Washington Area Employment – January 2012

Local Rate of Employment Growth Below National Average

Total nonfarm employment for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 2,973,100 in January 2012, up 28,700, or 1.0 percent, over the year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.5 percent. Sheila Watkins, the Bureau’s regional commissioner, noted that the January increase was the 22nd consecutive month of over-the-year job gains in the area, following 17 months of consecutive job losses. (See chart 1 and table 1; Technical Note at end of release contains metropolitan area definitions. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area is made up of two metropolitan divisions¾separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division, with 81 percent of the area’s employment, accounted for the entire increase in the area, adding 30,800 jobs over the year. The Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division, which represented the remaining 19 percent of area employment, lost 2,100 jobs since January 2011.

Industry employment

Leisure and hospitality employment in the greater Washington metropolitan area grew by 12,500 from January 2011 to January 2012, more than any other supersector. The recent over-the-year gain for this industry was its largest since May 2008. Nearly all of the increase occured in the Washington division, which added 11,800 jobs in leisure and hospitality. This industry’s employment growth of 5.0 percent in the Washington metropolitan area was nearly double the national rate of 2.8 percent. (See chart 2.)

Four supersectors in the Washington area gained between 3,000 and 10,000 jobs since January 2011—education and health services; mining, logging, and construction; government; and financial activities. In education and health services (9,700) and government (4,000), both divisions added to the employment gains in the Washington area. In fact, the smaller Bethesda division contributed half of the public-sector jobs gained in the area since January 2011. However, all of the metropolitan area’s job growth in mining, logging, and construction (6,100) and financial activities (3,300) occurred in the Washington division. Nationally, employment rose over the year in three of these four industry supersectors, while public-sector employment declined.

Four supersectors lost more than 1,000 jobs in the Washington metropolitan area over the last 12 months: trade, transportation, and utilities; professional and business services; manufacturing; and information. The employment decline in trade, transportation, and utilities, which totaled 2,600 throughout the metropolitan area, was nearly all centered in the Washington division. On the other hand, the 2,500-job decline in professional and business services was located entirely within the Bethesda division, which lost 3,700 jobs, while the Washington division gained 1,200 jobs in this industry. Of the four supersectors that registered job losses in the Washington metropolitan area since January 2011, only the information industry also lost jobs across the United States.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in January 2012. All of these areas experienced over-the-year job gains during the period, with three—Houston, Atlanta, and Dallas—registering rates of job growth above the 1.5-percent national average. Employment growth in the nine remaining areas ranged from 1.5 to 0.2 percent, with Philadelphia recording the smallest gain. (See chart 3 and table 2.)

The New York area added the largest number of jobs, 121,300, from January 2011, followed by Houston, up 94,700. Dallas and Atlanta expanded by more than 65,000 and Chicago, by 40,500. Three other areas added at least 25,000 jobs.

Among the 12 metropolitan areas, the professional and business services supersector was a major source of job growth from January 2011 to January 2012. This industry registered the largest over-the-year employment gain in six areas—Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco—with half of these areas adding over 20,000 jobs. In the remaining six areas, job growth leaders were scattered among four other industries including trade, transportation, and utilities (Boston and Miami) and leisure and hospitality (Dallas and Washington).

Government experienced the largest loss of jobs in seven areas—Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. In three additional areas, Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Miami, government registered the second-largest drop in employment.

Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor between State employment security agencies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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 2007 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using a “link relative” technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month employment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the official estimators for approximately 39 percent of CES published series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimates.

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. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months.

Reliability of the estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey and administrative data 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 are also 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 special estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding.

Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error for state CES data at the supersector level are available on the BLS Web site at www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is available at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Additional information

More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings, which is available online at www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm. Industry employment data for states and metropolitan areas from the Current Employment Statistics program are also available in the above mentioned news releases and from the Internet at www.bls.gov/sae/.

