Department of Numbers

Job Growth by Metropolitan Area

The March 2013 employment data for 363 metropolitan areas tracked by the BLS are shown below. The month-to-month jobs data in the table comes from the Current Employment Statistics survey. Current Population Survey jobs data is shown within. Employment data by state is also available. Visit the employment overview page to see all employment data. Click on a header to sort.

City, State March 2013
CES Jobs Added
March 2013
CES Jobs Percent Change
1 Year
CES Jobs Added
1 Year
CES Jobs Percent Change
 Abilene, TX -400 -0.59% 900 1.36%
 Akron, OH 100 0.03% 6,900 2.13%
 Albany, GA -200 -0.33% 500 0.82%
 Albany, NY -1,300 -0.29% 1,200 0.27%
 Albuquerque, NM 2,200 0.60% -1,000 -0.27%
 Alexandria, LA -200 -0.32% -900 -1.42%
 Allentown, PA 700 0.20% 5,200 1.51%
 Altoona, PA -200 -0.33% 400 0.66%
 Amarillo, TX -400 -0.35% 300 0.27%
 Ames, IA 200 0.41% 100 0.21%
 Anchorage, AK 400 0.22% 2,000 1.12%
 Anderson, IN 100 0.25% 0 0.00%
 Anderson, SC 0 0.00% -100 -0.16%
 Ann Arbor, MI -200 -0.10% 3,500 1.74%
 Anniston, AL 100 0.21% -200 -0.41%
 Appleton, WI 100 0.08% 700 0.60%
 Asheville, NC 300 0.17% 5,900 3.48%
 Athens, GA 400 0.45% 1,100 1.25%
 Atlanta, GA 7,600 0.32% 56,400 2.42%
 Atlantic City, NJ 500 0.38% -3,800 -2.77%
 Auburn, AL -100 -0.18% 1,300 2.39%
 Augusta, GA -600 -0.28% 1,000 0.47%
 Austin, TX 1,200 0.14% 30,000 3.68%
 Bakersfield, CA 100 0.04% 3,900 1.63%
 Baltimore, MD 1,300 0.10% 31,800 2.43%
 Bangor, ME -600 -0.92% -500 -0.77%
 Barnstable Town, MA 600 0.60% 2,900 2.95%
 Baton Rouge, LA 700 0.18% 8,300 2.22%
 Battle Creek, MI -300 -0.53% 1,000 1.80%
 Bay City, MI -100 -0.27% 0 0.00%
 Beaumont, TX -900 -0.55% 800 0.50%
 Bellingham, WA -900 -1.10% -800 -0.98%
 Bend, OR -700 -1.13% 200 0.33%
 Billings, MT -300 -0.36% 2,400 2.97%
 Binghamton, NY -800 -0.74% -1,300 -1.20%
 Birmingham, AL 1,300 0.26% 900 0.18%
 Bismarck, ND 400 0.59% 2,000 3.03%
 Blacksburg, VA -400 -0.55% 1,200 1.68%
 Bloomington, IN 400 0.49% -500 -0.61%
 Bloomington, IL -300 -0.33% -1,300 -1.43%
 Boise City, ID -1,300 -0.48% 6,300 2.38%
 Boston, MA 3,100 0.18% 32,500 1.89%
 Boulder, CO 700 0.41% 4,800 2.87%
 Bowling Green, KY -400 -0.64% -100 -0.16%
 Bremerton, WA -100 -0.12% -500 -0.61%
 Bridgeport, CT 1,200 0.30% -3,200 -0.79%
 Brownsville, TX 400 0.30% 1,800 1.37%
 Brunswick, GA 300 0.74% 300 0.74%
