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In March, 344 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 41 had decreases, and 2 had no change. From March 2014 to March 2015, the largest employment increases occurred in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+168,500 or 3.0 percent), New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (+151,600; 1.7 percent), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+115,800; 3.6 percent).
Nonfarm employment and 12-month change in employment, selected metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted, March 2015
Metropolitan area
Employment, March 2015
12-month change
Number employed
Percent
Cheyenne, WY
47,300
1,200
2.6
Billings, MT
81,800
1,200
1.5
Manchester, NH
107,600
3,000
2.9
Burlington-South Burlington, VT
123,500
2,900
2.4
Fargo, ND
138,200
4,900
3.7
Huntington-Ashland, WV
139,700
300
0.2
Salisbury, DE
142,600
1,200
0.8
Sioux Falls, SD
146,100
1,700
1.2
Anchorage, AK
176,600
500
0.3
Portland-South Portland, ME
189,800
2,100
1.1
Trenton, NJ
252,400
3,600
1.4
Jackson, MS
272,800
4,400
1.6
Boise City, ID
284,100
3,800
1.4
Wichita, KS
290,900
400
0.1
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
344,400
7,400
2.2
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
347,900
3,100
0.9
Albuquerque, NM
378,800
5,000
1.3
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
394,600
9,200
2.4
Urban Honolulu, HI
467,700
4,300
0.9
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE
486,500
8,100
1.7
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
515,100
7,700
1.5
Providence-Warwick, RI
562,000
7,900
1.4
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
562,900
-800
-0.1
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
567,800
9,600
1.7
Oklahoma City, OK
626,000
12,200
2.0
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
637,200
23,200
3.8
Salt Lake City, UT
669,900
23,200
3.6
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
748,200
4,500
0.6
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
834,600
3,900
0.5
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
887,000
22,600
2.6
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
897,600
25,100
2.9
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
1,002,700
26,000
2.7
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN
1,042,000
14,400
1.4
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
1,089,100
36,700
3.5
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
1,091,200
30,800
2.9
St. Louis, MO-IL
1,313,000
14,600
1.1
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1,339,100
15,100
1.1
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
1,360,700
46,700
3.6
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
1,873,900
63,300
3.5
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
1,889,700
39,600
2.1
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
1,904,600
55,500
3.0
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
1,909,600
38,200
2.0
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2,505,100
91,800
3.8
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
2,542,200
80,500
3.3
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
2,584,000
39,100
1.5
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
2,786,500
35,300
1.3
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC
3,126,200
50,700
1.6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3,337,300
115,800
3.6
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
4,480,400
62,600
1.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
5,842,500
168,500
3.0
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
9,145,900
151,600
1.7
Note: Data are preliminary.
The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Ocean City, New Jersey (+7.8 percent), followed by Midland, Texas (+7.7 percent), and Lake Charles, Louisiana (+7.4 percent).
The largest over-the-year decreases in employment occurred in Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, Mississippi (−2,700), El Centro, California (−1,700), and Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (−1,500). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Great Falls, Montana (−3.1 percent), El Centro, California (−3.0 percent), and Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama (−2.0 percent).
Over the year, nonfarm employment rose in 50 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more. The only decrease in employment was in New Orleans-Metairie, Louisiana (−800, or −0.1 percent).
These data are from the Current Employment Statistics (State and Area) program. Data for the most recent month are preliminary and subject to revision. To learn more, see "Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — March 2015" (HTML) (PDF). The chart shows the employment and 12-month changes for the metropolitan area with the most employment in March 2015 among all metropolitan areas primarily located in each state.
United States Department of Labor
