Total nonfarm employment for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, metropolitan area increased by 139,700 over the year in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the local rate of job gain, 3.3 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.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, is made up of two metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. Employment increased in both divisions over the year. Dallas-Plano-Irving, with 72 percent of the area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 103,500 jobs over the year. Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, which accounted for 28 percent of the area’s workforce, gained 36,200 jobs during the period.

Industry employment

In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, professional and business services had the largest employment gain (+32,400) among local private-industry supersectors over the year. (See chart 2.) Within the supersector, the professional, scientific, and technical services sector added the most jobs (+24,300), with the Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, division contributing 19,400 jobs and the Fort-Worth-Arlington, TX, division contributing 4,900 jobs to the sector’s increase. The 4.1-percent rate of job increase in the metropolitan area’s professional and business services supersector compared to the 0.9-percent gain nationwide.

Financial activities added 17,400 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area, with the Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, division reporting an increase (+15,300) in this supersector. In the metropolitan area, the finance and insurance sector gained 11,700 jobs, with Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, adding 10,200 jobs. The metropolitan area’s 4.7-percent increase in financial activities compared to the 0.6-percent national increase.

Three other supersectors for the metropolitan area had notable over-the-year job gains: mining, logging, and construction (+15,900), other services (+14,500) and manufacturing (+11,000). The other services supersector’s 11.0-percent rate of increase in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, compared to the 1.9-percent gain nationwide.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in November 2023. Ten of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year. The largest job gains occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, (+139,700) and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (+122,200). Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ, had the smallest employment increase (+43,900), followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (+48,400), among the areas with significant changes. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, had a 3.3-percent rate of job gain. The rates of job gain in the remaining nine areas with significant changes ranged from 3.0 percent in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, to 1.2 percent in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for December 2023 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. (CT).

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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas.

• The Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall counties in Texas.

• The Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division includes Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas.

Additional information

Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/.