 Buffalo, NY -500 -0.09% 1,700 0.31%
 Burlington, NC -500 -0.85% -400 -0.68%
 Burlington, VT -1,000 -0.84% 1,000 0.86%
 Canton, OH -300 -0.18% 2,500 1.51%
 Cape Coral, FL 600 0.29% 3,500 1.69%
 Carson City, NV 100 0.36% 0 0.00%
 Casper, WY 200 0.49% 200 0.49%
 Cedar Rapids, IA -400 -0.28% 1,000 0.71%
 Champaign, IL 600 0.57% 700 0.67%
 Charleston, WV 0 0.00% -1,100 -0.74%
 Charleston, SC -300 -0.10% 1,800 0.59%
 Charlotte, NC 400 0.05% 18,700 2.22%
 Charlottesville, VA -700 -0.71% -3,200 -3.15%
 Chattanooga, TN -700 -0.29% 100 0.04%
 Cheyenne, WY -300 -0.65% 1,200 2.70%
 Chicago, IL -8,400 -0.19% 41,200 0.95%
 Chico, CA 300 0.43% 1,300 1.91%
 Cincinnati, OH -8,200 -0.81% 0 0.00%
 Clarksville, TN -300 -0.34% 400 0.46%
 Cleveland, TN 0 0.00% 1,900 4.55%
 Cleveland, OH -600 -0.06% 4,200 0.41%
 Coeur d'Alene, ID -400 -0.75% -900 -1.67%
 College Station, TX 900 0.93% 2,200 2.30%
 Colorado Springs, CO -700 -0.27% 3,200 1.28%
 Columbia, SC 900 0.25% 2,900 0.82%
 Columbia, MO 100 0.11% -1,300 -1.35%
 Columbus, IN 300 0.60% 2,100 4.37%
 Columbus, OH -3,000 -0.31% 2,500 0.26%
 Columbus, GA 200 0.17% -600 -0.50%
 Corpus Christi, TX 600 0.32% 8,600 4.74%
 Corvallis, OR 300 0.78% 100 0.26%
 Crestview, FL 1,700 2.15% 2,400 3.06%
 Cumberland, MD 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
 Dallas, TX -1,200 -0.04% 97,300 3.26%
 Dalton, GA -100 -0.16% -500 -0.78%
 Danbury, CT 100 0.15% 1,200 1.77%
 Danville, IL 100 0.34% -400 -1.34%
 Danville, VA 0 0.00% 300 0.75%
 Dayton, OH -1,400 -0.37% -1,500 -0.40%
 Decatur, AL 400 0.74% 500 0.93%
 Decatur, IL -300 -0.59% -2,600 -4.89%
 Deltona, FL 4,000 2.55% 5,600 3.61%
 Denver, CO -600 -0.05% 29,500 2.38%
 Des Moines, IA 400 0.12% 5,500 1.69%
 Detroit, MI -8,100 -0.44% 2,300 0.13%
 Dothan, AL 0 0.00% -400 -0.70%
 Dover, DE -200 -0.31% 100 0.16%
 Dubuque, IA -200 -0.34% 300 0.52%
 Duluth, MN -600 -0.46% 700 0.54%
 Durham, NC -800 -0.28% 6,100 2.16%
 Eau Claire, WI -800 -0.96% 500 0.61%
 El Centro, CA -500 -1.08% 500 1.11%
 El Paso, TX 1,000 0.35% 5,000 1.78%
 Elkhart, IN 100 0.09% 3,100 2.78%
 Elmira, NY -400 -1.02% -900 -2.26%
 Erie, PA 299 0.23% -600 -0.46%
 Eugene, OR 300 0.21% 1,200 0.85%
 Evansville, IN -500 -0.28% -1,300 -0.73%
 Fairbanks, AK 200 0.50% 100 0.25%
 Fargo, ND 0 0.00% 4,300 3.38%
 Farmington, NM 0 0.00% -300 -0.60%
 Fayetteville, NC -599 -0.46% 1,100 0.85%
 Fayetteville, AR -400 -0.18% 7,300 3.50%
