BLS: 242 Out of 389 Metropolitan Areas Had Decreases in Employment for the Year Ended November 2020
January 09, 2021
January 09, 2021
WASHINGTON, Jan. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics issued the following article from Economics Daily:
From November 2019 to November 2020, 242 metropolitan areas had over-the-year decreases in nonfarm payroll employment and 147 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year employment decreases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (-999,600), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (-514,900), and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI . . .
From November 2019 to November 2020, 242 metropolitan areas had over-the-year decreases in nonfarm payroll employment and 147 were essentially unchanged. The largest over-the-year employment decreases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA (-999,600), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (-514,900), and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI . . .