DFW leads the US in job growth. Will it lead to better salaries or perks for workers?

The Dallas-Fort Worth metro area gained more jobs than any other metro area during the past year, according to a report by the U.S. Bureau off Labor Statistics.

So, is this abundance of employment opportunities giving North Texas workers the upper hand? Are prospective hires negotiating fatter salaries, or asking for (and receiving) other perks during the job interview?

If you have a story to tell about your own job search, please email gdickson@star-telegram.com, to help us understand this evolving job market.

Whether you are a worker who had an easy time finding a job, or perhaps an employer who agreed to hire someone at $16 an hour for a task that previously paid only $13 an hour, we would like to hear about it for our future news coverage.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics report, the area that includes Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano and surrounding cities added 100,400 jobs between November 2016 and November 2017.

There are now 3,683,700 workers in our region, up 2.8 percent during the past year. Nationwide, the increase year-over-year was a more modest 1.4 percent.

So, nearly everyone who wants a job can have one.

This story was originally published January 22, 2018 at 10:05 AM with the headline "DFW leads the US in job growth. Will it lead to better salaries or perks for workers?."