A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION
TEXAS
LABOR MARKET REVIEW
FEBRUARY 2016
I.
Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary employment rose for a 10th consecutive month with 31,400 jobs
added in January. Total Nonfarm employment rose by 68,700 jobs over the past three months, however,
this lagged behind the pace set over the same time frame a year ago with 90,500 jobs added. The Service
Providing sector provided much of the employment increase with 32,900 jobs added over the month,
while the Goods Producing sector moved in the opposite direction with a loss of 1,500 positions. Since
January 2015, Total Nonfarm employment moved up by 187,400 jobs, representing a 1.6 percent annual
growth rate. This marked 69 consecutive months of annualized employment growth. The Service
Providing sector mirrored this streak with 71 consecutive months of annual growth, while the Goods
Producing sector recorded nine straight months of annual declines.
Employment in Education and Health Services rose by 11,500 jobs in January, which represented the
largest over-the-month gain for the series since October 2004. Both Health Care and Social Assistance and
Educational Services employment rose in January with job-gains of 9,900 and 1,600, respectively. Over the
year, Education and Health Services gained 62,100 jobs, which far exceeded the average annual January
gain of 35,800 jobs. This industry has displayed annual growth for every month in the recorded series
dating back to January 1991.
Leisure and Hospitality employment rose for a 10th consecutive month with 7,300 jobs added in January.
This increase was the largest gain since a series-high addition of 13,400 jobs was recorded in October
2015. Accommodations and Food Services added 5,700 jobs over the month while, Arts, Entertainment,
and Recreation employment increase by 1,600 positions. Annually, Leisure and Hospitality reached a
series-high employment gain with 68,400 jobs added over the year. This equated to a 5.6 percent annual
growth rate, which was outperformed by the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation sector with a 6.3
percent gain over the year. Accommodations and Food Services increased 5.5 percent annually.
Financial Activities employment increased by 6,800 jobs in January after a revised gain of 200 jobs was
recorded in December. The January gain marked the largest over the month increase since a series-high
gain of 10,100 jobs was recorded for April 1998. Financial activities employment has increased for 25
consecutive months and now stands at 735,200 positions. Since January 2015, Financial Activities added
22,500 jobs, equaling a 3.2 percent annual growth rate.
Following a revised gain of 4,600 jobs in December, Professional and Business Services employment gained
another 4,700 positions in January. Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services accounted for the
majority of the gains with 12,300 jobs added, while Management of Companies and Enterprises added
another 500 positions. These sectors offset the loss of 8,100 jobs in Administrative, Support, and Waste
Management Remediation Services. Professional and Business Services employment has increased by
12,200 jobs over the past three months, and industry employment has risen for 10 consecutive months.
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Professional and Business Services grew by 25,100 jobs over the year for a 1.6 percent annualized growth
rate.
Manufacturing employment expanded by 4,300 jobs in January for the industry’s largest over-the-month
gain since April 2014. Durable Goods added 2,200 positions, while Nondurable Goods employment
increased by 2,100 jobs. This marked the Manufacturing industry’s second monthly increase over the past
12 months. Despite the recent gains, Manufacturing employment fell by 36,100 jobs over the year,
representing a -4.0 percent annual growth rate. Durable Goods shed 42,000 jobs over the year, while
Nondurable Goods employment increased by 5,900 positions.
Annual Housekeeping
With the release of January 2016 statistics, the Labor Market and Career Information Department has
incorporated required revisions following the Bureau of Labor Statistics methodology. Both the Current
Employment Statistics series and the Local Area Unemployment Statistics series have been updated and
revised. See page 16 for additional information about changes to these data series. Please visit the TRACER
website for the most current data.
