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State and Metro Area Employment, Hours, & Earnings
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The Current Employment Statistics (CES) program produces detailed industry estimates of employment, hours, and earnings of workers on nonfarm payrolls. CES State and Metro Area produces data for all 50 States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and about 450 metropolitan areas and divisions. CES National Estimates produces estimates for the nation.
Each month, CES surveys approximately 122,000 businesses and government agencies, representing 666,000 individual worksites.
Notices
- Update to the 2022 North American Industry Classification System on March 13, 2023 Read More »
- 2022 Preliminary Benchmark Revisions to Current Establishment Survey Data for states and select metropolitan areas Read More »
- 2022 Preliminary Benchmark Revision to Establishment Survey Data to be released on August 24, 2022 Read More »
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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Change in nonfarm employment by metropolitan area, December 2021 to December 2022, not seasonally adjusted
Metropolitan area
Percent change
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL
3.7
Auburn-Opelika, AL
2.7
Birmingham-Hoover, AL
3.0
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL
1.0
Decatur, AL
2.8
Dothan, AL
1.8
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL
3.0
Gadsden, AL
1.8
Huntsville, AL
2.9
Mobile, AL
0.9
Montgomery, AL
2.4
Tuscaloosa, AL
2.4
Anchorage, AK
4.7
Fairbanks, AK
2.8
Flagstaff, AZ
4.8
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ
2.0
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ
3.2
Prescott, AZ
2.9
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ
1.2
Tucson, AZ
2.3
Yuma, AZ
3.3
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO
2.6
Fort Smith, AR-OK
2.1
Hot Springs, AR
2.8
Jonesboro, AR
1.9
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
1.9
Pine Bluff, AR
1.9
Bakersfield, CA
3.1
Chico, CA
2.6
El Centro, CA
1.6
Fresno, CA
3.0
Hanford-Corcoran, CA
3.4
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
3.5
Madera, CA
2.4
Merced, CA
3.0
Modesto, CA
0.8
Napa, CA
2.2
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
4.0
Redding, CA
2.6
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
4.6
Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA
3.1
Salinas, CA
2.1
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA
3.4
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA
3.8
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
4.1
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles-Arroyo Grande, CA
2.6
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
2.9
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA
4.0
Santa Rosa, CA
3.8
Stockton-Lodi, CA
3.4
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA
2.1
Visalia-Porterville, CA
2.5
Yuba City, CA
-0.6
Boulder, CO
2.5
Colorado Springs, CO
2.0
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO
4.0
Fort Collins, CO
3.0
Grand Junction, CO
1.8
Greeley, CO
1.9
Pueblo, CO
2.6
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT NECTA
2.0
Danbury, CT NECTA
2.9
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA
1.8
New Haven, CT NECTA
2.8
Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI NECTA
2.1
Waterbury, CT NECTA
1.5
Dover, DE
0.6
Salisbury, MD-DE
0.9
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
1.6
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
4.4
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL
3.7
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
3.9
Gainesville, FL
3.5
Homosassa Springs, FL
0.9
Jacksonville, FL
5.7
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
2.2
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
4.2
Naples-Immokalee-Marco Island, FL
2.3
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton, FL
3.0
Ocala, FL
2.6
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
4.0
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
4.0
Panama City, FL
4.9
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL
2.8
Port St. Lucie, FL
4.2
Punta Gorda, FL
4.6
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL
2.9
Sebring, FL
-0.4
Tallahassee, FL
4.7
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
4.8
The Villages, FL
3.0
Albany, GA
0.3
Athens-Clarke County, GA
4.7
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
4.3
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC
2.1
Brunswick, GA
3.1
Columbus, GA-AL
1.6
Dalton, GA
0.0
Gainesville, GA
1.8
Hinesville, GA
0.5
Macon-Bibb County, GA