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Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area and Industry	Nov. 2022	Sep. 2023	Oct. 2023	Nov. 2023(p)	Nov. 2022 to Nov. 2023(p)
					Net change	Percent change
United States
Total nonfarm	155,642	156,906	157,984	158,461	2,819	1.8
Mining and logging	627	650	650	645	18	2.9
Construction	7,900	8,160	8,194	8,103	203	2.6
Manufacturing	12,974	12,995	12,964	12,994	20	0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	29,272	28,723	28,963	29,371	99	0.3
Information	3,145	3,037	3,026	3,048	-97	-3.1
Financial activities	9,116	9,151	9,173	9,172	56	0.6
Professional and business services	23,028	23,047	23,266	23,231	203	0.9
Education and health services	25,024	25,572	25,902	26,069	1,045	4.2
Leisure and hospitality	15,998	16,775	16,688	16,508	510	3.2
Other services	5,782	5,871	5,888	5,891	109	1.9
Government	22,776	22,925	23,270	23,429	653	2.9
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm	4,219.0	4,305.3	4,342.5	4,358.7	139.7	3.3
Mining, logging, and construction	240.0	256.9	255.5	255.9	15.9	6.6
Manufacturing	304.7	313.0	314.3	315.7	11.0	3.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	917.0	906.6	913.6	929.7	12.7	1.4
Information	92.7	95.4	95.9	96.5	3.8	4.1
Financial activities	366.9	382.5	385.9	384.3	17.4	4.7
Professional and business services	794.3	813.6	825.9	826.7	32.4	4.1
Education and health services	493.5	503.6	504.0	502.6	9.1	1.8
Leisure and hospitality	407.6	418.4	420.9	419.1	11.5	2.8
Other services	131.6	144.7	146.4	146.1	14.5	11.0
Government	470.7	470.6	480.1	482.1	11.4	2.4
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	3,024.5	3,086.6	3,118.4	3,128.0	103.5	3.4
Mining, logging, and construction	160.3	173.8	171.6	172.8	12.5	7.8
Manufacturing	195.6	201.2	202.0	202.7	7.1	3.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	623.1	611.5	617.5	627.7	4.6	0.7
Information	81.4	84.0	84.4	85.0	3.6	4.4
Financial activities	290.2	303.6	307.2	305.5	15.3	5.3
Professional and business services	635.5	643.5	655.6	657.3	21.8	3.4
Education and health services	340.5	350.2	351.8	349.9	9.4	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	279.5	288.7	289.4	286.7	7.2	2.6
Other services	90.3	102.4	104.0	103.4	13.1	14.5
Government	328.1	327.7	334.9	337.0	8.9	2.7
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	1,194.5	1,218.7	1,224.1	1,230.7	36.2	3.0
Mining, logging, and construction	79.7	83.1	83.9	83.1	3.4	4.3
Manufacturing	109.1	111.8	112.3	113.0	3.9	3.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	293.9	295.1	296.1	302.0	8.1	2.8
Information	11.3	11.4	11.5	11.5	0.2	1.8
Financial activities	76.7	78.9	78.7	78.8	2.1	2.7
Professional and business services	158.8	170.1	170.3	169.4	10.6	6.7
Education and health services	153.0	153.4	152.2	152.7	-0.3	-0.2
Leisure and hospitality	128.1	129.7	131.5	132.4	4.3	3.4
Other services	41.3	42.3	42.4	42.7	1.4	3.4
Government	142.6	142.9	145.2	145.1	2.5	1.8
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Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector for the 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area	Nov 2022	Sep 2023	Oct 2023	Nov 2023(p)	Nov 2022 to Nov 2023(p)
					Net change	Percent change
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Total nonfarm	3,046.7	3,073.0	3,097.2	3,123.2	76.5	2.5
Mining and logging	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
Construction	140.9	145.6	145.3	145.5	4.6	3.3
Manufacturing	176.3	173.7	174.4	176.3	0.0	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	666.8	650.9	657.2	663.5	-3.3	-0.5
Information	117.6	113.3	113.0	113.4	-4.2	-3.6
Financial activities	201.3	209.7	210.0	212.0	10.7	5.3
Professional and business services	594.5	586.9	594.4	599.6	5.1	0.9
Education and health services	398.4	417.0	424.7	426.6	28.2	7.1
Leisure and hospitality	300.2	312.2	315.7	320.4	20.2	6.7
Other services	106.1	110.5	109.1	109.4	3.3	3.1
