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24-2082-DAL
Wednesday, October 02, 2024

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Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — August 2024

Total nonfarm employment for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, metropolitan area increased by 58,700 over the year in August, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the local rate of job gain, 1.4 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.)

 

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 3,075,500 jobs. Employment in Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, with 28 percent of the area’s employment, stood at 1,220,700, a gain of 21,400 jobs over the year.

Industry employment

In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, education and health services had the largest gain (+14,600) among the metropolitan area’s private-industry supersectors. (See chart 2.) The 2.9-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to the 3.9-percent increase on a national level.

 

Financial activities added 10,700 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. Within the supersector, the finance and insurance sector added 6,900 jobs. The metropolitan area’s 2.9-percent increase in financial activities compared to the 0.4-percent increase on a national level.

In the metropolitan area, manufacturing gained 8,800 jobs over the year. The metropolitan area’s 2.8-percent increase in manufacturing compared to the 0.1-percent decline on a national level.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in August 2024. Nine 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 (+174,300). Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH (+33,800), and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA (+41,100), had the smallest employment increases among the areas with significant changes. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, had a 2.5-percent rate of job gain. Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, reported a job gain of 1.2 percent.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for September 2024 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, October 30, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. (CT).

2024 Preliminary Benchmark Revision to Establishment Survey Data Released on August 21, 2024

Each year, Current Employment Statistics (CES) estimates are benchmarked to comprehensive counts of employment from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). These counts are derived from state unemployment insurance (UI) tax records that nearly all employers are required to file. As part of the benchmark process for benchmark year 2024, census-derived employment counts replace CES payroll employment estimates for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions for the period from April 2023 to September 2024.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released first-quarter 2024 data from the QCEW on August 21, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (ET). Preliminary benchmark revisions for March 2024 for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and selected metropolitan areas at the total nonfarm level are available. The final benchmark revision for all state and metropolitan area series will be issued with the publication of the January 2025 State Employment and Unemployment news release in March 2025.


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. Further information on CES benchmark methods and 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

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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry Aug.
2023
Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024(p)
Aug. 2023 to
Aug. 2024(p)
Net change Percent change

United States

Total nonfarm

156,355 159,341 158,387 158,650 2,295 1.5

Mining and logging

652 637 641 644 -8 -1.2

Construction

8,263 8,413 8,463 8,497 234 2.8

Manufacturing

13,001 13,016 13,012 12,982 -19 -0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,712 29,017 28,974 28,924 212 0.7

Information

3,021 3,031 3,026 3,023 2 0.1

Financial activities

9,278 9,279 9,319 9,313 35 0.4

Professional and business services

22,980 23,071 23,047 23,068 88 0.4

Education and health services

25,218 26,143 26,095 26,190 972 3.9

Leisure and hospitality

17,306 17,611 17,691 17,594 288 1.7

Other services

5,895 5,989 5,988 5,959 64 1.1

Government

22,029 23,134 22,131 22,456 427 1.9

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

4,237.5 4,291.6 4,271.4 4,296.2 58.7 1.4

Mining, logging, and construction

249.1 257.5 257.1 259.2 10.1 4.1

Manufacturing

308.9 315.0 315.3 317.7 8.8 2.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

895.5 900.1 900.9 904.5 9.0 1.0

Information

91.8 91.1 91.7 91.8 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

369.0 373.4 377.4 379.7 10.7 2.9

Professional and business services

784.5 776.6 770.1 774.2 -10.3 -1.3

Education and health services

504.8 515.3 514.2 519.4 14.6 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

431.1 438.5 435.7 436.3 5.2 1.2

Other services

138.2 144.8 144.4 143.9 5.7 4.1

Government

464.6 479.3 464.6 469.5 4.9 1.1

Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

3,038.2 3,071.3 3,056.6 3,075.5 37.3 1.2

Mining, logging, and construction

165.0 169.5 168.6 169.5 4.5 2.7

Manufacturing

198.1 202.2 202.7 204.7 6.6 3.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