1.4
Rome, GA
3.6
Savannah, GA
2.6
Valdosta, GA
0.4
Warner Robins, GA
1.0
Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI
4.4
Urban Honolulu, HI
3.5
Boise City, ID
2.8
Coeur d'Alene, ID
2.3
Idaho Falls, ID
3.4
Lewiston, ID-WA
1.4
Pocatello, ID
1.6
Twin Falls, ID
3.9
Bloomington, IL
2.8
Carbondale-Marion, IL
0.9
Champaign-Urbana, IL
1.0
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI
2.8
Danville, IL
1.1
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
3.5
Decatur, IL
1.7
Kankakee, IL
2.4
Peoria, IL
2.2
Rockford, IL
3.1
Springfield, IL
2.8
Bloomington, IN
1.4
Columbus, IN
1.2
Elkhart-Goshen, IN
0.1
Evansville, IN-KY
1.8
Fort Wayne, IN
1.8
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
1.4
Kokomo, IN
0.3
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN
1.6
Michigan City-La Porte, IN
-0.5
Muncie, IN
3.8
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI
3.2
Terre Haute, IN
0.1
Ames, IA
0.9
Cedar Rapids, IA
0.9
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
1.0
Dubuque, IA
0.3
Iowa City, IA
3.1
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD
1.4
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
1.8
Lawrence, KS
0.4
Manhattan, KS
1.3
Topeka, KS
3.1
Wichita, KS
1.8
Bowling Green, KY
2.0
Elizabethtown-Fort Knox, KY
1.5
Lexington-Fayette, KY
2.1
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
3.0
Owensboro, KY
0.6
Alexandria, LA
1.8
Baton Rouge, LA
1.1
Hammond, LA
0.2
Houma-Thibodaux, LA
2.1
Lafayette, LA
2.0
Lake Charles, LA
1.9
Monroe, LA
0.0
New Orleans-Metairie, LA
4.1
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
1.8
Bangor, ME NECTA
3.1
Lewiston-Auburn, ME NECTA
2.6
Portland-South Portland, ME NECTA
5.0
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
1.7
California-Lexington Park, MD
1.5
Cumberland, MD-WV
-1.3
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV
-0.8
Barnstable Town, MA NECTA
-0.2
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH NECTA
4.1
Leominster-Gardner, MA NECTA
3.9
New Bedford, MA NECTA
1.7
Pittsfield, MA NECTA
-1.0
Springfield, MA-CT NECTA
2.3
Worcester, MA-CT NECTA
1.6
Ann Arbor, MI
1.2
Battle Creek, MI
1.3
Bay City, MI
1.2
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
2.1
Flint, MI
1.0
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI
3.8
Jackson, MI
-0.7
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI
1.4
Lansing-East Lansing, MI
4.5
Midland, MI
0.0
Monroe, MI
-0.3
Muskegon, MI
1.0
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI
0.5
Saginaw, MI
1.5
Duluth, MN-WI
1.0
Mankato-North Mankato, MN
2.3
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
3.5
Rochester, MN
2.8
St. Cloud, MN
1.8
Gulfport-Biloxi-Pascagoula, MS
1.1
Hattiesburg, MS
-0.6
Jackson, MS
-0.3
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL
0.0
Columbia, MO
0.9
Jefferson City, MO
0.9
Joplin, MO
2.0
Kansas City, MO-KS
2.2
St. Joseph, MO-KS
0.5
St. Louis, MO-IL
1.5
Springfield, MO
1.1
Billings, MT
1.2
Great Falls, MT
0.0
Missoula, MT
1.1
Grand Island, NE
0.0
Lincoln, NE
2.4
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
1.9
Carson City, NV
1.3
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV
4.2
Reno, NV
3.7
Dover-Durham, NH-ME NECTA
3.2
Manchester, NH NECTA
4.2
Portsmouth, NH-ME NECTA
0.4
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
5.8
Ocean City, NJ
4.9
Trenton, NJ
2.1
Vineland-Bridgeton, NJ
2.5
Albuquerque, NM
0.6
Farmington, NM
-1.1
Las Cruces, NM
2.4
Santa Fe, NM
1.5
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
1.9
Binghamton, NY
3.6
Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY
3.1
Elmira, NY
1.7
Glens Falls, NY
0.4
Ithaca, NY
1.3
Kingston, NY
2.4
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA
3.6
Rochester, NY
1.2
Syracuse, NY
1.9
Utica-Rome, NY
1.7
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY
1.2
Asheville, NC
1.8
Burlington, NC
2.3
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
4.6
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
3.7
Fayetteville, NC
1.8
Goldsboro, NC
1.0
Greensboro-High Point, NC
2.4
Greenville, NC
0.5
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC
2.8
Jacksonville, NC
1.9
New Bern, NC
1.3
Raleigh, NC
5.2
Rocky Mount, NC
-2.5
Wilmington, NC
3.2
Winston-Salem, NC
2.4
Bismarck, ND
0.7
Fargo, ND-MN
0.1
Grand Forks, ND-MN
0.6
Akron, OH
0.6
Canton-Massillon, OH
1.1
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
1.2
Cleveland-Elyria, OH
2.1
Columbus, OH
1.5
Dayton, OH
1.8
Lima, OH
-0.2
Mansfield, OH
2.0
Springfield, OH
1.3
Toledo, OH
3.0
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH
-1.0
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA
0.6
Enid, OK
1.2
Lawton, OK
