Bureau of Labor Statistics
Internet Address: http://www.bls.gov/ro2/ Fax-On-Demand: (212) 337-2412 Media Contact: Michael L. Dolfman,(212) 337-2500 Information: Martin Kohli,(212) 337-2420 FOR RELEASE: June 7, 2007
APRIL 2007 JOB COUNT FOR THE GREATER NEW YORK AREA ROSE 70,100
OVER THE YEAR
Total nonfarm employment for the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island Metropolitan Statistical Area1 stood at 8,472,200 in April 2007,
70,100 above its year-ago level, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the
U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Regional Commissioner Michael
L. Dolfman pointed out that the increase in April, like that in the
previous month, was the smallest employment gain since December 2005.
New York City added 48,100 jobs over the year, accounting for most of the
area's job growth. The City also outpaced the rest of the area with a
1.3-percent increase in employment, while the area's job count rose 0.8
percent over the year, below the 1.4-percent increase for the nation.
(See chart A. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted;
accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)
Since April 2003, the New York metropolitan area has added 260,300
jobs, more than offsetting the losses incurred between 2001 and 2003. As
a result of the gains over the past four years, by April 2007 employment
had risen 0.7 percent, or 56,600 jobs above its April 2001 peak. By
contrast, despite the recent strong job growth in New York City, its job
count stood 0.5 percent below its April 2001 level. The national
economy, which enjoyed a stronger recovery than both the New York area
and the City, experienced employment growth of 4.2 percent from April
2001 to April 2007.
Industry employment in the greater New York
In the greater New York area, all but one industry supersector added
jobs from April 2006 to April 2007, and five added more than 10,000.
Education and health services experienced the strongest employment
growth, adding 22,900 jobs over the year, the smallest gain posted since
August 2005. Most of the job growth occurred in health care and social
assistance, which added 22,000 jobs since April 2006. Employment
expanded by 19,100 jobs in professional and business services. In
financial activities, employment advanced by 11,400, and in other
services, by 11,100. Leisure and hospitality added 10,300 jobs from
April a year ago.
Although other services had the fourth-largest numeric increase, it
had the largest over-the-year percentage change in the metropolitan area,
3.1 percent, followed by natural resources, mining, and construction with
2.0-percent growth. No other supersector had job growth of at least 2.0
percent.
Manufacturing shed 19,700 jobs from April 2006 to April 2007 in the
New York metropolitan area, a decline of 4.2 percent, continuing a
downward trend. The number of jobs lost was more severe than any
recorded in the previous 12 months, which ranged from 18,300 to 10,900,
and the rate of loss, at 4.2 percent, was the steepest since September
2005. Nationwide, employment in manufacturing decreased 1.1 percent from
April a year ago.
Growth rates by industry supersector were generally higher at the
national level. Nationwide, the natural resources and mining
supersector, published separately from construction at the national
level, recorded the sharpest growth in employment, up 6.0 percent over
the year. Leisure and hospitality had the next highest percentage gain
at 3.0 percent, followed by education and health services at 2.8 percent.
Professional and business services was the only other supersector to have
a growth rate of at least 2.0 percent from April 2006 to April 2007.
Metropolitan divisions
The greater New York area contains four metropolitan divisions,
essentially separately identifiable employment centers within a
metropolitan area. Each of these divisions added jobs from April 2006 to
April 2007. Not unexpectedly, the New York-White Plains-Wayne
Metropolitan Division, comprising over 60 percent of the area's
workforce, added the largest number of jobs (50,700). Accounting for
72.3 percent of the area's job growth, this employment gain trailed other
over-the-year increases during the past 12 months which had ranged from
53,100 to 77,300. The Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division added the
next most jobs (10,200), followed by the Edison Metropolitan Division
(8,600). Employment in the Newark-Union Metropolitan Division was
relatively unchanged from a year ago.
The New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division consists of New
York City and two three-county areas: Putnam-Rockland-Westchester in New
York and Bergen-Hudson-Passaic in New Jersey. Of these three components,
New York City accounted for most of the division's, not to mention
metropolitan area's, over-the-year increase in employment with the
addition of 48,100 jobs in April. In Putnam-Rockland-Westchester,
employment rose by 6,600. Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, however, lost 4,000
jobs.