Education and Health Services in Texas Graph (Seasonally Adjusted, in Millions of Jobs)
1.62
1.60
4.0%
1.58
1.56
3.0%
1.54
1.52
2.0%
1.50
1.48
1.0%
Employment
1.46
Annual Growth Rate
1.44
0.0%
Jan '14
May '14
Sep '14
Jan '15
May '15
Sep '15
Jan '16
Education and Health Services in Texas Table (Seasonally Adjusted, in Millions of Jobs)
MONTH
Jan-2014
Feb-2014
Mar-2014
Apr-2014
EMPLOYMENT
1.5024
1.5069
1.5091
1.5133
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ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
2.4%
2.2%
2.0%
2.2%
MONTH
May-2014
Jun-2014
Jul-2014
Aug-2014
Sep-2014
Oct-2014
Nov-2014
Dec-2014
Jan-2015
Feb-2015
Mar-2015
Apr-2015
May-2015
Jun-2015
Jul-2015
Aug-2015
Sep-2015
Oct-2015
Nov-2015
Dec-2015
Jan-2016
EMPLOYMENT
ANNUAL GROWTH RATE
1.5167
1.5198
1.5219
1.5264
1.53
1.5355
1.5421
1.5466
1.5538
1.5606
1.5628
1.5685
1.575
1.5783
1.5862
1.5913
1.5954
1.5983
1.6009
1.6044
1.6159
2.4%
2.4%
2.4%
2.4%
2.4%
2.6%
2.8%
3.1%
3.4%
3.6%
3.6%
3.6%
3.8%
3.8%
4.2%
4.3%
4.3%
4.1%
3.8%
3.7%
4.0%
Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted)
INDUSTRY TITLE
Total Nonagricultural
Total Private
Goods Producing
Mining and Logging
Construction
Manufacturing
Service Providing
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
Jan 2016*
Dec 2015
Jan 2015
11,962,500 11,931,100 11,775,100
10,093,100 10,064,100 9,935,800
OTM
Change
OTM
Percent
Change
OTY
Change
OTY
Percent
Change
31,400
29,000
0.3
0.3
187,400
157,300
1.6
1.6
1,810,700
253,600
1,812,200
255,300
1,889,900
315,400
-1,500
-1,700
-0.1
-0.7
-79,200
-61,800
-4.2
-19.6
694,100
863,000
698,200
858,700
675,400
899,100
-4,100
4,300
-0.6
0.5
18,700
-36,100
2.8
-4.0
10,151,800 10,118,900
2,417,500 2,413,600
9,885,200
2,364,200
32,900
3,900
0.3
0.2
266,600
53,300
2.7
2.3
Information
198,900
199,700
200,200
-800
-0.4
-1,300
-0.6
Financial Activities
735,200
728,400
712,700
6,800
0.9
22,500
3.2
Professional and Business Services
1,611,800
1,607,100
1,586,700
4,700
0.3
25,100
1.6
Education and Health Services
Leisure and Hospitality
1,615,900
1,283,400
1,604,400
1,276,100
1,553,800
1,215,000
11,500
7,300
0.7
0.6
62,100
68,400
4.0
5.6
419,700
422,600
413,300
-2,900
-0.7
6,400
1.5
1,869,400
1,867,000
1,839,300
2,400
0.1
30,100
1.6
Other Services
Government
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Note: The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Total Nonagricultural
employment is additive by summing the individual sectors.
*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.
II.
Texas & U.S. Unemployment Rates
Total Nonagricultural Jobs vs. Civilian Labor Force Graph (Seasonally Adjusted)
6.0%
Over-the-Year Percent Change
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
-1.0%
-2.0%
-3.0%
Nonagricultural Jobs
-4.0%
Civilian Labor Force
Jan-16
Jan-15
Jan-14
Jan-13
Jan-12
Jan-11
Jan-10
Jan-09
Jan-08
Jan-07
Jan-06
Jan-05
Jan-04
Jan-03
Jan-02
Jan-01
Jan-00
Jan-99
Jan-98
Jan-97
Jan-96
Jan-95
-5.0%
Total Nonagricultural Jobs Over-the-Year Percent Change Table (Seasonally Adjusted)
YEAR
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
4.2%
2.7%
3.6%
4.4%
3.0%
2.6%
2.5%
-1.3%
-0.3%
0.3%
2.0%
3.3%
4.4%
2.5%
4.0%
4.2%
2.9%
2.7%
2.3%
-1.4%
-0.3%
0.5%
2.0%
3.4%
4.2%
2.5%
4.1%
4.1%
3.0%
2.8%
2.0%
-1.4%
-0.6%
0.8%
2.1%
3.6%
3.7%
2.9%
4.1%
4.0%
2.5%
3.0%
1.9%
-1.4%
-0.6%
1.0%
2.3%
3.3%
3.7%
2.9%
4.2%
4.0%
2.3%
3.3%
1.3%
-1.2%
-0.7%
1.2%
2.4%
3.4%
3.7%
2.8%
4.4%
3.8%
2.4%
3.2%
1.2%
-1.2%
-0.8%
1.4%
2.3%
3.6%
3.1%
3.0%
4.3%
3.5%
2.3%
3.2%
0.8%
-1.1%
-0.7%
1.7%
2.7%
3.0%
3.1%
2.9%
4.4%
3.6%
2.2%
3.3%
0.6%
-1.1%
-0.6%
1.8%
2.7%
3.3%
3.3%
2.7%
4.8%
3.6%
2.1%
3.1%
0.2%
-0.9%
-0.6%
1.6%
3.1%
3.4%
3.0%
3.3%
4.3%
3.6%
2.2%
2.9%
-0.3%
-0.6%
-0.3%
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
2.8%
3.4%
4.3%
3.5%
2.1%
2.8%
-0.7%
-0.4%
-0.3%
2.0%
3.1%
3.2%
2.9%
3.1%
4.4%
3.6%
2.2%
2.8%
-1.1%
-0.3%
-0.1%
2.0%
3.2%
3.3%
4
YEAR
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
3.1%
3.2%
-0.4%
-2.8%
2.1%
2.5%
3.0%
3.0%
3.6%
1.6%
3.3%
3.2%
-1.2%
-2.1%
2.1%
2.7%
3.3%
2.8%
3.4%
3.3%
2.7%
-1.7%
-1.2%
2.2%
2.7%
3.2%
2.7%
3.0%
3.4%
2.6%
-2.6%
-0.4%
2.4%
2.6%
3.1%
3.0%
2.6%
3.4%
2.5%
-2.8%
0.4%
1.8%
2.8%
3.0%
3.2%
2.5%
3.5%
2.2%
-3.2%
0.7%
2.0%
2.9%
3.0%
3.1%
2.4%
3.6%
2.1%
-3.6%
0.9%
2.4%
2.7%
3.1%
3.1%
2.4%
3.3%
2.0%
-3.9%
1.2%
2.5%
