DFW Bosts Biggest Year over Year Job Growth
From: www.bls.gov
Metropolitan Area Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) In June, 217 metropolitan areas reported over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 143 reported decreases, and 12 had no change.
The largest over-the-year employment increase occurred in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+62,800), followed by Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (+54,900), Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+50,900), and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Wash. (+28,700). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment was reported in Manhattan, Kan. (+9.1 percent), followed by Sandusky, Ohio (+9.0 percent), Anderson, S.C. (+5.4 percent), and Elizabethtown, Ky., and Steubenville-Weirton, Ohio-W.Va. (+4.7 percent each). (See table 3.) The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Atlanta-Sandy Springs- Marietta, Ga.(-24,300), Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. (-13,300), Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (-11,400), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. (-11,300). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment were reported in Joplin, Mo. (-9.3 percent), Pascagoula, Miss. (-6.4 percent), Pine Bluff, Ark. (-4.5 percent), and Abilene, Texas (-3.7 percent). Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 24 of the 36 metropolitan areas with annual average employment levels above 750,000 in 2010. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas were posted in Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wis. (+2.7 percent), Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H., and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+2.2 percent each), and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas (+2.0 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. (-1.1 percent), Indianapolis-Carmel, Ind., and Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, Calif. (-1.0 percent each), and Baltimore-Towson, Md. (-0.8 percent).
-Employment Report