For personal assistance or further information on the Current Employment Statistics program, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the Mid-Atlantic Information Office at 215-597-3282 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, dated December 1, 2009. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

• The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.
• The Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Frederick and Montgomery Counties in Maryland.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Washington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area	Back data	Jan 2011	Nov 2011	Dec 2011	Jan 2012	Jan 2011 to Jan 2012
						Net change	Percent change
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm		2,944.4	3,030.5	3,030.3	(P) 2,973.1	(P) 28.7	(P) 1.0
Mining, logging, and construction		134.4	146.3	141.6	(P) 140.5	(P) 6.1	(P) 4.5
Manufacturing		50.9	49.8	49.4	(P) 49.7	(P) -1.2	(P) -2.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities		377.9	383.9	392.2	(P) 375.3	(P) -2.6	(P) -0.7
Information		79.6	80.3	80.5	(P) 78.5	(P) -1.1	(P) -1.4
Financial activities		144.0	147.3	148.2	(P) 147.3	(P) 3.3	(P) 2.3
Professional and business services		680.2	691.1	690.1	(P) 677.7	(P) -2.5	(P) -0.4
Education and health services		363.4	379.0	376.5	(P) 373.1	(P) 9.7	(P) 2.7
Leisure and hospitality		250.1	269.3	269.2	(P) 262.6	(P) 12.5	(P) 5.0
Other services		180.8	183.0	183.0	(P) 181.3	(P) 0.5	(P) 0.3
Government		683.1	700.5	699.6	(P) 687.1	(P) 4.0	(P) 0.6
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm		2,388.4	2,465.3	2,466.6	(P) 2,419.2	(P) 30.8	(P) 1.3
Mining, logging, and construction		103.8	114.7	111.1	(P) 110.4	(P) 6.6	(P) 6.4
Manufacturing		34.3	33.6	33.3	(P) 33.8	(P) -0.5	(P) -1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities		302.8	306.8	314.8	(P) 300.3	(P) -2.5	(P) -0.8
Information		64.7	65.6	65.7	(P) 63.9	(P) -0.8	(P) -1.2
Financial activities		104.1	107.6	108.2	(P) 108.0	(P) 3.9	(P) 3.7
Professional and business services		556.6	566.5	566.9	(P) 557.8	(P) 1.2	(P) 0.2
Education and health services		286.0	300.5	297.2	(P) 294.5	(P) 8.5	(P) 3.0
Leisure and hospitality		206.3	223.9	224.0	(P) 218.1	(P) 11.8	(P) 5.7
Other services		150.7	152.6	152.6	(P) 151.3	(P) 0.6	(P) 0.4
Government		579.1	593.5	592.8	(P) 581.1	(P) 2.0	(P) 0.3
Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm		556.0	565.2	563.7	(P) 553.9	(P) -2.1	(P) -0.4
Mining, logging, and construction		30.6	31.6	30.5	(P) 30.1	(P) -0.5	(P) -1.6
Manufacturing		16.6	16.2	16.1	(P) 15.9	(P) -0.7	(P) -4.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities		75.1	77.1	77.4	(P) 75.0	(P) -0.1	(P) -0.1
Information		14.9	14.7	14.8	(P) 14.6	(P) -0.3	(P) -2.0
Financial activities		39.9	39.7	40.0	(P) 39.3	(P) -0.6	(P) -1.5
Professional and business services		123.6	124.6	123.2	(P) 119.9	(P) -3.7	(P) -3.0
Education and health services		77.4	78.5	79.3	(P) 78.6	(P) 1.2	(P) 1.6
Leisure and hospitality		43.8	45.4	45.2	(P) 44.5	(P) 0.7	(P) 1.6
Other services		30.1	30.4	30.4	(P) 30.0	(P) -0.1	(P) -0.3
Government		104.0	107.0	106.8	(P) 106.0	(P) 2.0	(P) 1.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Return to Mid-Atlantic Information Office Homepage menu

Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area	Back data	Jan 2011	Nov 2011	Dec 2011	Jan 2012	Jan 2011 to Jan 2012
						Net change	Percent change
United States
Total nonfarm		128,327	133,172	132,965	(P) 130,313	(P) 1,986	(P) 1.5
Mining and logging		721	820	818	(P) 813	(P) 92	(P) 12.8
Construction		5,046	5,644	5,441	(P) 5,160	(P) 114	(P) 2.3
Manufacturing		11,524	11,807	11,817	(P) 11,755	(P) 231	(P) 2.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities		24,619	25,591	25,803	(P) 25,043	(P) 424	(P) 1.7
Information		2,653	2,656	2,660	(P) 2,600	(P) -53	(P) -2.0
Financial activities		7,618	7,690	7,707	(P) 7,647	(P) 29	(P) 0.4
Professional and business services		16,706	17,676	17,698	(P) 17,313	(P) 607	(P) 3.6
Education and health services		19,580	20,290	20,236	(P) 19,985	(P) 405	(P) 2.1
Leisure and hospitality		12,477	13,179	13,116	(P) 12,826	(P) 349	(P) 2.8
Other services		5,255	5,339	5,336	(P) 5,294	(P) 39	(P) 0.7
Government		22,128	22,480	22,333	(P) 21,877	(P) -251	(P) -1.1
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.
Total nonfarm		2,238.1	2,332.6	2,334.1	(P) 2,306.5	(P) 68.4	(P) 3.1
Mining and logging		1.3	1.3	1.3	(P) 1.3	(P) 0.0	(P) 0.0
Construction		84.1	88.6	91.5	(P) 89.1	(P) 5.0	(P) 5.9
Manufacturing		142.7	147.2	148.1	(P) 148.5	(P) 5.8	(P) 4.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities		510.0	539.5	541.6	(P) 530.3	(P) 20.3	(P) 4.0
Information		79.1	78.4	79.0	(P) 78.7	(P) -0.4	(P) -0.5
Financial activities		140.5	139.7	138.8	(P) 136.5	(P) -4.0	(P) -2.8
Professional and business services		381.6	412.1	411.7	(P) 407.8	(P) 26.2	(P) 6.9
Education and health services		280.9	294.5	294.1	(P) 293.7	(P) 12.8	(P) 4.6
Leisure and hospitality		210.8	221.6	219.6	(P) 213.8	(P) 3.0	(P) 1.4
Other services		91.2	91.9	91.3	(P) 92.6	(P) 1.4	(P) 1.5
Government		315.9	317.8	317.1	(P) 314.2	(P) -1.7	(P) -0.5
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (NECTA)
Total nonfarm		2,397.7	2,469.2	2,464.3	(P) 2,410.2	(P) 12.5	(P) 0.5
Mining and logging		0.4	0.6	0.5	(P) 0.4	(P) 0.0	(P) 0.0
Construction		71.7	81.7	78.8	(P) 72.4	(P) 0.7	(P) 1.0
Manufacturing		193.5	196.8	197.6	(P) 196.1	(P) 2.6	(P) 1.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities		399.8	412.5	418.7	(P) 406.7	(P) 6.9	(P) 1.7
Information		71.5	73.1	72.9	(P) 71.7	(P) 0.2	(P) 0.3
Financial activities		171.9	170.4	171.1	(P) 169.1	(P) -2.8	(P) -1.6
Professional and business services		391.3	405.9	401.9	(P) 393.7	(P) 2.4	(P) 0.6
Education and health services		494.7	507.0	505.4	(P) 495.4	(P) 0.7	(P) 0.1
Leisure and hospitality		210.6	219.2	215.0	(P) 208.3	(P) -2.3	(P) -1.1
Other services		89.9	96.5	95.1	(P) 94.5	(P) 4.6	(P) 5.1
Government		302.4	305.5	307.3	(P) 301.9	(P) -0.5	(P) -0.2
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.
Total nonfarm		4,182.7	4,346.0	4,329.3	(P) 4,223.2	(P) 40.5	(P) 1.0
