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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings
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The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. CES State and Metro Area produces data for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 430 metropolitan areas and divisions. CES National Estimates produces estimates for the nation.
Each month, CES surveys approximately 119,000 businesses and government agencies, representing 622,000 individual worksites.
Notices
- Corrections to SAE data April 22, 2026 Read More »
- Revisions in State Establishment-based Employment Estimates Effective January 2026 Read More »
- Notice of publication changes with the release of January 2026 data Read More »
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Over-the-year percent change in metropolitan area employment, March 2025 to March 2026, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Anniston-Oxford, AL
0.2
Auburn-Opelika, AL
1.5
Birmingham, AL
0.7
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
1.3
Decatur, AL
0.2
Dothan, AL
1.1
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
0.2
Gadsden, AL
-0.9
Huntsville, AL
1.0
Mobile, AL
-1.2
Montgomery, AL
-0.5
Tuscaloosa, AL
0.0
Anchorage, AK
-1.6
Fairbanks-College, AK
-2.1
Flagstaff, AZ
-1.4
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
-2.9
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
-0.2
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ
-1.9
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
-5.1
Tucson, AZ
-0.8
Yuma, AZ
-4.1
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR
2.2
Fort Smith, AR-OK
-1.1
Hot Springs, AR
-1.0
Jonesboro, AR
0.5
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
-0.1
Bakersfield-Delano, CA
1.0
Chico, CA
0.1
El Centro, CA
0.3
Fresno, CA
2.1
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
0.5
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
0.2
Merced, CA
3.5
Modesto, CA
1.0
Napa, CA
2.2
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
-0.8
Redding, CA
3.8
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
0.2
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
0.7
Salinas, CA
3.2
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
1.0
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
0.2
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
1.6
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
-2.6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
0.7
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
0.6
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
1.4
Stockton-Lodi, CA
1.3
Vallejo, CA
0.5
Visalia, CA
0.1
Yuba City, CA
2.9
Boulder, CO
-1.2
Colorado Springs, CO
-0.8
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
-0.4
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO
2.1
Grand Junction, CO
-1.0
Greeley, CO
0.7
Pueblo, CO
-0.8
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
-0.1
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
-0.1
New Haven, CT
-0.1
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
0.6
Waterbury-Shelton, CT
-1.1
Dover, DE
-1.0
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
-3.2
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
-1.3
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
0.7
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
0.3
Gainesville, FL
-0.4
Homosassa Springs, FL
-0.3
Jacksonville, FL
-0.8
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
0.7
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
-0.6
Naples-Marco Island, FL
-2.1
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
0.1
Ocala, FL
1.1
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
0.8
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
-0.5
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL
0.0
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
0.2
Port St. Lucie, FL
-1.2
Punta Gorda, FL
-2.0
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL
-2.3
Sebring, FL
0.0
Tallahassee, FL
0.5
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
-0.3
Wildwood-The Villages, FL
1.6
Albany, GA
-3.3
Athens-Clarke County, GA
2.4
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
0.4
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
-0.3
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA
1.4
Columbus, GA-AL
-0.7
Dalton, GA
-2.1
Gainesville, GA
0.8
Hinesville, GA
-1.8
Macon-Bibb County, GA
-0.3
Rome, GA
-1.3
Savannah, GA
0.2
Valdosta, GA
-1.1
Warner Robins, GA
-1.5
Kahului-Wailuku, HI
1.1
Urban Honolulu, HI
-0.4
Boise City, ID
0.9
Coeur d'Alene, ID
2.9
Idaho Falls, ID
-0.1
Lewiston, ID-WA
1.0
Pocatello, ID
-2.0
Twin Falls, ID
1.2
Bloomington, IL
-0.6
Champaign-Urbana, IL
0.2
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
-0.1
Decatur, IL
-1.7
Kankakee, IL
-1.6
Peoria, IL
-0.2
Rockford, IL
-1.6
Springfield, IL
-3.0
Bloomington, IN
-3.1
Columbus, IN
-2.3
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
