Monthly Metropolitan Employment Trends

Monthly Metropolitan Employment Trends

February 2007 employment showed gains in 296 of the 408 metropolitan areas covered in the Monthly Metropolitan Employment Trends (MMET) analysis compared to February 2006. Ten metropolitan areas declined in employment from the same month a year earlier. The five metros with the largest percent gain over the February to February year period are Gulfport-Biloxi, MS, Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, Dubuque, IA and St. George, UT. See the February 2007 MMET all metro ranking table. Details on use of ranking are reviewed below.

The Monthly Metropolitan Employment Trends (MMET) is a data and information service providing monthly data, analysis, and interpretation designed to assist stakeholders understand how metropolitan areas are changing -- using the most recent data available. MMET is a component of MetroDynamics.

Providing an interpretive analysis based partly on U.S. Department of Labor releases monthly employment data, MMET presents the most current picture of economic activity that are available for all metropolitan areas in the U.S. Data are released the current month for employment month before last. These data provide the freshest view of trends in any one metro area and how one metro area compares to all others.

2007 Timetable
Reference Month	Availability
January	Thu Mar 08 2007
February	Fri Mar 30 2707
March	Fri Apr 20 2007
April	Fri May 18 2007
May	Tue Jun 19 2007
June	Fri Jul 20 2007
July	Fri Aug 17 2007
August	Tue Sep 25 2007
September	Fri Oct 19 2007
October	Tue Nov 20 2007
November	Fri Dec 21 2007
December	Fri Jan 18 2008

Refreshed and extended each month, these data enable you to view how change is occurring from month to month, quarterly or across the year. Compare the most recent monthly data with data for the same month a year ago. The data update schedule is shown in the table at the right.

All Metro Ranking Table. The February 2007 MMET all metro ranking table enables easy comparison and rankings. Each row shows the total employment trend data for a metro.

Single Metro by Type of Business. Detailed breakout tables for each metro show the same monthly data for the current month and past year by type of business. Employment data are provided by NAICS industry or type of business. See sample MMET metro spreadsheet (Excel).

Selected Types of Business by Selected Metro. Create customized output to track the performance of particular types of business across multiple selected metro areas of choice.

The underlying MMET database contains monthly data from January 2000 to date and is updated monthly. Select time periods to meet specific interests. Extract data for integration with other data.