Job Growth by Metropolitan Area
The February 2018 employment data for 318 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 | February 2018 CES Jobs Added |
February 2018 CES Jobs Percent Change |
1 Year CES Jobs Added |
1 Year CES Jobs Percent Change |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abilene, TX | 200 | 0.29% | 1,100 | 1.61% |
Akron, OH | 200 | 0.06% | 2,300 | 0.68% |
Albany, GA | 0 | 0.00% | 200 | 0.32% |
Albany, NY | -500 | -0.11% | 5,400 | 1.16% |
Albuquerque, NM | 1,900 | 0.48% | 6,900 | 1.78% |
Alexandria, LA | -100 | -0.16% | 200 | 0.32% |
Allentown, PA | -200 | -0.05% | 2,500 | 0.68% |
Altoona, PA | 200 | 0.33% | 300 | 0.49% |
Amarillo, TX | 200 | 0.17% | 1,700 | 1.43% |
Ames, IA | -100 | -0.18% | 1,100 | 2.08% |
Anchorage, AK | -1,200 | -0.68% | -2,200 | -1.24% |
Ann Arbor, MI | 800 | 0.36% | 3,800 | 1.74% |
Anniston, AL | 100 | 0.21% | 300 | 0.64% |
Appleton, WI | 600 | 0.48% | 900 | 0.72% |
Asheville, NC | -200 | -0.10% | 2,500 | 1.31% |
Athens, GA | 300 | 0.31% | 2,500 | 2.61% |
Atlanta, GA | 8,800 | 0.32% | 50,800 | 1.88% |
Atlantic City, NJ | 300 | 0.23% | 2,400 | 1.87% |
Auburn, AL | -199 | -0.30% | 200 | 0.31% |
Augusta, GA | 900 | 0.37% | 7,800 | 3.32% |
Austin, TX | 4,100 | 0.39% | 37,200 | 3.64% |
Bakersfield, CA | -300 | -0.11% | 5,600 | 2.20% |
Baltimore, MD | 1,900 | 0.14% | 13,600 | 0.97% |
Bangor, ME | 300 | 0.46% | -600 | -0.90% |
Barnstable Town, MA | -400 | -0.37% | 100 | 0.09% |
Baton Rouge, LA | 800 | 0.20% | -1,500 | -0.37% |
Battle Creek, MI | -100 | -0.17% | -600 | -1.02% |
Bay City, MI | 100 | 0.28% | -200 | -0.56% |
Beaumont, TX | -400 | -0.25% | -1,600 | -0.97% |
Bellingham, WA | 400 | 0.43% | 2,900 | 3.17% |
Bend, OR | 400 | 0.48% | 3,000 | 3.73% |
Billings, MT | 200 | 0.24% | 300 | 0.35% |
Binghamton, NY | -200 | -0.19% | -600 | -0.57% |
Birmingham, AL | 1,400 | 0.26% | 6,200 | 1.17% |
Bismarck, ND | 300 | 0.41% | -1,000 | -1.36% |
Blacksburg, VA | -200 | -0.26% | -500 | -0.65% |
Boise City, ID | 1,000 | 0.31% | 13,600 | 4.37% |
Boston, MA | 9,100 | 0.33% | 27,200 | 1.00% |
Boulder, CO | 3,000 | 1.59% | 3,600 | 1.92% |
Bremerton, WA | 100 | 0.11% | 2,400 | 2.67% |
Bridgeport, CT | 1,400 | 0.34% | -400 | -0.10% |
Brownsville, TX | 100 | 0.07% | -200 | -0.14% |
Brunswick, GA | 100 | 0.23% | -300 | -0.68% |
Buffalo, NY | 400 | 0.07% | 6,400 | 1.14% |
Burlington, NC | 100 | 0.16% | -300 | -0.49% |
Burlington, VT | 100 | 0.08% | -1,200 | -0.96% |
Canton, OH | 200 | 0.12% | 600 | 0.35% |
Cape Coral, FL | 900 | 0.34% | 1,500 | 0.57% |
