Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) News Release

Bureau of Labor Statistics

The latest Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment (Monthly) news release has been posted on the BLS website at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/metro.pdf and also archived at https://www.bls.gov/news.release/archives/metro_05282025.pdf. Highlights are below. April jobless rates up over the year in 286 of 387 metro areas; payroll jobs up in 20 05/28/2025 Jobless rates were higher in April than a year earlier in 286 of the 387 metropolitan areas, lower in 72, and unchanged in 29. Nonfarm payroll employment increased over the year in 20 metropolitan areas, decreased in 1, and was essentially unchanged in 366. HTML | PDF | RSS | Charts

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