604.4 607.9 608.6 611.4 7.0 1.2

Information

80.1 79.8 80.3 80.5 0.4 0.5

Financial activities

293.6 297.4 300.5 302.5 8.9 3.0

Professional and business services

632.3 623.7 617.9 621.4 -10.9 -1.7

Education and health services

348.6 357.1 355.5 359.2 10.6 3.0

Leisure and hospitality

295.5 299.0 296.9 298.1 2.6 0.9

Other services

94.8 99.7 99.6 98.6 3.8 4.0

Government

325.8 335.0 326.0 329.6 3.8 1.2

Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,199.3 1,220.3 1,214.8 1,220.7 21.4 1.8

Mining, logging, and construction

84.1 88.0 88.5 89.7 5.6 6.7

Manufacturing

110.8 112.8 112.6 113.0 2.2 2.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

291.1 292.2 292.3 293.1 2.0 0.7

Information

11.7 11.3 11.4 11.3 -0.4 -3.4

Financial activities

75.4 76.0 76.9 77.2 1.8 2.4

Professional and business services

152.2 152.9 152.2 152.8 0.6 0.4

Education and health services

156.2 158.2 158.7 160.2 4.0 2.6

Leisure and hospitality

135.6 139.5 138.8 138.2 2.6 1.9

Other services

43.4 45.1 44.8 45.3 1.9 4.4

Government

138.8 144.3 138.6 139.9 1.1 0.8

(p) Preliminary

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector for the 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area Aug
2023
Jun
2024
Jul
2024
Aug
2024(p)
Aug 2023 to
Aug 2024(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

3,054.8 3,098.2 3,087.6 3,095.9 41.1 1.3

Mining and logging

2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 0.1 5.0

Construction

144.7 146.8 145.5 147.8 3.1 2.1

Manufacturing

181.7 183.8 183.0 181.8 0.1 0.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

656.0 659.1 654.8 650.7 -5.3 -0.8

Information

101.0 97.1 94.7 96.4 -4.6 -4.6

Financial activities

205.1 209.6 210.4 210.2 5.1 2.5

Professional and business services

587.7 584.8 583.5 583.3 -4.4 -0.7

Education and health services

411.5 420.6 418.8 428.1 16.6 4.0

Leisure and hospitality

312.7 331.4 335.1 326.6 13.9 4.4

Other services

104.0 107.3 109.8 107.4 3.4 3.3

Government

348.4 355.6 349.9 361.5 13.1 3.8

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

Total nonfarm

2,806.3 2,862.1 2,849.2 2,840.1 33.8 1.2

Mining, logging, and construction

134.3 133.5 134.0 135.3 1.0 0.7

Manufacturing

184.4 180.6 180.4 179.8 -4.6 -2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

403.0 406.7 402.6 403.5 0.5 0.1

Information

80.8 77.6 77.6 76.5 -4.3 -5.3

Financial activities

186.8 187.2 188.8 189.7 2.9 1.6

Professional and business services

536.0 536.1 537.5 533.7 -2.3 -0.4

Education and health services

598.0 617.1 617.0 615.1 17.1 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

283.5 293.3 301.6 300.1 16.6 5.9

Other services

107.2 108.8 109.8 108.3 1.1 1.0

Government

292.3 321.2 299.9 298.1 5.8 2.0

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,809.3 4,841.6 4,825.3 4,808.2 -1.1 0.0

Mining and logging

1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 0.1 6.3

Construction

192.2 190.9 192.7 193.7 1.5 0.8

Manufacturing

413.3 422.9 423.6 422.0 8.7 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

969.3 968.4 966.5 964.9 -4.4 -0.5

Information

79.0 77.7 76.8 75.9 -3.1 -3.9

Financial activities

325.0 319.2 320.9 321.3 -3.7 -1.1

Professional and business services

854.8 826.3 825.3 823.6 -31.2 -3.6

Education and health services

755.4 772.7 771.3 770.2 14.8 2.0

Leisure and hospitality

493.6 499.2 501.1 492.7 -0.9 -0.2

Other services

197.7 204.4 205.0 205.5 7.8 3.9

Government

527.4 558.2 540.4 536.7 9.3 1.8

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

4,237.5 4,291.6 4,271.4 4,296.2 58.7 1.4

Mining, logging, and construction

249.1 257.5 257.1 259.2 10.1 4.1

Manufacturing

308.9 315.0 315.3 317.7 8.8 2.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