Cape Girardeau, MO | 400 | 0.90% | 900 | 2.05% |
Carson City, NV | 300 | 0.97% | 1,600 | 5.42% |
Casper, WY | 100 | 0.26% | 800 | 2.10% |
Cedar Rapids, IA | 300 | 0.21% | 1,300 | 0.90% |
Champaign, IL | 500 | 0.45% | 1,100 | 1.00% |
Charleston, SC | 1,900 | 0.54% | 5,100 | 1.45% |
Charlottesville, VA | 500 | 0.42% | 3,700 | 3.20% |
Chattanooga, TN | 1,000 | 0.38% | 6,299 | 2.47% |
Cheyenne, WY | 400 | 0.87% | -100 | -0.21% |
Chicago, IL | 10,600 | 0.23% | 26,900 | 0.57% |
Chico, CA | -200 | -0.24% | 1,900 | 2.35% |
Cincinnati, OH | 3,900 | 0.36% | 8,000 | 0.73% |
Clarksville, TN | 900 | 1.00% | 1,200 | 1.33% |
Cleveland, TN | 100 | 0.21% | 0 | 0.00% |
Cleveland, OH | 1,600 | 0.15% | 1,900 | 0.18% |
Coeur dAlene, ID | 600 | 0.94% | 1,600 | 2.54% |
College Station, TX | -500 | -0.41% | 5,800 | 5.06% |
Colorado Springs, CO | 1,100 | 0.38% | 6,400 | 2.25% |
Columbia, SC | 800 | 0.20% | -1,900 | -0.48% |
Columbia, MO | 200 | 0.20% | 300 | 0.30% |
Columbus, IN | 100 | 0.19% | 600 | 1.13% |
Columbus, OH | 3,300 | 0.30% | 9,500 | 0.88% |
Columbus, GA | 100 | 0.08% | 1,000 | 0.83% |
Corpus Christi, TX | 100 | 0.05% | -1,900 | -0.98% |
Corvallis, OR | -100 | -0.23% | 700 | 1.65% |
Cumberland, MD | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 0.26% |
Dallas, TX | 11,000 | 0.30% | 93,500 | 2.62% |
Dalton, GA | 200 | 0.30% | 300 | 0.45% |
Danville, IL | 0 | 0.00% | -400 | -1.41% |
Davenport, IA | 0 | 0.00% | 2,800 | 1.52% |
Dayton, OH | 800 | 0.20% | 6,300 | 1.63% |
Decatur, AL | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 0.74% |
Decatur, IL | 300 | 0.58% | 200 | 0.39% |
Denver, CO | 3,300 | 0.22% | 35,300 | 2.43% |
Des Moines, IA | 300 | 0.08% | 3,700 | 1.02% |
Detroit, MI | 3,500 | 0.17% | 18,600 | 0.93% |
Dothan, AL | 0 | 0.00% | -200 | -0.34% |
Dover, DE | -400 | -0.57% | -400 | -0.57% |
Dubuque, IA | 200 | 0.34% | 0 | 0.00% |
Duluth, MN | 500 | 0.36% | 1,900 | 1.39% |
Durham, NC | 100 | 0.03% | 2,000 | 0.65% |
Eau Claire, WI | -300 | -0.35% | -200 | -0.23% |
El Centro, CA | -300 | -0.56% | -500 | -0.93% |
El Paso, TX | 500 | 0.16% | 3,100 | 0.99% |
Elkhart, IN | 900 | 0.63% | 7,900 | 5.83% |
Elmira, NY | 100 | 0.27% | -500 | -1.34% |
Erie, PA | 99 | 0.08% | 499 | 0.39% |
Eugene, OR | 100 | 0.06% | 3,100 | 1.95% |
Fairbanks, AK | 100 | 0.27% | -300 | -0.79% |
Fargo, ND | 300 | 0.21% | -100 | -0.07% |
Farmington, NM | 300 | 0.61% | 700 | 1.44% |
Fayetteville, NC | -300 | -0.23% | -200 | -0.15% |
Fayetteville, AR | 700 | 0.27% | 5,400 | 2.15% |