April job growth in New York City was led by professional and business
services, which expanded by 16,100. The next largest increase occurred
in education and health services (12,200), followed by financial
activities (11,100). Not surprisingly, these three supersectors were
also among the top job gainers in the New York-White Plains-Wayne
Metropolitan Division and the greater New York area.
All four divisions in the greater New York metropolitan area had over-
the-year job growth below that of the nation (1.4 percent). Of the four
divisions, New York-White Plains-Wayne had the highest growth rate, 1.0
percent. (See chart 1.) The Nassau-Suffolk and Edison Divisions
followed with employment gains of 0.8 percent. Job growth in Newark-
Union was flat at 0.1 percent.
Table A. Nonfarm employment, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
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| | | | | Change from
Area | 2006 | 2006 | 2006 | 2007 | Jan. 2006
| Jan. | Nov. | Dec. | Jan. p | to Jan. p 2007
___________________________________________|________|________|________|__________|_______________
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 8,255.8 8,569.2 8,603.0 8,348.1 92.3
Edison 998.1 1,032.9 1,035.6 1,006.6 8.5
Nassau-Suffolk 1,211.0 1,272.1 1,277.9 1,227.9 16.9
New York-White Plains-Wayne 5,030.6 5,219.7 5,242.8 5,091.5 60.9
Bergen-Hudson-Passaic 892.8 915.3 917.6 888.6 -4.2
New York City 3,584.3 3,726.7 3,744.7 3,643.6 59.3
Putnam-Rockland-Westchester 553.5 577.7 580.5 559.3 5.8
Newark-Union 1,016.1 1,044.5 1,046.7 1,022.1 6.0
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p = preliminary.
NOTE: The Edison Metropolitan Division consists of Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, and Somerset
Counties in New Jersey. The Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division consists of Nassau and Suffolk
Counties in New York. The New York-Wayne-White Plains Metropolitan Division consists of New York
City and Westchester, Rockland,and Putnam Counties in New York; and Bergen, Hudson, and Passaic
Counties in New Jersey. The Newark-Union Metropolitan Division consists of Essex, Hunterdon,
Morris, Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County in Pennsylvania.
Industry supersectors. In April 2007, employment in the New York-
White Plains-Wayne Division was brisk in natural resources, mining, and
construction, up 3.3 percent, and even brisker in New York City, 5.3
percent. (See table 1.) Within this supersector, job growth was
particularly robust in construction of buildings in the City, up 11.6
percent over the year. Relatively strong growth in this Division also
occurred in leisure and hospitality (2.4 percent); other services (2.3
percent); and professional and business services (2.0 percent). The
increase in financial activities, 1.9 percent, was driven largely by the
securities industry, which advanced 6.1 percent over the year in New York
City. Employment in education and health services increased by 1.6
percent, the smallest rate of growth since July 2005. Much of the slower
growth was due to ambulatory healthcare in New York City. Although
employment in this industry increased by 2.9 percent over the year, this
was the slowest rate growth since November 2004. With a couple of
exceptions, notably financial activities and other services, job growth
rates for industry supersectors in this division fell below their
respective national averages.
Manufacturing was the only supersector in the New York-White Plains-
Wayne Metropolitan Division to shed more than 1,000 jobs over the year,
declining 5.9 percent. Losses were concentrated in New York City (-7.7
percent) and Bergen-Hudson-Passaic (-5.5 percent).
In the Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division, employment growth was
strongest in professional and business services, increasing 2.7 percent
over the year. Natural resources, mining, and construction jobs were up
2.2 percent. Information and leisure and hospitality experienced job
gains of 1.7 and 1.5 percent, respectively. The only supersector to lose
at least 1,000 jobs, was manufacturing, contracting 1.8 percent.
Overall, growth rates in most supersectors in this division were lower
than their respective national industry averages.
In the Edison Metropolitan Division, only two supersectors experienced
job growth faster than the national rate of growth for those industries
from April 2006 to April 2007-other services (9.4 versus 1.0 percent) and
information (4.0 versus 1.1 percent). Manufacturing was the only
supersector in this division to lose at least 1,000 jobs, declining 1.7
percent.
In the Newark-Union Metropolitan Division employment grew strongly in
only one supersector, other services at 4.5 percent; this compares to an
increase of 1.0 percent nationally. Two supersectors lost more than
1,000 jobs-manufacturing, down 4.5 percent, and leisure and hospitality,
down 2.2 percent, over the year. Nationally, employment in leisure and
hospitality rose by 3.2 percent.
