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).

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.

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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	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
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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	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
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