Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — February 2025

Total nonfarm employment for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, metropolitan area increased by 53,600 over the year in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the local rate of job gain, 1.3 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.)

Line chart of 12-month percent changes in employment for the United States and the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area, February 2022 to February 2025, not seasonally adjusted. Accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.

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Chart 1. Over-the-year percent change for total nonfarm employment in the United States and the Dallas metropolitan area, February 2022–February 2025
Period	United States	Dallas
Feb 2022	5.3	7.6
Mar 2022	5.0	6.7
Apr 2022	4.9	7.2
May 2022	4.7	7.1
Jun 2022	4.5	6.7
Jul 2022	4.2	6.7
Aug 2022	4.1	7.0
Sep 2022	3.9	6.8
Oct 2022	3.6	5.8
Nov 2022	3.3	5.4
Dec 2022	3.0	4.8
Jan 2023	3.2	5.4
Feb 2023	2.8	4.6
Mar 2023	2.6	4.6
Apr 2023	2.5	4.0
May 2023	2.5	3.8
Jun 2023	2.3	3.8
Jul 2023	1.9	2.8
Aug 2023	1.9	2.5
Sep 2023	1.8	2.3
Oct 2023	1.7	1.9
Nov 2023	1.6	1.9
Dec 2023	1.7	2.0
Jan 2024	1.5	1.7
Feb 2024	1.4	1.7
Mar 2024	1.5	1.4
Apr 2024	1.5	1.4
May 2024	1.4	1.4
Jun 2024	1.3	1.1
Jul 2024	1.3	1.3
Aug 2024	1.3	1.3
Sep 2024	1.3	1.2
Oct 2024	1.2	1.4
Nov 2024	1.2	1.2
Dec 2024	1.3	1.4
Jan 2025	1.4	1.2
Feb 2025	1.2	1.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, is made up of two metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. Employment in Dallas-Plano-Irving, with 72 percent of the area’s total nonfarm employment, stood at 3,075,300 jobs. Employment in Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX, with 28 percent of the area’s employment, stood at 1,200,100.

Bar chart of 12-month net changes (in thousands) in employment for the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area supersectors, February 2025, not seasonally adjusted. Accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.

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Chart 2. Over-the-year net change for industry supersector employment in the Dallas metropolitan area, February 2025
Industry	Net change (in thousands)
Leisure and hospitality	10.3
Education and health services	9.4
Financial activities	8.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	8.3
Mining, logging, and construction	6.5
Other services	0.9
Information	0.3
Manufacturing	-0.5
Professional and business services	-2.0
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in February 2025. Four of twelve areas gained total nonfarm payroll employment over the year. The largest job gain occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (+118,300). Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL (+32,900), had the smallest employment increase among the areas with significant changes. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Significant increases in employment ranged from 1.3 percent (Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX) to 1.1 percent (Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL).

Bar chart of 12-month net changes (in thousands) in employment for the 12 largest metropolitan areas, February 2025, not seasonally adjusted. Accessible version is available in View Chart Data link below the chart.

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Chart 3. Over-the-year net change in total nonfarm employment for the 12 largest metropolitan areas, February 2025 (in thousands)
Area	Net change (in thousands)
New York*	118.3
Dallas*	53.6
Houston*	42.0
Miami*	32.9
Philadelphia	28.1
Chicago	25.9
Washington	23.9
Atlanta	21.2
Boston	-2.3
Los Angeles	-5.1
Phoenix	-7.5
San Francisco	-16.8
Note: An asterisk indicates statistical significance at the 90-percent confidence level. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for March 2025 is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. (CT).

Upcoming Changes to Metropolitan Statistical Area Delineations and Benchmarking

With the release of January 2025 data on March 17, 2025, all nonfarm payroll employment estimates for states and areas have been adjusted to 2024 benchmark levels. Additionally, Current Employment Statistics (CES) metropolitan statistical area (MSA) estimates have been updated to reflect the revised delineations based on the 2020 Census, available in OMB Bulletin No. 23-01. As a result of this update, new MSAs have been added to publication, some existing MSAs have undergone name and/or compositional changes, and other pre-existing areas have been dropped from publication. More information about MSA definitions in the CES program is available online. Details of these changes was published in the annual CES State and Area benchmark article.