Employment in the 12 largest areas
The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island area was 1 of the
nation's 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in April 2007. Six of
these 12 areas experienced over-the-year job growth greater than the
national increase of 1.4 percent. The top-two high-growth areas, both
in Texas, had employment gains greater than twice the U.S.
average-Houston-Baytown-Sugarland (3.5 percent) and Dallas-Fort Worth-
Arlington (3.3 percent). San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. (2.1
percent); Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. and Atlanta-
Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. (both 1.8 percent); and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-
Pompano Beach, Fla. (1.7 percent), followed. Of the six areas with above-
average job growth, only San Francisco was not located in the South
region of the country. (See chart B and table 2.)
Five metropolitan areas had below-average employment gains ranging
from 1.2 to 0.8 percent: Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H.; Los
Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.; Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-
Ind.-Wis.; Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.; and New
York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. Detroit-Warren-
Livonia, Mich., was the only area of the 12 to lose jobs over the year,
dropping 1.6 percent of its employment from April a year ago.
The fastest growing industry supersector from April 2006 to April 2007
varied among metropolitan areas, but one stood out. Education and health
services had the highest percentage increase in employment in 5 of the 12
areas (Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia) among
those industries adding at least 1,000 jobs. Job growth in three areas,
Dallas, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., was led by professional and
business services.
The two areas with the fastest rates of job growth-Houston and
Dallas-also added the most jobs. Employment grew by 92,400 in Dallas and
by 84,900 in Houston. Employment in three other areas rose by 50,000 or
more over the year-New York (70,100), Los Angeles (64,000) and
Washington, D.C. (53,600). In 6 of the 12 areas-Boston, Chicago,
Detroit, Los Angeles, New York, and Philadelphia-education and health
services added the most jobs. In four areas-Dallas, Houston, San
Francisco, and Washington, D.C.-the professional and business services
supersector had the largest numerical increase.
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1The New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metropolitan
Statistical Area (MSA) consists of New York City, Nassau, Putnam,
Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties in New York; Bergen, Essex,
Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Passaic, Somerset,
Sussex, and Union Counties in New Jersey; and Pike County, Pennsylvania.
For convenience, the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island MSA is
referred to as the greater New York area throughout this release.
NYLS - 7286 Labor - New York
06/05/07
Technical Note
This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the
Current Employment Statistics (CES) program for the New York-Northern New
Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Statistical Area and the 12 largest
metropolitan areas. The rankings were based on population estimates by
the U.S. Census Bureau in 2000. The CES program is a Federal-State
cooperative endeavor.
Employment
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 2002
version of the North American Industry Classification System.
Method of estimation. The employment data are estimated using a "link
relative" technique in which a ratio (link relative) of current-month
employment to that of the previous month is computed from a sample of
establishments reporting for both months. The estimates of employment
for the current month are obtained by multiplying the estimates for the
previous month by these ratios. Small-domain models are used as the
official estimators for the approximately 10 percent of CES published
series.
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.
Reliability of the estimates
The estimates presented in this release are based on sample survey and
administrative data 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 are also 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 special
estimation processes used. The sums of individual items may not always
equal the totals shown in the same tables because of rounding.
Employment estimates. Measures of sampling error are available for
state CES data at the NAICS supersector level and for metropolitan area
CES data at the total nonfarm level. Information on recent benchmark
revisions for states is available on the BLS Web site at
(http://www.bls.gov/sae/).
Area definitions. The substate area data published in this release
reflect the standards and definitions established by the U.S. Office of
Management and Budget on December 5, 2005. A detailed list of the
geographic definitions is published annually in the May issue of
Employment and Earnings.
Additional information
More complete information on the technical procedures used to develop
these estimates and additional data appear in Employment and Earnings,
which is available by subscription from the Superintendent of Documents,
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 (telephone 202-512-
1800).
