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Payroll employment up over the year in 34 metropolitan areas in February 2020

April 13, 2020

In February 2020, 34 metropolitan areas had statistically significant over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 355 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year percentage gains in employment occurred in Yuba City, California (+8.3 percent), Kennewick-Richland, Washington (+5.4 percent), and Boise City, Idaho, and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+3.4 percent each).

 Over-the-year change in employment, metropolitan areas with statistically significant changes, February 2020
Metropolitan area Over-the-year percent change Over-the-year change in employment Employment, February 2019 Employment, February 2020

Yuba City, CA

8.3% 3,700 44,600 48,300

Kennewick-Richland, WA

5.4 6,100 113,200 119,300

Boise City, ID

3.4 11,500 337,500 349,000

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

3.4 126,000 3,721,500 3,847,500

Austin-Round Rock, TX

3.3 36,700 1,099,900 1,136,600

Bakersfield, CA

3.3 8,800 269,400 278,200

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

3.2 69,800 2,162,100 2,231,900

Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN

3.1 32,300 1,030,800 1,063,100

Provo-Orem, UT

3.1 8,200 268,400 276,600

Jacksonville, FL

3.0 21,500 716,900 738,400

Salt Lake City, UT

3.0 22,100 739,100 761,200

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

2.9 59,700 2,039,700 2,099,400

Fresno, CA

2.8 10,000 354,900 364,900

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

2.8 29,400 1,063,800 1,093,200

Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO

2.7 40,800 1,504,500 1,545,300

Ogden-Clearfield, UT

2.6 6,900 263,000 269,900

Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

2.6 36,200 1,378,300 1,414,500

Raleigh, NC

2.5 16,100 642,200 658,300

Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

2.4 31,100 1,320,000 1,351,100

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

2.2 68,900 3,132,900 3,201,800

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

2.0 24,400 1,218,700 1,243,100

Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

2.0 9,900 497,400 507,300

Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA

1.9 18,700 1,006,600 1,025,300

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

1.9 21,100 1,133,800 1,154,900

San Diego-Carlsbad, CA

1.8 26,400 1,488,000 1,514,400

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

1.7 103,100 6,207,100 6,310,200

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

1.7 26,500 1,523,800 1,550,300

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

1.7 41,500 2,447,800 2,489,300

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

1.7 55,600 3,305,700 3,361,300

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

1.5 42,400 2,819,300 2,861,700

Columbus, OH

1.5 16,400 1,093,000 1,109,400

Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

1.3 16,200 1,206,400 1,222,600

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

1.0 100,100 9,810,300 9,910,400

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

1.0 29,200 2,932,700 2,961,900

Note: Data are preliminary.

Employment also increased by more than 3.0 percent in Austin-Round Rock, Texas; Bakersfield, California; Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona; Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee; and Provo-Orem, Utah.

In terms of the number of jobs, the largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+126,000 or 3.4 percent), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+103,100 or 1.7 percent), and New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+100,100 or 1.0 percent)

Among the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population at least 1 million, nonfarm employment rose over the year in 26 and was essentially unchanged in 25. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+3.4 percent), Austin-Round Rock, Texas (+3.3 percent), and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona (+3.2 percent).

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 — February 2020." Also see Charts related to the latest "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment" news release.

SUGGESTED CITATION

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Payroll employment up over the year in 34 metropolitan areas in February 2020 at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2020/payroll-employment-up-over-the-year-in-34-metropolitan-areas-in-february-2020.htm (visited March 29, 2024).

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