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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 121,000 businesses and government agencies, representing 631,000 individual worksites.

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Charts

Over-the-year percent change in metropolitan area employment, November 2024 to November 2025, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area	Percent change
Anniston-Oxford, AL	0.4
Auburn-Opelika, AL	0.5
Birmingham, AL	0.6
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	0.0
Decatur, AL	0.8
Dothan, AL	0.6
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	0.5
Gadsden, AL	1.7
Huntsville, AL	1.1
Mobile, AL	-0.7
Montgomery, AL	0.2
Tuscaloosa, AL	0.8
Anchorage, AK	-1.1
Fairbanks-College, AK	-0.8
Flagstaff, AZ	-0.7
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ	-0.3
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	0.7
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ	0.4
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ	-0.6
Tucson, AZ	0.3
Yuma, AZ	0.3
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR	3.8
Fort Smith, AR-OK	1.0
Hot Springs, AR	0.5
Jonesboro, AR	1.4
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR	1.1
Bakersfield-Delano, CA	1.0
Chico, CA	1.4
El Centro, CA	0.8
Fresno, CA	0.2
Hanford-Corcoran, CA	-1.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	0.3
Merced, CA	1.5
Modesto, CA	0.8
Napa, CA	1.5
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	-0.2
Redding, CA	0.8
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	0.2
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	0.1
Salinas, CA	0.4
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	0.8
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	-0.4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	-0.5
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	-1.3
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA	1.6
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	0.6
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	0.1
Stockton-Lodi, CA	1.1
Vallejo, CA	-1.7
Visalia, CA	0.3
Yuba City, CA	0.9
Boulder, CO	0.2
Colorado Springs, CO	0.1
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	0.0
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	-0.1
Grand Junction, CO	-0.4
Greeley, CO	-0.7
Pueblo, CO	-0.6
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	0.3
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	0.5
New Haven, CT	-0.1
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	0.0
Waterbury-Shelton, CT	-0.3
Dover, DE	0.0
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	-1.4
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	1.0
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL	-0.8
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL	0.3
Gainesville, FL	0.8
Homosassa Springs, FL	0.0
Jacksonville, FL	1.3
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL	0.9
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	0.6
Naples-Marco Island, FL	0.1
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL	0.8
Ocala, FL	1.0
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	0.5
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL	0.5
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL	-1.5
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL	-0.2
Port St. Lucie, FL	0.2
Punta Gorda, FL	1.7
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL	-0.2
Sebring, FL	-1.0
Tallahassee, FL	-0.8
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	1.2
Wildwood-The Villages, FL	0.0
Albany, GA	-0.6
Athens-Clarke County, GA	-0.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	0.3
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	1.1
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	0.8
Columbus, GA-AL	1.1
Dalton, GA	0.0
Gainesville, GA	0.1
Hinesville, GA	-1.8
Macon-Bibb County, GA	0.3
Rome, GA	0.2
Savannah, GA	0.2
Valdosta, GA	-1.0
Warner Robins, GA	-1.0
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	3.1
Urban Honolulu, HI	1.6
Boise City, ID	1.5
Coeur d'Alene, ID	2.0
Idaho Falls, ID	0.8
Lewiston, ID-WA	-0.3
Pocatello, ID	0.5
Twin Falls, ID	1.0
Bloomington, IL	-1.5
Champaign-Urbana, IL	-0.6
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	0.4
Decatur, IL	0.4
Kankakee, IL	-1.4
Peoria, IL	-0.8
Rockford, IL	-0.1
Springfield, IL	-0.2
Bloomington, IN	-0.9
Columbus, IN	1.1
Elkhart-Goshen, IN	-0.2
Evansville, IN	-0.3
Fort Wayne, IN	0.6
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	0.3
Kokomo, IN	0.3
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN	-0.2
Michigan City-La Porte, IN	1.4
Muncie, IN	0.8
