NY, Houston and Atlanta Lead in Annual Job Growth (state, better, largest)

[18Montclair]

Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Commerce Department
Job Growth, January 2011-January 2012
50,000+
New York-Newark-Bridgeport +129,800
Houston-Baytown-Huntsville +94,800
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Gainesville +72,700
Dallas-Ft Worth +70,900
San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland +59,400

10,000-49,999
Washington-Baltimore-Northern VA +47,700
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Riverside +41,900
Chicago-Naperville-Michigan City +41,800
Seattle-Tacoma-Olympia +35,100
Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale +32,700
Denver-Aurora-Boulder +31,900
Austin-Round Rock-Marble Falls +26,800
Miami-Ft Lauderdale-Pompano Beach +26,400
Detroit-Warren-Flint +24,100
Salt Lake City-Ogden-Clearfield +23,100
Cincinnati-Middletown-Wilmington +20,300
Minneapolis-St Paul-St Cloud +20,200
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater +19,200
Pittsburgh-New Castle +17,900
Raleigh-Durham-Cary +16,800
Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Columbia +15,900
Columbus-Marion-Chillicothe +14,700
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro +14,500
Louisville-Elizabethtown-Scottsburg +14,200
Boston-Worcester-Manchester +13,900
Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City +13,300
Charlotte-Gastonia-Salisbury +13,200
Richmond +12,200
Phildelphia-Camden-Vineland +12,100
Memphis +11,500
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos +11,400
Oklahoma City +11,300
San Antonio-New Braunfels +10,700
Knoxville-Sevierville-La Follette +10,300
Lafayette(LA) +10,300

*Cleveland and St Louis are the two largest Metro Regions to see a decrease in jobs from Jan 2011-Jan 2012

Link to data for all Metro Areas: Table 3. Employees on nonfarm payrolls by state and metropolitan area

[BeyondInfinity]

Glad to see Atlanta back up there.

[S.D. Calif]

Houston, Dallas, and Atlanta are doing a good job for the South.

[LiveFrom215]

Houston is a powerhouse. People bash it and bash it, and it ignores them and keeps growing. I don't think it's for me, but it's a pretty formidable place.

[S.D. Calif]

Originally Posted by LiveFrom215

Houston is a powerhouse. People bash it and bash it, and it ignores them and keeps growing. I don't think it's for me, but it's a pretty formidable place.

Exactly. In Houston vs Atlanta threads it's bashed for not having a "diverse enough economy," but hey, why does it matter if it's second to New York City in pulling in jobs - ahead of Atlanta by a sizable gap. Looks like an emerging center to me.

[Duderino]

Not trying to undermine the successes of job growth in any way in any particular metro area, but it would be interesting to see the median salary of jobs added by each metro area. I know BLS does not track this sort of data, as it would be very difficult, but it would definitely give a much better picture as to the quality of jobs being added in each area.

[JohninAustin]

Originally Posted by Duderino

Not trying to undermine the successes of job growth in any way in any particular metro area, but it would be interesting to see the median salary of jobs added by each metro area. I know BLS does not track this sort of data, as it would be very difficult, but it would definitely give a much better picture as to the quality of jobs being added in each area.

Transparent and condescending. Come on man.

[queenofny26]

Can someone lie to me and tell me they forgot to put Orlando on that list? *waits anxiously*

[SEAandATL]

Originally Posted by BeyondInfinity

Glad to see Atlanta back up there.

Glad to see Atlanta didn't turn into another Detroit like a lot of people thought. Then again, Detroit was ranked fairly high at #14. It could be that the cities that lost a lot of jobs are starting to gain them back.

[Duderino]

Originally Posted by JohninAustin

Transparent and condescending. Come on man.

Honestly, I was not at all trying to be condescending. In this day and age, it's important for every city to be creating family-sustaining, truly middle class jobs, as opposed to minimum wage jobs in industries with little opportunity for growth/promotion.

That's honestly all I was getting at by "quality" jobs.