3.0%
2.9%
3.2%
2.3%
3.1%
1.5%
-3.6%
1.2%
2.7%
3.1%
2.9%
3.2%
2.1%
3.3%
1.3%
-3.8%
1.9%
2.1%
3.3%
2.8%
3.5%
1.8%
3.2%
1.0%
-3.7%
1.9%
2.3%
3.4%
2.9%
3.5%
1.6%
3.1%
0.5%
-3.5%
2.3%
2.3%
3.4%
2.7%
3.7%
1.5%
NOV
DEC
Civilian Labor Force Over-the-Year Percent Change Table (Seasonally Adjusted)
YEAR
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
JAN
1.9%
1.6%
2.0%
1.5%
1.9%
1.6%
1.0%
1.9%
1.9%
0.9%
1.0%
1.6%
1.1%
1.3%
2.2%
3.3%
2.1%
1.5%
1.6%
1.4%
0.4%
1.1%
FEB
1.8%
1.6%
2.1%
1.5%
1.8%
1.6%
1.0%
1.9%
1.9%
0.8%
1.1%
1.6%
1.0%
1.4%
2.2%
3.4%
2.0%
1.5%
1.6%
1.3%
0.3%
MAR
1.8%
1.5%
2.1%
1.5%
1.7%
1.6%
1.1%
2.0%
1.9%
0.6%
1.1%
1.7%
0.9%
1.6%
2.3%
3.4%
1.8%
1.5%
1.7%
1.3%
0.3%
APR
1.9%
1.5%
2.2%
1.6%
1.7%
1.4%
1.3%
2.1%
1.9%
0.5%
1.1%
1.7%
0.7%
1.8%
2.3%
3.4%
1.7%
1.5%
1.7%
1.2%
0.3%
MAY
1.9%
1.4%
2.2%
1.7%
1.6%
1.2%
1.4%
2.2%
1.8%
0.5%
1.2%
1.7%
0.7%
2.0%
3.1%
2.5%
1.8%
1.5%
1.7%
1.1%
0.3%
JUN
JUL
2.0%
1.4%
2.2%
1.8%
1.5%
1.0%
1.6%
2.3%
1.7%
0.5%
1.3%
1.7%
0.6%
2.1%
3.4%
2.0%
1.8%
1.5%
1.6%
1.0%
0.3%
2.0%
1.4%
2.1%
1.9%
1.4%
0.9%
1.7%
2.4%
1.5%
0.5%
1.4%
1.6%
0.6%
2.2%
3.4%
1.9%
1.9%
1.4%
1.6%
0.9%
0.4%
5
AUG
2.0%
1.4%
2.0%
2.0%
1.3%
0.8%
1.8%
2.3%
1.4%
0.6%
1.5%
1.5%
0.7%
2.3%
3.3%
1.9%
2.0%
1.3%
1.5%
0.9%
0.5%
SEP
OCT
1.9%
1.5%
1.9%
2.1%
1.3%
0.8%
1.9%
2.3%
1.2%
0.7%
1.6%
1.4%
0.8%
2.2%
3.2%
2.1%
2.0%
1.3%
1.5%
0.9%
0.6%
1.8%
1.6%
1.8%
2.1%
1.3%
0.9%
1.9%
2.2%
1.1%
0.8%
1.7%
1.3%
0.9%
2.2%
3.1%
2.3%
1.9%
1.3%
1.4%
0.8%
0.7%
1.7%
1.7%
1.7%
2.0%
1.4%
0.9%
1.9%
2.1%
1.1%
0.9%
1.7%
1.2%
1.0%
2.1%
3.1%
2.3%
1.8%
1.4%
1.4%
0.6%
0.8%
1.7%
1.9%
1.6%
2.0%
1.6%
0.9%
1.9%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.7%
1.2%
1.2%
2.1%
3.1%
2.3%
1.7%
1.5%
1.4%
0.5%
1.0%
Texas and U.S. Unemployment Rates Graph (Seasonally Adjusted)
12.0%
Texas
U.S.
