November 04, 2010

Metropolitan area employment, September 2010

Change in nonfarm employment, September 2009�September 2010, selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area	Employment increase/decrease (p)
Washington-Arlington- Alexandria, VA, DC, MD, WV	56,100
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	28,000
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA, NH	23,300
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	17,300
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	−33,900
New York-Northern New Jersey- Long Island, NY, NJ, PA	−35,300
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI	−36,400
Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, IL, IN, WI	−69,300
Footnotes: (P) =preliminary.

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