Big cities in the southern U.S. are seeing the highest increases in job growth, according to a new report on GlobeSt.com.

"Cities in Texas were among the biggest job gainers, according to a RealPage Analytics report. Nationally the Dallas/Fort Worth metro saw the largest increases in work opportunities. Dallas added 450,000 jobs, boosting its employment base by 17.1%, while in Fort Worth an influx of 140,000 jobs resulted in 13.2% growth. Percentage-wise, however, Austin was the big winner, growing its workforce by 22.3% and 245,000 jobs. Houston’s 263,000 new positions lifted its jobs base by 8.4%,” according to the article. 

"In absolute number of new jobs added, Atlanta came second only to Dallas/Fort Worth. The Georgia metro added 273,000 positions to its payrolls, hiking total employment by 9.6%. Education, health services, leisure and hospitality were the main draws.”

The report noted that job growth in New York was only 1.7 percent, despite being the largest employment base in the country. It cited an exodus of workers following the pandemic as one of the factors.