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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

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Washington Area Employment – October 2011

Local Rate of Employment Growth Below National Average

Total nonfarm employment for the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 2,994,300 in October 2011, up 5,900, or 0.2 percent, over the year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. During the same period, the national job count increased 1.2 percent. Sheila Watkins, the Bureau’s regional commissioner, noted that the October increase was the sixth consecutive month of little or no change over the year. In fact, whether Washington was adding or losing jobs during this six-month period, the change in employment was always 0.2 percent or less. (See chart 1 and table 1; Technical Note at end of release contains metropolitan area definitions. All data in this release are not seasonally adjusted; accordingly, over-the-year analysis is used throughout.)

Chart 1. Total nonfarm employment, over-the-year net change in the Washington metropolitan area and its divisions, October 2001-October 2011

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area is made up of two metropolitan divisions—separately identifiable employment centers within the greater metropolitan area. The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division, with 81 percent of the area’s employment, accounted for the entire increase in the area, adding 10,100 jobs over the year. The Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division, which represented the remaining 19 percent of local employment, lost 4,200 jobs since October 2010.

Industry employment

Professional and business services employment in the greater Washington metropolitan area grew by 8,700 from October 2010 to October 2011, more than any other supersector. Still, this industry’s employment growth of 1.3 percent locally was smaller than the 3.3-percent rate experienced nationally. In the greater Washington area, the gain was centered entirely in the Washington division, which added 11,400 jobs in professional and business services; the Bethesda division lost 2,700 jobs in this industry. (See chart 2.)

Chart 2. Over-the-year percent change in employment by selected industry supersector, United States and the Washington metropolitan area, October 2011

Three other supersectors gained jobs in the Washington area since October 2010—leisure and hospitality (4,100), financial activities (4,000), and education and health services (1,900). The Washington division had most of the job growth in the leisure and hospitality and financial activities industries; employment in these supersectors was little changed in the Bethesda division. However, in education and health services, almost all of the growth was located in the Bethesda division. Nationally, employment in both leisure and hospitality and education and health services rose, while in financial activities, employment declined slightly over the year.

Five supersectors lost at least 1,000 jobs in the Washington metropolitan area over the last 12 months: other services; manufacturing; mining, logging, and construction; information; and government. Though other services and manufacturing experienced the largest over-the-year employment declines in the area, down 3,900 and 3,500, respectively, these industries both registered increases in their national job counts. The information and government supersectors both lost jobs nationwide since October 2010. However, the rate of decline in the public sector was much slower locally than nationally—0.1 versus 1.2 percent.

Twelve largest metropolitan areas

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria was 1 of the nation’s 12 largest metropolitan statistical areas in October 2011. Ten of these areas experienced over-the-year job gains during the period, with four—Houston, Boston, Dallas, and Miami—registering rates of job growth above the 1.2-percent national average. Six other areas recorded annual growth rates ranging from 1.0 to 0.1 percent. Atlanta experienced the largest percentage decline in jobs, down 1.0 percent. (See chart 3 and table 2.)

Chart 3. Over-the-year percent change in employment, United States and 12 largest metropolitan areas, October 2011

Of the ten areas experiencing employment increases from the previous October, Houston added the largest number of jobs, 79,500, while two others, Dallas and Boston, expanded by more than 45,000. Five other areas added at least 15,000 jobs. In contrast, Atlanta lost 22,100 jobs and Philadelphia, 3,300, during this 12-month period.

Among the 12 metropolitan areas, professional and business services was a major source of job growth from October 2010 to October 2011. This supersector registered the largest over-the-year employment gain in nine areas—Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington. In the three remaining areas of Detroit, Los Angeles, and Miami, professional and business services was the second largest job gainer during the 12-month period.

Government experienced the largest loss of jobs in seven areas—Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, New York, and Philadelphia. The decline in public sector jobs was largest in New York, down 29,200 from the previous October, followed by Philadelphia, down 11,500.

Changes to Current Employment Statistics Data

Effective with the release of January 2011 data, nonfarm payroll estimates for all states, metropolitan areas, and metropolitan divisions were revised to reflect 2010 benchmark levels. For more information on benchmark procedures, see www.bls.gov/sae/benchmark2011.pdf.

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 between State employment security agencies and 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 2007 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 39 percent of CES published series which have insufficient sample for direct sample-based estimates.

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 www.bls.gov/sae/790stderr.htm. Information on recent benchmark revisions for states is available at www.bls.gov/sae/.