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
Jan-16
Jan-15
Jan-14
Jan-13
Jan-12
Jan-11
Jan-10
Jan-09
Jan-08
Jan-07
Jan-06
Jan-05
Jan-04
Jan-03
Jan-02
Jan-01
Jan-00
Jan-99
Jan-98
Jan-97
Jan-96
Jan-95
0.0%
Texas Unemployment Rates Table (Seasonally Adjusted)
YEAR
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
JAN
5.8%
6.0%
5.7%
4.9%
4.6%
4.6%
4.1%
6.1%
6.7%
6.2%
5.7%
5.2%
4.4%
4.3%
6.1%
8.3%
8.0%
7.1%
6.4%
5.6%
4.4%
4.5%
FEB
5.8%
6.0%
5.6%
4.8%
4.6%
4.6%
4.2%
6.2%
6.7%
6.2%
5.6%
5.2%
4.3%
4.3%
6.3%
8.3%
7.9%
6.9%
6.4%
5.5%
4.4%
MAR
5.9%
5.9%
5.6%
4.8%
4.6%
4.5%
4.3%
6.3%
6.8%
6.1%
5.5%
5.1%
4.3%
4.4%
6.5%
8.3%
7.8%
6.9%
6.4%
5.4%
4.4%
APR
6.0%
5.8%
5.5%
4.8%
4.6%
4.4%
4.5%
6.3%
6.8%
6.1%
5.4%
5.1%
4.2%
4.4%
6.7%
8.2%
7.8%
6.8%
6.3%
5.3%
4.4%
MAY
6.0%
5.7%
5.4%
4.9%
4.7%
4.3%
4.7%
6.4%
6.9%
6.0%
5.3%
5.1%
4.2%
4.5%
7.6%
8.1%
7.8%
6.8%
6.2%
5.2%
4.4%
JUN
6.1%
5.6%
5.3%
4.9%
4.7%
4.3%
4.8%
6.4%
6.9%
5.9%
5.3%
5.0%
4.2%
4.7%
8.1%
8.0%
7.8%
6.7%
6.1%
5.1%
4.4%
6
JUL
6.2%
5.5%
5.3%
4.9%
4.7%
4.2%
5.0%
6.4%
6.9%
5.8%
5.2%
4.9%
4.2%
4.8%
8.3%
8.0%
7.8%
6.6%
6.1%
5.0%
4.4%
AUG
6.2%
5.5%
5.2%
4.9%
4.7%
4.2%
5.2%
6.4%
6.8%
5.8%
5.3%
4.8%
4.3%
5.0%
8.4%
8.0%
7.7%
6.5%
6.0%
4.9%
4.4%
SEP
6.2%
5.5%
5.1%
4.9%
4.7%
4.1%
5.4%
6.4%
6.7%
5.8%
5.3%
4.7%
4.3%
5.1%
8.4%
8.0%
7.6%
6.5%
5.9%
4.8%
4.5%
OCT
6.2%
5.5%
5.0%
4.8%
4.7%
4.1%
5.6%
6.5%
6.5%
5.8%
5.3%
4.6%
4.3%
5.3%
8.4%
8.0%
7.5%
6.4%
5.9%
4.7%
4.5%
NOV
6.1%
5.6%
5.0%
4.8%
4.7%
4.0%
5.8%
6.5%
6.4%
5.8%
5.3%
4.5%
4.3%
5.6%
8.3%
8.0%
7.3%
6.4%
5.8%
4.6%
4.6%
DEC
6.1%
5.6%
4.9%
4.7%
4.7%
4.0%
6.0%
6.6%
6.3%
5.7%
5.3%
4.4%
4.3%
5.8%
8.3%
8.0%
7.2%
6.4%
5.7%
4.5%
4.6%
United States Unemployment Rates Table (Seasonally Adjusted)
YEAR
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
JAN
5.6%
5.6%
5.3%
4.6%
4.3%
4.0%
4.2%
5.7%
5.8%
5.7%
5.3%
4.7%
4.6%
5.0%
7.8%
9.8%
9.1%
8.3%
8.0%
6.6%
5.7%
4.9%
FEB
5.4%
5.5%
5.2%
4.6%
4.4%
4.1%
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
5.6%
5.4%
4.8%
4.5%
4.9%
8.3%
9.8%
9.0%
8.3%
7.7%
6.7%
5.5%
MAR
5.4%
5.5%
5.2%
4.7%
4.2%
4.0%
4.3%
5.7%
5.9%
5.8%
5.2%
4.7%
4.4%
5.1%
8.7%
9.9%
9.0%
8.2%
7.5%
6.7%
5.5%
APR
5.8%
5.6%
5.1%
4.3%
4.3%
3.8%
4.4%
5.9%
6.0%
5.6%
5.2%
4.7%
4.5%
5.0%
9.0%
9.9%
9.1%
8.2%
7.6%
6.2%
5.4%
MAY
5.6%
5.6%
4.9%
4.4%
4.2%
4.0%
4.3%
5.8%
6.1%
5.6%
5.1%
4.6%
4.4%
5.4%