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Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, New York-Northern New Jersey-
Long Island and United States, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Change from
April 2006 to
2006 2007 2007 2007 April p 2007
Area and industry supersector April Feb. March April p Number Percent
United States
Total nonfarm 135,802.0 135,904.0 136,826.0 137,653.0 1,851.0 1.4
Natural resources and mining 669.0 693.0 701.0 709.0 40.0 6.0
Construction 7,556.0 7,167.0 7,347.0 7,524.0 -32.0 -0.4
Manufacturing 14,182.0 14,010.0 14,024.0 14,026.0 -156.0 -1.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities 26,002.0 26,003.0 26,152.0 26,230.0 228.0 0.9
Information 3,046.0 3,075.0 3,078.0 3,089.0 43.0 1.4
Financial activities 8,320.0 8,404.0 8,414.0 8,415.0 95.0 1.1
Professional and business services 17,407.0 17,508.0 17,626.0 17,796.0 389.0 2.2
Education and health services 17,906.0 18,254.0 18,339.0 18,408.0 502.0 2.8
Leisure and hospitality 12,969.0 12,889.0 13,095.0 13,361.0 392.0 3.0
Other services 5,426.0 5,409.0 5,448.0 5,479.0 53.0 1.0
Government 22,319.0 22,492.0 22,602.0 22,616.0 297.0 1.3
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island Metropolitan Statistical Area
Total nonfarm 8,402.1 8,366.1 8,425.0 8,472.2 70.1 0.8
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 343.2 327.3 336.6 350.0 6.8 2.0
Manufacturing 469.7 450.6 451.5 450.0 -19.7 -4.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,573.9 1,572.5 1,577.8 1,577.8 3.9 0.2
Information 288.4 288.5 290.0 289.3 0.9 0.3
Financial activities 784.1 790.9 793.3 795.5 11.4 1.5
Professional and business services 1,259.0 1,253.4 1,265.7 1,278.1 19.1 1.5
Education and health services 1,415.5 1,428.5 1,438.6 1,438.4 22.9 1.6
Leisure and hospitality 614.6 595.7 608.2 624.8 10.2 1.7
Other services 359.9 365.3 368.3 371.0 11.1 3.1
Government 1,293.8 1,293.4 1,295.0 1,297.3 3.5 0.3
Edison Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,022.1 1,008.1 1,018.4 1,030.7 8.6 0.8
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 48.3 44.4 45.7 47.8 -0.5 -1.0
Manufacturing 77.3 75.2 75.6 76.0 -1.3 -1.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities 222.4 219.0 220.3 221.6 -0.8 -0.4
Information 30.0 30.6 31.1 31.2 1.2 4.0
Financial activities 63.6 63.3 63.8 64.0 0.4 0.6
Professional and business services 170.2 166.8 169.2 172.3 2.1 1.2
Education and health services 134.1 134.6 135.3 135.3 1.2 0.9
Leisure and hospitality 77.5 72.7 74.1 78.4 0.9 1.2
Other services 46.9 49.0 49.5 51.3 4.4 9.4
Government 151.8 152.5 153.8 152.8 1.0 0.7
Nassau-Suffolk Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,239.6 1,224.8 1,237.5 1,249.8 10.2 0.8
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 68.6 64.2 67.2 70.1 1.5 2.2
Manufacturing 85.7 84.0 84.1 84.2 -1.5 -1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities 266.2 265.4 265.2 267.0 0.8 0.3
Information 29.5 30.0 30.0 30.0 0.5 1.7
Financial activities 79.3 78.2 78.2 79.2 -0.1 -0.1
Professional and business services 162.7 159.3 162.1 163.9 1.2 0.7
Education and health services 202.1 203.6 205.9 207.6 5.5 2.7
Leisure and hospitality 91.6 87.0 90.6 93.0 1.4 1.5
Other services 51.8 51.0 51.7 51.5 -0.3 -0.6
Government 202.1 202.1 202.5 203.3 1.2 0.6
New York-White Plains-Wayne Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 5,110.3 5,113.1 5,143.1 5,161.0 50.7 1.0
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 182.9 178.4 182.6 189.0 6.1 3.3
Manufacturing 215.6 204.1 204.3 202.8 -12.8 -5.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities 872.5 875.2 878.2 875.8 3.3 0.4
Information 205.0 203.3 204.3 204.1 -0.9 -0.4
Financial activities 564.4 572.8 574.6 575.2 10.8 1.9