Mining and logging		1.3	1.5	1.5	(P) 1.4	(P) 0.1	(P) 7.7
Construction		125.8	149.7	139.3	(P) 121.7	(P) -4.1	(P) -3.3
Manufacturing		406.2	413.0	413.6	(P) 410.8	(P) 4.6	(P) 1.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities		857.4	886.7	894.3	(P) 859.1	(P) 1.7	(P) 0.2
Information		79.5	79.1	79.3	(P) 78.6	(P) -0.9	(P) -1.1
Financial activities		283.1	282.0	283.4	(P) 284.0	(P) 0.9	(P) 0.3
Professional and business services		675.0	722.2	714.9	(P) 694.3	(P) 19.3	(P) 2.9
Education and health services		643.0	663.4	662.7	(P) 653.3	(P) 10.3	(P) 1.6
Leisure and hospitality		375.5	398.6	394.8	(P) 385.0	(P) 9.5	(P) 2.5
Other services		186.2	190.5	191.7	(P) 190.1	(P) 3.9	(P) 2.1
Government		549.7	559.3	553.8	(P) 544.9	(P) -4.8	(P) -0.9
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas
Total nonfarm		2,857.8	2,961.3	2,961.3	(P) 2,927.5	(P) 69.7	(P) 2.4
Mining, logging, and construction		152.1	153.6	152.6	(P) 152.0	(P) -0.1	(P) -0.1
Manufacturing		249.7	257.3	256.5	(P) 255.9	(P) 6.2	(P) 2.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities		589.9	618.9	625.0	(P) 611.1	(P) 21.2	(P) 3.6
Information		78.9	79.1	78.9	(P) 78.0	(P) -0.9	(P) -1.1
Financial activities		231.6	239.1	240.0	(P) 238.1	(P) 6.5	(P) 2.8
Professional and business services		431.8	456.7	450.6	(P) 447.8	(P) 16.0	(P) 3.7
Education and health services		357.5	364.2	362.7	(P) 360.9	(P) 3.4	(P) 1.0
Leisure and hospitality		273.2	296.4	297.8	(P) 295.4	(P) 22.2	(P) 8.1
Other services		100.0	102.7	102.8	(P) 101.9	(P) 1.9	(P) 1.9
Government		393.1	393.3	394.4	(P) 386.4	(P) -6.7	(P) -1.7
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.
Total nonfarm		1,732.5	1,803.7	1,799.9	(P) 1,752.1	(P) 19.6	(P) 1.1
Mining, logging, and construction		46.6	57.1	52.5	(P) 46.9	(P) 0.3	(P) 0.6
Manufacturing		195.1	207.6	209.7	(P) 207.3	(P) 12.2	(P) 6.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities		327.9	340.0	342.4	(P) 330.7	(P) 2.8	(P) 0.9
Information		26.4	26.0	25.9	(P) 25.5	(P) -0.9	(P) -3.4
Financial activities		96.5	97.5	98.7	(P) 98.5	(P) 2.0	(P) 2.1
Professional and business services		312.7	334.0	330.7	(P) 322.3	(P) 9.6	(P) 3.1
Education and health services		285.8	291.4	292.4	(P) 287.4	(P) 1.6	(P) 0.6
Leisure & hospitality		163.0	168.3	168.8	(P) 162.7	(P) -0.3	(P) -0.2
Other services		79.3	80.4	80.4	(P) 79.4	(P) 0.1	(P) 0.1
Government		199.2	201.4	198.4	(P) 191.4	(P) -7.8	(P) -3.9
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas
Total nonfarm		2,527.8	2,642.9	2,646.5	(P) 2,622.5	(P) 94.7	(P) 3.7
Mining and logging		83.4	91.9	92.8	(P) 93.2	(P) 9.8	(P) 11.8
Construction		164.4	170.6	168.9	(P) 168.1	(P) 3.7	(P) 2.3
Manufacturing		220.6	230.4	230.8	(P) 228.8	(P) 8.2	(P) 3.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities		520.4	540.0	543.5	(P) 535.4	(P) 15.0	(P) 2.9
Information		31.9	31.5	31.5	(P) 31.1	(P) -0.8	(P) -2.5
