City Job growth index nonfarm emplmnt San Francisco-Redwood City-South San Francisco, CA Metro Div. 97.5 1034.20 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 97.2 1031.50 Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metro Div. 91.4 2346.30 Austin-Round Rock, TX 90.9 924.9 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 90.8 892 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 90.2 2973.60 Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 89.6 1364.00 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 88.8 1135.70 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 86.2 1085.80 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 84.9 960.3 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 83.9 1319.10 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 83.2 2551.70 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro Div. 82.8 993 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metro Div. 82.6 1575.60 Raleigh, NC 82.5 571.5 Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metro Div. 81.5 1114.80 New York City, NY 80.9 4165.90 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Delray Beach, FL Metro Div. 80.8 576.2 Salt Lake City, UT 78.7 666.2 Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metro Div. 78.2 796.1 Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 77.4 642.4 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 77 1090.50 Kansas City, KS 74 458.8 Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 73.9 521.2 Columbus, OH 72.3 1028.20 Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine, CA Metro Div. 72.3 1524.20 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 71.4 1900.00 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 71.1 1372.30 Oakland-Hayward-Berkeley, CA Metro Div. 70.5 1081.50 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 69.1 896.8 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 68.7 1006.90 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 68.5 1224.20 Oklahoma City, OK 67.8 625.8 Jacksonville, FL 65.9 633.5 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metro Div. 64.4 4295.60 Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 59 902.1 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA NECTA Div. 57.8 1742.00 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 57.4 1903.70 Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metro Div. 56.4 1182.70 Richmond, VA 50.7 638.1 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 49.8 1047.80 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 47.3 486.6 New Orleans-Metairie, LA 46.7 566.2 Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights, IL Metro Div. 46.7 3597.70 Urban Honolulu, HI 44.9 467.2 Kansas City, MO 42.7 571.7 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Div. 41.5 2560.70 Philadelphia City, PA 41 684.3 Nassau County-Suffolk County, NY Metro Div. 39.9 1292.30 Northern Virginia, VA 38.1 1388.00 Middlesex-Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 38.1 845.9 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT NECTA 35.7 571.3 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 35.7 457.2 Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 33.1 845.7 Birmingham-Hoover, AL 32.2 516.4 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA NECTA 32.1 568.7 Montgomery County-Bucks County-Chester County, PA Metro Div. 31.5 1024.80 Pittsburgh, PA 30.7 1164.60 Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI Metro Div. 30.2 734.4 Orange-Rockland-Westchester, NY 29.9 688.8 Memphis, TN-MS-AR 29.5 622.5 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 27.9 556.7 Rochester, NY 27.4 527.8 Silver Spring-Frederick-Rockville, MD Metro Div. 26.9 576.2 St. Louis, MO-IL 24.1 1314.30 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 24 1038.20 Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 22.7 753.9 Bergen-Hudson-Passaic, NJ 22.5 895.1 Newark, NJ-PA Metro Div. 21.7 1188.10 Camden, NJ Metro Div. 15.5 515.3