Total nonfarm employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, metropolitan area increased by 210,200 over the year in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See chart 1 and table 1.) Regional Commissioner Michael Hirniak noted that the local rate of job gain, 5.6 percent, compared to the 4.1-percent national increase. (All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, is made up of two metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. Both divisions posted employment increases over the year. Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, with 71 percent of the area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 156,300 jobs over the year. Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, which accounted for the remaining 29 percent of the area’s workforce, gained 53,900 jobs during the period.

Industry employment

In Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, professional and business services had the largest gain (+82,100) among local private-industry supersectors. The Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, division gained 63,400 jobs and the Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, division gained 18,700 jobs.  (See chart 2.) Within this supersector, the professional, scientific, and technical services sector added 41,500 jobs and the administrative and support and waste management and remediation services sector added 36,000 jobs in the metropolitan area. The metropolitan area’s 12.9-percent rate of job gain in this supersector compared to the national rate of 5.5 percent.

Trade, transportation, and utilities, the metropolitan area’s largest supersector, added 42,400 jobs from November a year ago. The Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, division gained 32,000 jobs, and the Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, division gained 10,400 jobs. Within this supersector, the retail trade and wholesale trade sectors in the metropolitan area gained 15,700 jobs and 13,600 jobs, respectively. The trade, transportation, and utilities supersector’s rate of job increase in the metropolitan area was 5.1 percent, which compared to the 3.0-percent gain nationally.

The leisure and hospitality supersector gained 39,900 jobs from November 2020 to November 2021. The Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, division gained 31,300 jobs, and the Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, division gained 8,600 jobs. In the metropolitan area, the accommodation and food services sector accounted for the majority of jobs gained (+34,000). The 11.9-percent rate of job gain in the metropolitan area’s leisure and hospitality supersector compared to the 14.3-percent national increase.

Employment in education and health services rose by 15,500 in the metropolitan area from November a year ago. The Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX, division gained 8,800 jobs, and the Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, division gained 6,700 jobs. Most of these job gains were in the health care and social assistance sector. The metropolitan area’s 3.5-percent increase in education and health services jobs compared to the national gain of 2.1 percent.

The other services supersector (which includes repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, membership associations, and private households) gained 10,800 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area, with both divisions recording job gains. The metropolitan area’s 9.4-percent rate of job gain in other services compared to the national increase of 5.6 percent.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in November 2021. All 12 areas gained jobs over the year. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA had the largest increase (+348,200), followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (+344,800). Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, had the smallest gain (+110,000) among the largest areas. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA, had a 6.1-percent rate of job gain, followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX and Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ (+5.6 percent each). The rates of job gains in the remaining nine areas ranged from 5.5 percent in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH, to 3.7 percent in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for December 2021 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Technical Note

Special technical note: This technical note describes the procedures regularly used on a monthly basis to develop estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the procedures described in this technical note have been modified. The modifications are briefly described in the box note of this news release. More information on the changes to the CES business birth-death model is available at www.bls.gov/web/empsit/cesbd.htm.

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the (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 2017 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month's employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain statistical criteria.

For some employment series, the sample of establishments is very small or highly variable. In these cases, a model-based approach is used in estimation. These models use the direct sample estimates (described above), combined with forecasts of historical (benchmarked) data to decrease volatility in estimation. Two different models (Fay-Herriot Model and Small Domain Model) are used depending on the industry level being estimated. For more detailed information about each model, refer to the BLS Handbook of Methods at www.bls.gov/opub/hom/pdf/ces-20110307.pdf.

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 surveys, administrative data, and modeling 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 also are 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 specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding.

Employment estimates. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Measures of sampling error for the total nonfarm employment series are available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. Measures of sampling error for more detailed series at the area and division level are available upon request. Measures of sampling error for states at the supersector level and for the private service-providing, goods-producing, total private and total nonfarm levels are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/bmrk_article.htm.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, dated April 10, 2018. The 12 metropolitan areas discussed in this release are the metropolitan areas with the largest population according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas.

• The Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division includes Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties in Texas.
• The Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division includes Hood, Johnson, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas.

Additional information

Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/.

