Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Nonfarm Job Growth

News Bureau of Labor Statistics FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Cheryl Abbot, Regional Economist (214) 767-6970 http://www.bls.gov/ro6/home.htm United States Department of Labor Dallas, TX 75202 FOR RELEASE: March 19, 2008 DALLAS-FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON JOB GROWTH AMONG THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION Total nonfarm employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 2,945,300 in January 2008, an increase of 83,500 jobs during the last 12 months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. From January 2007 to January 2008, the job growth rate was 2.9 percent, substantially higher than the national increase of 0.7 percent. Among the 12 largest metropolitan areas in the country, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington registered the second-fastest rate of job growth during the past year and added the second-largest number of jobs; only Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown had a faster rate of growth and added more jobs. (See tables 1 and 2.) Regional Commissioner Stanley W. Suchman noted that the January 2008 gain continued the trend of over-the-year increases that began in February 2004. (See chart A. Data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout. Data have been revised; see box note at end of release for more details.) Chart A. Total nonfarm employment, over-the-year net change in the Dallas-Fort WorthArlington metropolitan area, January 2001-January 2008 125 100 Net change (in thousands)-- 75 50 25 0 -25 -50 -75 -100 Jan-01 Jan-02 Jan-03 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08 2 Metropolitan divisions The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area is comprised of two metropolitan divisions -- separately identifiable employment centers within the larger metropolitan area. Both metropolitan divisions gained jobs from January 2007 to January 2008 with the distribution of new jobs being roughly proportional to their employment concentrations. The Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division, which accounts for about 70 percent of the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area workforce, had 72 percent of the growth with the addition of 60,000 jobs to its payrolls from January a year ago. The Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division made up almost 30 percent of those employed in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area and accounted for 28 percent of the area’s overall growth with the addition of 23,500 jobs during the 12-month period. (See chart B.) Chart B. Total nonfarm employment, over-the-year net change in the Dallas-PlanoIrving and Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Divisions, January 2004-January 2008 90 80 Net change (in thousands) __ 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 -10 Jan-04 Jan-05 Jan-06 Jan-07 Jan-08 Dallas-Plano-Irving Fort Worth-Arlington Job growth in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area was widespread from January 2007 to January 2008, with nine industry supersectors adding at least 1,000 jobs and six of these registering gains of 10,000 or more. The largest increase occurred in educational and health services, which added 19,200 jobs during the 12-month period, followed by trade, transportation and utilities (12,300) and leisure and hospitality (12,200). Natural resources, mining, and construction, government, and professional and business services rounded out the top six. In contrast, manufacturing was the only supersector in the area not to add jobs during this period, edging down 1,000. (See table 1.) In the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division, job growth was led by educational and health services, which added 14,000 jobs from January a year ago, followed by government with 9,700. In the Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division, educational and health services was also the top jobproducer with a gain of 5,200, followed by natural resources, mining and construction which added 4,000 during the 12-month period. 