September 30, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Employment in large metropolitan areas, August 2011
Change in nonfarm payroll employment, selected large metropolitan areas, August 2010–August 2011
| Metropolitan area |
Change from August 2010 to August 2011 |
| Number |
Percent |
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA |
19,900 |
0.4 |
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
29,200 |
3.4 |
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL |
24,800 |
1.1 |
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA |
-30,800 |
-1.4 |
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL-IN-WI |
11,700 |
0.3 |
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN |
-10,300 |
-1.2 |
Kansas City, MO-KS |
-12,600 |
-1.3 |
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA |
57,400 |
0.7 |
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
-11,200 |
-0.4 |
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
50,200 |
1.8 |
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX |
65,600 |
2.6 |
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI |
20,700 |
2.5 |
These data are featured in the TED article, Employment in large metropolitan areas, August 2011.
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