Government	342.7	351.3	351.5	354.6	11.9	3.5
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH (NECTA)
Total nonfarm	2,826.3	2,865.1	2,890.8	2,894.9	68.6	2.4
Mining, logging, and construction	129.3	137.3	138.3	137.5	8.2	6.3
Manufacturing	182.4	182.1	182.1	182.6	0.2	0.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	412.2	411.2	417.0	420.7	8.5	2.1
Information	85.8	85.1	84.5	83.9	-1.9	-2.2
Financial activities	188.0	191.1	191.7	193.0	5.0	2.7
Professional and business services	548.4	555.2	556.5	556.8	8.4	1.5
Education and health services	609.5	618.1	630.4	633.6	24.1	4.0
Leisure and hospitality	252.3	267.1	265.6	259.2	6.9	2.7
Other services	99.3	100.7	103.0	103.0	3.7	3.7
Government	319.1	317.2	321.7	324.6	5.5	1.7
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Total nonfarm	4,789.0	4,813.5	4,822.8	4,832.3	43.3	0.9
Mining and logging	1.5	1.6	1.6	1.6	0.1	6.7
Construction	187.5	194.5	194.4	190.1	2.6	1.4
Manufacturing	409.7	410.3	406.6	414.1	4.4	1.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	985.2	960.8	969.6	986.2	1.0	0.1
Information	82.5	77.2	76.0	76.7	-5.8	-7.0
Financial activities	316.7	324.0	323.5	323.0	6.3	2.0
Professional and business services	877.1	867.0	869.8	858.3	-18.8	-2.1
Education and health services	748.3	769.0	776.6	783.1	34.8	4.7
Leisure and hospitality	460.8	476.9	474.1	468.9	8.1	1.8
Other services	195.5	196.4	196.1	196.7	1.2	0.6
Government	524.2	535.8	534.5	533.6	9.4	1.8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm	4,219.0	4,305.3	4,342.5	4,358.7	139.7	3.3
Mining, logging, and construction	240.0	256.9	255.5	255.9	15.9	6.6
Manufacturing	304.7	313.0	314.3	315.7	11.0	3.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	917.0	906.6	913.6	929.7	12.7	1.4
Information	92.7	95.4	95.9	96.5	3.8	4.1
Financial activities	366.9	382.5	385.9	384.3	17.4	4.7
Professional and business services	794.3	813.6	825.9	826.7	32.4	4.1
Education and health services	493.5	503.6	504.0	502.6	9.1	1.8
Leisure and hospitality	407.6	418.4	420.9	419.1	11.5	2.8
Other services	131.6	144.7	146.4	146.1	14.5	11.0
Government	470.7	470.6	480.1	482.1	11.4	2.4
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Total nonfarm	3,326.6	3,373.1	3,391.1	3,404.4	77.8	2.3
Mining and logging	67.3	70.1	70.2	69.8	2.5	3.7
Construction	223.3	218.6	218.0	218.4	-4.9	-2.2
Manufacturing	228.0	234.6	235.2	234.2	6.2	2.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	691.9	695.8	702.3	710.2	18.3	2.6
Information	33.0	33.1	33.0	33.0	0.0	0.0
Financial activities	181.9	188.1	189.4	188.8	6.9	3.8
Professional and business services	554.3	561.7	562.6	564.8	10.5	1.9
Education and health services	438.4	454.1	459.8	461.8	23.4	5.3
Leisure and hospitality	342.9	350.1	347.7	347.2	4.3	1.3
Other services	117.2	119.5	119.5	118.5	1.3	1.1
Government	448.4	447.4	453.4	457.7	9.3	2.1
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Total nonfarm	6,348.0	6,352.0	6,421.6	6,455.0	107.0	1.7
Mining and logging	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
Construction	258.5	261.1	265.5	267.6	9.1	3.5
Manufacturing	483.2	475.3	475.9	475.4	-7.8	-1.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,121.2	1,107.4	1,119.9	1,137.3	16.1	1.4
Information	262.8	228.6	230.0	238.2	-24.6	-9.4
Financial activities	330.4	328.5	330.5	331.3	0.9	0.3
Professional and business services	1,027.0	1,018.1	1,029.2	1,023.6	-3.4	-0.3
Education and health services	1,156.1	1,200.0	1,216.1	1,221.2	65.1	5.6
Leisure and hospitality	749.3	786.7	792.7	791.7	42.4	5.7
Other services	209.2	213.9	216.0	216.2	7.0	3.3
Government	748.4	730.5	743.9	750.6	2.2	0.3
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Total nonfarm	2,870.8	2,893.5	2,928.2	2,957.0	86.2	3.0
Construction	145.8	140.0	143.2	145.1	-0.7	-0.5
Manufacturing	96.2	97.7	98.0	99.1	2.9	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	655.3	655.6	666.3	676.5	21.2	3.2
Information	56.3	54.2	54.0	54.1	-2.2	-3.9