3 Industry employment Educational and health services employment rose by 6.3 percent from January 2007 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, the fastest rate of growth among the 10 supersectors. Dallas-Plano-Irving added these jobs at a faster pace than Fort Worth-Arlington, 6.7 percent versus 5.6 percent, but both divisions had rates of growth well above the 3.0-percent national average. Educational and health services employment accounted for about 1 in 10 jobs in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area in January 2008, but the over-the-year increase of 19,200 was responsible for nearly one-fourth of all new jobs in the local area. (See table 1.) The largest supersector in the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area -- trade, transportation, and utilities -- added 12,300 jobs since January 2007, an increase of 2.0 percent. The Dallas-Plano-Irving division was responsible for 8,800 of these new jobs while Fort-Worth-Arlington added 3,500. Although this supersector was among the slowest growing in the greater metropolitan area, its 2.0-percent increase was more than double the 0.7-percent national supersector gain. Leisure and hospitality employment rose by 12,200 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area from January 2007 to January 2008, an increase of 4.7 percent. The rate of job expansion differed somewhat between the two metropolitan divisions, with Dallas-Plano-Irving increasing at a 5.3-percent pace compared to Fort Worth-Arlington’s 3.2-percent gain; both divisions exceeded the 2.6-percent rate of growth for this industry at the national level. Employment in natural resources, mining, and construction rose by 10,700 in the greater metropolitan area from January 2007, an increase of 6.0 percent. While Dallas-Plano-Irving added more jobs (6,700) than Fort Worth-Arlington (4,000), the rate of growth was stronger in Fort Worth (6.9 percent) than in Dallas (5.6). The government supersector also added 10,700 jobs in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area from January a year ago. The local 2.9-percent rate of gain was nearly three times the national increase of 1.0 percent, but movements within the two metropolitan divisions were quite different. Government added 9,700 jobs in Dallas-Plano-Irving, an increase of 3.9 percent, while the public sector in Fort Worth-Arlington added 1,000 jobs and rose at a slower pace, 0.9 percent. More than 16 percent of job growth in Dallas-Plano-Irving was attributable to the government supersector, while it accounted for just over 4 percent of growth in Fort Worth-Arlington. Professional and business services employment rose by 10,300 or 2.4 percent from January 2007 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. Fort Worth-Arlington added these jobs at a faster pace than Dallas-Plano-Irving, 3.2 percent versus 2.2 percent, but both divisions had rates of growth above the 1.7-percent national average. Financial activities employment in the greater Dallas metropolitan area rose by 4,300 from January 2007, a 1.9-percent increase. Industry employment in Fort Worth-Arlington rose 2.3 percent (1,100) over the year while the Dallas-Plano-Irving division added jobs at a 1.8-percent pace (3,200). While the local rates of growth in this supersector were among the slowest, nationally, financial activities lost jobs over the 12-month period, down 1.3 percent. Employment in the other services supersector (which includes such industries as dry cleaning and laundry, personal care, death care, pet care, and dating services) rose by 3,600 in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, an advance of 3.5 percent. Rates of gain were fairly similar between the metropolitan divisions, with jobs growing 3.8 percent in Fort Worth-Arlington and 3.3 percent in Dallas-Plano-Irving. Nationally, employment in this supersector increased much more slowly, up 0.8 percent from January a year ago. 4 Employment in information (which includes such industries as software publishing, traditional publishing, broadcasting, telecommunications, and data processing) rose by 1,200 in the greater metropolitan area since January 2007, a gain of 1.4 percent. Both metropolitan divisions contributed to the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington increase. Locally, employment in manufacturing edged down 1,000 or 0.3 percent from January 2007. All of the industry’s losses occurred in the Dallas-Plano-Irving area. Nationally, manufacturing jobs were down 1.9 percent. Employment in the 12 largest areas The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area was one of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in January 2008. Seven of these areas experienced over-the-year job growth greater than the national increase of 0.7 percent. Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas, registered the fastest rate of gain, up 3.9 percent from January 2007 to January 2008, followed by Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, up 2.9 percent. The other five areas with above-average growth were: Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. (1.5 percent), San Francisco-Oakland-Freemont, Calif. (1.1 percent), and Boston-CambridgeQuincy, Mass.-N.H.; New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.; and WashingtonArlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. (all at 0.9 percent). (See chart C.) Job growth in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md. equaled the national increase of 0.7 percent, while growth was just below that for the nation in Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.Ind.-Wis., at 0.6 percent. Employment was little changed in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. (0.1 percent). Two areas lost jobs, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif., down 0.3 percent, and Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., down 1.5 percent from January 2007. The fastest growing industry supersector did not vary a lot among the 12 largest areas from January 2007 to January 2008. Education and health services had the highest percentage increase in employment in eight areas among those industries adding at least 1,000 jobs: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, and Washington. The two metropolitan areas with the fastest rates of growth – Houston and Dallas – also added the most jobs. Employment grew by 95,300 in Houston and 83,500 in Dallas from January 2007 to January 2008. The only other area in which employment rose by more than 50,000 over the year was New York (77,400). In 8 of the 12 areas – Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, and Philadelphia – education and health services added the most jobs. In three areas – Houston, San Francisco, and Washington – the professional and business services supersector had the largest numerical increase. 5 Chart C. Over-the-year percent change in employment, 12 largest metropolitan are as and the United States, January 2008 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas 3.9 2.9 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.1 -0.3 -1.5 -1.0 0.0 1.0 Percent 2.0 3.0 4.0 5.0 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.Va.-Md.-W.Va. New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmingon, Pa.N.J.-Del.-Md. United States Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Ill.-Ind.-Wis. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, Fla. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif. Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich. -2.0 NOTE: Data in this release have been revised to reflect adjustment to 2007 benchmark levels and the conversion from 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) to 2007 NAICS. For more information see “Annual Revisions” in Technical Note. 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). Industry employment data for states and metropolitan areas from the CES program are also available in the above-mentioned news releases and from the Internet at (http://www.bls.gov/sae/). For personal assistance or further information on the Current Employment Statistics program, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the Southwest Information Office at 214-767-6970 from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Information in this release will be made available to sensory impaired individuals upon request. Voice phone: 202-691-5200; TDD message referral phone: 1-800-877-8339. 6 Technical Note This release presents nonfarm payroll employment estimates from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) program. