0

Professional and business services

499.4 502.6 500.4 499.4 0.0 0.0

Education and health services

710.7 724.7 725.2 742.1 31.4 4.4

Leisure and hospitality

279.3 303.8 299.9 286.7 7.4 2.6

Other services

122.6 127.2 126.1 123.8 1.2 1.0

Government

340.5 327.9 328.6 347.6 7.1 2.1

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,416.2 2,410.7 2,443.1 2,459.7 43.5 1.8

Mining and logging

3.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 0.3 8.3

Construction

171.0 171.6 172.6 173.2 2.2 1.3

Manufacturing

149.2 148.2 146.5 145.8 -3.4 -2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

467.4 474.1 474.7 475.8 8.4 1.8

Information

41.9 40.8 40.8 41.3 -0.6 -1.4

Financial activities

210.9 213.9 212.7 212.3 1.4 0.7

Professional and business services

389.0 391.6 396.8 396.2 7.2 1.9

Education and health services

400.2 408.6 418.5 423.8 23.6 5.9

Leisure and hospitality

248.7 243.1 244.9 244.6 -4.1 -1.6

Other services

76.4 79.0 76.9 77.5 1.1 1.4

Government

257.9 235.9 254.8 265.3 7.4 2.9

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,454.1 2,473.2 2,468.5 2,469.2 15.1 0.6

Mining and logging

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0

Construction

125.6 124.8 125.8 124.2 -1.4 -1.1

Manufacturing

151.1 146.3 145.7 146.6 -4.5 -3.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

346.4 350.0 349.8 350.1 3.7 1.1

Information

140.2 133.5 131.6 130.7 -9.5 -6.8

Financial activities

135.9 135.7 136.0 136.3 0.4 0.3

Professional and business services

500.9 503.1 501.3 498.8 -2.1 -0.4

Education and health services

396.1 409.7 410.4 410.6 14.5 3.7

Leisure and hospitality

254.5 262.5 261.7 260.3 5.8 2.3

Other services

85.8 89.5 89.6 88.8 3.0 3.5

Government

317.2 317.7 316.2 322.4 5.2 1.6

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

Total nonfarm

3,370.3 3,401.0 3,388.1 3,391.4 21.1 0.6

Mining, logging, and construction

163.5 165.7 167.5 166.7 3.2 2.0

Manufacturing

57.8 60.0 60.0 59.8 2.0 3.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

400.5 405.8 404.5 404.1 3.6 0.9

Information

79.5 79.8 79.8 79.4 -0.1 -0.1

Financial activities

153.1 151.2 150.6 150.3 -2.8 -1.8

Professional and business services

812.3 823.8 816.2 812.9 0.6 0.1

Education and health services

459.6 458.6 459.6 467.4 7.8 1.7

Leisure and hospitality

323.8 337.9 338.9 329.1 5.3 1.6

Other services

194.2 202.9 202.2 200.2 6.0 3.1

Government

726.0 715.3 708.8 721.5 -4.5 -0.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, October 30, 2024