2.0
Evansville, IN
-1.3
Fort Wayne, IN
0.7
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
-0.5
Kokomo, IN
-1.9
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
0.1
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
1.5
Muncie, IN
-1.0
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
-0.4
Terre Haute, IN
0.4
Ames, IA
-1.7
Cedar Rapids, IA
-2.5
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
-1.3
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
-0.4
Dubuque, IA
-1.8
Iowa City, IA
-0.8
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
-1.5
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
-3.0
Lawrence, KS
0.0
Manhattan, KS
-0.7
Topeka, KS
-0.1
Wichita, KS
-0.1
Bowling Green, KY
0.7
Elizabethtown, KY
-0.9
Lexington-Fayette, KY
0.4
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
-1.2
Owensboro, KY
-0.6
Paducah, KY-IL
0.2
Alexandria, LA
-0.3
Baton Rouge, LA
1.4
Hammond, LA
-0.2
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA
-1.6
Lafayette, LA
0.3
Lake Charles, LA
1.7
Monroe, LA
1.2
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
-0.6
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
-0.2
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA
1.2
Bangor, ME
-0.8
Lewiston-Auburn, ME
0.4
Portland-South Portland, ME
0.0
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
-1.4
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
-1.6
Lexington Park, MD
-3.5
Salisbury, MD
-0.2
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA
-0.9
Barnstable Town, MA
5.1
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
-0.9
Pittsfield, MA
-0.2
Springfield, MA
-0.1
Worcester, MA
0.2
Ann Arbor, MI
-0.4
Battle Creek, MI
0.2
Bay City, MI
0.6
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
-0.4
Flint, MI
0.6
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI
-0.1
Jackson, MI
0.7
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
-0.8
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
-1.9
Midland, MI
-3.7
Monroe, MI
0.2
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI
1.1
Niles, MI
1.3
Saginaw, MI
1.2
Traverse City, MI
4.7
Duluth, MN-WI
-1.3
Mankato, MN
-0.5
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
-0.1
Rochester, MN
-0.2
St. Cloud, MN
-1.0
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS
-0.1
Hattiesburg, MS
-1.2
Jackson, MS
-0.9
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
0.0
Columbia, MO
0.8
Jefferson City, MO
0.7
Joplin, MO-KS
1.1
Kansas City, MO-KS
0.0
St. Joseph, MO-KS
0.0
St. Louis, MO-IL
-0.6
Springfield, MO
0.2
Billings, MT
-0.8
Bozeman, MT
-2.2
Great Falls, MT
-3.2
Helena, MT
0.0
Missoula, MT
-0.3
Grand Island, NE
0.0
Lincoln, NE
0.5
Omaha, NE-IA
0.6
Carson City, NV
-0.3
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
1.5
Reno, NV
2.3
Manchester-Nashua, NH
-2.4
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
3.5
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
-0.2
Vineland, NJ
-0.3
Albuquerque, NM
-1.3
Farmington, NM
0.4
Las Cruces, NM
1.8
Santa Fe, NM
-0.2
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0.6
Binghamton, NY
1.8
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
0.8
Elmira, NY
0.9
Glens Falls, NY
-1.0
Ithaca, NY
1.2
Kingston, NY
1.3
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY
-0.2
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
-0.6
Rochester, NY
-0.2
Syracuse, NY
0.9
Utica-Rome, NY
-0.2
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
2.8
Asheville, NC
0.9
Burlington, NC
-0.1
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
0.9
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
-0.9
Fayetteville, NC
-2.1
Goldsboro, NC
-0.7
Greensboro-High Point, NC
0.5
Greenville, NC
1.7
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
-1.3
Jacksonville, NC
-0.2
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC
0.7
Raleigh-Cary, NC
2.0
Rocky Mount, NC
-1.1
Wilmington, NC
2.5
Winston-Salem, NC
1.0
Bismarck, ND
1.2
Fargo, ND-MN
-0.8
Grand Forks, ND-MN
0.9
Minot, ND
0.6
Akron, OH
-0.6
Canton-Massillon, OH
0.2
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
0.1
Cleveland, OH
0.2
Columbus, OH
0.5
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH
0.0
Lima, OH
-0.8
Mansfield, OH
-1.6
Sandusky, OH
3.9
Springfield, OH
-1.3
Toledo, OH
-2.6
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-0.8
Youngstown-Warren, OH
-0.5
Enid, OK
-1.6
Lawton, OK
-1.6
Oklahoma City, OK
-0.9
Tulsa, OK
0.0
Albany, OR
-2.1
Bend, OR
0.0
Corvallis, OR
-1.1
Eugene-Springfield, OR
-1.2
Grants Pass, OR
-0.7
Medford, OR
0.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
-2.6
Salem, OR
1.1
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
0.7
Altoona, PA
-0.7
Chambersburg, PA
0.6
Erie, PA
-0.1
Gettysburg, PA
-0.6
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
-0.2
Johnstown, PA
-1.0
Lancaster, PA
0.5
Lebanon, PA
2.3
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
-0.3
Pittsburgh, PA
-0.6
Reading, PA
-0.3
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