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

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, United States and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry	Feb. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025(p)	Feb. 2024 to Feb. 2025(p)
Area and Industry	Feb. 2024	Dec. 2024	Jan. 2025	Feb. 2025(p)	Net change	Percent change
United States
Total nonfarm	156,007	159,923	157,095	157,950	1,943	1.2
Mining and logging	623	623	619	619	-4	-0.6
Construction	7,832	8,219	7,955	7,989	157	2.0
Manufacturing	12,800	12,786	12,676	12,709	-91	-0.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	28,605	29,799	29,015	28,881	276	1.0
Information	2,939	2,964	2,905	2,922	-17	-0.6
Financial activities	9,096	9,235	9,173	9,185	89	1.0
Professional and business services	22,392	22,707	22,193	22,330	-62	-0.3
Education and health services	26,248	27,093	26,857	27,160	912	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	16,116	16,672	16,263	16,355	239	1.5
Other services	5,869	5,982	5,939	5,958	89	1.5
Government	23,487	23,843	23,500	23,842	355	1.5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm	4,221.8	4,324.3	4,255.6	4,275.4	53.6	1.3
Mining, logging, and construction	248.5	255.0	252.2	255.0	6.5	2.6
Manufacturing	310.6	311.9	310.6	310.1	-0.5	-0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	883.8	922.2	894.1	892.1	8.3	0.9
Information	88.4	89.8	88.5	88.7	0.3	0.3
Financial activities	374.8	387.6	384.5	383.6	8.8	2.3
Professional and business services	774.1	783.8	769.7	772.1	-2.0	-0.3
Education and health services	507.9	514.4	513.0	517.3	9.4	1.9
Leisure and hospitality	414.3	428.2	418.1	424.6	10.3	2.5
Other services	137.3	139.2	137.9	138.2	0.9	0.7
Government	482.1	492.2	487.0	493.7	11.6	2.4
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	3,038.1	3,110.0	3,060.8	3,075.3	37.2	1.2
Mining, logging, and construction	164.9	169.3	167.2	168.3	3.4	2.1
Manufacturing	202.5	204.1	202.1	201.8	-0.7	-0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	598.8	622.0	604.2	602.5	3.7	0.6
Information	76.8	77.7	76.6	76.9	0.1	0.1
Financial activities	298.9	310.0	307.0	305.6	6.7	2.2
Professional and business services	621.5	628.1	619.2	620.7	-0.8	-0.1
Education and health services	352.4	358.0	356.7	360.9	8.5	2.4
Leisure and hospitality	285.3	293.4	286.1	289.9	4.6	1.6
Other services	95.5	97.2	96.2	96.5	1.0	1.0
Government	341.5	350.2	345.5	352.2	10.7	3.1
Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	1,183.7	1,214.3	1,194.8	1,200.1	16.4	1.4
Mining, logging, and construction	83.6	85.7	85.0	86.7	3.1	3.7
Manufacturing	108.1	107.8	108.5	108.3	0.2	0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	285.0	300.2	289.9	289.6	4.6	1.6
Information	11.6	12.1	11.9	11.8	0.2	1.7
Financial activities	75.9	77.6	77.5	78.0	2.1	2.8
Professional and business services	152.6	155.7	150.5	151.4	-1.2	-0.8
Education and health services	155.5	156.4	156.3	156.4	0.9	0.6
Leisure and hospitality	129.0	134.8	132.0	134.7	5.7	4.4
Other services	41.8	42.0	41.7	41.7	-0.1	-0.2
Government	140.6	142.0	141.5	141.5	0.9	0.6
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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	Feb 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025(p)	Feb 2024 to Feb 2025(p)
Area	Feb 2024	Dec 2024	Jan 2025	Feb 2025(p)	Net change	Percent change
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Total nonfarm	3,077.3	3,152.3	3,084.8	3,098.5	21.2	0.7
Mining and logging	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
Construction	148.0	151.0	144.7	147.3	-0.7	-0.5
Manufacturing	180.7	178.7	177.5	178.8	-1.9	-1.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	659.6	682.3	656.2	652.7	-6.9	-1.0
Information	108.0	109.5	103.8	105.7	-2.3	-2.1
Financial activities	206.5	211.8	208.7	209.4	2.9	1.4
Professional and business services	569.3	572.9	562.7	565.9	-3.4	-0.6
Education and health services	436.8	456.6	453.9	457.9	21.1	4.8
Leisure and hospitality	302.4	312.6	303.8	304.8	2.4	0.8
Other services	107.1	110.5	107.6	108.9	1.8	1.7