2.1
Oklahoma City, OK
3.3
Tulsa, OK
4.2
Albany, OR
2.4
Bend-Redmond, OR
2.2
Corvallis, OR
4.3
Eugene, OR
3.5
Grants Pass, OR
2.2
Medford, OR
2.0
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
5.0
Salem, OR
1.5
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ
3.0
Altoona, PA
2.8
Bloomsburg-Berwick, PA
1.0
Chambersburg-Waynesboro, PA
2.2
East Stroudsburg, PA
0.7
Erie, PA
3.3
Gettysburg, PA
2.6
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
4.7
Johnstown, PA
2.4
Lancaster, PA
2.2
Lebanon, PA
5.4
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
2.9
Pittsburgh, PA
2.9
Reading, PA
2.7
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre--Hazleton, PA
1.7
State College, PA
1.8
Williamsport, PA
1.8
York-Hanover, PA
3.3
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA
1.9
Charleston-North Charleston, SC
5.9
Columbia, SC
1.7
Florence, SC
0.9
Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC
4.0
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Beaufort, SC
2.4
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC
1.7
Spartanburg, SC
2.5
Sumter, SC
0.0
Rapid City, SD
4.6
Sioux Falls, SD
4.4
Chattanooga, TN-GA
1.7
Clarksville, TN-KY
2.5
Cleveland, TN
1.1
Jackson, TN
1.4
Johnson City, TN
2.1
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA
1.2
Knoxville, TN
4.9
Memphis, TN-MS-AR
2.4
Morristown, TN
2.9
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
4.5
Abilene, TX
1.5
Amarillo, TX
1.9
Austin-Round Rock, TX
4.2
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
3.3
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
3.0
College Station-Bryan, TX
3.0
Corpus Christi, TX
2.9
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
5.9
El Paso, TX
2.5
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
5.6
Killeen-Temple, TX
2.5
Laredo, TX
3.8
Longview, TX
2.9
Lubbock, TX
3.4
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
4.8
Midland, TX
4.8
Odessa, TX
4.5
San Angelo, TX
2.4
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
4.3
Sherman-Denison, TX
4.4
Texarkana, TX-AR
2.3
Tyler, TX
3.1
Victoria, TX
2.3
Waco, TX
3.0
Wichita Falls, TX
3.3
Logan, UT-ID
2.5
Ogden-Clearfield, UT
2.5
Provo-Orem, UT
3.2
St. George, UT
3.7
Salt Lake City, UT
1.3
Burlington-South Burlington, VT NECTA
3.2
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
1.7
Charlottesville, VA
2.0
Harrisonburg, VA
1.3
Lynchburg, VA
2.2
Richmond, VA
1.3
Roanoke, VA
1.4
Staunton-Waynesboro, VA
1.8
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC
2.7
Winchester, VA-WV
1.6
Bellingham, WA
3.9
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA
1.6
Kennewick-Richland, WA
4.7
Longview, WA
2.7
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA
1.8
Olympia-Tumwater, WA
2.0
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
4.2
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
2.4
Walla Walla, WA
2.7
Wenatchee, WA
3.7
Yakima, WA
2.5
Beckley, WV
2.6
Charleston, WV
-0.2
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
0.3
Morgantown, WV
2.9
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
2.7
Wheeling, WV-OH
0.7
Appleton, WI
2.5
Eau Claire, WI
1.3
Fond du Lac, WI
1.0
Green Bay, WI
2.3
Janesville-Beloit, WI
1.2
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
1.3
Madison, WI
2.8
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI
1.5
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
1.6
Racine, WI
-0.3
Sheboygan, WI
1.3
Wausau, WI
1.0
Casper, WY
0.3
Cheyenne, WY
1.5
Aguadilla-Isabela, PR
2.4
Arecibo, PR
0.8
Guayama, PR
4.1
Mayaguez, PR
1.5
Ponce, PR
4.2
San German, PR
1.9
San Juan-Carolina-Caguas, PR
3.7
Latest Numbers
All States Diffusion Index, 1-month, total nonfarm
96.1(p) in Jan 2023
All MSAs Diffusion Index, 1-month, total nonfarm
78.9(p) in Jan 2023
Historical Data
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News Releases
January jobless rates down in 5 states, up in 2; payroll jobs up in 20 states
03/13/2023
In January, unemployment rates were lower in 5 states, higher in 2 states and the
District of Columbia, and stable in 43 states. Nonfarm payroll employment increased
in 20 states and was essentially unchanged in 30 states and the District.
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December jobless rates down over the year in 244 of 389 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 81
02/01/2023
Jobless rates were lower in December than a year earlier in 244 of the 389 metropolitan
areas, higher in 115, and unchanged in 30. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over
the year in 81 metropolitan areas and was essentially unchanged in 308.
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