 Flagstaff, AZ -300 -0.48% 900 1.46%
 Flint, MI -700 -0.51% 200 0.15%
 Florence, SC -600 -0.71% 100 0.12%
 Florence, AL 0 0.00% 300 0.54%
 Fond du Lac, WI 200 0.44% 700 1.55%
 Fort Collins, CO -200 -0.14% 3,500 2.52%
 Fort Smith, AR 300 0.26% 700 0.60%
 Fort Wayne, IN -2,300 -1.09% 600 0.29%
 Fresno, CA 2,000 0.71% 3,600 1.28%
 Gadsden, AL 0 0.00% -400 -1.09%
 Gainesville, FL 0 0.00% 2,299 1.79%
 Gainesville, GA -500 -0.66% -200 -0.27%
 Glens Falls, NY 200 0.37% -300 -0.54%
 Goldsboro, NC 0 0.00% 600 1.41%
 Grand Forks, ND -400 -0.71% 1,000 1.81%
 Grand Junction, CO -100 -0.17% 200 0.33%
 Grand Rapids, MI -200 -0.05% 9,200 2.38%
 Great Falls, MT 300 0.86% -100 -0.28%
 Greeley, CO 300 0.35% 1,400 1.67%
 Green Bay, WI -200 -0.12% 1,700 1.01%
 Greensboro, NC -1,200 -0.35% -1,900 -0.55%
 Greenville, NC -100 -0.12% 2,500 3.14%
 Greenville, SC 1,200 0.39% 2,600 0.85%
 Gulfport, MS 400 0.38% -700 -0.66%
 Hagerstown, MD 200 0.19% 100 0.10%
 Hanford, CA -100 -0.28% 200 0.56%
 Harrisburg, PA 2,000 0.61% 3,100 0.95%
 Harrisonburg, VA -100 -0.15% 1,700 2.70%
 Hartford, CT 300 0.05% 3,600 0.66%
 Hattiesburg, MS -300 -0.50% 500 0.84%
 Hickory, NC -400 -0.28% 1,800 1.27%
 Hinesville, GA 100 0.51% 200 1.02%
 Holland, MI -500 -0.44% 1,700 1.53%
 Honolulu, HI -500 -0.11% 5,300 1.19%
 Hot Springs, AR 100 0.26% 400 1.07%
 Houma, LA -200 -0.21% 1,200 1.27%
 Houston, TX 400 0.01% 106,200 3.99%
 Huntington, WV 0 0.00% 200 0.18%
 Huntsville, AL -100 -0.05% -200 -0.10%
 Idaho Falls, ID -200 -0.40% 0 0.00%
 Indianapolis, IN -4,900 -0.53% 11,000 1.21%
 Iowa City, IA 100 0.11% 600 0.64%
 Ithaca, NY 0 0.00% 1,900 2.84%
 Jackson, MS 0 0.00% 2,000 0.78%
 Jackson, MI 200 0.37% 0 0.00%
 Jackson, TN 100 0.16% 1,100 1.80%
 Jacksonville, FL 3,000 0.49% 18,400 3.11%
 Jacksonville, NC -400 -0.82% 800 1.68%
 Janesville, WI -400 -0.63% 800 1.29%
 Jefferson City, MO -400 -0.52% 100 0.13%
 Johnson City, TN -300 -0.38% -1,300 -1.62%
 Johnstown, PA -200 -0.34% -600 -1.00%
 Jonesboro, AR -300 -0.57% 1,300 2.55%
 Joplin, MO -600 -0.75% -600 -0.75%
 Kalamazoo, MI -500 -0.36% 1,300 0.95%
 Kankakee, IL 500 1.14% 400 0.91%
 Kansas City, MO -3,600 -0.36% 2,100 0.21%
 Kennewick, WA -600 -0.60% -100 -0.10%
 Killeen, TX -500 -0.38% 2,099 1.64%
 Kingsport, TN -1,700 -1.40% 900 0.76%
 Kingston, NY 100 0.16% 600 0.99%
 Knoxville, TN 300 0.09% 5,400 1.63%
