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22-1347-ATL
Thursday, December 29, 2022

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Miami Area Employment — November 2022

Total nonfarm employment for the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, metropolitan area increased by 122,700 over the year in November, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Regional Commissioner Janet S. Rankin noted that the local rate of job gain, 4.5 percent, compared to the 3.2-percent national increase. (See chart 1 and table 1. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)


Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, is made up of three metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the larger metropolitan area. Employment increased over the year in all three divisions. Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL, with 45 percent of the area’s total nonfarm employment, gained 58,800 jobs over the year. Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL, which accounted for about 32 percent of the area’s employment, gained 36,300 jobs since November 2021, and West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL, with 24 percent of the area’s employment, added 27,600 jobs.

Industry employment

In Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, leisure and hospitality had the largest gain (+33,700) among local private-industry supersectors, with all three divisions recording increases. (See chart 2.) Within this supersector, the accommodation and food services sector added 28,100 jobs. The 10.9-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s leisure and hospitality supersector compared to the 7.2-percent gain on a national level.


Trade, transportation, and utilities gained 30,500 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. Within this supersector, the retail trade and wholesale trade sectors together accounted for 16,900 of the jobs added. The metropolitan area had a 4.8-percent gain in the trade, transportation, and utilities supersector, compared to the 1.9-percent increase for the nation.

Education and health services added 22,400 jobs over the year in the metropolitan area. The Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL, division added 12,100 jobs, or 54 percent, of the metropolitan area’s employment gained in this industry. The 5.4-percent increase in the metropolitan area’s education and health services supersector compared to the 3.9-percent gain on a national level.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL, was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in November 2022. All 12 areas gained jobs over the year. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA, had the largest increase (+371,100). Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, had the smallest increase (+63,900) among the largest areas. (See table 2 and chart 3.)

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, had a 6.1-percent rate of job gain, followed by Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (+5.6 percent). The rates of job gain in the remaining 10 areas ranged from 4.8 percent in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA, to 1.9 percent in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV.

The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment release for December 2022 is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, February 1, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. (ET).

Update to the 2022 North American Industry Classification System

With the release of January 2023 data on March 13, 2023, the Current Employment Statistics (CES) State and Area division will revise the basis for industry classification from the 2017 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to NAICS 2022. The conversion to NAICS 2022 will result in revisions reflecting content and coding changes within the mining and logging, manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade, information, financial activities, and other services sectors. The majority of the changes associated with the 2022 NAICS update impact levels of detail not published by CES State and Area. Details of updated titles and new, discontinued, and collapsed industries resulting from the NAICS 2022 update, as well as changes due to the annual benchmarking process, will be available on March 13, 2023. More information on NAICS 2022 is available from the Census Bureau’s North American Industry Classification System page.


Technical Note

This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the CES program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor between State employment security agencies and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Definitions. Employment data refer to persons on establishment payrolls who receive pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th of the month. Persons are counted at their place of work rather than at their place of residence; those appearing on more than one payroll are counted on each payroll. Industries are classified on the basis of their principal activity in accordance with the 2017 version of the North American Industry Classification System.

Method of estimation. CES State and Area employment data are produced using several estimation procedures. Where possible these data are produced using a "weighted link relative" estimation technique in which a ratio of current-month weighted employment to that of the previous-month weighted employment is computed from a sample of establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment for the current month are then obtained by multiplying these ratios by the previous month's employment estimates. The weighted link relative technique is utilized for data series where the sample size meets certain statistical criteria. For some employment series, the estimates are produced with a model that uses direct sample estimates (described above) combined with other regressors to decrease volatility in estimation.

Annual revisions. Employment estimates are adjusted annually to a complete count of jobs, called benchmarks, derived principally from tax reports which are submitted by employers who are covered under state unemployment insurance (UI) laws. The benchmark information is used to adjust the monthly estimates between the new benchmark and the preceding one and also to establish the level of employment for the new benchmark month. Thus, the benchmarking process establishes the level of employment, and the sample is used to measure the month-to-month changes in the level for the subsequent months. Information on recent benchmark revisions is available online at www.bls.gov/web/laus/bmrk_article.htm.