Financial activities	214.7	217.5	219.9	221.5	6.8	3.2
Professional and business services	514.1	530.1	533.5	536.0	21.9	4.3
Education and health services	436.0	447.0	453.2	455.0	19.0	4.4
Leisure and hospitality	330.7	322.9	328.1	335.2	4.5	1.4
Other services	112.4	114.9	115.7	117.3	4.9	4.4
Government	308.5	312.8	315.5	316.4	7.9	2.6
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Total nonfarm	10,063.2	10,079.6	10,146.3	10,185.4	122.2	1.2
Mining, logging, and construction	413.2	420.2	420.2	411.7	-1.5	-0.4
Manufacturing	349.4	351.6	351.5	350.6	1.2	0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,715.7	1,656.1	1,670.9	1,695.3	-20.4	-1.2
Information	328.2	301.9	301.9	302.2	-26.0	-7.9
Financial activities	811.5	809.1	809.4	809.3	-2.2	-0.3
Professional and business services	1,663.8	1,642.0	1,646.3	1,654.0	-9.8	-0.6
Education and health services	2,180.8	2,255.8	2,292.7	2,318.6	137.8	6.3
Leisure and hospitality	893.0	951.5	940.5	929.7	36.7	4.1
Other services	403.0	401.6	404.4	404.3	1.3	0.3
Government	1,304.6	1,289.8	1,308.5	1,309.7	5.1	0.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Total nonfarm	3,078.6	3,125.1	3,149.4	3,162.5	83.9	2.7
Mining, logging, and construction	124.4	131.3	130.9	129.9	5.5	4.4
Manufacturing	180.9	181.6	182.0	182.3	1.4	0.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	563.0	554.3	557.5	564.9	1.9	0.3
Information	54.6	54.9	55.0	54.9	0.3	0.5
Financial activities	229.3	230.2	231.4	231.0	1.7	0.7
Professional and business services	507.0	513.2	515.4	516.2	9.2	1.8
Education and health services	698.2	716.0	727.0	734.0	35.8	5.1
Leisure and hospitality	259.3	281.0	279.9	276.1	16.8	6.5
Other services	122.5	125.1	127.2	128.3	5.8	4.7
Government	339.4	337.5	343.1	344.9	5.5	1.6
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Total nonfarm	2,371.4	2,376.4	2,392.2	2,415.3	43.9	1.9
Mining and logging	3.1	3.3	3.4	3.4	0.3	9.7
Construction	156.7	160.5	161.5	164.0	7.3	4.7
Manufacturing	150.4	149.5	149.1	149.4	-1.0	-0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	462.1	449.6	454.7	465.9	3.8	0.8
Information	43.3	39.8	40.0	40.3	-3.0	-6.9
Financial activities	219.7	222.7	221.3	221.0	1.3	0.6
Professional and business services	398.6	398.5	400.3	406.5	7.9	2.0
Education and health services	373.7	387.8	393.0	395.3	21.6	5.8
Leisure and hospitality	239.9	244.7	246.5	247.1	7.2	3.0
Other services	75.3	70.1	70.2	70.2	-5.1	-6.8
Government	248.6	249.9	252.2	252.2	3.6	1.4
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
Total nonfarm	2,513.8	2,515.5	2,537.8	2,541.1	27.3	1.1
Mining and logging	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
Construction	124.0	129.6	132.3	129.2	5.2	4.2
Manufacturing	156.8	157.2	156.9	156.4	-0.4	-0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	365.0	358.0	360.5	364.0	-1.0	-0.3
Information	156.3	150.1	150.5	150.4	-5.9	-3.8
Financial activities	146.5	143.9	146.4	145.7	-0.8	-0.5
Professional and business services	531.4	516.7	520.7	517.5	-13.9	-2.6
Education and health services	389.5	398.9	406.0	409.8	20.3	5.2
Leisure and hospitality	245.0	261.4	261.5	262.1	17.1	7.0
Other services	82.5	86.5	86.4	86.9	4.4	5.3
Government	316.5	312.9	316.3	318.8	2.3	0.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Total nonfarm	3,363.8	3,387.0	3,405.4	3,412.2	48.4	1.4
Mining, logging, and construction	164.4	169.1	168.9	166.9	2.5	1.5
Manufacturing	58.2	56.6	57.0	57.1	-1.1	-1.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities	409.6	396.3	403.6	411.5	1.9	0.5
Information	81.5	81.3	80.5	81.7	0.2	0.2
Financial activities	154.4	153.7	152.6	152.6	-1.8	-1.2
Professional and business services	810.5	810.7	812.7	807.5	-3.0	-0.4
Education and health services	453.4	463.3	468.8	469.4	16.0	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	309.2	322.0	321.8	321.3	12.1	3.9
Other services	192.7	199.7	200.0	200.7	8.0	4.2
Government	729.9	734.3	739.5	743.5	13.6	1.9
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