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The New York area added the largest number of jobs, 90,400, from July 2011, followed by Los Angeles and Houston, up 86,300 and 83,700, respectively. Employment in San Francisco, Dallas, and Boston expanded by more than 50,000. Only Philadelphia and Miami had employment increases of less than 15,000 over the year.
Professional and business services registered the largest over-the-year employment gains in 8 of the 12 metropolitan areas—Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco. Manufacturing experienced the largest increase in jobs in one area, Detroit, from July 2011 to July 2012.
Government recorded the largest loss of jobs in nine areas—Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington. New York’s loss of 28,600 public sector jobs was the largest decrease over the 12-month period. One area, San Francisco, added jobs in the public sector, up 11,700 from a year ago.
DC's back to its usual self now. No longer America's darling in job creation and taking a backseat to the dynamic economies in the U.S. Proud of my second home, Boston for its admirable economy both during the recession and right now.
Agreed good news is all are up. Philly needs to pick up its game in this regard
Year over year, Philadelphia's weakest job sectors were government (-7,800); mining, logging and construction (-4,700), information (-900), other services (-500), and financial activities (0). Its strongest were professional and business services (+10,700), leisure and hospitality (+5,900); trade, transportation and utilities (+4,200), education and health services (+4,000), and manufacturing (+1,300).
Construction job growth should get a nice shot in the arm next year with the city passing its zoning code reform.
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Me too!
The less Detroit is known for its fall from grace and the more it's known as a rising phoenix, the better it is for the United States as a whole.
"We may be down, but we will NEVER be out!"
I totally agree, and I think that is no small part due to the great leadership coming from Mayor Bing. Here's hoping this decade will go down as the time when the great city of Detroit rose again.
I totally agree, and I think that is no small part due to the great leadership coming from Mayor Bing. Here's hoping this decade will go down as the time when the great city of Detroit rose again.
These are metropolitan stats, not city stats. I would be surprised if Detroit proper has much to do with these numbers.
Metro Detroit is a fairly healthy and prosperous region. It isn't really poorer or more decayed than other regions. The difference is that the city center, which is a small part of the overall metropolitan area, is severely decayed in parts.
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