US Labor Dept: Las Vegas, Orlando and San Diego Lead all MSAs in Job Growth by Percent (state, Atlanta)

[18Montclair]

I only posted data for MSAs that added 20,000+ jobs year-over-year. Data for all MSAs can be found at the link at the bottom of this post.

observation: Some MSAs that locked down longer and/or suffered greater losses due to tourism during the pandemic finally posted solid growth in 2021

NYC and LA combined added nearly 1 million jobs!!

Jan 2021-Jan 2022 MSA Job Growth
New York-Newark-Jersey City +504,300
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim +464,100
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington +240,300
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin +227,600
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward +171,100
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell +164,900
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land +153,700
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach +153,500
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua +126,800
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington +125,000
San Diego-Carlsbad +123,300
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise +123,100
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue +112,700
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford +110,500
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn +109,400
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria +106,100
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario +103,400
Austin-Round Rock +92,300
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale +91,300
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood +76,600
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara +72,400
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro +69,700
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater +69,400
San Antonio-New Braunfels +57,100
Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin +55,600
Sacramento-Roseville-Arden Arcade +51,000
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson +50,700
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington +49,900
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson +45,100
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia +34,800
Raleigh +32,300
Pittsburgh +30,600
Jacksonville +29,900
St Louis +26,600
Honolulu +25,900
Providence-Warwick +4.6%
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton +24,700
Salt Lake City +24,600
Fresno +23,500
Rochester(NY) +23,400
Grand Rapids-Wyoming +23,300
Cleveland-Elyria +23,100
Albuquerque +22,000

Jan 2021-Jan 2022 MSA Job Growth by Percent
Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise +13.7%
San Diego-Carlsbad +9.2%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford +9.1%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim +8.4%
Austin-Round Rock +8.3%
North Port-Sarasota-Bradenton +8.0%
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward +7.7%
Fresno +6.9%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario +6.9%
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara +6.9%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington +6.5%
Honolulu +6.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro +6.2%
Albuquerque +6.0%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell +6.0%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach +6.0%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn +5.9%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue +5.8%
New York-Newark-Jersey City +5.7%
San Antonio-New Braunfels +5.6%
Nashville-Murfreesboro-Franklin +5.5%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin +5.3%
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood +5.3%
Sacramento-Roseville-Arden Arcade +5.3%
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land +5.2%
Raleigh +5.1%
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater +5.1%
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua +5.0%
Rochester(NY) +4.8%
Providence-Warwick +4.6%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming +4.5%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington +4.5%
Jacksonville +4.2%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson +4.3%
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale +4.2%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson +3.8%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria +3.4%
Salt Lake City +3.3%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia +2.9%
Pittsburgh +2.8%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington +2.7%
Cleveland-Elyria +2.3%
St Louis +2.0%

Data for all Metros here:
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.t03.htm

[TacoSoup]

I’d like to see what the numbers were before the government locked everything down putting millions out of business?

[Need4Camaro]

Originally Posted by TacoSoup

I’d like to see what the numbers were before the government locked everything down putting millions out of business?

I think we saw that during the late end of 2020 and it wasn't pretty for touristy orientated metro's such as Orlando and Las Vegas. It would only make sense that now that things are recovering that they would have record numbers of job growth as they return to normal.

[Meridian12345]

How about Cincy and Columbus?

[ClevelandBrown]

Originally Posted by Meridian12345

How about Cincy and Columbus?

Cincinnati was at 15,800 and Columbus at 17,800.

Cincinnati saw a major downshift once the 2021 numbers were finalized, but several metros also saw some significant swings (both up and down). Overall, Cincinnati, Columbus and Cleveland have been posting similar numbers since about 2017, which Cincinnati a little out front.

[Shakeesha]

Originally Posted by Need4Camaro

I think we saw that during the late end of 2020 and it wasn't pretty for touristy orientated metro's such as Orlando and Las Vegas. It would only make sense that now that things are recovering that they would have record numbers of job growth as they return to normal.

It makes a lot of sense for Orlando. The doors flung back open long before a lot of other metros.

[saybanana]

Omg LA, everyone was saying there was an Moses level exodus of 8 million people, yet it's #2.

[InlandWave]

Hmm, little bit confused. It says that Employment in Mobile Metro increase by only only 2.8k but when you look at the actual Mobile Metro statistics, it says that Employment increased by 5.2k? What's up?

[JMatl]

Originally Posted by Shakeesha

It makes a lot of sense for Orlando. The doors flung back open long before a lot of other metros.

If their Governor had gotten his way, they would have never closed at all. We only closed for 3 weeks, and nothing was ever mandated Statewide. Our Governor even sued Atlanta over its mask ordinance!

[Arcenal813]

I was working downtown Orlando (and living just outside of it) when the pandemic hit. Nothing ever really slowed down. Life went on as usual… Other than the fact we had to wear a mask walking into the gym.