 Kokomo, IN -200 -0.47% 300 0.71%
 La Crosse, WI 0 0.00% 900 1.20%
 Lafayette, IN -1,100 -1.12% 500 0.52%
 Lafayette, LA -300 -0.19% 2,200 1.42%
 Lakeland, FL 1,400 0.73% 2,500 1.31%
 Lancaster, PA 100 0.04% 2,100 0.91%
 Lansing, MI -400 -0.18% 1,100 0.51%
 Laredo, TX 0 0.00% 3,000 3.24%
 Las Cruces, NM -400 -0.58% -800 -1.15%
 Las Vegas, NV -500 -0.06% 15,400 1.88%
 Lawrence, KS 500 0.98% 1,100 2.18%
 Lawton, OK -200 -0.45% 100 0.23%
 Lebanon, PA 200 0.38% 600 1.16%
 Leominster, MA -300 -0.63% -300 -0.63%
 Lewiston, ID 200 0.77% 400 1.56%
 Lewiston, ME 0 0.00% -300 -0.62%
 Lexington, KY 500 0.19% 5,600 2.21%
 Lima, OH 0 0.00% -300 -0.58%
 Lincoln, NE 1,000 0.56% 2,200 1.25%
 Little Rock, AR 700 0.20% 500 0.15%
 Logan, UT 400 0.74% 1,000 1.86%
 Longview, WA 300 0.84% 200 0.56%
 Longview, TX 0 0.00% 1,600 1.58%
 Los Angeles, CA 11,200 0.21% 107,400 2.05%
 Louisville, KY -1,700 -0.27% 15,600 2.57%
 Lubbock, TX -200 -0.15% 2,699 2.10%
 Lynchburg, VA -1,000 -0.96% 1,800 1.77%
 Macon, GA 100 0.10% 700 0.72%
 Madera, CA -200 -0.60% -100 -0.30%
 Madison, WI -500 -0.14% 100 0.03%
 Manchester, NH -200 -0.20% 700 0.71%
 Mansfield, OH -200 -0.39% -1,300 -2.45%
 McAllen, TX -1,400 -0.60% 2,000 0.88%
 Medford, OR 0 0.00% 400 0.53%
 Memphis, TN -1,700 -0.28% 4,600 0.77%
 Merced, CA 0 0.00% 1,400 2.45%
 Miami, FL 4,200 0.18% 34,600 1.53%
 Michigan City, IN 100 0.24% -500 -1.17%
 Midland, TX 300 0.35% 6,000 7.59%
 Milwaukee, WI 1,500 0.18% 4,000 0.49%
 Minneapolis, MN -7,400 -0.41% 30,200 1.71%
 Missoula, MT -500 -0.88% 500 0.89%
 Mobile, AL 500 0.29% 2,800 1.62%
 Modesto, CA 900 0.61% 900 0.61%
 Monroe, LA 0 0.00% 800 1.05%
 Monroe, MI 200 0.51% 300 0.77%
 Montgomery, AL 1,100 0.66% 3,000 1.81%
 Morgantown, WV -300 -0.44% 1,300 1.94%
 Morristown, TN 100 0.22% -300 -0.66%
 Mount Vernon, WA 200 0.44% 1,000 2.26%
 Muncie, IN -500 -0.96% 800 1.58%
 Muskegon, MI -200 -0.32% 1,000 1.64%
 Myrtle Beach, SC -600 -0.51% 700 0.60%
 Napa, CA 200 0.31% 2,300 3.67%
 Naples, FL 700 0.60% 1,300 1.11%
 Nashville, TN -5,500 -0.68% 18,500 2.37%
 New Bedford, MA 200 0.30% 600 0.90%
 New Haven, CT 800 0.30% -700 -0.26%
 New Orleans, LA 3,000 0.57% 5,900 1.12%
 New York, NY 7,800 0.09% 112,900 1.32%
 Niles, MI -400 -0.67% -500 -0.84%
 North Port, FL 600 0.24% 3,600 1.47%
 Norwich, CT -400 -0.31% -1,500 -1.16%
 Ocala, FL 500 0.53% 3,200 3.52%
 Ocean City, NJ -300 -0.74% -100 -0.25%
