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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, has largest percentage employment increase over the year
July 02, 2014
From May 2013 to May 2014, nonfarm employment rose in 36 of the 38 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2013. Over the period, the largest percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+3.7 percent), followed by Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas (+3.6 percent), and Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+3.4 percent each).
12-month employment change in large metropolitan areas, May 2013-May 2014
Metropolitan area
Change from May 2013 to May 2014
May 2014 employment level
Number
Percent
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, AZ
28,300
1.6
1,841,000
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
111,900
2.0
5,671,600
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
29,300
2.4
1,254,600
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA
20,700
2.4
885,400
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA
29,300
2.2
1,342,700
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
48,000
2.3
2,152,400
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
32,200
3.4
991,700
Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO
34,800
2.7
1,329,000
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
6,000
0.2
3,096,300
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
67,900
2.9
2,417,900
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
36,100
3.4
1,099,800
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
22,700
1.9
1,202,600
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
59,400
2.5
2,465,200
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI
24,300
0.5
4,482,000
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN
19,700
2.1
955,900
Baltimore-Towson, MD
19,600
1.5
1,360,600
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
34,100
1.3
2,598,500
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
-3,300
-0.2
1,879,300
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
28,500
1.6
1,836,200
Kansas City, MO-KS
1,900
0.2
1,017,000
St. Louis, MO-IL
10,800
0.8
1,341,200
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV
26,300
3.1
876,300
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
111,200
1.3
8,839,400
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC
21,400
2.4
899,300
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
21,300
2.1
1,054,800
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH
6,800
0.7
1,041,800
Columbus, OH
10,200
1.0
994,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
29,100
2.8
1,066,600
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
21,900
0.8
2,785,400
Pittsburgh, PA
7,700
0.7
1,175,200
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
26,200
3.2
833,600
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
31,000
3.6
895,300
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
113,100
3.7
3,196,500
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
93,300
3.3
2,883,000
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
23,700
2.6
931,300
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA
-1,700
-0.2
754,200
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
40,600
2.3
1,825,100
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
12,700
1.5
839,500
Note: Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision.
From May 2013 to May 2014, employment declined in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan, and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia-North Carolina (−0.2 percent each).
Over the same period, the largest employment increases occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+113,100), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California (+111,900), and New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-PA (+111,200). These areas also had the largest employment increase among all 372 metropolitan areas.
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. The data are not seasonally adjusted. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — May 2014" (HTML) (PDF), news release USDL‑14‑1242.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, has largest percentage employment increase over the year at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2014/ted_20140702.htm (visited April 19, 2024).
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