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Large metro area employment grew fastest in Orlando, Phoenix, and Dallas-Fort Worth, June 2019
August 05, 2019
From June 2018 to June 2019, there were statistically significant increases in nonfarm employment in 31 of the 51 metropolitan areas with populations at least 1 million (in the 2010 Census), while employment was essentially unchanged in 20 areas. The largest over-the-year percentage increases in employment in these large metropolitan areas occurred in Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida (+3.8 percent), Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona (+3.3 percent), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+3.2 percent). These were the only three large metropolitan areas where employment grew over the year by more than 3.0 percent.
Changes in nonfarm payroll employment in large metropolitan areas, June 2018 to June 2019
Metropolitan area
Over-the-year percent change
Over-the-year change in employment
Employment, June 2018
Employment, June 2019
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
3.8%
48,600
1,280,700
1,329,300
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
3.3
68,400
2,061,800
2,130,200
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
3.2
120,000
3,695,000
3,815,000
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
2.9
60,400
2,059,000
2,119,400
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
2.7
82,900
3,099,200
3,182,100
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
2.5
29,800
1,213,300
1,243,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
2.5
60,900
2,450,000
2,510,900
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
2.4
15,200
645,100
660,300
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
2.4
27,400
1,134,400
1,161,800
Jacksonville, FL
2.3
15,900
705,500
721,400
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
2.2
24,200
1,116,500
1,140,700
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
2.2
57,500
2,644,400
2,701,900
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
2.2
21,900
1,007,400
1,029,300
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
2.2
12,900
575,400
588,300
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
2.2
29,300
1,339,300
1,368,600
Austin-Round Rock, TX
2.1
22,800
1,076,700
1,099,500
Kansas City, MO-KS
2.1
23,200
1,105,000
1,128,200
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
2.1
21,300
1,001,400
1,022,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
2.1
25,300
1,198,500
1,223,800
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
2.0
30,800
1,502,900
1,533,700
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
1.9
53,500
2,789,300
2,842,800
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
1.8
84,800
4,792,200
4,877,000
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
1.8
17,700
1,005,000
1,022,700
St. Louis, MO-IL
1.8
25,100
1,396,100
1,421,200
Salt Lake City, UT
1.7
12,600
736,000
748,600
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
1.7
25,700
1,491,600
1,517,300
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
1.6
24,100
1,519,000
1,543,100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
1.4
87,100
6,157,100
6,244,200
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
1.2
123,800
9,949,800
10,073,600
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
1.2
35,900
2,954,600
2,990,500
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
1.0
29,100
2,811,800
2,840,900
Note: Large metropolitan areas have a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more.
Employment increased 2.9 percent in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington, and 2.7 percent in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas, over the 12 months ended in June 2019.
The largest over-the-year increase in the number of people employed occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York-New Jersey-Pennsylvania (123,800), followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (120,000), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (87,100), Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin (84,800), and Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (82,900).
United States Department of Labor