895.5 900.1 900.9 904.5 9.0 1.0

Information

91.8 91.1 91.7 91.8 0.0 0.0

Financial activities

369.0 373.4 377.4 379.7 10.7 2.9

Professional and business services

784.5 776.6 770.1 774.2 -10.3 -1.3

Education and health services

504.8 515.3 514.2 519.4 14.6 2.9

Leisure and hospitality

431.1 438.5 435.7 436.3 5.2 1.2

Other services

138.2 144.8 144.4 143.9 5.7 4.1

Government

464.6 479.3 464.6 469.5 4.9 1.1

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,364.2 3,459.0 3,421.3 3,444.7 80.5 2.4

Mining and logging

71.5 72.7 72.4 71.9 0.4 0.6

Construction

230.3 243.5 241.7 246.2 15.9 6.9

Manufacturing

234.2 238.9 237.9 239.6 5.4 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

687.2 687.2 686.5 692.6 5.4 0.8

Information

33.1 32.8 32.5 32.0 -1.1 -3.3

Financial activities

187.7 190.1 191.2 193.4 5.7 3.0

Professional and business services

557.9 564.1 560.6 562.5 4.6 0.8

Education and health services

451.5 467.5 463.7 467.1 15.6 3.5

Leisure and hospitality

361.6 368.9 365.1 366.8 5.2 1.4

Other services

125.9 136.0 134.5 136.1 10.2 8.1

Government

423.3 457.3 435.2 436.5 13.2 3.1

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,173.8 6,295.8 6,262.8 6,272.7 98.9 1.6

Mining and logging

1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.1 5.3

Construction

258.3 257.7 259.7 261.0 2.7 1.0

Manufacturing

474.6 469.8 468.3 467.1 -7.5 -1.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,082.3 1,085.6 1,088.0 1,088.4 6.1 0.6

Information

198.9 206.9 206.0 202.2 3.3 1.7

Financial activities

314.0 315.0 316.5 316.4 2.4 0.8

Professional and business services

968.6 960.9 963.2 961.2 -7.4 -0.8

Education and health services

1,173.8 1,223.6 1,227.3 1,230.9 57.1 4.9

Leisure and hospitality

773.4 787.9 792.2 791.5 18.1 2.3

Other services

215.3 219.0 219.2 217.6 2.3 1.1

Government

712.7 767.4 720.4 734.4 21.7 3.0

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,893.1 2,948.0 2,940.3 2,966.2 73.1 2.5

Construction

153.5 162.8 166.3 168.0 14.5 9.4

Manufacturing

98.9 98.8 98.7 97.5 -1.4 -1.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

647.7 656.6 656.0 654.8 7.1 1.1

Information

55.6 54.4 54.6 54.7 -0.9 -1.6

Financial activities

217.4 217.1 217.2 215.9 -1.5 -0.7

Professional and business services

516.6 525.0 524.1 525.4 8.8 1.7

Education and health services

444.6 461.6 457.5 460.5 15.9 3.6

Leisure and hospitality

331.3 349.2 343.9 345.7 14.4 4.3

Other services

113.2 119.6 119.2 120.0 6.8 6.0

Government

313.4 302.0 301.9 322.8 9.4 3.0

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

Total nonfarm

10,019.5 10,342.4 10,262.1 10,193.8 174.3 1.7

Mining, logging, and construction

413.9 411.3 406.2 407.9 -6.0 -1.4

Manufacturing

350.0 349.6 349.0 348.8 -1.2 -0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,655.2 1,675.8 1,662.7 1,657.4 2.2 0.1