Flagstaff, AZ | -100 | -0.15% | 800 | 1.19% |
Flint, MI | 500 | 0.36% | 600 | 0.43% |
Florence, SC | -100 | -0.11% | 200 | 0.23% |
Florence, AL | 100 | 0.18% | -700 | -1.22% |
Fond du Lac, WI | 0 | 0.00% | 300 | 0.63% |
Fort Collins, CO | 200 | 0.12% | 4,700 | 2.86% |
Fort Smith, AR | 100 | 0.09% | -900 | -0.80% |
Fort Wayne, IN | 800 | 0.36% | 2,800 | 1.26% |
Fresno, CA | 100 | 0.03% | 10,600 | 3.11% |
Gadsden, AL | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 0.26% |
Gainesville, FL | 0 | 0.00% | 1,700 | 1.20% |
Gainesville, GA | 500 | 0.55% | 3,500 | 3.95% |
Glens Falls, NY | 100 | 0.18% | 100 | 0.18% |
Goldsboro, NC | 100 | 0.24% | -200 | -0.48% |
Grand Forks, ND | 300 | 0.54% | -700 | -1.23% |
Grand Junction, CO | 0 | 0.00% | 1,100 | 1.77% |
Great Falls, MT | -200 | -0.55% | 100 | 0.28% |
Greeley, CO | 900 | 0.84% | 6,100 | 5.97% |
Green Bay, WI | 400 | 0.22% | 1,300 | 0.73% |
Greensboro, NC | 1,500 | 0.42% | 2,400 | 0.67% |
Hagerstown, MD | 200 | 0.19% | 300 | 0.28% |
Hanford, CA | 100 | 0.25% | 600 | 1.54% |
Harrisburg, PA | 900 | 0.26% | 2,100 | 0.61% |
Harrisonburg, VA | 0 | 0.00% | 600 | 0.89% |
Hartford, CT | -1,500 | -0.26% | 4,600 | 0.80% |
Hattiesburg, MS | 200 | 0.31% | 799 | 1.24% |
Hickory, NC | 100 | 0.06% | 1,000 | 0.65% |
Hinesville, GA | 100 | 0.49% | 0 | 0.00% |
Hot Springs, AR | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
Houma, LA | 700 | 0.81% | 600 | 0.70% |
Houston, TX | 10,800 | 0.35% | 66,100 | 2.20% |
Huntsville, AL | 2,400 | 1.02% | 7,300 | 3.17% |
Indianapolis, IN | 1,400 | 0.13% | 17,200 | 1.64% |
Iowa City, IA | 600 | 0.59% | 1,200 | 1.19% |
Ithaca, NY | 0 | 0.00% | 1,099 | 1.72% |
Jackson, MI | 100 | 0.17% | 600 | 1.03% |
Jackson, MS | 1,200 | 0.42% | 5,000 | 1.79% |
Jacksonville, FL | 500 | 0.07% | 18,100 | 2.65% |
Jacksonville, NC | 600 | 1.22% | 500 | 1.01% |
Janesville, WI | 0 | 0.00% | 900 | 1.32% |
Jefferson City, MO | 100 | 0.13% | -1,000 | -1.29% |
Johnson City, TN | -200 | -0.25% | -800 | -1.00% |
Johnstown, PA | 200 | 0.36% | 200 | 0.36% |
Jonesboro, AR | 200 | 0.34% | 1,100 | 1.92% |
Joplin, MO | 200 | 0.25% | 900 | 1.12% |
Kalamazoo, MI | -100 | -0.07% | 900 | 0.61% |
Kankakee, IL | 0 | 0.00% | 1,500 | 3.27% |
Kansas City, MO | 800 | 0.07% | 16,900 | 1.57% |
Kennewick, WA | 0 | 0.00% | 3,400 | 3.06% |
Killeen, TX | 400 | 0.28% | 1,800 | 1.26% |
Kingsport, TN | 100 | 0.08% | -100 | -0.08% |
Kingston, NY | 400 | 0.65% | 400 | 0.65% |
La Crosse, WI | -100 | -0.13% | 300 | 0.38% |
Lafayette, IN | 100 | 0.10% | 2,200 | 2.16% |