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative endeavor in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the 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 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 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 for state CES data at the supersector level are available on the BLS Web site at http://www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is available 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, dated December 5, 2005. A list of the geographic definitions is published annually in the May issue of Employment and Earnings. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Parker, Rockwall, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas. The Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis, Hunt, Kaufman, and Rockwall Counties in Texas. The Fort Worth-Arlington Metropolitan Division (MD) includes Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, and Wise Counties in Texas. 7 Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands) Change from Jan Area and Industry Jan Nov Dec Jan 2007 to Jan 2008 2007 2007 2007 2008(p) Number Percent U.S. 134,952 139,150 138,934 135,926 974 0.7 Total nonfarm 690 736 735 724 34 4.9 Natural resources and mining 7,295 7,615 7,353 7,016 -279 -3.8 Construction 13,898 13,806 13,787 13,638 -260 -1.9 Manufacturing 26,299 27,163 27,328 26,472 173 0.7 Trade, transportation, and utilities 3,008 3,027 3,032 2,991 -17 -0.6 Information 8,291 8,247 8,249 8,185 -106 -1.3 Financial activities 17,445 18,179 18,163 17,733 288 1.7 Professional and business services 17,955 18,749 18,741 18,501 546 3.0 Educational and health services 12,703 13,379 13,358 13,028 325 2.6 Leisure and hospitality 5,394 5,482 5,486 5,436 42 0.8 Other services 21,974 22,767 22,702 22,202 228 1.0 Government Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) 2,861.8 2,984.1 2,991.8 2,945.3 83.5 2.9 Total nonfarm 176.9 191.6 190.4 187.6 10.7 6.0 Natural resources, mining, and construction 296.4 297.2 297.7 295.4 -1.0 -0.3 Manufacturing 614.5 635.7 643.9 626.8 12.3 2.0 Trade, transportation, and utilities 87.8 90.0 89.2 89.0 1.2 1.4 Information 229.3 233.7 234.5 233.6 4.3 1.9 Financial activities 422.3 445.6 444.4 432.6 10.3 2.4 Professional and business services 303.6 324.3 324.8 322.8 19.2 6.3 Educational and health services 260.9 278.7 278.7 273.1 12.2 4.7 Leisure and hospitality 103.4 107.7 108.1 107.0 3.6 3.5 Other services 366.7 379.6 380.1 377.4 10.7 2.9 Government Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas, Metropolitan Division (MD) 2,017.9 2,105.1 2,110.0 2,077.9 60.0 3.0 Total nonfarm 119.1 128.8 127.6 125.8 6.7 5.6 Natural resources, mining, and construction 199.1 198.2 198.4 197.2 -1.9 -1.0 Manufacturing 409.5 424.0 429.7 418.3 8.8 2.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities 72.1 73.3 72.6 72.5 0.4 0.6 Information 182.3 185.3 186.0 185.5 3.2 1.8 Financial activities 323.4 341.3 339.8 330.5 7.1 2.2 Professional and business services 210.4 225.1 225.6 224.4 14.0 6.7 Educational and health services 179.5 193.1 193.1 189.1 9.6 5.3 Leisure and hospitality 71.9 75.1 75.4 74.3 2.4 3.3 Other services 250.6 260.9 261.8 260.3 9.7 3.9 Government Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, Metropolitan Division (MD) 843.9 879.0 881.8 867.4 23.5 2.8 Total nonfarm 57.8 62.8 62.8 61.8 4.0 6.9 Natural resources, mining, and construction 97.3 99.0 99.3 98.2 0.9 0.9 Manufacturing 205.0 211.7 214.2 208.5 3.5 1.7 Trade, transportation, and utilities 15.7 16.7 16.6 16.5 0.8 5.1 Information 47.0 48.4 48.5 48.1 1.1 2.3 Financial activities 98.9 104.3 104.6 102.1 3.2 3.2 Professional and business services 93.2 99.2 99.2 98.4 5.2 5.6 Educational and health services 81.4 85.6 85.6 84.0 2.6 3.2 Leisure and hospitality 31.5 32.6 32.7 32.7 1.2 3.8 Other services 116.1 118.7 118.3 117.1 1.0 0.9 Government (p) preliminary 8 Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands) Change from Jan Jan Nov Dec Jan Area and Industry 2007 to Jan 2008 2007 2007 2007 2008(p) Number Percent Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 2,419.9 2,489.8 2,494.6 2,455.5 35.6 1.5 Total nonfarm 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.5 -0.1 -3.8 Natural resources and mining 137.0 139.3 138.5 136.2 -0.8 -0.6 Construction 176.9 176.1 175.5 175.1 -1.8 -1.0 Manufacturing 560.4 575.1 581.2 565.2 4.8 0.9 Trade, transportation, and