Government	356.8	364.3	363.8	365.0	8.2	2.3
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
Total nonfarm	2,725.4	2,772.4	2,714.4	2,723.1	-2.3	-0.1
Mining, logging, and construction	117.2	120.7	116.2	115.3	-1.9	-1.6
Manufacturing	165.4	163.6	161.9	162.6	-2.8	-1.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	387.7	403.0	392.7	386.8	-0.9	-0.2
Information	78.1	76.7	75.5	76.1	-2.0	-2.6
Financial activities	177.9	179.4	178.9	178.9	1.0	0.6
Professional and business services	515.7	519.5	511.3	511.2	-4.5	-0.9
Education and health services	614.0	623.0	611.1	623.3	9.3	1.5
Leisure and hospitality	253.7	264.1	253.3	249.9	-3.8	-1.5
Other services	95.5	96.3	95.7	95.1	-0.4	-0.4
Government	320.2	326.1	317.8	323.9	3.7	1.2
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Total nonfarm	4,631.6	4,759.3	4,646.1	4,657.5	25.9	0.6
Mining and logging	1.4	1.7	1.6	1.6	0.2	14.3
Construction	162.5	173.6	162.3	162.8	0.3	0.2
Manufacturing	404.3	408.6	401.2	401.8	-2.5	-0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	935.6	973.5	939.1	934.3	-1.3	-0.1
Information	76.2	77.2	76.1	75.8	-0.4	-0.5
Financial activities	311.3	315.8	312.3	312.2	0.9	0.3
Professional and business services	800.8	812.9	786.4	788.7	-12.1	-1.5
Education and health services	762.9	782.7	777.7	785.5	22.6	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	441.8	465.0	448.2	447.8	6.0	1.4
Other services	191.0	195.7	194.7	193.5	2.5	1.3
Government	543.8	552.6	546.5	553.5	9.7	1.8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm	4,221.8	4,324.3	4,255.6	4,275.4	53.6	1.3
Mining, logging, and construction	248.5	255.0	252.2	255.0	6.5	2.6
Manufacturing	310.6	311.9	310.6	310.1	-0.5	-0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	883.8	922.2	894.1	892.1	8.3	0.9
Information	88.4	89.8	88.5	88.7	0.3	0.3
Financial activities	374.8	387.6	384.5	383.6	8.8	2.3
Professional and business services	774.1	783.8	769.7	772.1	-2.0	-0.3
Education and health services	507.9	514.4	513.0	517.3	9.4	1.9
Leisure and hospitality	414.3	428.2	418.1	424.6	10.3	2.5
Other services	137.3	139.2	137.9	138.2	0.9	0.7
Government	482.1	492.2	487.0	493.7	11.6	2.4
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
Total nonfarm	3,410.6	3,479.2	3,437.4	3,452.6	42.0	1.2
Mining and logging	78.5	78.6	80.0	79.8	1.3	1.7
Construction	232.4	234.7	230.2	234.2	1.8	0.8
Manufacturing	237.7	240.7	239.4	238.5	0.8	0.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities	690.4	716.4	700.2	699.7	9.3	1.3
Information	30.3	30.4	29.6	29.3	-1.0	-3.3
Financial activities	181.8	182.4	181.6	181.5	-0.3	-0.2
Professional and business services	556.6	569.7	562.2	560.9	4.3	0.8
Education and health services	456.0	462.6	462.2	463.4	7.4	1.6
Leisure and hospitality	355.5	362.1	356.5	360.8	5.3	1.5
Other services	130.5	134.5	134.8	134.4	3.9	3.0
Government	460.9	467.1	460.7	470.1	9.2	2.0
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Total nonfarm	6,271.0	6,363.6	6,229.2	6,265.9	-5.1	-0.1
Mining and logging	2.1	2.0	2.1	2.0	-0.1	-4.8
Construction	255.3	251.0	244.7	245.0	-10.3	-4.0
Manufacturing	471.0	459.3	452.0	452.9	-18.1	-3.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,073.5	1,109.5	1,074.7	1,068.8	-4.7	-0.4
Information	218.2	212.3	203.3	211.8	-6.4	-2.9
Financial activities	315.2	311.3	304.8	303.9	-11.3	-3.6
Professional and business services	975.5	986.6	958.1	962.6	-12.9	-1.3
Education and health services	1,234.6	1,274.7	1,269.5	1,291.2	56.6	4.6
Leisure and hospitality	759.8	774.1	747.1	752.6	-7.2	-0.9
Other services	212.8	214.0	208.6	209.8	-3.0	-1.4
Government	753.0	768.8	764.3	765.3	12.3	1.6
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Total nonfarm	2,958.5	3,017.7	2,978.2	2,991.4	32.9	1.1
Mining and logging	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9	0.0	0.0
Construction	155.3	161.9	158.2	160.3	5.0	3.2
Manufacturing	101.1	103.7	101.8	102.5	1.4	1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	656.2	687.5	671.4	669.1	12.9	2.0
Information	56.3	54.7	53.2	54.5	-1.8	-3.2
Financial activities	219.6	222.2	219.1	219.8	0.2	0.1