Information

308.6 301.2 294.1 294.8 -13.8 -4.5

Financial activities

839.6 833.0 835.7 833.0 -6.6 -0.8

Professional and business services

1,657.4 1,675.9 1,673.9 1,653.3 -4.1 -0.2

Education and health services

2,146.6 2,327.5 2,316.8 2,302.0 155.4 7.2

Leisure and hospitality

980.7 1,010.4 1,021.4 1,008.8 28.1 2.9

Other services

408.1 421.9 424.6 420.0 11.9 2.9

Government

1,259.4 1,335.8 1,277.7 1,267.8 8.4 0.7

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

Total nonfarm

3,053.7 3,143.2 3,125.8 3,114.4 60.7 2.0

Mining, logging, and construction

127.7 128.0 130.5 131.0 3.3 2.6

Manufacturing

182.8 182.4 181.9 180.9 -1.9 -1.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

542.5 541.0 540.9 537.7 -4.8 -0.9

Information

53.3 52.5 53.0 52.2 -1.1 -2.1

Financial activities

230.7 233.6 233.3 232.5 1.8 0.8

Professional and business services

493.6 504.6 502.6 501.9 8.3 1.7

Education and health services

691.7 726.7 724.7 725.1 33.4 4.8

Leisure and hospitality

287.5 302.0 303.8 298.6 11.1 3.9

Other services

123.8 127.8 127.2 126.5 2.7 2.2

Government

320.1 344.6 327.9 328.0 7.9 2.5

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,389.7 2,418.0 2,410.7 2,444.3 54.6 2.3

Mining and logging

3.6 3.8 3.9 4.0 0.4 11.1

Construction

169.0 171.3 171.6 171.5 2.5 1.5

Manufacturing

149.0 149.0 148.2 146.7 -2.3 -1.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

465.0 475.9 474.1 474.5 9.5 2.0

Information

42.6 40.7 40.8 41.0 -1.6 -3.8

Financial activities

210.0 212.7 213.9 212.8 2.8 1.3

Professional and business services

383.2 390.3 391.6 396.4 13.2 3.4

Education and health services

394.0 410.4 408.6 418.6 24.6 6.2

Leisure and hospitality

249.1 247.7 243.1 247.2 -1.9 -0.8

Other services

76.4 79.1 79.0 77.8 1.4 1.8

Government

247.8 237.1 235.9 253.8 6.0 2.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,453.7 2,486.1 2,473.2 2,467.4 13.7 0.6

Mining and logging

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0

Construction

125.2 123.5 124.8 126.1 0.9 0.7

Manufacturing

150.9 148.5 146.3 145.4 -5.5 -3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

348.1 349.3 350.0 349.5 1.4 0.4

Information

143.2 133.8 133.5 131.6 -11.6 -8.1

Financial activities

137.4 136.1 135.7 136.1 -1.3 -0.9

Professional and business services

504.9 501.7 503.1 501.8 -3.1 -0.6

Education and health services

392.1 410.3 409.7 409.8 17.7 4.5

Leisure and hospitality

256.0 261.4 262.5 261.4 5.4 2.1

Other services

85.3 89.8 89.5 88.4 3.1 3.6

Government

310.2 331.3 317.7 316.9 6.7 2.2

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

Total nonfarm

3,373.6 3,424.8 3,401.0 3,385.8 12.2 0.4

Mining, logging, and construction

164.7 163.4 165.7 167.0 2.3 1.4

Manufacturing

57.9 59.3 60.0 59.8 1.9 3.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

403.8 405.7 405.8 404.5 0.7 0.2

Information

80.1 80.4 79.8 79.6 -0.5 -0.6

Financial activities

154.4 151.4 151.2 150.5 -3.9 -2.5

Professional and business services

822.2 823.1 823.8 815.1 -7.1 -0.9

Education and health services

452.3 462.7 458.6 462.4 10.1 2.2

Leisure and hospitality

334.8 340.1 337.9 334.0 -0.8 -0.2

Other services

195.8 200.7 202.9 202.3 6.5 3.3

Government

707.6 738.0 715.3 710.6 3.0 0.4

(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Wednesday, October 02, 2024