U.S. Department of Labor Reports Fort Worth-Arlington #1 in Employment Growth Rate
May 1,2013
Metropolitan Area Employment Data for March 2013.
Released May 1, 2013. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department Of Labor
The largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the metropolitan divisions occurred in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+3.6 percent), followed by San
Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, Calif. (+3.4 percent), and Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas (+3.3 percent). The largest over-the-year percentage decreases in employment occurred in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Mich., and Lake County-Kenosha County, Ill.-Wis. (-0.7 percent each).