<H3>• U.S. Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment — August 2015</H3>

Unemployment rates were lower in August than a year earlier in 365 of the 387 metropolitan areas, higher in 16 areas, and unchanged in 6 areas. Eleven areas had jobless rates of less than 3.0 percent and three areas had rates of at least 10.0 percent.

Employment: In August, 303 metropolitan areas had over-the-year increases in nonfarm payroll employment, 71 had decreases, and 13 had no change. The largest over-the-year employment increases occurred in New York-Newark-Jersey City, N.Y.-N.J.-Pa. (+161,800), Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, Calif. (+124,800), and Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas (+103,500). The largest over-the-year percentage gain in employment occurred in Provo-Orem, Utah (+6.2 percent), followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, Calif. (+5.5 percent), and Columbus, Ind., Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., and Greeley, Colo. (+4.5 percent each).

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