Lake Charles, LA | 1,500 | 1.29% | 5,500 | 4.89% |
Lake Havasu City, AZ | -100 | -0.20% | 1,300 | 2.64% |
Lakeland, FL | 900 | 0.40% | 5,600 | 2.56% |
Lancaster, PA | 900 | 0.35% | 4,000 | 1.58% |
Lansing, MI | 1,600 | 0.68% | 2,600 | 1.10% |
Laredo, TX | 500 | 0.48% | 1,800 | 1.75% |
Las Cruces, NM | -300 | -0.43% | -1,300 | -1.82% |
Las Vegas, NV | 2,600 | 0.26% | 26,300 | 2.72% |
Lawrence, KS | -200 | -0.38% | -500 | -0.94% |
Lawton, OK | -200 | -0.44% | -500 | -1.09% |
Lebanon, PA | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 0.77% |
Leominster, MA | 200 | 0.38% | 1,100 | 2.10% |
Lewiston, ID | 200 | 0.68% | 1,000 | 3.50% |
Lewiston, ME | -100 | -0.20% | -500 | -0.98% |
Lexington, KY | -800 | -0.29% | 1,100 | 0.39% |
Lima, OH | 0 | 0.00% | -300 | -0.56% |
Lincoln, NE | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 0.05% |
Little Rock, AR | -400 | -0.11% | 2,900 | 0.81% |
Logan, UT | 100 | 0.16% | 1,100 | 1.81% |
Longview, TX | 100 | 0.10% | 900 | 0.94% |
Longview, WA | 300 | 0.75% | 700 | 1.76% |
Los Angeles, CA | -7,400 | -0.12% | 92,000 | 1.53% |
Louisville, KY | 4,600 | 0.69% | 8,000 | 1.21% |
Lubbock, TX | 600 | 0.40% | 2,800 | 1.91% |
Lynchburg, VA | 1,000 | 0.96% | 1,200 | 1.15% |
Macon, GA | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 0.10% |
Madera, CA | 0 | 0.00% | 1,100 | 2.94% |
Manchester, NH | 0 | 0.00% | -100 | -0.09% |
Mankato, MN | -100 | -0.17% | 1,200 | 2.10% |
Mansfield, OH | 300 | 0.57% | 200 | 0.38% |
McAllen, TX | 400 | 0.15% | 4,800 | 1.88% |
Medford, OR | 600 | 0.68% | 3,000 | 3.50% |
Memphis, TN | 1,200 | 0.18% | 10,100 | 1.58% |
Merced, CA | 0 | 0.00% | 1,900 | 2.85% |
Miami, FL | 14,400 | 0.54% | 33,700 | 1.28% |
Michigan City, IN | 100 | 0.25% | -1,100 | -2.62% |
Midland, TX | 0 | 0.00% | 7,700 | 8.59% |
Milwaukee, WI | 1,400 | 0.16% | 9,200 | 1.06% |
Minneapolis, MN | 100 | 0.00% | 20,100 | 1.01% |
Missoula, MT | 0 | 0.00% | 700 | 1.15% |
Mobile, AL | -900 | -0.48% | 700 | 0.38% |
Modesto, CA | 300 | 0.17% | 3,300 | 1.90% |
Monroe, MI | 100 | 0.24% | 400 | 0.95% |
Monroe, LA | -100 | -0.13% | -100 | -0.13% |
Montgomery, AL | 100 | 0.06% | 800 | 0.45% |
Morgantown, WV | -700 | -0.96% | 1,300 | 1.83% |
Mount Vernon, WA | 0 | 0.00% | 600 | 1.20% |
Muncie, IN | 200 | 0.38% | -300 | -0.57% |
Muskegon, MI | 0 | 0.00% | 500 | 0.78% |
Napa, CA | 300 | 0.42% | 300 | 0.42% |
Naples, FL | 600 | 0.42% | -3,000 | -2.06% |
Nashville, TN | 1,900 | 0.19% | 22,100 | 2.27% |
New Haven, CT | 1,500 | 0.53% | 100 | 0.04% |