utilities 88.2 87.8 88.1 88.2 0.0 0.0 Information 162.1 161.2 161.1 160.0 -2.1 -1.3 Financial activities 399.4 413.9 414.9 407.1 7.7 1.9 Professional and business services 247.2 260.0 259.9 257.2 10.0 4.0 Educational and health services 224.5 236.9 236.7 231.0 6.5 2.9 Leisure and hospitality 96.2 98.7 98.2 97.3 1.1 1.1 Other services 325.4 338.3 338.0 335.7 10.3 3.2 Government Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 2,435.2 2,514.3 2,517.4 2,456.9 21.7 0.9 Total nonfarm 0.9 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.1 11.1 Natural resources and mining 92.4 101.8 99.0 90.9 -1.5 -1.6 Construction 222.5 220.9 221.1 219.9 -2.6 -1.2 Manufacturing 419.3 427.3 434.7 418.1 -1.2 -0.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities 73.6 75.4 75.8 74.9 1.3 1.8 Information 188.5 188.7 189.7 188.0 -0.5 -0.3 Financial activities 393.5 414.0 412.4 401.9 8.4 2.1 Professional and business services 455.5 475.0 474.8 466.8 11.3 2.5 Educational and health services 202.3 216.3 215.2 206.1 3.8 1.9 Leisure and hospitality 86.2 87.8 87.9 86.5 0.3 0.3 Other services 300.5 306.0 305.8 302.8 2.3 0.8 Government Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 4,451.7 4,595.6 4,596.7 4,480.5 28.8 0.6 Total nonfarm 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.2 0.0 0.0 Natural resources and mining 196.5 218.2 210.0 194.2 -2.3 -1.2 Construction 483.6 481.2 482.4 480.3 -3.3 -0.7 Manufacturing 923.8 949.6 961.0 929.9 6.1 0.7 Trade, transportation, and utilities 90.2 91.0 91.2 90.5 0.3 0.3 Information 329.8 327.9 328.5 325.7 -4.1 -1.2 Financial activities 711.3 752.0 750.1 721.4 10.1 1.4 Professional and business services 578.7 599.6 600.0 593.4 14.7 2.5 Educational and health services 382.9 401.5 399.5 384.2 1.3 0.3 Leisure and hospitality 194.6 198.1 199.0 196.2 1.6 0.8 Other services 557.7 573.6 572.6 562.5 4.8 0.9 Government Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 2,861.8 2,984.1 2,991.8 2,945.3 83.5 2.9 Total nonfarm 176.9 191.6 190.4 187.6 10.7 6.0 Natural resources, mining, and construction 296.4 297.2 297.7 295.4 -1.0 -0.3 Manufacturing 614.5 635.7 643.9 626.8 12.3 2.0 Trade, transportation, and utilities 87.8 90.0 89.2 89.0 1.2 1.4 Information 229.3 233.7 234.5 233.6 4.3 1.9 Financial activities 422.3 445.6 444.4 432.6 10.3 2.4 Professional and business services 303.6 324.3 324.8 322.8 19.2 6.3 Educational and health services 260.9 278.7 278.7 273.1 12.2 4.7 Leisure and hospitality 103.4 107.7 108.1 107.0 3.6 3.5 Other services Government 366.7 379.6 380.1 377.4 10.7 2.9 (p) preliminary 9 Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)-continued Change from Jan Area and Industry 2007 to Jan 2008 Jan Nov Dec Jan 2007 2007 2007 2008(p) Number Percent Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 1,938.6 1,972.8 1,968.9 1,908.9 -29.7 -1.5 Total nonfarm 64.9 71.7 68.2 61.0 -3.9 -6.0 Natural resources, mining, and construction 251.7 252.8 254.1 243.3 -8.4 -3.3 Manufacturing 365.7 371.8 374.7 362.0 -3.7 -1.0 Trade, transportation, and utilities 34.3 33.7 33.6 33.3 -1.0 -2.9 Information 112.4 109.6 110.0 109.7 -2.7 -2.4 Financial activities 346.1 349.6 347.8 334.4 -11.7 -3.4 Professional and business services 273.7 282.9 283.7 280.6 6.9 2.5 Educational and health services 174.0 180.0 178.6 172.1 -1.9 -1.1 Leisure and hospitality 87.3 87.9 87.9 86.1 -1.2 -1.4 Other services 228.5 232.8 230.3 226.4 -2.1 -0.9 Government Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 2,471.6 2,595.8 2,612.8 2,566.9 95.3 3.9 Total nonfarm 82.6 86.4 87.3 87.9 5.3 6.4 Natural resources and mining 186.3 199.0 203.8 198.4 12.1 6.5 Construction 228.4 236.0 236.7 234.3 5.9 2.6 Manufacturing 506.2 533.1 541.5 522.0 15.8 3.1 Trade, transportation, and utilities 36.6 37.0 37.2 36.8 0.2 0.5 Information 141.4 145.6 146.5 144.6 3.2 2.3 Financial activities 362.6 389.4 390.0 383.9 21.3 5.9 Professional and business services 274.2 289.2 289.3 287.5 13.3 4.9 Educational and health services 215.4 228.5 229.0 225.1 9.7 4.5 Leisure and hospitality 91.3 93.8 94.5 93.8 2.5 2.7 Other services 346.6 357.8 357.0 352.6 6.0 1.7 Government Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 5,578.4 5,650.6 5,656.5 5,561.3 -17.1 -0.3 Total nonfarm 4.9 5.1 5.1 5.2 0.3 6.1 Natural resources and mining 255.1 256.9 253.3 246.9 -8.2 -3.2 Construction 630.0 