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 online at www.bls.gov/opub/ee/home.htm. Industry employment data for states and metropolitan areas from the Current Employment Statistics program are also available in the above mentioned news releases and from the Internet at www.bls.gov/sae/.

For personal assistance or further information on the Current Employment Statistics program, as well as other Bureau programs, contact the Mid-Atlantic Information Office at 215-597-3282 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. ET.

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 1, 2009. A detailed list of the geographic definitions is available at www.bls.gov/lau/lausmsa.htm.

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) includes the District of Columbia; Arlington, Clarke, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Warren Counties, and Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, and Manassas Park Cities in Virginia; Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Montgomery, and Prince George's Counties in Maryland; and Jefferson County in West Virginia.

Table 1. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Washington metropolitan area and its components, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area Back
data		 Oct
2010		 Aug
2011		 Sep
2011		 Oct
2011		 Oct 2010 to
Oct 2011
Net
change		 Percent
change

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Statistical Area

Total nonfarm
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 2,988.4 2,969.1 2,980.4 (P) 2,994.3 (P) 5.9 (P) 0.2

Mining, logging, and construction
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 141.7 140.2 140.6 (P) 139.5 (P) -2.2 (P) -1.6

Manufacturing
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 53.0 49.9 49.2 (P) 49.5 (P) -3.5 (P) -6.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 380.8 380.8 376.6 (P) 380.4 (P) -0.4 (P) -0.1

Information
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 79.2 74.6 77.1 (P) 77.4 (P) -1.8 (P) -2.3

Financial activities
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 146.8 151.1 151.1 (P) 150.8 (P) 4.0 (P) 2.7

Professional and business services
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 688.9 696.6 694.9 (P) 697.6 (P) 8.7 (P) 1.3

Education and health services
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 365.4 355.3 362.6 (P) 367.3 (P) 1.9 (P) 0.5

Leisure and hospitality
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 260.0 271.8 265.7 (P) 264.1 (P) 4.1 (P) 1.6

Other services
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 180.7 179.7 176.8 (P) 176.8 (P) -3.9 (P) -2.2

Government
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 691.9 669.1 685.8 (P) 690.9 (P) -1.0 (P) -0.1

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va. Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm
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 2,419.3 2,408.1 2,416.3 (P) 2,429.4 (P) 10.1 (P) 0.4

Mining, logging, and construction
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 110.2 110.9 110.8 (P) 110.9 (P) 0.7 (P) 0.6

Manufacturing
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 35.6 32.9 32.4 (P) 32.8 (P) -2.8 (P) -7.9

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 304.4 306.8 303.2 (P) 305.6 (P) 1.2 (P) 0.4

Information
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 64.0 61.1 61.9 (P) 62.2 (P) -1.8 (P) -2.8

Financial activities
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 105.2 109.8 109.9 (P) 109.4 (P) 4.2 (P) 4.0

Professional and business services
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 561.7 571.4 570.2 (P) 573.1 (P) 11.4 (P) 2.0

Education and health services
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 286.3 275.6 282.2 (P) 286.4 (P) 0.1 (P) 0.0

Leisure and hospitality
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 213.1 221.6 217.2 (P) 216.7 (P) 3.6 (P) 1.7

Other services
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 150.3 148.9 146.3 (P) 146.3 (P) -4.0 (P) -2.7

Government
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 588.5 569.1 582.2 (P) 586.0 (P) -2.5 (P) -0.4

Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Md. Metropolitan Division

Total nonfarm
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 569.1 561.0 564.1 (P) 564.9 (P) -4.2 (P) -0.7

Mining, logging, and construction
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 31.5 29.3 29.8 (P) 28.6 (P) -2.9 (P) -9.2

Manufacturing
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 17.4 17.0 16.8 (P) 16.7 (P) -0.7 (P) -4.0

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 76.4 74.0 73.4 (P) 74.8 (P) -1.6 (P) -2.1

Information
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 15.2 13.5 15.2 (P) 15.2 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Financial activities
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 41.6 41.3 41.2 (P) 41.4 (P) -0.2 (P) -0.5

Professional and business services
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 127.2 125.2 124.7 (P) 124.5 (P) -2.7 (P) -2.1

Education and health services
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 79.1 79.7 80.4 (P) 80.9 (P) 1.8 (P) 2.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 46.9 50.2 48.5 (P) 47.4 (P) 0.5 (P) 1.1