Reliability of the estimates. The estimates presented in this release are based on sample surveys, administrative data, and modeling and, thus, are subject to sampling and other types of errors. Sampling error is a measure of sampling variability—that is, variation that occurs by chance because a sample rather than the entire population is surveyed. Survey data also are subject to nonsampling errors, such as those which can be introduced into the data collection and processing operations. Estimates not directly derived from sample surveys are subject to additional errors resulting from the specific estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always equal totals shown in the same tables due to rounding.

Employment estimates. Changes in metropolitan area nonfarm payroll employment are cited in the analysis of this release only if they have been determined to be statistically significant at the 90-percent confidence level. Measures of sampling error for the total nonfarm employment series are available for metropolitan areas and metropolitan divisions at www.bls.gov/web/laus/790stderr.htm.

Area definitions. The substate area data published in this news release reflect the delineations issued by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget on April 10, 2018. The 12 metropolitan areas discussed in this release are the metropolitan areas with the largest population according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area includes Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties.

  • The Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division includes Broward County.

  • The Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division includes Miami-Dade County.

  • The West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division includes Palm Beach County.

Additional information

Employment data from the CES program are available on the BLS website at www.bls.gov/sae/.

Information in this release will be made available to individuals with sensory impairments upon request. Voice phone: (202) 691-5200; Telecommunications Relay Service: 7-1-1.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and the Miami metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry Nov
2021
Sept
2022
Oct
2022
Nov
2022(p)
Nov 2021 to Nov 2022(p)
Net change Percent change

United States(1)

Total nonfarm

150,210 153,204 154,416 154,990 4,780 3.2

Mining and logging

587 637 642 641 54 9.2

Construction

7,582 7,877 7,896 7,827 245 3.2

Manufacturing

12,530 12,890 12,925 12,941 411 3.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