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Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)

Area and Industry	Nov. 2020	Sep. 2021	Oct. 2021	Nov. 2021(p)	Nov. 2020 to Nov. 2021(p)
					Net change	Percent change
United States
Total nonfarm	144,121	147,650	149,226	150,004	5,883	4.1
Mining and logging	599	646	653	648	49	8.2
Construction	7,413	7,626	7,666	7,605	192	2.6
Manufacturing	12,191	12,465	12,517	12,558	367	3.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	27,520	27,409	27,761	28,343	823	3.0
Information	2,659	2,771	2,790	2,797	138	5.2
Financial activities	8,763	8,860	8,907	8,915	152	1.7
Professional and business services	20,580	21,207	21,603	21,708	1,128	5.5
Education and health services	23,510	23,584	23,917	24,006	496	2.1
Leisure and hospitality	13,418	15,397	15,435	15,332	1,914	14.3
Other services	5,475	5,726	5,773	5,781	306	5.6
Government	21,993	21,959	22,204	22,311	318	1.4
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm	3,730.8	3,831.8	3,881.6	3,941.0	210.2	5.6
Mining, logging, and construction	220.5	221.5	218.4	221.5	1.0	0.5
Manufacturing	279.8	286.1	285.1	287.2	7.4	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	828.0	831.5	852.3	870.4	42.4	5.1
Information	78.1	79.1	78.6	79.7	1.6	2.0
Financial activities	329.6	330.6	332.0	334.4	4.8	1.5
Professional and business services	638.1	687.2	709.3	720.2	82.1	12.9
Education and health services	449.1	452.1	458.7	464.6	15.5	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	336.3	367.8	365.0	376.2	39.9	11.9
Other services	115.0	121.3	124.0	125.8	10.8	9.4
Government	456.3	454.6	458.2	461.0	4.7	1.0
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	2,656.9	2,737.4	2,773.9	2,813.2	156.3	5.9
Mining, logging, and construction	146.5	147.0	145.6	147.2	0.7	0.5
Manufacturing	180.5	186.3	185.5	187.4	6.9	3.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	550.2	558.3	571.9	582.2	32.0	5.8
Information	68.6	69.5	69.0	70.3	1.7	2.5
Financial activities	261.2	263.3	263.5	264.9	3.7	1.4
Professional and business services	516.4	551.4	570.3	579.8	63.4	12.3
Education and health services	312.4	312.6	317.1	321.2	8.8	2.8
Leisure and hospitality	226.4	254.2	251.4	257.7	31.3	13.8
Other services	76.5	78.9	80.4	81.1	4.6	6.0
Government	318.2	315.9	319.2	321.4	3.2	1.0
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm	1,073.9	1,094.4	1,107.7	1,127.8	53.9	5.0
Mining, logging, and construction	74.0	74.5	72.8	74.3	0.3	0.4
Manufacturing	99.3	99.8	99.6	99.8	0.5	0.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	277.8	273.2	280.4	288.2	10.4	3.7
Information	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.4	-0.1	-1.1
Financial activities	68.4	67.3	68.5	69.5	1.1	1.6
Professional and business services	121.7	135.8	139.0	140.4	18.7	15.4
Education and health services	136.7	139.5	141.6	143.4	6.7	4.9
Leisure and hospitality	109.9	113.6	113.6	118.5	8.6	7.8
Other services	38.5	42.4	43.6	44.7	6.2	16.1
Government	138.1	138.7	139.0	139.6	1.5	1.1
(p) preliminary