Professional and business services 765.0 769.6 775.2 780.6 15.6 2.0
Education and health services 937.9 948.5 954.3 952.7 14.8 1.6
Leisure and hospitality 380.9 373.8 380.6 390.2 9.3 2.4
Other services 214.1 217.8 219.3 219.0 4.9 2.3
Government 772.0 769.6 769.7 771.6 -0.4 -0.1
New York City
Total nonfarm 3,645.3 3,660.8 3,681.9 3,693.4 48.1 1.3
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 115.7 116.4 118.7 121.8 6.1 5.3
Manufacturing 107.1 99.6 99.6 98.8 -8.3 -7.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities 550.7 553.7 555.8 555.2 4.5 0.8
Information 163.1 162.6 163.7 163.3 0.2 0.1
Financial activities 453.5 461.4 463.4 464.6 11.1 2.4
Professional and business services 564.5 574.5 578.2 580.6 16.1 2.9
Education and health services 701.0 710.8 714.8 713.2 12.2 1.7
Leisure and hospitality 281.7 277.2 282.1 289.2 7.5 2.7
Other services 153.3 154.7 155.8 155.1 1.8 1.2
Government 554.7 549.9 549.8 551.6 -3.1 -0.6
Newark-Union Metropolitan Division
Total nonfarm 1,030.1 1,020.1 1,026.0 1,030.7 0.6 0.1
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 43.4 40.3 41.1 43.1 -0.3 -0.7
Manufacturing 91.1 87.3 87.5 87.0 -4.1 -4.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities 212.8 212.9 214.1 213.4 0.6 0.3
Information 23.9 24.6 24.6 24.0 0.1 0.4
Financial activities 76.8 76.6 76.7 77.1 0.3 0.4
Professional and business services 161.1 157.7 159.2 161.3 0.2 0.1
Education and health services 141.4 141.8 143.1 142.8 1.4 1.0
Leisure and hospitality 64.6 62.2 62.9 63.2 -1.4 -2.2
Other services 47.1 47.5 47.8 49.2 2.1 4.5
Government 167.9 169.2 169.0 169.6 1.7 1.0
p =preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected from March
2006 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and
will be revised when new information becomes available.
Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, 12 largest metropolitan
statistical areas, not seasonally adjusted
(Numbers in thousands)
Change from
April 2006 to
2006 2007 2007 2007 April p 2007
Area and industry supersector April Feb. March April p Number Percent
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA
Total nonfarm 2,389.8 2,395.8 2,407.0 2,432.6 42.8 1.8
Natural resources and mining 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 0.1 5.0
Construction 134.7 136.8 138.0 139.9 5.2 3.9
Manufacturing 178.0 174.6 175.0 175.7 -2.3 -1.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities 545.0 548.3 545.5 552.2 7.2 1.3
Information 90.3 89.0 88.9 89.2 -1.1 -1.2
Financial activities 161.5 162.1 162.8 163.6 2.1 1.3
Professional and business services 397.3 396.4 399.4 404.4 7.1 1.8
Education and health services 241.1 246.2 247.6 248.6 7.5 3.1
Leisure and hospitality 224.7 221.5 224.3 232.9 8.2 3.6
Other services 97.0 95.9 96.3 96.1 -0.9 -0.9
Government 318.2 323.0 327.2 327.9 9.7 3.0
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH
Total nonfarm 2,441.9 2,428.0 2,433.8 2,470.3 28.4 1.2
Natural resources and mining 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.2 0.1 9.1
Construction 100.9 93.5 91.2 98.5 -2.4 -2.4
Manufacturing 222.2 222.3 222.1 221.8 -0.4 -0.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 414.4 419.5 412.2 414.1 -0.3 -0.1
Information 73.9 75.1 75.1 75.2 1.3 1.8
Financial activities 186.1 187.4 187.1 187.2 1.1 0.6
Professional and business services 393.4 392.1 393.1 403.7 10.3 2.6
Education and health services 453.7 452.4 463.2 467.1 13.4 3.0
Leisure and hospitality 206.9 199.0 199.3 210.8 3.9 1.9
Other services 86.6 84.5 84.2 85.1 -1.5 -1.7
Government 302.7 301.1 305.3 305.6 2.9 1.0
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI
Total nonfarm 4,496.1 4,446.6 4,456.3 4,534.4 38.3 0.9