Financial activities		135.9	139.5	140.3	(P) 138.6	(P) 2.7	(P) 2.0
Professional and business services		364.1	388.5	390.2	(P) 386.6	(P) 22.5	(P) 6.2
Education and health services		309.7	330.1	331.0	(P) 329.3	(P) 19.6	(P) 6.3
Leisure and hospitality		230.0	247.9	245.9	(P) 246.0	(P) 16.0	(P) 7.0
Other services		89.7	95.5	95.7	(P) 96.3	(P) 6.6	(P) 7.4
Government		377.7	377.0	375.9	(P) 369.1	(P) -8.6	(P) -2.3
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.
Total nonfarm		5,109.8	5,231.7	5,245.6	(P) 5,131.0	(P) 21.2	(P) 0.4
Mining and logging		4.5	4.6	4.5	(P) 4.5	(P) 0.0	(P) 0.0
Construction		167.2	174.0	172.2	(P) 169.1	(P) 1.9	(P) 1.1
Manufacturing		516.6	515.2	516.5	(P) 512.6	(P) -4.0	(P) -0.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities		987.4	1,021.7	1,029.3	(P) 1,001.3	(P) 13.9	(P) 1.4
Information		219.0	223.5	229.7	(P) 204.0	(P) -15.0	(P) -6.8
Financial activities		312.7	313.5	315.9	(P) 311.6	(P) -1.1	(P) -0.4
Professional and business services		771.1	799.0	805.3	(P) 786.8	(P) 15.7	(P) 2.0
Education and health services		682.5	707.3	705.1	(P) 693.1	(P) 10.6	(P) 1.6
Leisure and hospitality		547.5	570.3	568.4	(P) 559.8	(P) 12.3	(P) 2.2
Other services		176.4	176.9	177.8	(P) 175.4	(P) -1.0	(P) -0.6
Government		724.9	725.7	720.9	(P) 712.8	(P) -12.1	(P) -1.7
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.
Total nonfarm		2,201.7	2,245.1	2,260.4	(P) 2,228.1	(P) 26.4	(P) 1.2
Mining and logging		0.7	0.7	0.7	(P) 0.7	(P) 0.0	(P) 0.0
Construction		83.7	82.0	81.4	(P) 77.9	(P) -5.8	(P) -6.9
Manufacturing		75.4	77.5	78.0	(P) 77.0	(P) 1.6	(P) 2.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities		511.0	531.3	538.2	(P) 525.8	(P) 14.8	(P) 2.9
Information		43.9	43.4	43.7	(P) 43.3	(P) -0.6	(P) -1.4
Financial activities		151.2	151.5	151.9	(P) 149.8	(P) -1.4	(P) -0.9
Professional and business services		334.7	345.8	346.3	(P) 341.5	(P) 6.8	(P) 2.0
Education and health services		337.9	355.0	355.4	(P) 352.0	(P) 14.1	(P) 4.2
Leisure and hospitality		258.4	254.0	258.8	(P) 259.5	(P) 1.1	(P) 0.4
Other services		92.8	93.5	94.6	(P) 93.4	(P) 0.6	(P) 0.6
Government		312.0	310.4	311.4	(P) 307.2	(P) -4.8	(P) -1.5
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.
Total nonfarm		8,202.9	8,523.3	8,535.3	(P) 8,324.2	(P) 121.3	(P) 1.5
Mining, logging, and construction		268.0	310.7	296.6	(P) 266.8	(P) -1.2	(P) -0.4
Manufacturing		360.4	362.5	361.9	(P) 358.3	(P) -2.1	(P) -0.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities		1,538.0	1,599.3	1,621.6	(P) 1,564.6	(P) 26.6	(P) 1.7
Information		265.6	270.5	270.2	(P) 263.1	(P) -2.5	(P) -0.9
Financial activities		727.1	744.9	743.2	(P) 740.3	(P) 13.2	(P) 1.8
Professional and business services		1,251.4	1,323.4	1,327.8	(P) 1,299.4	(P) 48.0	(P) 3.8
Education and health services		1,530.8	1,572.6	1,574.6	(P) 1,556.1	(P) 25.3	(P) 1.7