9.4%
9.6%
9.0%
8.2%
7.5%
6.2%
5.5%
JUN
5.6%
5.3%
5.0%
4.5%
4.3%
4.0%
4.5%
5.8%
6.3%
5.6%
5.0%
4.6%
4.6%
5.6%
9.5%
9.4%
9.1%
8.2%
7.5%
6.1%
5.3%
JUL
5.7%
5.5%
4.9%
4.5%
4.3%
4.0%
4.6%
5.8%
6.2%
5.5%
5.0%
4.7%
4.7%
5.8%
9.5%
9.4%
9.0%
8.2%
7.3%
6.2%
5.3%
AUG
5.7%
5.1%
4.8%
4.5%
4.2%
4.1%
4.9%
5.7%
6.1%
5.4%
4.9%
4.7%
4.6%
6.1%
9.6%
9.5%
9.0%
8.1%
7.3%
6.2%
5.1%
SEP
5.6%
5.2%
4.9%
4.6%
4.2%
3.9%
5.0%
5.7%
6.1%
5.4%
5.0%
4.5%
4.7%
6.1%
9.8%
9.5%
9.0%
7.8%
7.3%
6.0%
5.1%
OCT
5.5%
5.2%
4.7%
4.5%
4.1%
3.9%
5.3%
5.7%
6.0%
5.5%
5.0%
4.4%
4.7%
6.5%
10.0%
9.4%
8.8%
7.8%
7.2%
5.7%
5.0%
NOV
5.6%
5.4%
4.6%
4.4%
4.1%
3.9%
5.5%
5.9%
5.8%
5.4%
5.0%
4.5%
4.7%
6.8%
9.9%
9.8%
8.6%
7.7%
6.9%
5.8%
5.0%
DEC
5.6%
5.4%
4.7%
4.4%
4.0%
3.9%
5.7%
6.0%
5.7%
5.4%
4.9%
4.4%
5.0%
7.3%
9.9%
9.3%
8.5%
7.9%
6.7%
5.6%
5.0%
Texas and U.S. Civilian Labor Force Estimates Table
January 2016
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Texas
Texas Texas
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
Texas CLF
U.S. CLF
Employment Unemp. Rate
Employment Unemp. Rate
13,114,600
12,533,100 581,500
4.4 157,347,000 149,037,000 8,309,000
5.3
December 2015
January 2015
13,136,900
13,004,500
12,580,200 556,700
12,393,200 611,200
4.2 157,245,000
4.7 156,050,000
149,703,000 7,542,000
146,552,000 9,498,000
4.8
6.1
Seasonally Adjusted
January 2016
Texas
Texas Texas
U.S.
U.S.
U.S.
U.S. CLF
Employment Unemp. Rate
Employment Unemp. Rate
13,168,200
12,574,000 594,200
4.5 158,335,000 150,544,000 7,791,000
4.9
December 2015
13,142,400
12,531,900 610,600
4.6 157,833,000
149,929,000 7,904,000
5.0
January 2015
13,018,500
12,443,500 575,000
4.4 157,025,000
148,104,000 8,920,000
5.7
Texas CLF
Note: Only the actual series estimates for Texas and the U.S. are comparable to sub-state estimates. All estimates are subject to
revision.
7
In seasonally adjusted estimates, all elements of seasonality are factored out to achieve an estimate which reflects the basic
underlying trend. The unemployment rates and the CLF levels are computed from unrounded data and may differ from those
computed using the rounded data displayed.
Texas Data Source - Labor Market and Career Information Department, Texas Workforce Commission (model-based methodology)
U.S. Data Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (Current Population Survey)
III.
Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Annual Growth Rate Graph
Jan-16
Jan-15
Jan-14
Jan-13
Jan-12
Jan-11
Jan-10
Jan-09
Jan-08
Jan-07
Jan-06
Jan-05
Jan-04
Jan-03
Jan-02
Jan-01
Jan-00
Jan-99
Jan-98
Jan-97
Jan-96
Jan-95
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
-1.0%
-2.0%
-3.0%
-4.0%
-5.0%
Annual Growth Rate Table
YEAR
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
4.2%
2.7%
3.6%
4.5%
3.0%
2.6%
2.5%
-1.2%
-0.3%
0.3%
2.0%
3.3%
3.1%
3.3%
-0.3%
-2.8%
2.0%
4.5%
2.6%
4.0%
4.3%
3.0%
2.7%
2.4%
-1.4%
-0.4%
0.5%
2.1%
3.4%
3.2%
3.2%
-1.3%
-2.2%
2.1%
4.3%
2.6%
4.2%
4.1%
3.0%
2.8%
2.1%
-1.4%
-0.6%
0.8%
2.1%
3.6%
3.3%
2.6%
-1.7%
-1.3%
2.1%
3.6%
2.9%
4.1%
4.1%
2.5%
2.9%
1.9%
-1.3%
-0.5%
1.1%
2.3%
3.1%
3.3%
2.6%
-2.4%
-0.4%
2.3%
3.7%
3.0%
4.2%
3.9%
2.3%
3.3%
1.4%
-1.1%
-0.7%
1.1%
2.4%
3.4%
3.4%
2.5%
-2.8%
0.4%
1.8%
3.7%
2.7%
4.4%
3.7%
2.4%
3.3%
1.2%
-1.4%
-0.8%
1.4%
2.4%
3.6%
3.4%
2.1%
-3.2%
0.7%
2.1%
3.0%
2.9%
4.3%
3.6%
2.2%
3.1%
0.8%
-1.2%
-0.7%
1.8%
2.6%
3.1%
3.6%
2.1%
-3.6%
0.9%
2.5%
3.1%
2.9%
4.4%
3.6%
2.2%
3.2%
0.6%
-1.2%
-0.7%
1.7%
2.7%
3.3%
3.3%
2.0%
-4.0%
1.2%
2.5%
3.3%
2.7%
4.8%
3.6%
2.2%
3.2%
0.1%
-0.9%
-0.6%
1.6%
3.0%
3.3%
3.0%
1.5%
-3.7%
1.4%
2.7%
3.0%
3.3%
4.3%
3.5%
2.1%
2.9%
-0.4%
-0.6%
-0.3%
1.9%
2.7%
3.4%
3.3%
1.4%
-3.8%
1.8%
2.1%
2.9%
3.4%
4.2%
3.4%
2.1%
2.9%
-0.7%
-0.4%
-0.3%
2.0%
3.2%
3.3%
3.3%
0.9%
-3.7%
2.0%
2.2%
2.9%
3.1%
4.4%
3.5%
2.2%
2.7%
-1.2%
-0.3%
-0.1%
2.0%
3.2%
3.3%
3.1%
0.5%
-3.5%
2.1%
2.3%
8
YEAR
JAN
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2.5%
3.0%
3.0%
3.6%
1.6%
FEB
2.8%
3.4%
2.7%
3.4%
MAR
2.7%
3.2%
2.7%
2.9%
APR
MAY
2.5%
3.1%
3.0%
2.7%
2.8%
3.0%
3.2%
2.5%
JUN
JUL
2.9%
2.9%
3.1%
2.4%
2.8%
3.1%
3.2%
2.5%
AUG
3.0%
2.9%
3.2%
2.2%
SEP
OCT
2.9%
2.9%
3.2%
2.1%
3.3%
2.9%
3.6%
1.9%
NOV
3.5%
2.9%
3.4%
1.6%
DEC
3.5%
2.7%
3.7%
1.3%
Statewide Over-the-Month Employment Change Graph (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
December 2015 to January 2016
10,000
0
-10,000
-20,000
-30,000
-40,000
-50,000
Mining
&
Logging
Construction Manufacturing
Wholesale
Trade
Retail
Trade
Transportation, Information
Wrhsing, &
Utiliities
Financial
Activities
Professional
& Business
Services
Education
& Health
Services
Leisure &
Hospitality
Statewide Over-the-Month Employment Change Table (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
December 2015 to January 2016
INDUSTRY
OTM Change
Mining & Logging
-2,200
Construction
-10,700
Manufacturing
-4,100
Wholesale Trade
-5,000
Retail Trade
-46,800
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities
-14,200
Information
-1700
Financial Activities
-2,200
Professional and Business Services
-29,400
Education and Health Services
-4,900
Leisure and Hospitality
-18,500
Other Services
-4,600
Government
-37,800
9
Other
Services
Government
Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
OTM
Percent
Change
Dec '15
