Nonfarm employment changes for large metro areas, June 2015–16
August 10, 2016
From June 2015 to June 2016, nonfarm employment rose in all of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more. The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+4.5 percent), followed by Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+4.0 percent), and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (+3.9 percent).
Nonfarm employment changes for large metro areas, June 2015–16
| Metropolitan area |
Percent change |
June 2015 employment |
June 2016 employment |
|
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
|
2.7 |
2,589,500 |
2,658,900 |
|
Austin-Round Rock, TX
|
4.0 |
962,400 |
1,000,800 |
|
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
|
2.7 |
1,373,900 |
1,411,100 |
|
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
|
1.2 |
518,500 |
524,900 |
|
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
|
1.9 |
2,682,200 |
2,733,900 |
|
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
|
0.9 |
561,900 |
566,800 |
|
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
|
2.7 |
1,109,300 |
1,138,700 |
|
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
|
1.3 |
4,641,000 |
4,702,700 |
|
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
|
1.7 |
1,068,000 |
1,086,000 |
|
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
|
1.7 |
1,058,100 |
1,076,200 |
|
Columbus, OH
|
2.4 |
1,039,100 |
1,064,100 |
|
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
|
3.3 |
3,409,300 |
3,523,400 |
|
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
|
3.2 |
1,407,300 |
1,452,300 |
|
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
|
2.1 |
1,962,000 |
2,004,100 |
|
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
|
0.8 |
574,100 |
578,900 |
|
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
|
0.2 |
2,993,500 |
2,998,700 |
|
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
|
1.6 |
1,019,800 |
1,036,500 |
|
Jacksonville, FL
|
3.6 |
643,000 |
666,100 |
|
Kansas City, MO-KS
|
1.5 |
1,053,100 |
1,068,800 |
|
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
|
2.9 |
915,000 |
941,100 |
|
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
|
3.0 |
5,799,200 |
5,971,100 |
|
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
|
2.7 |
647,500 |
664,800 |
|
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
|
1.4 |
621,500 |
630,400 |
|
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
|
2.7 |
2,474,900 |
2,540,500 |
|
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
|
1.1 |
862,500 |
872,300 |
|
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
|
1.6 |
1,959,900 |
1,991,400 |
|
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
|
3.1 |
907,800 |
936,000 |
|
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
|
0.4 |
574,800 |
576,900 |
|
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
|
2.1 |
9,433,300 |
9,629,800 |
|
Oklahoma City, OK
|
1.1 |
628,700 |
635,400 |
|
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
|
4.5 |
1,147,800 |
1,199,400 |
|
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
|
2.6 |
2,841,800 |
2,915,600 |
|
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
|
3.6 |
1,868,900 |
1,936,200 |
|
Pittsburgh, PA
|
0.6 |
1,172,700 |
1,179,500 |
|
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
|
3.0 |
1,113,000 |
1,146,800 |
|
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
|
1.2 |
583,600 |
590,700 |
|
Raleigh, NC
|
3.1 |
583,200 |
601,200 |
|
Richmond, VA
|
3.7 |
651,700 |
676,100 |
|
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
|
3.3 |
1,338,300 |
1,382,900 |
|
Rochester, NY
|
0.4 |
532,600 |
534,800 |
|
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
|
2.9 |
920,400 |
946,900 |
|
Salt Lake City, UT
|
3.1 |
676,100 |
697,300 |
|
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
|
2.4 |
985,200 |
1,008,600 |
|
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
|
2.7 |
1,389,200 |
1,426,800 |
|
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
|
3.0 |
2,257,200 |
2,324,800 |
|
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
|
3.9 |
1,044,600 |
1,085,800 |
|
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
|
3.5 |
1,904,300 |
1,971,600 |
|
St. Louis, MO-IL
|
2.3 |
1,355,300 |
1,386,600 |
|
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
|
3.5 |
1,238,900 |
1,282,300 |
|
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
|
0.6 |
773,900 |
778,200 |
|
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
|
2.5 |
3,195,000 |
3,276,100 |
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Metro Area) program and are not seasonally adjusted. Data for the most recent month are preliminary. To learn more, see “Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — June 2016” (HTML) (PDF).
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