Other services
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 30.4 30.8 30.5 (P) 30.5 (P) 0.1 (P) 0.3

Government
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 103.4 100.0 103.6 (P) 104.9 (P) 1.5 (P) 1.5

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Table 2. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, United States and 12 large metropolitan areas, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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data		 Oct
2010		 Aug
2011		 Sep
2011		 Oct
2011		 Oct 2010 to
Oct 2011
Net
change		 Percent
change

United States

Total nonfarm
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 131,071 131,058 131,746 (P) 132,620 (P) 1,549 (P) 1.2

Mining and logging
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 743 814 819 (P) 824 (P) 81 (P) 10.9

Construction
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 5,748 5,833 5,796 (P) 5,777 (P) 29 (P) 0.5

Manufacturing
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 11,612 11,860 11,835 (P) 11,826 (P) 214 (P) 1.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 24,747 24,959 24,899 (P) 25,058 (P) 311 (P) 1.3

Information
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 2,696 2,637 2,651 (P) 2,644 (P) -52 (P) -1.9

Financial activities
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 7,621 7,657 7,609 (P) 7,617 (P) -4 (P) -0.1

Professional and business services
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 16,950 17,368 17,360 (P) 17,501 (P) 551 (P) 3.3

Education and health services
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 19,865 19,694 20,012 (P) 20,301 (P) 436 (P) 2.2

Leisure and hospitality
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 13,031 13,870 13,473 (P) 13,249 (P) 218 (P) 1.7

Other services
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 5,416 5,501 5,446 (P) 5,451 (P) 35 (P) 0.6

Government
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 22,642 20,865 21,846 (P) 22,372 (P) -270 (P) -1.2

Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Ga.

Total nonfarm
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 2,270.2 2,239.6 2,234.2 (P) 2,248.1 (P) -22.1 (P) -1.0

Mining and logging
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 1.4 1.4 1.4 (P) 1.4 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 91.2 87.1 84.8 (P) 83.5 (P) -7.7 (P) -8.4

Manufacturing
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 143.0 147.2 147.1 (P) 146.7 (P) 3.7 (P) 2.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 514.2 512.9 513.9 (P) 519.1 (P) 4.9 (P) 1.0

Information
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 78.7 75.5 75.0 (P) 74.4 (P) -4.3 (P) -5.5

Financial activities
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 140.4 129.3 127.8 (P) 127.0 (P) -13.4 (P) -9.5

Professional and business services
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 386.8 385.7 387.0 (P) 393.5 (P) 6.7 (P) 1.7

Education and health services
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 275.8 278.7 278.2 (P) 281.3 (P) 5.5 (P) 2.0

Leisure and hospitality
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 223.6 223.9 217.5 (P) 219.2 (P) -4.4 (P) -2.0

Other services
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 93.8 93.2 91.4 (P) 91.8 (P) -2.0 (P) -2.1

Government
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 321.3 304.7 310.1 (P) 310.2 (P) -11.1 (P) -3.5

Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Mass.-N.H. (NECTA)

Total nonfarm
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 2,452.5 2,466.4 2,479.4 (P) 2,499.5 (P) 47.0 (P) 1.9

Mining and logging
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 0.6 0.5 0.5 (P) 0.5 (P) -0.1 (P) -16.7

Construction
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 80.9 85.5 82.7 (P) 82.7 (P) 1.8 (P) 2.2

Manufacturing
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 195.7 200.5 199.9 (P) 200.3 (P) 4.6 (P) 2.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 401.0 407.3 403.6 (P) 408.5 (P) 7.5 (P) 1.9

Information
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 73.4 72.5 77.6 (P) 76.9 (P) 3.5 (P) 4.8

Financial activities
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 172.6 175.5 173.6 (P) 173.4 (P) 0.8 (P) 0.5

Professional and business services
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 394.4 405.8 403.8 (P) 404.8 (P) 10.4 (P) 2.6

Education and health services
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 508.2 498.6 506.1 (P) 518.1 (P) 9.9 (P) 1.9

Leisure and hospitality
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 228.7 249.5 236.9 (P) 235.2 (P) 6.5 (P) 2.8

Other services
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 90.1 94.5 92.5 (P) 92.6 (P) 2.5 (P) 2.8

Government
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 306.9 276.2 302.2 (P) 306.5 (P) -0.4 (P) -0.1

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville, Ill.-Ind.-Wis.