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI	0.3
Terre Haute, IN	0.6
Ames, IA	-0.8
Cedar Rapids, IA	-0.4
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL	-1.1
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	0.7
Dubuque, IA	-0.2
Iowa City, IA	0.0
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	-1.3
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA	0.5
Lawrence, KS	-2.1
Manhattan, KS	-2.1
Topeka, KS	-1.0
Wichita, KS	0.5
Bowling Green, KY	0.0
Elizabethtown, KY	-0.4
Lexington-Fayette, KY	0.7
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN	0.3
Owensboro, KY	-0.2
Paducah, KY-IL	0.8
Alexandria, LA	-0.3
Baton Rouge, LA	0.3
Hammond, LA	-0.4
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA	0.1
Lafayette, LA	0.9
Lake Charles, LA	0.7
Monroe, LA	1.3
New Orleans-Metairie, LA	0.2
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA	0.3
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA	1.8
Bangor, ME	-1.6
Lewiston-Auburn, ME	0.0
Portland-South Portland, ME	-1.4
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	0.0
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV	-1.0
Lexington Park, MD	-3.4
Salisbury, MD	0.2
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA	0.1
Barnstable Town, MA	0.3
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	-0.3
Pittsfield, MA	0.5
Springfield, MA	0.8
Worcester, MA	0.0
Ann Arbor, MI	0.9
Battle Creek, MI	0.9
Bay City, MI	0.3
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	0.0
Flint, MI	1.1
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI	0.7
Jackson, MI	0.8
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	1.0
Lansing-East Lansing, MI	0.5
Midland, MI	-0.2
Monroe, MI	-0.5
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI	2.0
Niles, MI	-0.2
Saginaw, MI	0.6
Traverse City, MI	2.0
Duluth, MN-WI	0.3
Mankato, MN	3.6
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	0.8
Rochester, MN	6.1
St. Cloud, MN	-0.6
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	0.1
Hattiesburg, MS	0.6
Jackson, MS	2.0
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL	1.1
Columbia, MO	0.1
Jefferson City, MO	2.3
Joplin, MO-KS	-1.1
Kansas City, MO-KS	0.0
St. Joseph, MO-KS	2.1
St. Louis, MO-IL	0.2
Springfield, MO	1.9
Billings, MT	0.4
Bozeman, MT	-4.7
Great Falls, MT	-0.8
Helena, MT	0.0
Missoula, MT	0.9
Grand Island, NE	-0.2
Lincoln, NE	0.3
Omaha, NE-IA	0.0
Carson City, NV	0.3
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	-0.1
Reno, NV	-0.1
Manchester-Nashua, NH	0.9
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	-0.6
Trenton-Princeton, NJ	0.5
Vineland, NJ	1.8
Albuquerque, NM	0.2
Farmington, NM	-1.9
Las Cruces, NM	2.4
Santa Fe, NM	2.2
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	0.9
Binghamton, NY	1.5
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	0.9
Elmira, NY	0.0
Glens Falls, NY	-1.3
Ithaca, NY	0.4
Kingston, NY	0.0
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY	0.3
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	0.9
Rochester, NY	0.4
Syracuse, NY	0.8
Utica-Rome, NY	1.2
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	0.7
Asheville, NC	1.5
Burlington, NC	1.1
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	2.7
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	2.0
Fayetteville, NC	-0.5
Goldsboro, NC	0.7
Greensboro-High Point, NC	0.9
Greenville, NC	2.2
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC	0.2
Jacksonville, NC	-0.5
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC	1.9
Raleigh-Cary, NC	1.4
Rocky Mount, NC	0.2
Wilmington, NC	2.0
Winston-Salem, NC	1.4
Bismarck, ND	-0.3
Fargo, ND-MN	0.8
Grand Forks, ND-MN	0.9
Minot, ND	0.0
Akron, OH	0.6
Canton-Massillon, OH	0.1
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN	-0.2
Cleveland, OH	-0.1
Columbus, OH	1.1
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	0.1
Lima, OH	1.0
Mansfield, OH	-0.2
Sandusky, OH	0.8
Springfield, OH	-2.0
Toledo, OH	0.4
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH	0.0
Youngstown-Warren, OH	-0.1
Enid, OK	0.4
Lawton, OK	0.2
Oklahoma City, OK	0.4
Tulsa, OK	1.4
Albany, OR	-0.4
Bend, OR	2.1
Corvallis, OR	0.2
Eugene-Springfield, OR	-0.8
Grants Pass, OR	-1.8
Medford, OR	0.2
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	-0.9
Salem, OR	2.9
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	1.3
Altoona, PA	-0.3
Chambersburg, PA	-0.5
Erie, PA	1.0
Gettysburg, PA	0.9
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA	0.9
Johnstown, PA	0.6
Lancaster, PA	1.3
Lebanon, PA	1.2
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	1.3
Pittsburgh, PA	1.2
Reading, PA	0.8
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	0.7
State College, PA	0.4
Williamsport, PA	1.1
York-Hanover, PA	0.6
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	-0.3
Charleston-North Charleston, SC	1.7
Columbia, SC	1.3
Florence, SC	2.3
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC	1.2
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC	2.2
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC	3.7
Spartanburg, SC	2.1
Sumter, SC	2.6
Rapid City, SD	1.5
Sioux Falls, SD-MN	0.3
Chattanooga, TN-GA	0.2
Clarksville, TN-KY	0.6
Cleveland, TN	0.4
Jackson, TN	-0.2
Johnson City, TN	0.8
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA	0.1
Knoxville, TN	1.2
Memphis, TN-MS-AR	0.0
Morristown, TN	0.0
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	1.7
Abilene, TX	0.6
Amarillo, TX	0.8
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	0.9
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX	0.6
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX	1.9
College Station-Bryan, TX	2.3
Corpus Christi, TX	0.8
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	0.4
Eagle Pass, TX	1.6
El Paso, TX	0.3
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	0.5
Killeen-Temple, TX	0.3
Laredo, TX	1.0
Longview, TX	0.8
Lubbock, TX	0.5
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX	1.9
Midland, TX	0.9
Odessa, TX	1.9
San Angelo, TX	1.3
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX	1.0
Sherman-Denison, TX	1.1
Texarkana, TX-AR	1.0
Tyler, TX	1.3
Victoria, TX	0.5
Waco, TX	0.4
Wichita Falls, TX	0.0
Logan, UT-ID	0.1
Ogden, UT	-0.3
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	0.6
St. George, UT	0.0
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	1.5
Burlington-South Burlington, VT	0.1
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	-0.7
Charlottesville, VA	1.2
Harrisonburg, VA	-1.2
Lynchburg, VA	-0.4
Richmond, VA	0.4
Roanoke, VA	-0.1
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA	0.0
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	-1.1
Winchester, VA-WV	1.8
Bellingham, WA	-0.4
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	-1.3
Kennewick-Richland, WA	0.7
Longview-Kelso, WA	0.0
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	0.4
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	-0.9
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	0.2
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	-0.5
Walla Walla, WA	-0.3
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA	-0.4
Yakima, WA	0.4
Beckley, WV	0.2
Charleston, WV	0.5
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH	0.8
Morgantown, WV	0.8
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV	-0.8
Wheeling, WV-OH	-1.0
Appleton, WI	0.1
Eau Claire, WI	-1.1
Fond du Lac, WI	-0.2
Green Bay, WI	1.1
Janesville-Beloit, WI	-0.5
Kenosha, WI	0.6
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN	0.8
Madison, WI	0.2
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	-1.1
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI	-0.2
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI	-0.8
Sheboygan, WI	0.2
Wausau, WI	-0.8
Casper, WY	-1.0
Cheyenne, WY	-0.4
Aguadilla, PR	0.8
Arecibo, PR	-1.7
Guayama, PR	1.4
Mayaguez, PR	1.0
Ponce, PR	1.1
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR	0.7

Latest Numbers

All States Diffusion Index, 1-month, total nonfarm 69.6(p) in Nov 2025

All MSAs Diffusion Index, 1-month, total nonfarm 56.9(p) in Nov 2025

News Releases

November payroll jobs essentially unchanged; South Dakota has the lowest jobless rate

01/07/2026

In November, unemployment rates were higher than a year earlier in 16 states and the District of Columbia, lower in 8 states, and little different in 26 states. Nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged over the month in all 50 states and the District.
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November jobless rates up over the year in 259 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 8

01/16/2026

Jobless rates were higher in November than a year earlier in 259 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 100, and unchanged in 28. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 8 areas, decreased in 2, and was essentially unchanged in 377.
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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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Next Release

The State Employment and Unemployment data for December 2025 are scheduled to be released on January 27, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment data for December 2025 are scheduled to be released on February 4, 2026, at 10:00 A.M. Eastern Time.