28,705 28,589 28,834 29,249 544 1.9

Information

2,914 3,041 3,052 3,077 163 5.6

Financial activities

8,865 8,969 9,009 9,018 153 1.7

Professional and business services

21,983 22,468 22,707 22,689 706 3.2

Education and health services

24,155 24,618 24,953 25,088 933 3.9

Leisure and hospitality

14,755 15,971 15,918 15,812 1,057 7.2

Other services

5,583 5,721 5,752 5,771 188 3.4

Government

22,551 22,423 22,728 22,877 326 1.4

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm

2,749.2 2,824.4 2,855.3 2,871.9 122.7 4.5

Mining and logging

0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.1 12.5

Construction

141.5 145.4 145.7 145.0 3.5 2.5

Manufacturing

91.5 96.1 96.7 98.0 6.5 7.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

631.6 643.1 650.5 662.1 30.5 4.8

Information

52.9 53.1 53.0 53.2 0.3 0.6

Financial activities

201.3 205.2 207.3 207.2 5.9 2.9

Professional and business services

482.7 490.4 498.4 495.5 12.8 2.7

Education and health services

417.0 433.8 437.4 439.4 22.4 5.4

Leisure and hospitality

308.5 331.2 336.8 342.2 33.7 10.9

Other services

113.5 121.3 121.7 121.7 8.2 7.2

Government

307.9 303.9 306.9 306.7 -1.2 -0.4

Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

1,225.5 1,267.0 1,280.0 1,284.3 58.8 4.8

Mining and logging

0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.1 20.0

Construction

52.4 54.1 53.8 53.2 0.8 1.5

Manufacturing

41.8 45.6 45.7 46.7 4.9 11.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

308.1 320.3 323.3 328.3 20.2 6.6

Information

20.9 20.6 20.5 20.7 -0.2 -1.0

Financial activities

87.0 90.0 91.3 91.6 4.6 5.3

Professional and business services

194.6 197.1 200.8 200.6 6.0 3.1

Education and health services

196.7 206.4 207.9 208.8 12.1 6.2

Leisure and hospitality

134.6 144.1 146.2 144.5 9.9 7.4

Other services

48.4 51.0 51.4 51.3 2.9 6.0

Government

140.5 137.2 138.5 138.0 -2.5 -1.8

Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

868.9 889.3 899.3 905.2 36.3 4.2

Construction

49.5 51.0 51.8 51.7 2.2 4.4

Manufacturing

28.8 29.0 29.2 29.4 0.6 2.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

201.5 201.2 203.8 207.8 6.3 3.1

Information

21.5 21.8 21.8 21.8 0.3 1.4

Financial activities

66.8 68.2 68.5 68.4 1.6 2.4

Professional and business services

161.9 167.5 169.8 168.8 6.9 4.3

Education and health services

115.3 117.4 118.6 119.8 4.5 3.9

Leisure and hospitality

86.7 94.9 96.0 97.4 10.7 12.3

Other services

33.3 35.3 35.9 36.0 2.7 8.1

Government

103.5 102.9 103.8 104.0 0.5 0.5

West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm

654.8 668.1 676.0 682.4 27.6 4.2

Construction

39.6 40.3 40.1 40.1 0.5 1.3

Manufacturing

20.9 21.5 21.8 21.9 1.0 4.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities

122.0 121.6 123.4 126.0 4.0 3.3

Information

10.5 10.7 10.7 10.7 0.2 1.9

Financial activities

47.5 47.0 47.5 47.2 -0.3 -0.6

Professional and business services

126.2 125.8 127.8 126.1 -0.1 -0.1

Education and health services

105.0 110.0 110.9 110.8 5.8 5.5

Leisure and hospitality

87.2 92.2 94.6 100.3 13.1 15.0

Other services

31.8 35.0 34.4 34.4 2.6 8.2

Government

63.9 63.8 64.6 64.7 0.8 1.3

Footnotes
(1) U.S. data are preliminary for two months after they are first published.
(p) Preliminary


Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector for the 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area Nov
2021
Sep
2022
Oct
2022
Nov
2022(p)
Nov 2021 to
Nov 2022(p)
Net
change
Percent
change

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Total nonfarm

2,899.4 2,997.6 3,019.4 3,037.6 138.2 4.8

Mining and logging

1.9 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.1 5.3

Construction

134.0 131.1 132.7 133.1 -0.9 -0.7

Manufacturing

172.8 177.3 176.4 176.1 3.3 1.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities

632.0 642.1 646.6 657.0 25.0 4.0

Information

112.8 123.6 124.3 126.6 13.8 12.2

Financial activities

188.8 196.8 199.1 198.3 9.5 5.0

Professional and business services

569.0 598.5 599.5 598.5 29.5 5.2

Education and health services

382.1 392.3 396.5 399.0 16.9 4.4

Leisure and hospitality

273.7 293.1 297.3 301.1 27.4 10.0

Other services

99.2 101.5 102.6 103.4 4.2 4.2

Government

333.1 339.3 342.4 342.5 9.4 2.8

Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH (NECTA)

Total nonfarm

2,734.9 2,819.5 2,846.0 2,859.8 124.9 4.6

Mining, logging, and construction

128.5 135.7 135.3 135.1 6.6 5.1

Manufacturing

181.1 185.9 185.8 185.3 4.2 2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

406.2 412.1 415.5 421.7 15.5 3.8

Information

82.3 87.7 89.1 89.6 7.3 8.9

Financial activities

179.8 180.1 182.2 183.4 3.6 2.0

Professional and business services

529.4 550.3 558.2 559.1 29.7 5.6

Education and health services

595.9 609.8 616.7 623.7 27.8 4.7

Leisure and hospitality

227.9 259.9 259.8 256.1 28.2 12.4

Other services

94.3 94.5 94.4 94.9 0.6 0.6

Government

309.5 303.5 309.0 310.9 1.4 0.5

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Total nonfarm

4,645.7 4,758.6 4,794.7 4,803.7 158.0 3.4

Mining and logging

1.9 1.9 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0

Construction

182.5 192.2 193.8 189.9 7.4 4.1

Manufacturing

400.6 413.9 416.0 416.5 15.9 4.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities

963.3 964.6 977.2 987.2 23.9 2.5

Information

75.2 78.0 77.9 78.2 3.0 4.0

Financial activities

318.8 318.3 318.0 317.9 -0.9 -0.3

Professional and business services

837.3 859.4 869.1 865.8 28.5 3.4

Education and health services

725.1 733.8 745.8 749.5 24.4 3.4

Leisure and hospitality

425.0 469.3 468.5 469.8 44.8 10.5

Other services

184.1 188.2 188.8 189.6 5.5 3.0

Government

531.9 539.0 537.7 537.4 5.5 1.0

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

Total nonfarm

3,992.4 4,135.5 4,192.0 4,234.6 242.2 6.1

Mining, logging, and construction

220.1 232.6 235.0 238.1 18.0 8.2

Manufacturing

287.9 301.8 304.0 306.0 18.1 6.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities

888.7 891.5 902.1 921.8 33.1 3.7

Information

84.6 87.7 86.7 87.7 3.1 3.7

Financial activities

350.5 367.8 370.6 372.3 21.8 6.2

Professional and business services

725.3 758.9 774.2 777.0 51.7 7.1

Education and health services

471.3 492.7 503.1 505.6 34.3 7.3

Leisure and hospitality

383.7 421.8 425.3 431.6 47.9 12.5

Other services

126.6 133.5 135.2 136.0 9.4 7.4

Government

453.7 447.2 455.8 458.5 4.8 1.1

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

Total nonfarm

3,160.7 3,289.1 3,322.5 3,337.0 176.3 5.6

Mining and logging

62.1 68.6 69.1 69.8 7.7 12.4

Construction

214.6 241.4 238.9 233.1 18.5 8.6

Manufacturing

215.8 227.9 227.2 228.0 12.2 5.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

660.6 664.7 676.1 687.0 26.4 4.0

Information

31.0 32.3 32.5 32.7 1.7 5.5

Financial activities

169.0 175.8 177.7 176.0 7.0 4.1

Professional and business services

515.1 539.8 546.5 546.9 31.8 6.2

Education and health services

426.6 437.7 441.6 445.0 18.4 4.3

Leisure and hospitality

315.1 359.7 361.2 364.9 49.8 15.8

Other services

113.8 113.2 112.5 110.8 -3.0 -2.6

Government

437.0 428.0 439.2 442.8 5.8 1.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA

Total nonfarm

6,074.6 6,221.1 6,298.7 6,341.5 266.9 4.4

Mining and logging

2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 0.0 0.0

Construction

251.3 265.9 268.9 266.5 15.2 6.0

Manufacturing

461.7 475.8 477.5 478.9 17.2 3.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,103.0 1,101.2 1,109.9 1,125.8 22.8 2.1

Information

252.4 256.5 257.5 265.0 12.6 5.0

Financial activities

323.7 325.8 329.2 329.2 5.5 1.7

Professional and business services

981.6 1,005.8 1,020.0 1,027.9 46.3 4.7

Education and health services

1,101.3 1,136.7 1,158.0 1,161.9 60.6 5.5

Leisure and hospitality

675.0 731.1 739.0 740.1 65.1 9.6

Other services

191.7 206.4 207.4 206.5 14.8 7.7

Government

730.9 713.9 729.3 737.7 6.8 0.9

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL

Total nonfarm

2,749.2 2,824.4 2,855.3 2,871.9 122.7 4.5

Mining and logging

0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.1 12.5

Construction

141.5 145.4 145.7 145.0 3.5 2.5

Manufacturing

91.5 96.1 96.7 98.0 6.5 7.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

631.6 643.1 650.5 662.1 30.5 4.8

Information

52.9 53.1 53.0 53.2 0.3 0.6

Financial activities

201.3 205.2 207.3 207.2 5.9 2.9

Professional and business services

482.7 490.4 498.4 495.5 12.8 2.7

Education and health services

417.0 433.8 437.4 439.4 22.4 5.4

Leisure and hospitality

308.5 331.2 336.8 342.2 33.7 10.9

Other services

113.5 121.3 121.7 121.7 8.2 7.2

Government

307.9 303.9 306.9 306.7 -1.2 -0.4

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

Total nonfarm

9,590.4 9,809.4 9,893.8 9,961.5 371.1 3.9

Mining, logging, and construction

395.0 400.4 402.0 399.2 4.2 1.1

Manufacturing

337.6 341.7 342.6 343.5 5.9 1.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities

