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Employment up in 154 out of 389 metropolitan areas from January 2021 to January 2022
March 30, 2022
In January 2022, 154 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment and 235 were essentially unchanged. The largest percentage increases occurred in Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii, and Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+13.7 percent each), followed by Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey (+13.1 percent).
Percentage change in employment for metropolitan areas with a Census 2010 population of 1 million or more, January 2021 to January 2022
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Employment change
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
6.0%
164,900
Austin-Round Rock, TX
8.3
92,300
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
3.8
50,700
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
2.2
11,800
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH
5.0
126,800
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
4.0
19,800
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
2.9
34,800
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
5.3
227,600
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
1.5
15,800
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
2.3
23,100
Columbus, OH
1.7
17,800
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
6.5
240,300
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
5.3
76,600
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
5.9
109,400
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
1.6
8,700
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
5.2
153,700
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
4.3
45,100
Jacksonville, FL
4.2
29,900
Kansas City, MO-KS
1.7
17,700
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
13.7
123,100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
8.4
464,100
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
2.7
17,700
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
3.0
18,600
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
6.0
153,500
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
0.8
6,100
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
2.7
49,900
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
5.5
55,600
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
2.8
14,900
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
5.7
504,300
Oklahoma City, OK
2.7
17,100
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
9.1
110,500
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
4.5
125,000
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
4.2
91,300
Pittsburgh, PA
2.8
30,600
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
6.2
69,700
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
4.6
25,000
Raleigh, NC
5.1
32,300
Richmond, VA
1.7
11,000
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
6.9
103,400
Rochester, NY
4.8
23,400
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
5.3
51,000
Salt Lake City, UT
3.3
24,600
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
5.6
57,100
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
9.1
123,300
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
7.7
171,100
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
6.9
72,400
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
5.8
112,700
St. Louis, MO-IL
2.0
26,200
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
5.1
69,400
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
1.0
7,200
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
3.4
106,100
Among these 51 metropolitan areas, the largest percentage gains occurred in Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, Nevada (+13.7 percent), followed by Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, and San Diego-Carlsbad, California (+9.1 percent each). The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (+504,300), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (+464,100), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+240,300).
United States Department of Labor