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

Area and Industry	Nov. 2020	Sep. 2021	Oct. 2021	Nov. 2021(p)	Nov. 2020 to Nov. 2021(p)
					Net change	Percent change
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
Total nonfarm	2,723.2	2,799.2	2,836.1	2,863.0	139.8	5.1
Mining and logging	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.7	0.0	0.0
Construction	127.3	129.7	129.8	131.4	4.1	3.2
Manufacturing	162.6	168.8	170.8	173.4	10.8	6.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	602.1	598.1	606.9	620.7	18.6	3.1
Information	98.8	103.6	106.1	106.8	8.0	8.1
Financial activities	179.4	181.5	182.3	182.6	3.2	1.8
Professional and business services	533.4	561.5	574.0	574.0	40.6	7.6
Education and health services	357.6	367.0	375.5	377.3	19.7	5.5
Leisure and hospitality	239.2	260.5	259.2	264.0	24.8	10.4
Other services	91.2	95.0	95.7	95.6	4.4	4.8
Government	329.9	331.9	334.1	335.5	5.6	1.7
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
Total nonfarm	2,584.7	2,679.9	2,718.8	2,726.8	142.1	5.5
Mining, logging, and construction	122.0	129.0	129.7	130.1	8.1	6.6
Manufacturing	176.3	183.2	185.1	186.0	9.7	5.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	401.6	400.4	406.6	411.9	10.3	2.6
Information	77.3	82.3	83.0	83.1	5.8	7.5
Financial activities	179.7	181.9	181.2	181.1	1.4	0.8
Professional and business services	502.3	525.1	536.6	539.5	37.2	7.4
Education and health services	554.8	559.1	569.6	573.8	19.0	3.4
Leisure and hospitality	183.4	229.2	231.8	223.7	40.3	22.0
Other services	84.6	89.2	90.4	91.2	6.6	7.8
Government	302.7	300.5	304.8	306.4	3.7	1.2
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
Total nonfarm	4,409.4	4,501.9	4,558.4	4,571.7	162.3	3.7
Mining and logging	1.7	1.8	1.8	1.8	0.1	5.9
Construction	173.1	179.3	179.9	177.9	4.8	2.8
Manufacturing	393.1	398.0	397.1	400.9	7.8	2.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities	933.1	930.1	945.8	970.0	36.9	4.0
Information	71.7	70.5	71.1	71.1	-0.6	-0.8
Financial activities	316.0	313.7	318.7	317.1	1.1	0.3
Professional and business services	795.3	803.3	825.4	814.5	19.2	2.4
Education and health services	699.1	700.7	709.8	713.3	14.2	2.0
Leisure and hospitality	327.1	395.7	398.6	394.0	66.9	20.5
Other services	174.5	181.3	184.4	183.4	8.9	5.1
Government	524.7	527.5	525.8	527.7	3.0	0.6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm	3,730.8	3,831.8	3,881.6	3,941.0	210.2	5.6
Mining, logging, and construction	220.5	221.5	218.4	221.5	1.0	0.5
Manufacturing	279.8	286.1	285.1	287.2	7.4	2.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities	828.0	831.5	852.3	870.4	42.4	5.1
Information	78.1	79.1	78.6	79.7	1.6	2.0
Financial activities	329.6	330.6	332.0	334.4	4.8	1.5
Professional and business services	638.1	687.2	709.3	720.2	82.1	12.9
Education and health services	449.1	452.1	458.7	464.6	15.5	3.5
Leisure and hospitality	336.3	367.8	365.0	376.2	39.9	11.9
Other services	115.0	121.3	124.0	125.8	10.8	9.4
Government	456.3	454.6	458.2	461.0	4.7	1.0
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Total nonfarm	2,985.6	3,066.7	3,095.2	3,128.3	142.7	4.8
Mining and logging	66.0	71.0	71.9	76.2	10.2	15.5
Construction	207.5	203.7	206.3	204.9	-2.6	-1.3
Manufacturing	208.4	211.0	211.3	213.4	5.0	2.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities	629.6	630.5	639.0	655.8	26.2	4.2
Information	28.8	28.9	28.8	29.2	0.4	1.4
Financial activities	163.6	165.5	165.6	166.1	2.5	1.5
Professional and business services	480.3	511.7	515.1	513.7	33.4	7.0
Education and health services	397.5	407.5	418.2	422.3	24.8	6.2
Leisure and hospitality	282.6	312.6	306.8	308.4	25.8	9.1
Other services	104.0	117.6	119.4	121.5	17.5	16.8
Government	417.3	406.7	412.8	416.8	-0.5	-0.1
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
Total nonfarm	5,649.5	5,870.9	5,942.0	5,994.3	344.8	6.1
Mining and logging	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	0.0	0.0
Construction	246.1	251.0	253.8	252.5	6.4	2.6
Manufacturing	454.7	459.7	461.2	461.5	6.8	1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,066.3	1,061.2	1,073.7	1,103.2	36.9	3.5
Information	201.4	213.3	217.4	216.4	15.0	7.4
Financial activities	323.9	321.5	322.3	322.2	-1.7	-0.5
Professional and business services	896.0	931.4	946.7	956.9	60.9	6.8
Education and health services	1,052.7	1,071.0	1,084.3	1,092.7	40.0	3.8
Leisure and hospitality	538.3	667.1	671.4	670.5	132.2	24.6
Other services	161.3	177.6	180.9	180.1	18.8	11.7