Natural resources and mining 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.5 -0.1 -3.8
Construction 217.0 197.5 196.0 217.2 0.2 0.1
Manufacturing 489.7 480.9 482.2 482.4 -7.3 -1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities 911.5 916.9 906.8 916.5 5.0 0.5
Information 91.2 90.2 90.1 90.1 -1.1 -1.2
Financial activities 329.0 333.0 334.7 335.2 6.2 1.9
Professional and business services 722.9 715.1 715.3 737.3 14.4 2.0
Education and health services 573.4 581.4 585.8 589.2 15.8 2.8
Leisure and hospitality 392.5 380.2 380.6 398.0 5.5 1.4
Other services 194.9 195.8 195.4 197.4 2.5 1.3
Government 571.4 553.3 567.1 568.6 -2.8 -0.5
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington-Arlington, TX
Total nonfarm 2,843.0 2,877.1 2,894.2 2,935.4 92.4 3.3
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 171.8 174.6 176.1 179.5 7.7 4.5
Manufacturing 298.0 298.6 301.6 302.6 4.6 1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities 606.6 610.6 607.7 614.7 8.1 1.3
Information 92.2 92.9 93.6 93.3 1.1 1.2
Financial activities 228.6 234.5 235.2 237.2 8.6 3.8
Professional and business services 409.9 417.7 421.9 434.2 24.3 5.9
Education and health services 297.6 303.5 305.2 308.1 10.5 3.5
Leisure and hospitality 264.8 267.1 270.4 280.2 15.4 5.8
Other services 107.5 108.0 109.0 110.6 3.1 2.9
Government 366.0 369.6 373.5 375.0 9.0 2.5
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI
Total nonfarm 2,019.3 1,946.3 1,960.7 1,986.7 -32.6 -1.6
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 74.6 65.6 64.1 67.8 -6.8 -9.1
Manufacturing 278.8 252.0 264.5 267.3 -11.5 -4.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities 370.5 365.8 360.4 361.8 -8.7 -2.3
Information 34.3 34.0 34.3 33.6 -0.7 -2.0
Financial activities 114.8 113.0 112.8 112.8 -2.0 -1.7
Professional and business services 361.1 349.8 350.6 357.3 -3.8 -1.1
Education and health services 273.1 275.0 276.9 278.9 5.8 2.1
Leisure and hospitality 184.9 175.4 176.4 184.1 -0.8 -0.4
Other services 89.4 89.5 89.9 90.9 1.5 1.7
Government 237.8 226.2 230.8 232.2 -5.6 -2.4
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
Total nonfarm 2,419.7 2,469.1 2,484.6 2,504.6 84.9 3.5
Natural resources and mining 74.7 80.1 81.2 81.9 7.2 9.6
Construction 177.7 183.5 187.3 188.9 11.2 6.3
Manufacturing 219.5 225.3 224.6 223.4 3.9 1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities 493.8 505.3 501.6 504.4 10.6 2.1
Information 35.7 35.0 35.1 35.4 -0.3 -0.8
Financial activities 139.3 140.7 141.4 142.0 2.7 1.9
Professional and business services 350.1 358.9 361.1 364.6 14.5 4.1
Education and health services 270.4 275.2 277.8 279.8 9.4 3.5
Leisure and hospitality 215.3 215.3 217.9 225.5 10.2 4.7
Other services 92.8 97.3 98.0 98.4 5.6 6.0
Government 350.4 352.5 358.6 360.3 9.9 2.8
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA
Total nonfarm 5,593.2 5,590.8 5,625.6 5,657.2 64.0 1.1
Natural resources and mining 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.4 -0.1 -2.2
Construction 259.9 257.2 258.1 261.0 1.1 0.4
Manufacturing 647.9 637.6 641.2 642.0 -5.9 -0.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,070.7 1,084.2 1,076.5 1,078.0 7.3 0.7
Information 238.3 235.2 241.1 238.0 -0.3 -0.1
Financial activities 387.8 386.0 387.1 387.1 -0.7 -0.2
Professional and business services 864.6 867.8 874.3 881.2 16.6 1.9
Education and health services 618.6 628.2 638.0 642.9 24.3 3.9
Leisure and hospitality 554.6 546.6 552.4 562.8 8.2 1.5
Other services 192.4 193.2 194.6 195.8 3.4 1.8
Government 753.9 750.3 757.8 764.0 10.1 1.3
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, FL
Total nonfarm 2,417.5 2,429.3 2,446.0 2,458.7 41.2 1.7
Natural resources and mining 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.0 0.0
