The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released their final 2017 metro area job numbers. It was a pretty good year for job growth in a lot of major metros. Here’s how they fared, ranked by percentage job growth. Job totals are in thousands.
Rank | Metro Area | 2016 | 2017 | Total Change | Pct Change |
1 | Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | 1401.9 | 1451.6 | 49.7 | 3.55% |
2 | Austin-Round Rock, TX | 1000.5 | 1032.6 | 32.1 | 3.21% |
3 | Nashville-Davidson–Murfreesboro–Franklin, TN | 949.9 | 980.0 | 30.1 | 3.17% |
4 | Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 1208.9 | 1247.1 | 38.2 | 3.16% |
5 | Jacksonville, FL | 668.6 | 689.7 | 21.1 | 3.16% |
6 | Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | 1147.9 | 1181.5 | 33.6 | 2.93% |
7 | Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV | 949.5 | 976.8 | 27.3 | 2.88% |
8 | Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ | 1979.2 | 2034.1 | 54.9 | 2.77% |
9 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 3503.0 | 3596.7 | 93.7 | 2.67% |
10 | Raleigh, NC | 600.1 | 616.1 | 16.0 | 2.67% |
11 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 1950.3 | 2000.6 | 50.3 | 2.58% |
12 | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | 1071.4 | 1098.2 | 26.8 | 2.50% |
13 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | 1145.1 | 1172.9 | 27.8 | 2.43% |
14 | Salt Lake City, UT | 699.7 | 716.3 | 16.6 | 2.37% |
15 | San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | 1016.4 | 1039.3 | 22.9 | 2.25% |
16 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 2663.9 | 2723.7 | 59.8 | 2.24% |
17 | San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA | 2344.3 | 2396.4 | 52.1 | 2.22% |
18 | Sacramento–Roseville–Arden-Arcade, CA | 949.0 | 968.5 | 19.5 | 2.05% |
19 | Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI | 542.4 | 553.4 | 11.0 | 2.03% |
20 | Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 1295.0 | 1321.2 | 26.2 | 2.02% |
21 | San Diego-Carlsbad, CA | 1424.6 | 1453.2 | 28.6 | 2.01% |
22 | Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO | 1434.1 | 1461.7 | 27.6 | 1.92% |
23 | Columbus, OH | 1064.3 | 1083.9 | 19.6 | 1.84% |
24 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | 2586.1 | 2629.4 | 43.3 | 1.67% |
25 | Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 1957.2 | 1988.8 | 31.6 | 1.61% |
26 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 3223.2 | 3274.1 | 50.9 | 1.58% |
27 | Kansas City, MO-KS | 1066.1 | 1082.6 | 16.5 | 1.55% |
28 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA | 9525.1 | 9672.2 | 147.1 | 1.54% |
29 | Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | 1974.2 | 2004.3 | 30.1 | 1.52% |
30 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | 2868.4 | 2910.1 | 41.7 | 1.45% |
31 | Tucson, AZ | 371.8 | 377.2 | 5.4 | 1.45% |
32 | Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN | 1043.1 | 1057.8 | 14.7 | 1.41% |
33 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 5969.8 | 6052.2 | 82.4 | 1.38% |
34 | Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | 658.3 | 666.6 | 8.3 | 1.26% |
35 | Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | 1080.0 | 1093.6 | 13.6 | 1.26% |
36 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH – Metro | 2704.4 | 2736.8 | 32.4 | 1.20% |
37 | Richmond, VA | 664.0 | 671.3 | 7.3 | 1.10% |
38 | Pittsburgh, PA | 1162.8 | 1175.4 | 12.6 | 1.08% |
39 | St. Louis, MO-IL | 1363.7 | 1377.4 | 13.7 | 1.00% |
40 | Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA – Metro | 583.2 | 588.9 | 5.7 | 0.98% |
41 | Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX | 2992.3 | 3021.3 | 29.0 | 0.97% |
42 | Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC | 772.6 | 779.9 | 7.3 | 0.94% |
43 | Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | 1385.2 | 1397.5 | 12.3 | 0.89% |
44 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI | 4658.6 | 4697.2 | 38.6 | 0.83% |
45 | Oklahoma City, OK | 629.8 | 634.6 | 4.8 | 0.76% |
46 | Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY | 560.0 | 563.9 | 3.9 | 0.70% |
47 | Birmingham-Hoover, AL | 526.2 | 529.5 | 3.3 | 0.63% |
48 | Memphis, TN-MS-AR | 638.2 | 642.2 | 4.0 | 0.63% |
49 | Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT – Metro | 569.8 | 572.1 | 2.3 | 0.40% |
50 | Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI | 863.8 | 866.6 | 2.8 | 0.32% |
51 | Rochester, NY | 532.9 | 534.1 | 1.2 | 0.23% |
52 | Cleveland-Elyria, OH | 1055.3 | 1057.6 | 2.3 | 0.22% |
53 | New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 576.2 | 575.0 | -1.2 | -0.21% |
Cover image photo credit: David McSpadden, CC BY 2.0
from Aaron M. Renn
http://www.urbanophile.com/2018/03/26/the-fastest-cities-for-job-growth-in-2017/
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