Leisure and hospitality		652.6	709.0	706.1	(P) 672.2	(P) 19.6	(P) 3.0
Other services		355.0	363.9	364.9	(P) 362.3	(P) 7.3	(P) 2.1
Government		1,254.0	1,266.5	1,268.4	(P) 1,241.1	(P) -12.9	(P) -1.0
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.
Total nonfarm		2,662.6	2,735.8	2,733.0	(P) 2,668.7	(P) 6.1	(P) 0.2
Mining, logging, and construction		90.6	104.6	101.8	(P) 96.3	(P) 5.7	(P) 6.3
Manufacturing		185.6	186.2	187.0	(P) 185.8	(P) 0.2	(P) 0.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities		498.9	508.0	513.8	(P) 495.2	(P) -3.7	(P) -0.7
Information		50.0	49.4	49.5	(P) 49.0	(P) -1.0	(P) -2.0
Financial activities		199.1	198.3	198.4	(P) 197.5	(P) -1.6	(P) -0.8
Professional and business services		406.7	420.7	419.3	(P) 409.6	(P) 2.9	(P) 0.7
Education and health services		555.1	578.9	576.3	(P) 568.7	(P) 13.6	(P) 2.5
Leisure and hospitality		212.8	226.2	222.9	(P) 215.1	(P) 2.3	(P) 1.1
Other services		118.9	120.7	121.0	(P) 118.8	(P) -0.1	(P) -0.1
Government		344.9	342.8	343.0	(P) 332.7	(P) -12.2	(P) -3.5
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.
Total nonfarm		1,869.1	1,922.6	1,923.6	(P) 1,895.7	(P) 26.6	(P) 1.4
Mining and logging		1.4	1.4	1.4	(P) 1.4	(P) 0.0	(P) 0.0
Construction		76.3	79.8	79.0	(P) 77.0	(P) 0.7	(P) 0.9
Manufacturing		116.1	115.4	115.4	(P) 113.8	(P) -2.3	(P) -2.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities		319.3	330.5	332.9	(P) 323.5	(P) 4.2	(P) 1.3
Information		62.4	64.7	65.2	(P) 65.1	(P) 2.7	(P) 4.3
Financial activities		123.5	123.8	124.4	(P) 122.2	(P) -1.3	(P) -1.1
Professional and business services		348.5	362.9	363.4	(P) 360.5	(P) 12.0	(P) 3.4
Education and health services		244.1	251.2	252.0	(P) 248.9	(P) 4.8	(P) 2.0
Leisure and hospitality		204.3	216.1	215.0	(P) 211.3	(P) 7.0	(P) 3.4
Other services		72.1	76.5	76.9	(P) 75.9	(P) 3.8	(P) 5.3
Government		301.1	300.3	298.0	(P) 296.1	(P) -5.0	(P) -1.7
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.
Total nonfarm		2,944.4	3,030.5	3,030.3	(P) 2,973.1	(P) 28.7	(P) 1.0
Mining, logging, and construction		134.4	146.3	141.6	(P) 140.5	(P) 6.1	(P) 4.5
Manufacturing		50.9	49.8	49.4	(P) 49.7	(P) -1.2	(P) -2.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities		377.9	383.9	392.2	(P) 375.3	(P) -2.6	(P) -0.7
Information		79.6	80.3	80.5	(P) 78.5	(P) -1.1	(P) -1.4
Financial activities		144.0	147.3	148.2	(P) 147.3	(P) 3.3	(P) 2.3
Professional and business services		680.2	691.1	690.1	(P) 677.7	(P) -2.5	(P) -0.4
Education and health services		363.4	379.0	376.5	(P) 373.1	(P) 9.7	(P) 2.7
Leisure and hospitality		250.1	269.3	269.2	(P) 262.6	(P) 12.5	(P) 5.0
Other services		180.8	183.0	183.0	(P) 181.3	(P) 0.5	(P) 0.3
Government		683.1	700.5	699.6	(P) 687.1	(P) 4.0	(P) 0.6
Footnotes (P) Preliminary
SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Return to Mid-Atlantic Information Office Homepage

 

Last Modified Date: March 27, 2012