Total nonfarm
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 4,300.0 4,289.5 4,293.6 (P) 4,316.2 (P) 16.2 (P) 0.4

Mining and logging
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 1.6 1.6 1.6 (P) 1.6 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 160.3 169.3 165.2 (P) 166.0 (P) 5.7 (P) 3.6

Manufacturing
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 405.7 408.8 407.5 (P) 406.5 (P) 0.8 (P) 0.2

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 860.6 864.7 865.9 (P) 870.7 (P) 10.1 (P) 1.2

Information
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 79.4 75.8 74.9 (P) 76.0 (P) -3.4 (P) -4.3

Financial activities
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 287.0 286.4 283.5 (P) 284.0 (P) -3.0 (P) -1.0

Professional and business services
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 695.2 703.4 702.2 (P) 709.2 (P) 14.0 (P) 2.0

Education and health services
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 647.7 632.1 640.6 (P) 652.5 (P) 4.8 (P) 0.7

Leisure and hospitality
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 400.0 414.8 406.4 (P) 396.9 (P) -3.1 (P) -0.8

Other services
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 192.1 193.1 190.3 (P) 189.9 (P) -2.2 (P) -1.1

Government
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 570.4 539.5 555.5 (P) 562.9 (P) -7.5 (P) -1.3

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas

Total nonfarm
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 2,895.0 2,926.5 2,942.0 (P) 2,943.8 (P) 48.8 (P) 1.7

Mining, logging, and construction
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 161.5 165.3 164.1 (P) 159.7 (P) -1.8 (P) -1.1

Manufacturing
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 249.2 251.3 251.6 (P) 250.8 (P) 1.6 (P) 0.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 592.9 607.5 607.1 (P) 608.3 (P) 15.4 (P) 2.6

Information
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 78.0 74.0 74.0 (P) 74.0 (P) -4.0 (P) -5.1

Financial activities
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 229.1 239.8 239.5 (P) 239.5 (P) 10.4 (P) 4.5

Professional and business services
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 439.4 451.6 458.8 (P) 459.5 (P) 20.1 (P) 4.6

Education and health services
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 361.3 365.1 364.7 (P) 366.0 (P) 4.7 (P) 1.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 282.8 290.2 290.3 (P) 289.4 (P) 6.6 (P) 2.3

Other services
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 100.2 101.8 101.1 (P) 100.7 (P) 0.5 (P) 0.5

Government
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 400.6 379.9 390.8 (P) 395.9 (P) -4.7 (P) -1.2

Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich.

Total nonfarm
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 1,756.4 1,751.4 1,761.0 (P) 1,774.0 (P) 17.6 (P) 1.0

Mining, logging, and construction
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 55.5 62.5 61.5 (P) 60.3 (P) 4.8 (P) 8.6

Manufacturing
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 194.8 198.5 200.8 (P) 202.0 (P) 7.2 (P) 3.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 327.1 326.0 324.4 (P) 327.6 (P) 0.5 (P) 0.2

Information
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 28.1 27.8 27.6 (P) 27.7 (P) -0.4 (P) -1.4

Financial activities
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 94.0 95.8 95.0 (P) 95.2 (P) 1.2 (P) 1.3

Professional and business services
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 312.1 318.6 316.1 (P) 318.9 (P) 6.8 (P) 2.2

Education and health services
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 287.6 286.1 286.9 (P) 289.5 (P) 1.9 (P) 0.7

Leisure & hospitality
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 168.9 173.0 170.6 (P) 169.0 (P) 0.1 (P) 0.1

Other services
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 80.9 82.0 81.4 (P) 83.5 (P) 2.6 (P) 3.2

Government
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 207.4 181.1 196.7 (P) 200.3 (P) -7.1 (P) -3.4

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas

Total nonfarm
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 2,549.0 2,593.3 2,605.2 (P) 2,628.5 (P) 79.5 (P) 3.1

Mining and logging
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 82.2 90.8 91.7 (P) 92.7 (P) 10.5 (P) 12.8

Construction
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 174.3 184.0 183.1 (P) 179.4 (P) 5.1 (P) 2.9

Manufacturing
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 219.0 230.2 228.9 (P) 229.3 (P) 10.3 (P) 4.7

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 518.1 527.7 525.3 (P) 529.7 (P) 11.6 (P) 2.2

Information
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 31.3 29.8 29.6 (P) 29.4 (P) -1.9 (P) -6.1

Financial activities
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 134.9 135.8 135.5 (P) 136.7 (P) 1.8 (P) 1.3

Professional and business services
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 366.4 379.8 381.0 (P) 385.0 (P) 18.6 (P) 5.1

Education and health services
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 311.8 316.9 321.9 (P) 325.2 (P) 13.4 (P) 4.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 233.6 245.5 239.4 (P) 242.5 (P) 8.9 (P) 3.8

Other services
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 91.8 96.2 96.3 (P) 98.1 (P) 6.3 (P) 6.9

Government
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 385.6 356.6 372.5 (P) 380.5 (P) -5.1 (P) -1.3

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.