New Orleans, LA | -600 | -0.10% | -1,400 | -0.24% |
New York, NY | 39,600 | 0.41% | 127,100 | 1.32% |
Niles, MI | 100 | 0.16% | 100 | 0.16% |
North Port, FL | 1,300 | 0.43% | 6,800 | 2.27% |
Norwich, CT | 599 | 0.46% | 1,000 | 0.77% |
Ocala, FL | 600 | 0.59% | 700 | 0.69% |
Ocean City, NJ | -300 | -0.68% | 1,400 | 3.29% |
Odessa, TX | 400 | 0.53% | 5,000 | 7.10% |
Oklahoma City, OK | 4,100 | 0.64% | 15,300 | 2.43% |
Olympia, WA | 500 | 0.42% | 4,400 | 3.85% |
Omaha, NE | 100 | 0.02% | 1,600 | 0.32% |
Orlando, FL | 3,800 | 0.30% | 42,300 | 3.42% |
Oshkosh, WI | 300 | 0.31% | 500 | 0.51% |
Owensboro, KY | -100 | -0.18% | 600 | 1.11% |
Oxnard, CA | 1,100 | 0.36% | 5,000 | 1.66% |
Palm Bay, FL | -700 | -0.33% | -800 | -0.37% |
Pensacola, FL | -500 | -0.28% | 1,700 | 0.96% |
Peoria, IL | -500 | -0.29% | 1,400 | 0.82% |
Philadelphia, PA | 300 | 0.01% | 22,900 | 0.79% |
Phoenix, AZ | 7,000 | 0.34% | 56,599 | 2.81% |
Pine Bluff, AR | 99 | 0.31% | 99 | 0.31% |
Pittsburgh, PA | 900 | 0.08% | 17,800 | 1.52% |
Port St Lucie, FL | 800 | 0.55% | 2,100 | 1.46% |
Portland, ME | 500 | 0.24% | 2,500 | 1.21% |
Portland, OR | -1,000 | -0.08% | 23,100 | 1.99% |
Prescott, AZ | 99 | 0.16% | 1,600 | 2.54% |
Providence, RI | 100 | 0.02% | 8,100 | 1.38% |
Provo, UT | -500 | -0.20% | 9,700 | 3.96% |
Pueblo, CO | -200 | -0.32% | -200 | -0.32% |
Punta Gorda, FL | 100 | 0.21% | 400 | 0.84% |
Racine, WI | 600 | 0.77% | 500 | 0.64% |
Raleigh, NC | 2,200 | 0.35% | 16,600 | 2.72% |
Rapid City, SD | -100 | -0.14% | 1,800 | 2.65% |
Reading, PA | -200 | -0.11% | 1,600 | 0.90% |
Redding, CA | 300 | 0.45% | 1,100 | 1.67% |
Reno, NV | 700 | 0.30% | 10,200 | 4.50% |
Richmond, VA | 4,300 | 0.64% | 4,500 | 0.67% |
Riverside, CA | 1,000 | 0.07% | 49,600 | 3.47% |
Roanoke, VA | 600 | 0.38% | -700 | -0.44% |
Rochester, NY | 1,700 | 0.32% | 5,400 | 1.01% |
Rockford, IL | 100 | 0.07% | 6,500 | 4.47% |
Rocky Mount, NC | 0 | 0.00% | -1,600 | -2.82% |
Rome, GA | 0 | 0.00% | 400 | 0.98% |
Sacramento, CA | -3,900 | -0.40% | 25,100 | 2.63% |
Saginaw, MI | 800 | 0.92% | -100 | -0.11% |
Salem, OR | 300 | 0.18% | 2,300 | 1.41% |
Salinas, CA | -600 | -0.42% | 4,400 | 3.21% |
Salt Lake City, UT | 1,300 | 0.18% | 18,900 | 2.67% |
San Angelo, TX | 0 | 0.00% | 600 | 1.23% |
San Antonio, TX | 2,300 | 0.22% | 24,500 | 2.38% |
San Diego, CA | 6,400 | 0.44% | 27,200 | 1.88% |
San Francisco, CA | 4,400 | 0.18% | 48,500 | 2.04% |
San Jose, CA | 2,100 | 0.19% | 31,100 | 2.86% |
San Luis Obispo, CA | 200 | 0.17% | 2,100 | 1.81% |
Santa Cruz, CA | -100 | -0.10% | 2,400 | 2.37% |
