NYC Jobs Fell More Than 50,000 in Year Through November

(Bloomberg) -- The job market soured in the Big Apple in November, according to Labor Department data issued Friday. Despite a 52,134 decline, a surge in hiring in the New York City suburbs helped the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA metropolitan area to the second-largest jobs gain in the country with a 99,400 jump. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas region witnessed the nation’s largest metro-area payrolls increase, with almost 121,000 jobs added.

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