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The longer view · ACS annual estimates

Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area

Employment among residents aged 16+. Metro boundaries and industry definitions can change between releases.

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Share of resident employment

The 2020 gap is intentional: standard ACS 1-year estimates were not published. Lines do not bridge missing years. Year-to-year changes are descriptive, not statistically tested growth.

Annual figures & age profile

Year	Employed in selection	Share	Population	Aged 22–24	Aged 25–29
2010	337,520	14.5%	4,560,689	199,225	327,707
2011	333,865	14.2%	4,591,112	180,462	335,262
2012	337,265	14.0%	4,640,802	183,126	347,001
2013	373,515	15.2%	4,684,299	200,308	354,186
2014	365,910	14.7%	4,732,161	200,013	360,048
2015	390,691	15.3%	4,774,321	208,952	364,107
2016	396,985	15.3%	4,794,447	204,927	363,337
2017	408,779	15.6%	4,836,531	206,706	372,322
2018	425,636	16.1%	4,875,390	204,655	378,643
2019	449,868	16.7%	4,873,019	208,976	377,952
2021	469,693	17.9%	4,899,932	200,338	360,573
2022	464,765	17.3%	4,900,550	212,706	354,060
2023	480,903	17.7%	4,919,179	208,219	352,861
2024	488,000	17.5%	5,025,517	213,521	366,186

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Industry footprint by metro

Share is the percentage of all employed residents working in your selected industries. Concentration compares that share with the US average for the same year: 2× means twice the share, not twice your chance of a job.

Metropolitan area	Employed in selection	Industry share	US concentration	Residents 22–29
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area	255,202± 8,900 MOE	24.0%	1.9×	234,613
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area	550,634± 13,247 MOE	22.5%	1.7×	473,247
Boulder, CO Metro Area	40,406± 3,376 MOE	22.4%	1.7×	41,093
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro Area	768,485± 11,890 MOE	22.2%	1.7×	684,193
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Metro Area	292,858± 12,108 MOE	20.5%	1.6×	312,601
Raleigh-Cary, NC Metro Area	168,149± 7,205 MOE	20.0%	1.6×	168,754
Santa Fe, NM Metro Area	13,882± 1,900 MOE	18.0%	1.4×	13,311
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area	310,713± 9,729 MOE	18.0%	1.4×	365,187
Huntsville, AL Metro Area	50,016± 3,784 MOE	18.0%	1.4×	59,542
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area	291,065± 10,097 MOE	17.8%	1.4×	380,059
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metro Area	488,000± 10,780 MOE	17.5%	1.4×	579,707
Wildwood-The Villages, FL Metro Area	6,267± 1,861 MOE	17.5%	1.4×	5,294
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA Metro Area	385,340± 11,625 MOE	17.4%	1.4×	485,331
Charleston-North Charleston, SC Metro Area	74,605± 6,106 MOE	16.7%	1.3×	95,955
Madison, WI Metro Area	67,779± 4,562 MOE	16.7%	1.3×	95,284
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA Metro Area	549,901± 14,059 MOE	16.5%	1.3×	688,731
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area	83,221± 5,112 MOE	16.4%	1.3×	94,759
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area	62,707± 4,491 MOE	16.4%	1.3×	128,026
Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area	12,570± 1,844 MOE	16.1%	1.3×	18,602
Kennewick-Richland, WA Metro Area	23,383± 3,087 MOE	16.1%	1.3×	36,133
Naples-Marco Island, FL Metro Area	28,064± 3,658 MOE	16.1%	1.3×	26,971
Lexington Park, MD Metro Area	16,824± 1,887 MOE	16.0%	1.2×	20,828
Kingston, NY Metro Area	14,079± 1,886 MOE	15.9%	1.2×	17,515
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area	1,583,789± 22,088 MOE	15.8%	1.2×	2,177,272
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro Area	233,883± 7,826 MOE	15.8%	1.2×	287,483
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO Metro Area	31,890± 2,965 MOE	15.7%	1.2×	49,449
Albuquerque, NM Metro Area	69,311± 5,022 MOE	15.6%	1.2×	95,701
Port St. Lucie, FL Metro Area	37,717± 4,591 MOE	15.6%	1.2×	43,120
Charlottesville, VA Metro Area	18,007± 2,689 MOE	15.5%	1.2×	25,444
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL Metro Area	509,172± 14,009 MOE	15.4%	1.2×	620,397

Definitions & source

US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates, DP03 and B01001. Counts cover civilian employed residents aged 16 and over, including people who commute elsewhere. They are not local workplace job counts or job vacancies. No career seniority breakdown is available in these tables.

Ages 22–24 and 25–29 are published bands; we do not estimate an exact 22–26 group. MOEs are 90% margins of error; combined counts use the Census square-root-of-summed-squares approximation. Small differences may be sampling noise. Historical boundaries and classifications are not harmonized.

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