 Odessa, TX -200 -0.27% 5,100 7.31%
 Ogden, UT 400 0.19% 6,300 3.14%
 Oklahoma City, OK -800 -0.13% 12,200 2.06%
 Olympia, WA -700 -0.70% 700 0.72%
 Omaha, NE -700 -0.15% 2,900 0.62%
 Orlando, FL -2,300 -0.22% 13,700 1.32%
 Oshkosh, WI -200 -0.21% 1,100 1.19%
 Owensboro, KY 300 0.56% 400 0.75%
 Oxnard, CA 200 0.07% 4,500 1.62%
 Palm Bay, FL 200 0.10% 2,300 1.18%
 Panama City, FL 1,700 2.42% -1,100 -1.50%
 Parkersburg, WV 100 0.14% 400 0.58%
 Pensacola, FL -300 -0.18% 2,400 1.49%
 Peoria, IL -1,800 -0.97% -1,500 -0.81%
 Philadelphia, PA -3,200 -0.12% 12,800 0.47%
 Phoenix, AZ 7,000 0.39% 45,900 2.63%
 Pine Bluff, AR 0 0.00% -900 -2.44%
 Pittsburgh, PA 1,400 0.12% 1,600 0.14%
 Pittsfield, MA 200 0.57% -200 -0.56%
 Pocatello, ID 100 0.28% 0 0.00%
 Port St. Lucie, FL 900 0.73% 3,200 2.63%
 Portland, ME 1,400 0.73% 700 0.36%
 Portland, OR 2,900 0.29% 11,200 1.12%
 Portsmouth, NH 900 1.62% 1,400 2.55%
 Poughkeepsie, NY -1,400 -0.55% 300 0.12%
 Prescott, AZ -300 -0.54% 0 0.00%
 Providence, RI 1,800 0.33% 1,000 0.18%
 Provo, UT 1,300 0.65% 10,600 5.60%
 Pueblo, CO 200 0.34% 1,000 1.72%
 Punta Gorda, FL 700 1.67% 600 1.43%
 Racine, WI 200 0.27% -300 -0.40%
 Raleigh, NC -800 -0.15% 7,900 1.52%
 Rapid City, SD 300 0.48% 300 0.48%
 Reading, PA -100 -0.06% 3,200 1.89%
 Redding, CA 400 0.71% 100 0.18%
 Reno, NV -1,100 -0.57% 900 0.47%
 Richmond, VA -2,600 -0.41% 8,700 1.40%
 Riverside, CA 600 0.05% 22,800 1.99%
 Roanoke, VA 100 0.06% 1,200 0.76%
 Rochester, MN 0 0.00% 1,100 1.04%
 Rochester, NY 2,000 0.39% 1,399 0.27%
 Rochester, NH 200 0.36% 800 1.44%
 Rockford, IL -100 -0.07% 2,700 1.84%
 Rocky Mount, NC 300 0.53% -500 -0.86%
 Rome, GA -300 -0.77% 200 0.52%
 Sacramento, CA 1,000 0.12% 14,000 1.71%
 Saginaw, MI -200 -0.23% -1,500 -1.72%
 Salem, OR -300 -0.21% 400 0.28%
 Salinas, CA 100 0.08% 3,300 2.72%
 Salisbury, MD -200 -0.38% -1,100 -2.08%
 Salt Lake City, UT 2,200 0.33% 26,400 4.16%
 San Angelo, TX 200 0.43% 1,500 3.29%
 San Antonio, TX -600 -0.07% 15,800 1.81%
 San Diego, CA 5,000 0.39% 32,300 2.59%
 San Francisco, CA 1,300 0.06% 45,300 2.31%
 San Jose, CA 1,900 0.21% 29,200 3.26%
 San Luis Obispo, CA -200 -0.19% 2,900 2.91%
 Sandusky, OH 200 0.56% -700 -1.90%
 Santa Barbara, CA 1,200 0.70% 4,200 2.50%
 Santa Cruz, CA -400 -0.44% 4,600 5.30%
 Santa Fe, NM -200 -0.33% -400 -0.66%
 Santa Rosa, CA 200 0.11% 6,000 3.57%