Professional and business services	521.7	523.2	510.6	515.6	-6.1	-1.2
Education and health services	460.6	471.3	471.2	473.3	12.7	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	351.9	351.6	351.1	353.5	1.6	0.5
Other services	117.2	118.8	119.3	119.0	1.8	1.5
Government	317.7	321.9	321.4	322.9	5.2	1.6
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
Total nonfarm	9,795.2	10,148.4	9,875.0	9,913.5	118.3	1.2
Mining, logging, and construction	374.1	384.7	365.2	359.1	-15.0	-4.0
Manufacturing	329.4	332.8	328.8	329.4	0.0	0.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,586.5	1,661.7	1,601.7	1,589.9	3.4	0.2
Information	312.3	315.4	303.1	310.8	-1.5	-0.5
Financial activities	811.9	834.2	817.1	815.5	3.6	0.4
Professional and business services	1,588.4	1,644.5	1,584.2	1,585.8	-2.6	-0.2
Education and health services	2,247.3	2,351.3	2,320.1	2,351.9	104.6	4.7
Leisure and hospitality	853.3	903.4	861.3	859.1	5.8	0.7
Other services	393.7	404.9	397.0	398.2	4.5	1.1
Government	1,298.3	1,315.5	1,296.5	1,313.8	15.5	1.2
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Total nonfarm	3,067.0	3,147.2	3,080.9	3,095.1	28.1	0.9
Mining, logging, and construction	118.1	123.1	117.4	115.8	-2.3	-1.9
Manufacturing	178.7	178.0	176.6	177.7	-1.0	-0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	539.6	567.8	547.2	542.6	3.0	0.6
Information	53.3	51.7	51.5	50.9	-2.4	-4.5
Financial activities	225.4	226.2	224.4	223.6	-1.8	-0.8
Professional and business services	488.8	499.6	486.9	491.6	2.8	0.6
Education and health services	729.6	749.4	739.8	752.5	22.9	3.1
Leisure and hospitality	262.0	268.2	260.8	258.7	-3.3	-1.3
Other services	123.0	128.4	127.5	127.5	4.5	3.7
Government	348.5	354.8	348.8	354.2	5.7	1.6
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
Total nonfarm	2,469.5	2,485.6	2,446.9	2,462.0	-7.5	-0.3
Mining and logging	3.6	3.7	3.8	3.8	0.2	5.6
Construction	182.2	178.1	176.1	178.4	-3.8	-2.1
Manufacturing	150.5	149.9	147.4	147.9	-2.6	-1.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities	473.1	489.1	472.5	470.9	-2.2	-0.5
Information	41.2	39.7	39.1	38.9	-2.3	-5.6
Financial activities	210.2	211.0	208.3	210.2	0.0	0.0
Professional and business services	397.0	388.0	382.3	386.4	-10.6	-2.7
Education and health services	403.7	420.6	415.7	416.3	12.6	3.1
Leisure and hospitality	267.1	265.2	264.2	266.2	-0.9	-0.3
Other services	78.3	79.2	78.0	78.9	0.6	0.8
Government	262.6	261.1	259.5	264.1	1.5	0.6
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Total nonfarm	2,434.0	2,458.1	2,414.4	2,417.2	-16.8	-0.7
Mining and logging	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
Construction	118.5	117.3	112.9	112.9	-5.6	-4.7
Manufacturing	143.0	134.4	133.3	133.3	-9.7	-6.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	343.7	359.1	348.1	345.6	1.9	0.6
Information	137.6	136.8	134.4	132.8	-4.8	-3.5
Financial activities	132.6	133.1	128.9	128.6	-4.0	-3.0
Professional and business services	492.7	494.2	483.7	485.4	-7.3	-1.5
Education and health services	408.6	422.6	418.4	424.0	15.4	3.8
Leisure and hospitality	244.8	246.3	241.0	242.4	-2.4	-1.0
Other services	88.1	86.8	85.8	85.0	-3.1	-3.5
Government	324.0	327.1	327.5	326.8	2.8	0.9
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Total nonfarm	3,345.3	3,425.0	3,359.7	3,369.2	23.9	0.7
Mining, logging, and construction	161.0	166.5	159.3	165.2	4.2	2.6
Manufacturing	56.5	57.5	56.8	56.6	0.1	0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	396.6	418.2	401.5	398.3	1.7	0.4
Information	81.2	83.2	81.8	80.9	-0.3	-0.4
Financial activities	152.8	155.2	154.2	154.0	1.2	0.8
Professional and business services	807.4	816.7	802.5	798.7	-8.7	-1.1
Education and health services	474.8	492.6	487.6	492.0	17.2	3.6
Leisure and hospitality	309.5	313.0	304.9	306.3	-3.2	-1.0
Other services	183.8	185.8	183.3	185.0	1.2	0.7
Government	721.7	736.3	727.8	732.2	10.5	1.5
(p) Preliminary

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, April 09, 2025

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Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — February 2025