Employment growth in Waco is among the best in the nation, according to the Garner Economics LLC Metro Jobs Report.  Waco is one of only 34 of the the 372 metros in the U.S. to have exceeded its pre-recession employment, according to Garner’s analysis of November 2011 Bureau of Labor Statistics employment numbers.   As of November 2011, Waco’s one-year job growth of 1.7 percent more than doubled the national average of 0.7 percent.