Dallas Leads Nation in Year-over-Year Job Growth, 12-05-13
On December 5, 2013 the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the latest year-over-year job growth numbers for the 12 largest metropolitan areas in the nation.
Quotes from the release:
* Dallas ranked first in the rate of job growth and second in the number of jobs added [after NYC].
* Total nonfarm employment .... stood at 3,148,400 in October 2013, up 96,100 over the year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Observations from the release:
* Dallas advanced to become the fourth largest employment center in the nation, having eclipsed Washington D.C. over the past year by 60,600 jobs.
* Latest rankings:
1) New York - 8,787,300
2) Los Angeles - 5,409,500
3) Chicago - 4,483,000
4) Dallas - 3,148,400
5) Washington D.C. - 3,087,800
6) Houston - 2,812,500
7) Philadelphia - 2,777,800
8) Boston - 2,593,000
9) Atlanta - 2,434,400
10) Miami -2,329,400
11) San Francisco -2,035,200
12) Detroit -1,862,000
Full release:
http://www.bls.gov/ro6/fax/dfw_ces.htm