April jobless rates down over the year in 269 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 327 [View all]

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Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Economic News Release USDL-16-1095

Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment Summary

For release 10:00 a.m. (EDT) Wednesday, June 1, 2016

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METROPOLITAN AREA EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT -- APRIL 2016


Unemployment rates were lower in April than a year earlier in 269 of the 387 metropolitan areas, higher in 94 areas, and unchanged in 24 areas, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Twenty-five areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and seven areas had rates of at least 10.0 percent. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 327 metropolitan areas, decreased in 54 areas, and was unchanged in 6 areas. The national unemployment rate in April was 4.7 percent, not seasonally adjusted, down from 5.1 percent a year earlier.
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Metropolitan Division Nonfarm Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

In April, nonfarm payroll employment increased in 36 of the 38 metropolitan divisions over the year and was unchanged in Lynn-Saugus-Marblehead, Mass., and Nashua, N.H.-Mass. The largest over-the-year increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions occurred in New York-Jersey City-White Plains, N.Y.-N.J. (+145,600), followed by Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+111,900), and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, Calif. (+106,800). (See table 4.)

The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions occurred in Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+4.7 percent), followed by Haverhill-Newburyport-Amesbury Town, Mass.-N.H. (+4.4 percent), and San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, Calif. (+4.1 percent).

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The Regional and State Employment and Unemployment news release for May is scheduled to be released on Friday, June 17, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT). The Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment news release for May is scheduled to be released on Wednesday, June 29, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (EDT).

Read more: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/metro.nr0.htm

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