1,667.3 1,663.4 1,678.6 1,701.7 34.4 2.1

Information

318.8 331.6 332.5 331.4 12.6 4.0

Financial activities

771.6 783.5 782.8 785.1 13.5 1.7

Professional and business services

1,589.1 1,635.4 1,642.5 1,659.6 70.5 4.4

Education and health services

2,046.4 2,069.9 2,106.1 2,127.3 80.9 4.0

Leisure and hospitality

781.1 886.8 881.8 872.1 91.0 11.7

Other services

382.0 402.1 407.2 410.6 28.6 7.5

Government

1,301.5 1,294.6 1,317.7 1,331.0 29.5 2.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD

Total nonfarm

2,935.4 2,991.7 3,019.2 3,032.1 96.7 3.3

Mining, logging, and construction

122.6 124.4 123.8 122.5 -0.1 -0.1

Manufacturing

175.0 180.0 180.1 181.3 6.3 3.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities

544.2 546.8 553.9 561.8 17.6 3.2

Information

50.3 50.3 50.2 50.1 -0.2 -0.4

Financial activities

217.9 220.2 221.3 221.4 3.5 1.6

Professional and business services

481.2 496.7 502.0 504.7 23.5 4.9

Education and health services

654.4 668.7 679.0 685.2 30.8 4.7

Leisure and hospitality

240.7 259.3 258.1 250.7 10.0 4.2

Other services

115.2 119.1 119.9 121.5 6.3 5.5

Government

333.9 326.2 330.9 332.9 -1.0 -0.3

Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ

Total nonfarm

2,278.3 2,321.9 2,346.0 2,368.5 90.2 4.0

Mining and logging

2.9 3.1 3.2 3.2 0.3 10.3

Construction

139.4 147.4 148.0 148.8 9.4 6.7

Manufacturing

139.8 149.9 150.4 151.1 11.3 8.1

Trade, transportation, and utilities

463.3 457.1 462.8 472.2 8.9 1.9

Information

41.7 42.8 42.8 42.6 0.9 2.2

Financial activities

217.5 214.4 216.2 217.7 0.2 0.1

Professional and business services

381.1 387.3 388.5 389.4 8.3 2.2

Education and health services

351.0 369.1 372.9 377.4 26.4 7.5

Leisure and hospitality

224.5 232.6 238.5 239.1 14.6 6.5

Other services

70.4 70.6 73.6 74.5 4.1 5.8

Government

246.7 247.6 249.1 252.5 5.8 2.4

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Total nonfarm

2,403.4 2,464.0 2,493.2 2,502.6 99.2 4.1

Mining and logging

0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0

Construction

120.6 128.8 128.9 127.7 7.1 5.9

Manufacturing

148.4 157.1 157.4 157.9 9.5 6.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities

359.5 359.4 364.2 371.0 11.5 3.2

Information

144.0 148.2 149.0 149.5 5.5 3.8

Financial activities

140.5 140.9 142.3 143.4 2.9 2.1

Professional and business services

506.6 525.8 533.7 532.1 25.5 5.0

Education and health services

371.8 371.4 378.7 381.3 9.5 2.6

Leisure and hospitality

217.9 241.0 242.3 241.4 23.5 10.8

Other services

78.6 84.4 85.7 85.8 7.2 9.2

Government

315.1 306.6 310.6 312.1 -3.0 -1.0

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV

Total nonfarm

3,293.1 3,315.2 3,338.9 3,357.0 63.9 1.9

Mining, logging, and construction

163.0 166.8 167.4 166.8 3.8 2.3

Manufacturing

55.6 56.6 57.2 57.0 1.4 2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities

411.4 406.4 408.9 418.4 7.0 1.7

Information

77.4 79.5 80.3 80.6 3.2 4.1

Financial activities

154.2 147.8 147.5 148.0 -6.2 -4.0

Professional and business services

795.7 802.1 805.7 806.1 10.4 1.3

Education and health services

430.5 438.6 447.5 449.5 19.0 4.4

Leisure and hospitality

286.8 307.5 308.3 309.6 22.8 7.9

Other services

194.0 197.9 199.1 198.6 4.6 2.4

Government

724.5 712.0 717.0 722.4 -2.1 -0.3

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

 

Last Modified Date: Thursday, December 29, 2022