Total nonfarm
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 5,154.6 5,095.9 5,148.1 (P) 5,194.0 (P) 39.4 (P) 0.8

Mining and logging
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 4.6 4.7 4.7 (P) 4.7 (P) 0.1 (P) 2.2

Construction
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 170.7 170.2 168.3 (P) 170.3 (P) -0.4 (P) -0.2

Manufacturing
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 523.2 526.3 524.3 (P) 524.6 (P) 1.4 (P) 0.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 987.6 977.5 982.0 (P) 985.4 (P) -2.2 (P) -0.2

Information
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 221.6 230.9 230.8 (P) 229.5 (P) 7.9 (P) 3.6

Financial activities
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 313.8 310.8 309.0 (P) 310.6 (P) -3.2 (P) -1.0

Professional and business services
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 778.1 772.6 782.7 (P) 791.9 (P) 13.8 (P) 1.8

Education and health services
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 689.8 678.1 696.4 (P) 706.0 (P) 16.2 (P) 2.3

Leisure and hospitality
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 560.1 570.4 573.3 (P) 573.0 (P) 12.9 (P) 2.3

Other services
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 180.2 174.3 174.5 (P) 175.3 (P) -4.9 (P) -2.7

Government
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 724.9 680.1 702.1 (P) 722.7 (P) -2.2 (P) -0.3

Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Fla.

Total nonfarm
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 2,182.3 2,194.6 2,197.5 (P) 2,213.5 (P) 31.2 (P) 1.4

Mining and logging
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 0.5 0.5 0.5 (P) 0.5 (P) 0.0 (P) 0.0

Construction
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 86.4 84.3 84.3 (P) 84.2 (P) -2.2 (P) -2.5

Manufacturing
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 73.5 72.2 72.3 (P) 72.2 (P) -1.3 (P) -1.8

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 502.3 503.8 501.9 (P) 504.7 (P) 2.4 (P) 0.5

Information
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 42.9 41.2 40.9 (P) 41.2 (P) -1.7 (P) -4.0

Financial activities
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 151.4 150.8 150.6 (P) 150.3 (P) -1.1 (P) -0.7

Professional and business services
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 328.8 335.8 336.0 (P) 340.4 (P) 11.6 (P) 3.5

Education and health services
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 337.8 342.2 348.2 (P) 349.8 (P) 12.0 (P) 3.6

Leisure and hospitality
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 246.4 257.7 255.0 (P) 256.8 (P) 10.4 (P) 4.2

Other services
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 93.8 92.6 93.0 (P) 94.4 (P) 0.6 (P) 0.6

Government
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 318.5 313.5 314.8 (P) 319.0 (P) 0.5 (P) 0.2

New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa.

Total nonfarm
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 8,378.6 8,311.0 8,296.9 (P) 8,382.8 (P) 4.2 (P) 0.1

Mining, logging, and construction
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 302.0 305.9 305.4 (P) 302.9 (P) 0.9 (P) 0.3

Manufacturing
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 368.1 358.5 356.6 (P) 359.6 (P) -8.5 (P) -2.3

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 1,543.2 1,528.2 1,540.2 (P) 1,549.0 (P) 5.8 (P) 0.4

Information
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 269.7 246.0 260.6 (P) 259.6 (P) -10.1 (P) -3.7

Financial activities
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 733.6 741.8 738.2 (P) 734.5 (P) 0.9 (P) 0.1

Professional and business services
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 1,276.9 1,295.0 1,288.9 (P) 1,299.2 (P) 22.3 (P) 1.7

Education and health services
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 1,554.5 1,521.3 1,537.3 (P) 1,570.8 (P) 16.3 (P) 1.0

Leisure and hospitality
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 690.9 731.5 708.3 (P) 703.2 (P) 12.3 (P) 1.8

Other services
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 357.7 356.1 346.6 (P) 351.2 (P) -6.5 (P) -1.8

Government
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 1,282.0 1,226.7 1,214.8 (P) 1,252.8 (P) -29.2 (P) -2.3

Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pa.-N.J.-Del.-Md.