Government	706.9	715.2	728.4	736.4	29.5	4.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
Total nonfarm	2,552.7	2,613.3	2,655.6	2,688.7	136.0	5.3
Mining and logging	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
Construction	137.1	142.3	143.6	144.2	7.1	5.2
Manufacturing	88.4	88.3	89.1	90.9	2.5	2.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	586.4	588.9	600.4	613.3	26.9	4.6
Information	46.4	47.0	47.3	48.0	1.6	3.4
Financial activities	188.1	191.5	193.0	195.5	7.4	3.9
Professional and business services	438.7	457.7	466.3	469.4	30.7	7.0
Education and health services	399.2	399.9	407.0	409.4	10.2	2.6
Leisure and hospitality	257.2	283.8	290.8	296.5	39.3	15.3
Other services	105.3	111.4	113.2	114.0	8.7	8.3
Government	305.1	301.7	304.1	306.7	1.6	0.5
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
Total nonfarm	9,044.9	9,162.0	9,295.1	9,393.1	348.2	3.8
Mining, logging, and construction	387.7	376.6	377.9	374.8	-12.9	-3.3
Manufacturing	327.5	337.7	337.5	339.1	11.6	3.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	1,598.4	1,571.1	1,596.7	1,642.5	44.1	2.8
Information	286.9	301.3	304.3	310.8	23.9	8.3
Financial activities	760.0	747.5	749.5	749.2	-10.8	-1.4
Professional and business services	1,471.0	1,515.3	1,549.9	1,563.6	92.6	6.3
Education and health services	1,961.8	1,961.0	2,004.2	2,021.3	59.5	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	595.9	721.0	719.1	714.1	118.2	19.8
Other services	344.6	352.7	357.0	360.7	16.1	4.7
Government	1,311.1	1,277.8	1,299.0	1,317.0	5.9	0.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Total nonfarm	2,798.0	2,852.2	2,886.4	2,908.0	110.0	3.9
Mining, logging, and construction	116.9	122.7	123.3	123.2	6.3	5.4
Manufacturing	174.8	176.0	176.9	177.9	3.1	1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities	521.3	518.8	529.2	543.6	22.3	4.3
Information	50.4	53.0	53.0	53.7	3.3	6.5
Financial activities	215.4	216.7	216.9	217.7	2.3	1.1
Professional and business services	450.6	461.1	469.9	469.9	19.3	4.3
Education and health services	641.5	646.1	655.0	656.9	15.4	2.4
Leisure and hospitality	193.1	224.6	225.0	224.6	31.5	16.3
Other services	102.8	105.6	106.7	107.6	4.8	4.7
Government	331.2	327.6	330.5	332.9	1.7	0.5
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
Total nonfarm	2,162.1	2,236.9	2,262.4	2,282.1	120.0	5.6
Mining and logging	2.8	2.8	2.8	2.8	0.0	0.0
Construction	137.6	138.5	136.5	136.3	-1.3	-0.9
Manufacturing	133.0	136.2	137.0	137.7	4.7	3.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities	436.0	443.5	451.1	462.5	26.5	6.1
Information	36.5	35.8	36.4	36.7	0.2	0.5
Financial activities	206.0	207.3	208.2	209.1	3.1	1.5
Professional and business services	362.8	379.1	388.8	391.5	28.7	7.9
Education and health services	343.3	360.1	363.0	366.5	23.2	6.8
Leisure and hospitality	192.5	218.7	222.4	221.9	29.4	15.3
Other services	66.5	69.9	69.8	69.3	2.8	4.2
Government	245.1	245.0	246.4	247.8	2.7	1.1
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
Total nonfarm	2,250.4	2,315.9	2,346.4	2,363.8	113.4	5.0
Mining and logging	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
Construction	121.1	125.3	125.6	122.6	1.5	1.2
Manufacturing	139.7	140.9	139.8	140.0	0.3	0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities	343.6	332.5	338.2	346.5	2.9	0.8
Information	135.0	139.1	140.0	141.0	6.0	4.4
Financial activities	140.5	139.9	141.1	140.4	-0.1	-0.1
Professional and business services	482.8	509.7	518.0	523.1	40.3	8.3
Education and health services	352.8	356.3	360.6	363.3	10.5	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	162.0	209.1	210.9	210.5	48.5	29.9
Other services	66.3	71.7	73.3	74.6	8.3	12.5
Government	306.3	291.1	298.6	301.5	-4.8	-1.6
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Total nonfarm	3,173.3	3,238.3	3,281.5	3,302.0	128.7	4.1
Mining, logging, and construction	162.8	162.3	164.4	165.4	2.6	1.6
Manufacturing	54.3	55.6	56.2	56.5	2.2	4.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities	397.6	390.9	397.3	411.8	14.2	3.6
Information	72.8	72.5	73.3	73.4	0.6	0.8
Financial activities	153.4	154.5	153.6	152.6	-0.8	-0.5
Professional and business services	769.6	787.1	803.3	801.2	31.6	4.1
Education and health services	422.9	435.5	440.2	441.2	18.3	4.3
Leisure and hospitality	236.7	274.5	280.9	282.0	45.3	19.1
Other services	189.5	193.8	193.8	194.5	5.0	2.6
Government	713.7	711.6	718.5	723.4	9.7	1.4
(p) preliminary