Construction 158.7 159.8 160.5 160.1 1.4 0.9
Manufacturing 100.4 99.4 98.9 98.9 -1.5 -1.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities 538.4 545.8 544.5 547.8 9.4 1.7
Information 53.8 53.5 53.7 53.6 -0.2 -0.4
Financial activities 182.6 183.9 185.4 186.2 3.6 2.0
Professional and business services 398.2 398.5 403.6 406.6 8.4 2.1
Education and health services 304.2 303.6 307.2 310.4 6.2 2.0
Leisure and hospitality 255.1 255.4 260.7 260.8 5.7 2.2
Other services 100.1 102.7 103.4 103.4 3.3 3.3
Government 325.4 326.1 327.5 330.3 4.9 1.5
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA
Total nonfarm 8,402.1 8,346.4 8,366.1 8,472.2 70.1 0.8
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 343.2 329.4 327.3 350.0 6.8 2.0
Manufacturing 469.7 451.1 450.6 450.0 -19.7 -4.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,573.9 1,589.9 1,572.5 1,577.8 3.9 0.2
Information 288.4 288.5 288.5 289.3 0.9 0.3
Financial activities 784.1 789.6 790.9 795.5 11.4 1.5
Professional and business services 1,259.0 1,249.3 1,253.4 1,278.1 19.1 1.5
Education and health services 1,415.5 1,408.6 1,428.5 1,438.4 22.9 1.6
Leisure and hospitality 614.6 592.7 595.7 624.8 10.2 1.7
Other services 359.9 363.0 365.3 371.0 11.1 3.1
Government 1,293.8 1,284.3 1,293.4 1,297.3 3.5 0.3
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Total nonfarm 2,806.3 2,776.3 2,786.2 2,830.6 24.3 0.9
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 131.8 122.9 121.6 131.5 -0.3 -0.2
Manufacturing 229.0 224.8 224.7 224.3 -4.7 -2.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities 527.8 535.0 528.6 533.1 5.3 1.0
Information 55.4 55.2 55.0 55.3 -0.1 -0.2
Financial activities 219.8 219.0 218.9 220.0 0.2 0.1
Professional and business services 418.3 413.4 415.0 424.5 6.2 1.5
Education and health services 518.3 518.0 526.6 529.6 11.3 2.2
Leisure and hospitality 218.2 209.6 209.5 221.2 3.0 1.4
Other services 124.2 123.9 124.0 125.5 1.3 1.0
Government 363.5 354.5 362.3 365.6 2.1 0.6
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Total nonfarm 1,988.5 2,009.5 2,021.3 2,030.1 41.6 2.1
Natural resources and mining 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.6 0.3 23.1
Construction 109.7 113.9 112.8 112.4 2.7 2.5
Manufacturing 139.2 141.5 141.4 141.5 2.3 1.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities 352.8 360.7 357.7 358.1 5.3 1.5
Information 68.7 67.8 68.1 67.5 -1.2 -1.7
Financial activities 157.2 158.6 159.1 159.2 2.0 1.3
Professional and business services 342.8 349.8 352.4 354.2 11.4 3.3
Education and health services 226.4 226.4 231.4 232.9 6.5 2.9
Leisure and hospitality 202.8 201.9 203.7 207.5 4.7 2.3
Other services 72.7 72.6 73.7 74.5 1.8 2.5
Government 314.9 314.7 319.4 320.7 5.8 1.8
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
Total nonfarm 2,953.1 2,955.8 2,967.0 3,006.7 53.6 1.8
Natural resources, mining, and
construction 191.2 187.2 187.2 192.2 1.0 0.5
Manufacturing 63.9 62.5 62.6 63.0 -0.9 -1.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities 397.7 404.1 399.8 403.2 5.5 1.4
Information 98.5 97.7 98.1 97.7 -0.8 -0.8
Financial activities 160.7 160.5 161.4 162.6 1.9 1.2
Professional and business services 662.6 667.5 672.8 684.4 21.8 3.3
Education and health services 319.6 319.8 323.7 326.6 7.0 2.2
Leisure and hospitality 245.7 240.0 241.1 250.8 5.1 2.1
Other services 174.4 174.4 175.0 176.8 2.4 1.4
Government 638.8 642.1 645.3 649.4 10.6 1.7
p =preliminary.
NOTE: Data are counts of jobs by place of work. Estimates are currently projected from March
2006 benchmark levels. Estimates subsequent to the current benchmark month are provisional and
will be revised when new information becomes available.
Last Modified Date: August 28, 2007
