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Employment up at least 5.0 percent over the year in 19 metro areas in October 2022
December 07, 2022
Nonfarm payroll employment increased in 95 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 294 areas from October 2021 to October 2022. The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (7.9 percent), followed by Charleston-North Charleston, South Carolina, and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (6.5 percent each).
Largest percentage changes in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, October 2021 to October 2022
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Employment change
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
7.9%
9,900
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
6.5
24,500
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6.5
255,000
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
6.2
194,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
5.9
63,800
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
5.7
72,400
Rockford, IL
5.5
7,700
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
5.4
153,600
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
5.4
64,300
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
5.4
86,100
Athens-Clarke County, GA
5.3
5,300
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
5.3
22,600
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
5.2
141,900
Portland-South Portland, ME
5.2
10,800
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
5.1
9,300
Port St. Lucie, FL
5.1
8,200
Raleigh, NC
5.1
34,600
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
5.1
57,500
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
5.1
72,400
From October 2021 to October 2022, nonfarm employment increased in 46 of the 51 metropolitan areas with a 2010 Census population of 1 million or more and was essentially unchanged in 5 areas.
Percentage change in employment for metropolitan areas with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more, October 2021 to October 2022
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Employment change
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
5.4%
153,600
Austin-Round Rock, TX
4.7
56,900
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
2.7
37,600
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
2.6
14,300
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
4.2
115,300
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
3.3
17,400
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
5.7
72,400
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
3.6
167,000
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
1.4
15,000
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
2.3
23,500
Columbus, OH
2.3
25,500
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6.5
255,000
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
4.1
63,800
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
2.7
54,100
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
1.8
10,000
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
6.2
194,100
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
3.2
34,900
Jacksonville, FL
4.8
35,700
Kansas City, MO-KS
2.3
24,300
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
4.7
48,600
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
4.5
274,200
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
4.0
26,700
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
3.0
19,700
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
5.2
141,900
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
1.3
11,200
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
4.2
82,100
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
5.9
63,800
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
4.8
26,000
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
4.3
405,100
Oklahoma City, OK
3.3
21,700
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.9
64,200
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
3.4
99,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
4.0
89,200
Pittsburgh, PA
2.8
31,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
5.4
64,300
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
2.6
15,000
Raleigh, NC
5.1
34,600
Richmond, VA
2.2
14,500
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
5.4
86,100
Rochester, NY
1.3
6,600
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
3.4
34,700
Salt Lake City, UT
2.3
18,100
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
4.6
50,200
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3.0
44,500
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
4.6
109,200
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
5.1
57,500
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
4.5
91,200
St. Louis, MO-IL
2.2
30,000
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
5.1
72,400
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
2.8
21,900
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
2.0
64,300
Among these 51 metropolitan areas, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, had the largest over-the-year percentage increase, followed by Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas (6.2 percent), and Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee (5.9 percent). The largest over-the-year employment increases in October 2022 occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (405,100), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (274,200), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (255,000).
United States Department of Labor
