BEA 2009-2018 Total Employment Growth & Compensation (places, population, Atlanta)
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The US Commerce Dept puts out it's own jobs figures and here is the annual count for the period between 2009 through 2018.
Data by CSA, except San Diego, Tampa and Austin which are by MSA.
2018 Total Employment & Average Annual Compensation:
1----15,010,859 New York $92,720
2----11,493,329 Los Angeles $76,178
3------6,713,015 Washington $88,836
4------6,392,984 San Francisco $112,172
5------6,371,136 Chicago $78,733
6------5,751,417 Boston $84,156
7------5,320,518 Dallas $73,777
8------4,487,818 Philadelphia $74,691
9------4,440,011 Miami $66,320
10----4,385,332 Houston $78,913
11----4,336,902 Atlanta $72,230
12----3,187,994 Detroit $71,885
13----3,138,782 Seattle $89,181
14----2,812,864 Phoenix $67,223
15----2,799,352 Minneapolis $74,140
16----2,531,206 Denver $77,682
17----2,373,091 Orlando $58,742
18----2,248,946 Cleveland $64,203
19----2,176,967 San Diego $79,319
20----2,007,586 Portland $71,431
21----1,847,724 St Louis $67,720
22----1,827,943 Tampa $64,851
23----1,742,043 Salt Lake City $63,362
24----1,713,035 Charlotte $70,183
25----1,638,237 Pittsburgh $68,810
26----1,611,265 Columbus $66,598
27----1,605,016 Kansas City $66,610
28----1,571,170 Indianapolis $64,243
29----1,514,276 Sacramento $76,028
30----1,506,528 Austin $74,896
31----1,499,480 San Antonio $62,426
32----1,434,035 Cincinnati $68,033
33----1,423,036 Nashville $66,235
34----1,367,155 Las Vegas $62,251
35----1,339,430 Raleigh $72,738
36----1,317,409 Milwaukee $66,599
37----1,149,281 Virginia Beach $64,333
2009-2018 Employment Growth:
+2,180,992 New York +16.99%
+2,096,384 Los Angeles +22.30%
+1,332,563 San Francisco +26.32%
+1,195,034 Dallas +28.96%
+1,030,045 Miami +30.20%
+866,115 Atlanta +24.95%
+861,410 Houston +24.37%
+846,791 Washington +14.43%
+828,368 Boston +16.82%
+672,812 Chicago +11.79%
+576,498 Orlando +32.08%
+551,835 Seattle +21.33%
+545,382 Phoenix +24.05%
+536,671 Denver +26.90%
+474,240 Philadelphia +11.81%
+438,081 Austin +41.00%
+419,470 Detroit +15.15%
+374,370 Charlotte +27.96%
+373,375 Salt Lake City +27.27%
+355,041 San Diego +19.48%
+349,134 Portland +21.05%
+343,461 Tampa +23.13%
+342,253 Nashville +31.66%
+340,672 Minneapolis +13.85%
+321,085 San Antonio +27.24%
+281,727 Raleigh +26.63%
+269,778 Las Vegas +24.58%
+239,861 Columbus +17.49%
+238,330 Sacramento +18.67%
+234,176 Indianapolis +17.51%
+165,432 Cleveland +7.94%
+161,364 Kansas City +11.72%
+150,737 Cincinnati +11.74%
+136,944 St Louis +8.00%
+110,645 Pittsburgh +7.24%
+93,459 Milwaukee +7.63%
+73,010 Virginia Beach +6.83%
The average annual compensation gives a clue, though really you can get lost in the weeds the more stats you throw up to get context. It’s a nice snapshot of the growth centers in this economic expansion. Virginia Beach surprises me.
Well think about it - the more people there are in an area, the more service sector jobs there will be. If there’s a 1 to 1 ratio, then the job growth is a result of population growth and not vice versa.
It goes to quality of job. And how recession proof an area is. Service sector jobs suffer the most during a recession as places in Florida and Nevada can tell you
It’s a chicken and egg thing. Jobs follow people and people follow jobs. As I said, the annual compensation does an adequate job of pointing out places that stick out for service jobs (like Orlando).
The average annual compensation gives a clue, though really you can get lost in the weeds the more stats you throw up to get context. It’s a nice snapshot of the growth centers in this economic expansion. Virginia Beach surprises me.
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Originally Posted by Heel82
It’s a chicken and egg thing. Jobs follow people and people follow jobs. As I said, the annual compensation does an adequate job of pointing out places that stick out for service jobs (like Orlando).
You're totally right. I missed these posts when I was coming up with my thoughts. I'm always about context when it comes to statistics because on its own, it can be construed in so many ways.
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Those numbers are way different than the BLS