Total nonfarm
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 2,721.5 2,665.4 2,690.3 (P) 2,718.2 (P) -3.3 (P) -0.1

Mining, logging, and construction
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 103.0 99.3 98.9 (P) 99.9 (P) -3.1 (P) -3.0

Manufacturing
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 186.6 183.1 182.2 (P) 181.9 (P) -4.7 (P) -2.5

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 502.2 498.3 499.8 (P) 504.4 (P) 2.2 (P) 0.4

Information
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 51.2 47.4 50.2 (P) 50.1 (P) -1.1 (P) -2.1

Financial activities
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 200.0 201.9 200.1 (P) 200.6 (P) 0.6 (P) 0.3

Professional and business services
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 410.0 417.8 415.5 (P) 415.7 (P) 5.7 (P) 1.4

Education and health services
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 570.4 551.2 561.9 (P) 574.9 (P) 4.5 (P) 0.8

Leisure and hospitality
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 228.4 235.0 231.9 (P) 231.3 (P) 2.9 (P) 1.3

Other services
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 120.2 122.6 121.5 (P) 121.4 (P) 1.2 (P) 1.0

Government
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 349.5 308.8 328.3 (P) 338.0 (P) -11.5 (P) -3.3

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.

Total nonfarm
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 1,891.6 1,892.3 1,899.2 (P) 1,909.3 (P) 17.7 (P) 0.9

Mining and logging
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 1.4 1.4 1.3 (P) 1.3 (P) -0.1 (P) -7.1

Construction
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 80.7 80.2 80.2 (P) 79.9 (P) -0.8 (P) -1.0

Manufacturing
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 115.1 116.3 115.4 (P) 114.6 (P) -0.5 (P) -0.4

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 321.3 318.5 320.4 (P) 319.9 (P) -1.4 (P) -0.4

Information
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 61.6 61.9 61.6 (P) 61.8 (P) 0.2 (P) 0.3

Financial activities
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 124.7 122.1 123.4 (P) 122.5 (P) -2.2 (P) -1.8

Professional and business services
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 351.9 361.1 362.6 (P) 362.9 (P) 11.0 (P) 3.1

Education and health services
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 249.8 249.2 250.8 (P) 256.9 (P) 7.1 (P) 2.8

Leisure and hospitality
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 210.7 216.2 213.1 (P) 214.4 (P) 3.7 (P) 1.8

Other services
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 71.8 74.4 74.5 (P) 73.7 (P) 1.9 (P) 2.6

Government
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 302.6 291.0 295.9 (P) 301.4 (P) -1.2 (P) -0.4

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Va.-Md.-W.Va.

Total nonfarm
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 2,988.4 2,969.1 2,980.4 (P) 2,994.3 (P) 5.9 (P) 0.2

Mining, logging, and construction
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 141.7 140.2 140.6 (P) 139.5 (P) -2.2 (P) -1.6

Manufacturing
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 53.0 49.9 49.2 (P) 49.5 (P) -3.5 (P) -6.6

Trade, transportation, and utilities
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 380.8 380.8 376.6 (P) 380.4 (P) -0.4 (P) -0.1

Information
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 79.2 74.6 77.1 (P) 77.4 (P) -1.8 (P) -2.3

Financial activities
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 146.8 151.1 151.1 (P) 150.8 (P) 4.0 (P) 2.7

Professional and business services
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 688.9 696.6 694.9 (P) 697.6 (P) 8.7 (P) 1.3

Education and health services
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 365.4 355.3 362.6 (P) 367.3 (P) 1.9 (P) 0.5

Leisure and hospitality
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 260.0 271.8 265.7 (P) 264.1 (P) 4.1 (P) 1.6

Other services
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 180.7 179.7 176.8 (P) 176.8 (P) -3.9 (P) -2.2

Government
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 691.9 669.1 685.8 (P) 690.9 (P) -1.0 (P) -0.1

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics - National - State and Metropolitan Area

The Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey is a monthly survey of business establishments which provides estimates of employment, hours, and earnings data by industry for the nation as a whole, all States, and most major metropolitan areas since 1939. The CES survey is a Federal-State cooperative program in which State employment security agencies prepare the data using concepts, definitions, and technical procedures prescribed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Last Modified Date: December 6, 2011