Atlanta No. 2 metro for job growth in May (Dallas, Arlington: 2015, employment)

[Airforceguy]

The Atlanta growth engine is back! Atlanta was second only to Dallas-Fort Worth..

Atlanta had the second-fastest rate of job growth of the 12 largest metros in the country in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.
Total nonfarm employment for region was up 3.2 percent to 2,583,200 -- an increase of 79,000 from a year ago. Atlanta trailed only Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, which saw a 3.4 percent jump.

Atlanta experienced its largest increase in professional and business services. Trade, transportation, and utilities had the second-largest increase in jobs.

Three other sectors in metro Atlanta gained at least 5,500 jobs since last May — education and health services added 9,800 jobs, construction created 6,100 jobs, and financial activities added 5,700.

Atlanta No. 2 metro for job growth in May - Atlanta Business Chronicle

[JoeTarheel]

It took us a little longer to rebound, but in true Atlanta style we've done it with a vengeance. Who would have thought two years ago that we could compete with the Texas cities in job growth?

[afdinatl]

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[atler8]

Yes Joe.^^ And as we all should know, nothing lasts forever, as for example in terms of job growth or job loss trends, etc.
In terms of the monthly job total change recorded from April 2015 to May 2015, who would have expected that both California & New York State would have both beaten the pants off of the Texas figure with Michigan's growth total being a strong 4th place finisher in the data.
The worm will always turn, eventually...

[AtlantaIsHot]

These are the types of headlines I like to see! The building boom is great but the jobs are most needed and most important for people everywhere. No growth is possible without job growth to sustain it.

[AtlantaIsHot]

Originally Posted by atler8

Yes Joe.^^ And as we all should know, nothing lasts forever, as for example in terms of job growth or job loss trends, etc.
In terms of the monthly job total change recorded from April 2015 to May 2015, who would have expected that both California & New York State would have both beaten the pants off of the Texas figure with Michigan's growth total being a strong 4th place finisher in the data.
The worm will always turn, eventually...

It's not all that surprising... California has such a large population and the northern half has such an educated workforce with top-notch universities like Stanford that the rich population will be appealing to business regardless. The state succeeds largely in spite of uncompetitive environments due to these facts. New York benefits from the economic behemoth of NYC and also has a highly educated workforce. New York state is also borrowing from the sunbelt in reducing constraints on business and economic freedom by reducing heavy taxation and regulatory strictures (those TV commercials promoting New York blare this a lot around here). Michigan is another state with a highly educated (and sometimes more importantly), highly skilled workforce that has loosened it's economic strictures to promote growth. Generations of heavy and advanced manufacturing have created economies of scale that a lot of other states simply cannot match.

The sunbelt will go on but it's good to see the other important components of the U.S. economy doing well. Given that the U.S. was overtaken by China last year in GDP, we need to get moving after so many years of sluggishness.

[DreamerD]

Originally Posted by Airforceguy

The Atlanta growth engine is back! Atlanta was second only to Dallas-Fort Worth..

Atlanta No. 2 metro for job growth in May - Atlanta Business Chronicle

Glad that the jobs growth is spread out and not just centered on a few.

[isawooty]

Originally Posted by afdinatl

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Preach chile!

[aries4118]

I thought we were beginning to grow faster than Dallas?

[J2rescue]

Originally Posted by JoeTarheel

It took us a little longer to rebound, but in true Atlanta style we've done it with a vengeance. Who would have thought two years ago that we could compete with the Texas cities in job growth?

These things are ALWAYS cyclical. The advantages that made Atlanta a booming metro for decades didn't suddenly vanish during the recession. That's why I found all of the doom and gloom articles so pointless. Metro Atlanta certainly has its challenges but so does every other large, growing urban center.