622.0 620.9 617.9 -12.1 -1.9 Manufacturing Trade, transportation, and utilities 1,094.2 1,113.1 1,123.3 1,098.6 4.4 0.4 234.7 235.7 236.4 216.6 -18.1 -7.7 Information 382.2 362.7 360.4 358.6 -23.6 -6.2 Financial activities 866.5 879.8 881.7 870.4 3.9 0.5 Professional and business services 618.6 643.6 643.9 634.0 15.4 2.5 Educational and health services 550.4 568.3 569.9 559.4 9.0 1.6 Leisure and hospitality 190.2 195.9 196.1 193.9 3.7 1.9 Other services 751.6 767.5 765.5 759.8 8.2 1.1 Government Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 2,428.5 2,451.7 2,468.3 2,431.7 3.2 0.1 Total nonfarm 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 -0.1 -12.5 Natural resources and mining 161.1 153.1 152.2 148.3 -12.8 -7.9 Construction 99.7 95.3 95.7 94.9 -4.8 -4.8 Manufacturing 546.3 556.9 565.3 550.2 3.9 0.7 Trade, transportation, and utilities 51.5 52.0 52.3 51.2 -0.3 -0.6 Information 181.8 179.7 180.9 178.8 -3.0 -1.7 Financial activities 395.6 398.2 399.4 393.5 -2.1 -0.5 Professional and business services 311.3 323.3 323.3 321.6 10.3 3.3 Educational and health services 254.6 258.1 262.1 259.3 4.7 1.8 Leisure and hospitality 99.3 101.3 102.1 101.0 1.7 1.7 Other services Government 326.5 333.1 334.3 332.2 5.7 1.7 (p) preliminary 10 Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, 12 largest metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)-continued Change from Jan Jan Nov Dec Jan Area and Industry 2007 to Jan 2008 2007 2007 2007 2008(p) Number Percent New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 8,393.5 8,698.0 8,737.4 8,470.9 77.4 0.9 Total nonfarm 336.4 372.4 368.0 341.0 4.6 1.4 Natural resources, mining, and construction 453.6 447.1 445.0 435.8 -17.8 -3.9 Manufacturing 1,604.9 1,654.5 1,680.9 1,613.7 8.8 0.5 Trade, transportation, and utilities 284.9 292.9 294.1 289.7 4.8 1.7 Information 788.5 796.4 798.2 788.2 -0.3 0.0 Financial activities 1,256.3 1,320.3 1,321.7 1,270.6 14.3 1.1 Professional and business services 1,421.6 1,474.7 1,478.7 1,445.8 24.2 1.7 Educational and health services 600.6 650.9 654.5 621.0 20.4 3.4 Leisure and hospitality 360.1 373.6 375.7 368.0 7.9 2.2 Other services 1,286.6 1,315.2 1,320.6 1,297.1 10.5 0.8 Government Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmingon, PA-NJ-DE-MD 2,765.6 2,851.4 2,856.4 2,785.7 20.1 0.7 Total nonfarm 121.7 130.7 128.4 121.3 -0.4 -0.3 Natural resources, mining, and construction 221.5 219.6 219.6 216.0 -5.5 -2.5 Manufacturing 530.8 546.6 555.2 533.2 2.4 0.5 Trade, transportation, and utilities 56.4 58.0 58.0 57.5 1.1 2.0 Information 219.6 218.5 219.2 217.6 -2.0 -0.9 Financial activities 417.6 435.5 435.7 424.3 6.7 1.6 Professional and business services 516.2 536.7 533.8 524.8 8.6 1.7 Educational and health services 210.1 220.9 221.2 213.5 3.4 1.6 Leisure and hospitality 121.3 125.2 125.2 123.4 2.1 1.7 Other services 350.4 359.7 360.1 354.1 3.7 1.1 Government San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,996.7 2,057.5 2,062.3 2,018.4 21.7 1.1 Total nonfarm 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.5 0.1 7.1 Natural resources and mining 112.3 119.7 117.8 112.5 0.2 0.2 Construction 137.3 138.0 137.7 136.6 -0.7 -0.5 Manufacturing 362.1 367.7 373.7 360.9 -1.2 -0.3 Trade, transportation, and utilities 68.2 68.2 68.3 67.9 -0.3 -0.4 Information 152.4 149.3 149.2 147.9 -4.5 -3.0 Financial activities 346.2 361.3 363.0 355.3 9.1 2.6 Professional and business services 223.6 233.0 233.0 227.4 3.8 1.7 Educational and health services 202.0 213.1 213.4 207.6 5.6 2.8 Leisure and hospitality 72.2 75.0 75.6 73.7 1.5 2.1 Other services 319.0 330.7 329.1 327.1 8.1 2.5 Government Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 2,943.2 3,019.4 3,027.9 2,970.8 27.6 0.9 Total nonfarm 182.2 183.8 182.4 177.9 -4.3 -2.4 Natural resources, mining, and construction 62.0 62.0 61.9 61.1 -0.9 -1.5 Manufacturing 404.2 413.8 420.5 406.2 2.0 0.5 Trade, transportation, and utilities 94.5 92.6 92.9 92.4 -2.1 -2.2 Information 160.2 156.9 157.2 155.5 -4.7 -2.9 Financial activities 659.9 681.5 683.6 673.2 13.3 2.0 Professional and business services 324.3 336.8 337.0 332.6 8.3 2.6 Educational and health services 239.7 253.2 251.5 244.1 4.4 1.8 Leisure and hospitality 178.9 181.1 182.0 180.5 1.6 0.9 Other services Government 637.3 657.7 658.9 647.3 10.0 1.6 (p) preliminary