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Employment up in 49 of the 51 largest metro areas, December 2015 to December 2016
February 13, 2017
From December 2015 to December 2016, nonfarm employment rose in 49 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more, and fell in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin (−0.5 percent), and Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia-North Carolina (−0.4 percent).
12-month employment percent change for large metropolitan areas, December 2016
Metropolitan area
Over-the-year percent change
December 2015 employment
December 2016 employment
Over-the-year net change
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.2%
1,190,600
1,240,900
50,300
Salt Lake City, UT
3.4
690,500
714,200
23,700
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
3.4
1,068,700
1,104,700
36,000
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
3.4
1,922,200
1,986,800
64,600
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3.3
3,483,600
3,597,100
113,500
Jacksonville, FL
3.3
666,700
688,800
22,100
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
3.2
1,415,500
1,460,300
44,800
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
3.2
929,200
958,500
29,300
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
2.9
1,389,900
1,430,700
40,800
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
2.7
2,643,800
2,714,600
70,800
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
2.7
928,000
952,800
24,800
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
2.6
940,400
964,700
24,300
St. Louis, MO-IL
2.5
1,358,500
1,392,100
33,600
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2.4
2,572,700
2,633,500
60,800
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
2.2
1,135,200
1,160,300
25,100
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
2.2
995,200
1,017,000
21,800
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
2.2
1,282,400
1,310,800
28,400
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
2.1
3,222,200
3,288,800
66,600
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
2.0
2,681,100
2,734,300
53,200
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2.0
1,072,300
1,094,000
21,700
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
2.0
1,412,400
1,441,300
28,900
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
2.0
2,313,100
2,359,700
46,600
Austin-Round Rock, TX
1.9
984,600
1,003,400
18,800
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
1.9
1,038,100
1,057,800
19,700
Columbus, OH
1.8
1,060,600
1,079,800
19,200
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
1.8
661,600
673,700
12,100
Raleigh, NC
1.8
598,000
608,900
10,900
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
1.7
1,130,100
1,149,000
18,900
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
1.7
1,964,400
1,997,700
33,300
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.6
1,385,300
1,407,500
22,200
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
1.5
5,952,500
6,042,500
90,000
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
1.4
1,946,600
1,974,000
27,400
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.4
2,879,200
2,920,500
41,300
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
1.4
1,984,700
2,012,200
27,500
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
1.3
561,600
568,700
7,100
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
1.3
9,537,100
9,657,700
120,600
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
1.0
1,058,100
1,069,000
10,900
Kansas City, MO-KS
1.0
1,051,500
1,062,000
10,500
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
0.8
520,600
524,800
4,200
Rochester, NY
0.8
530,400
534,800
4,400
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
0.7
4,640,600
4,672,800
32,200
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
0.7
576,700
580,500
3,800
Richmond, VA
0.7
670,500
675,000
4,500
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
0.6
576,100
579,300
3,200
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
0.6
641,600
645,600
4,000
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
0.5
3,021,300
3,036,100
14,800
Pittsburgh, PA
0.4
1,169,000
1,173,400
4,400
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
0.4
583,100
585,400
2,300
Oklahoma City, OK
0.1
635,500
636,000
500
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
-0.4
772,000
769,200
-2,800
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
-0.5
860,300
855,600
-4,700
The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+4.2 percent), followed by Salt Lake City, Utah; San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California; and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (+3.4 percent each).
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 — December 2016" (HTML) (PDF).
United States Department of Labor