Santa Fe, NM | 600 | 0.95% | 600 | 0.95% |
Santa Maria, CA | 500 | 0.27% | 3,500 | 1.94% |
Santa Rosa, CA | -100 | -0.05% | 4,200 | 2.06% |
Savannah, GA | -400 | -0.22% | 400 | 0.22% |
Scranton, PA | -700 | -0.26% | 4,200 | 1.61% |
Seattle, WA | 5,400 | 0.27% | 60,800 | 3.07% |
Sebastian, FL | 200 | 0.39% | 300 | 0.58% |
Sheboygan, WI | 200 | 0.32% | 1,100 | 1.77% |
Sherman, TX | 200 | 0.42% | 600 | 1.28% |
Sioux Falls, SD | 300 | 0.19% | 1,300 | 0.84% |
South Bend, IN | -1,100 | -0.76% | 1,200 | 0.84% |
Springfield, MO | -700 | -0.33% | 2,600 | 1.23% |
Springfield, OH | 100 | 0.20% | 0 | 0.00% |
Springfield, IL | 400 | 0.36% | -2,000 | -1.74% |
St Cloud, MN | -100 | -0.09% | 700 | 0.64% |
St George, UT | 200 | 0.31% | 3,200 | 5.12% |
St Joseph, MO | -100 | -0.15% | 0 | 0.00% |
St Louis, MO | 2,000 | 0.14% | 6,300 | 0.46% |
State College, PA | 700 | 0.88% | 2,200 | 2.82% |
Stockton, CA | 200 | 0.08% | 8,500 | 3.67% |
Sumter, SC | -100 | -0.25% | 100 | 0.25% |
Syracuse, NY | 0 | 0.00% | 100 | 0.03% |
Tallahassee, FL | 400 | 0.22% | 1,900 | 1.06% |
Tampa, FL | 4,600 | 0.34% | 35,300 | 2.69% |
Terre Haute, IN | -200 | -0.28% | -700 | -0.99% |
Toledo, OH | -600 | -0.19% | -2,100 | -0.68% |
Topeka, KS | 200 | 0.18% | -800 | -0.71% |
Trenton, NJ | 800 | 0.29% | 7,000 | 2.64% |
Tucson, AZ | 500 | 0.13% | 4,700 | 1.25% |
Tulsa, OK | -500 | -0.11% | 7,600 | 1.71% |
Tuscaloosa, AL | 300 | 0.27% | 1,800 | 1.67% |
Tyler, TX | 100 | 0.09% | 2,400 | 2.31% |
Urban Honolulu, HI | 2,200 | 0.46% | 7,900 | 1.66% |
Utica, NY | -200 | -0.16% | -2,400 | -1.87% |
Valdosta, GA | 100 | 0.18% | 500 | 0.89% |
Vallejo, CA | 100 | 0.07% | 2,100 | 1.53% |
Vineland, NJ | 300 | 0.51% | 1,100 | 1.88% |
Virginia Beach, VA | 2,500 | 0.32% | 300 | 0.04% |
Visalia, CA | 200 | 0.16% | 3,500 | 2.82% |
Waco, TX | -100 | -0.08% | 100 | 0.08% |
Washington, DC | 11,200 | 0.34% | 44,700 | 1.37% |
Waterloo, IA | 100 | 0.11% | 100 | 0.11% |
Wausau, WI | 700 | 0.96% | 1,500 | 2.07% |
Weirton, WV | 100 | 0.25% | -400 | -0.97% |
Wenatchee, WA | 100 | 0.22% | 900 | 2.01% |
Wheeling, WV | 100 | 0.15% | -700 | -1.04% |
Wichita, KS | -600 | -0.20% | -900 | -0.30% |
Wichita Falls, TX | 100 | 0.17% | 200 | 0.34% |
Williamsport, PA | 100 | 0.19% | -500 | -0.94% |
Winchester, VA | 500 | 0.78% | 1,900 | 3.02% |
Yakima, WA | 700 | 0.79% | 4,200 | 4.94% |
York, PA | 200 | 0.11% | 1,000 | 0.54% |
Youngstown, OH | 700 | 0.32% | -1,700 | -0.77% |
Yuba City, CA | -300 | -0.68% | 1,500 | 3.52% |
Yuma, AZ | 200 | 0.36% | 600 | 1.10% |