0.0
State College, PA
2.1
Williamsport, PA
1.4
York-Hanover, PA
0.0
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
-0.1
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
-0.8
Columbia, SC
-0.3
Florence, SC
-0.7
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
0.3
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
0.6
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC
1.4
Spartanburg, SC
-0.1
Sumter, SC
-1.3
Rapid City, SD
2.0
Sioux Falls, SD-MN
-0.3
Chattanooga, TN-GA
-0.9
Clarksville, TN-KY
0.4
Cleveland, TN
-0.6
Jackson, TN
-0.4
Johnson City, TN
-0.5
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
0.2
Knoxville, TN
0.8
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
0.0
Morristown, TN
-0.8
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
0.8
Abilene, TX
1.3
Amarillo, TX
0.1
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
1.1
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
-0.2
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
-1.6
College Station-Bryan, TX
-0.1
Corpus Christi, TX
0.1
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
0.9
Eagle Pass, TX
0.5
El Paso, TX
0.5
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
0.5
Killeen-Temple, TX
-0.1
Laredo, TX
0.7
Longview, TX
-0.6
Lubbock, TX
0.2
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
0.9
Midland, TX
0.0
Odessa, TX
-0.8
San Angelo, TX
0.0
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
0.3
Sherman-Denison, TX
0.9
Texarkana, TX-AR
0.2
Tyler, TX
0.9
Victoria, TX
0.3
Waco, TX
1.1
Wichita Falls, TX
-0.5
Logan, UT-ID
0.7
Ogden, UT
-1.5
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
1.2
St. George, UT
0.8
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
1.1
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
-0.6
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
-2.5
Charlottesville, VA
0.6
Harrisonburg, VA
0.8
Lynchburg, VA
0.0
Richmond, VA
-0.5
Roanoke, VA
-0.3
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
-1.7
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
-0.7
Winchester, VA-WV
-0.3
Bellingham, WA
-0.5
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
-1.0
Kennewick-Richland, WA
1.0
Longview-Kelso, WA
-0.7
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
0.2
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA
0.0
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
-0.1
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
-0.1
Walla Walla, WA
-1.4
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
1.7
Yakima, WA
0.6
Beckley, WV
-1.1
Charleston, WV
-0.8
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
-0.1
Morgantown, WV
0.3
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
-1.3
Wheeling, WV-OH
-1.0
Appleton, WI
-0.3
Eau Claire, WI
-0.8
Fond du Lac, WI
0.2
Green Bay, WI
0.2
Janesville-Beloit, WI
-0.1
Kenosha, WI
0.3
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
0.1
Madison, WI
-0.7
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
-0.8
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
-1.2
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
-1.3
Sheboygan, WI
0.6
Wausau, WI
-2.2
Casper, WY
-1.7
Cheyenne, WY
-1.6
Aguadilla, PR
0.2
Arecibo, PR
-1.8
Guayama, PR
2.1
Mayaguez, PR
0.7
Ponce, PR
-0.4
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR
-0.5
Latest Numbers
All States Diffusion Index, 1-month, total nonfarm
82.4(p) in Apr 2026
All MSAs Diffusion Index, 1-month, total nonfarm
70.2(p) in Apr 2026
Historical Data
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News Releases
April jobless rates down in 3 states, up in 2; payroll jobs up in 6 states
05/22/2026
In April, unemployment rates were lower in 3 states, higher in 2
states, and stable in 45 states and the District of Columbia.
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 6 states and was
essentially unchanged in 44 states and the District.
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March jobless rates up over the year in 174 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 8
05/19/2026
Jobless rates were higher in March than a year earlier in 174 of the 387 metropolitan areas,
lower in 172, and unchanged in 41. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 8
areas, decreased in 8, and was essentially unchanged in 371.
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State and metropolitan area preliminary benchmark revisions now available for March 2025
09/09/2025
The average absolute preliminary benchmark revision across all states and the District of Columbia
was 0.7 percent for March 2025.
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Employment up in 4 large metro areas, down in 1, over year ended November 2025
From November 2024 to November 2025, nonfarm employment increased in 4 metropolitan areas with a 2020 Census population of 1 million or more, decreased in 1 area, and was essentially unchanged in 51 areas. read more »
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