 Savannah, GA -100 -0.06% 1,900 1.21%
 Scranton, PA -1,600 -0.62% -800 -0.31%
 Seattle, WA -2,900 -0.17% 38,100 2.24%
 Sebastian, FL 600 1.32% 700 1.54%
 Sheboygan, WI 200 0.35% 200 0.35%
 Sherman, TX -400 -0.92% 600 1.41%
 Shreveport, LA 100 0.06% -3,300 -1.85%
 Sioux City, IA 400 0.53% 1,900 2.59%
 Sioux Falls, SD 300 0.21% 3,800 2.74%
 South Bend, IN -300 -0.22% 400 0.30%
 Spartanburg, SC -900 -0.72% 1,900 1.55%
 Spokane, WA -1,600 -0.76% 2,900 1.41%
 Springfield, MO -700 -0.35% 4,400 2.26%
 Springfield, OH -400 -0.80% -400 -0.80%
 Springfield, IL -800 -0.71% -700 -0.62%
 Springfield, MA -300 -0.11% -2,300 -0.81%
 St. Cloud, MN -200 -0.20% 700 0.69%
 St. George, UT 100 0.20% 1,600 3.31%
 St. Joseph, MO 0 0.00% 200 0.32%
 St. Louis, MO -4,300 -0.33% 1,000 0.08%
 State College, PA -200 -0.27% -100 -0.13%
 Steubenville, OH 0 0.00% -1,000 -2.24%
 Stockton, CA 500 0.26% 900 0.47%
 Sumter, SC 0 0.00% 200 0.54%
 Syracuse, NY -300 -0.09% 500 0.16%
 Tallahassee, FL -200 -0.12% 1,200 0.73%
 Tampa, FL 7,500 0.64% 37,400 3.26%
 Terre Haute, IN 100 0.14% 100 0.14%
 Texarkana, TX 200 0.36% -300 -0.53%
 Toledo, OH 500 0.16% 300 0.10%
 Topeka, KS -700 -0.63% 500 0.46%
 Trenton, NJ 200 0.08% 3,800 1.56%
 Tucson, AZ -800 -0.22% 2,200 0.61%
 Tulsa, OK 1,700 0.40% 7,800 1.85%
 Tuscaloosa, AL -600 -0.62% 1,700 1.80%
 Tyler, TX -700 -0.74% 200 0.21%
 Utica, NY -1,200 -0.93% -1,400 -1.08%
 Valdosta, GA 0 0.00% 200 0.37%
 Vallejo, CA 1,000 0.83% 2,400 2.02%
 Victoria, TX -500 -0.94% 1,700 3.32%
 Vineland, NJ -300 -0.53% -1,200 -2.09%
 Virginia Beach, VA -2,600 -0.34% 12,000 1.61%
 Visalia, CA 100 0.09% 2,500 2.32%
 Waco, TX -300 -0.28% 2,100 1.98%
 Warner Robins, GA -200 -0.34% -700 -1.16%
 Washington, DC 3,400 0.11% 32,600 1.07%
 Waterbury, CT 200 0.32% -700 -1.10%
 Waterloo, IA 400 0.43% 1,000 1.09%
 Wausau, WI 0 0.00% -700 -1.05%
 Wenatchee, WA 300 0.77% 800 2.07%
 Wheeling, WV 0 0.00% -300 -0.45%
 Wichita, KS -800 -0.28% 1,500 0.53%
 Wichita Falls, TX 100 0.17% 300 0.51%
 Williamsport, PA 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
 Wilmington, NC 500 0.36% 2,700 1.98%
 Winchester, VA 1,200 2.04% 2,400 4.17%
 Winston, NC -1,400 -0.68% 500 0.24%
 Worcester, MA 2,000 0.82% 1,300 0.53%
 Yakima, WA -200 -0.26% 1,000 1.32%
 York, PA 0 0.00% 900 0.50%
 Youngstown, OH -1,000 -0.44% -900 -0.40%
 Yuba City, CA 100 0.27% -200 -0.54%
 Yuma, AZ -200 -0.39% 100 0.20%