Jan '15
OTM
Change
11,826,100
12,008,200
11,637,600
-182,100
-1.5%
188,500
1.6%
TOTAL PRIVATE
9,970,300
10,114,600
9,806,600
-144,300
-1.4%
163,700
1.7%
GOODS PRODUCING
1,794,500
1,811,500
1,869,900
-17,000
-0.9%
-75,400
-4.0%
252,900
255,100
313,000
-2,200
-0.9%
-60,100
-19.2%
TOTAL NONFARM
Mining and Logging (NAICS 21, 1133)
OTY
Change
OTY
Percent
Change
Jan '16*
INDUSTRY TITLE
95,000
95,800
103,100
-800
-0.8%
-8,100
-7.9%
147,400
148,000
197,000
-600
-0.4%
-49,600
-25.2%
682,200
692,900
662,100
-10,700
-1.5%
20,100
3.0%
Construction of Buildings (NAICS 236)
156,300
157,300
152,300
-1,000
-0.6%
4,000
2.6%
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (NAICS 237)
143,400
145,500
135,900
-2,100
-1.4%
7,500
5.5%
Specialty Trade Contractors (NAICS 238)
382,500
390,100
373,900
-7,600
-1.9%
8,600
2.3%
859,400
863,500
894,800
-4,100
-0.5%
-35,400
-4.0%
555,300
557,100
597,100
-1,800
-0.3%
-41,800
-7.0%
Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321)
21,400
21,500
21,200
-100
-0.5%
200
0.9%
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327)
36,700
36,900
36,000
-200
-0.5%
700
1.9%
Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331)
21,300
21,300
22,600
0
0.0%
-1,300
-5.8%
127,900
128,600
144,900
-700
-0.5%
-17,000
-11.7%
Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333)
94,800
95,300
113,600
-500
-0.5%
-18,800
-16.5%
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334)
92,600
92,500
94,600
100
0.1%
-2,000
-2.1%
Electric Equipment, Appliance, and Component Mfg (NAICS
335)
19,600
19,600
20,000
0
0.0%
-400
-2.0%
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336)
88,900
88,900
92,000
0
0.0%
-3,100
-3.4%
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337)
22,300
22,400
22,000
-100
-0.4%
300
1.4%
Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 211)
Support Activities for Mining (NAICS 213)
Construction (NAICS 23)
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33)
Durable Goods
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332)
29,800
30,100
30,200
-300
-1.0%
-400
-1.3%
304,100
306,400
297,700
-2,300
-0.8%
6,400
2.1%
Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311)
90,600
91,200
85,600
-600
-0.7%
5,000
5.8%
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 312)
13,700
13,800
12,900
-100
-0.7%
800
6.2%
Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322)
17,000
17,100
16,600
-100
-0.6%
400
2.4%
Printing and Related Support Manufacturing (NAICS 323)
25,500
25,800
25,600
-300
-1.2%
-100
-0.4%
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324)
22,600
22,800
22,700
-200
-0.9%
-100
-0.4%
Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325)
79,900
79,700
78,300
200
0.3%
1,600
2.0%
Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing (NAICS 326)
37,400
37,900
38,500
-500
-1.3%
-1,100
-2.9%
10,031,600
10,196,700
9,767,700
-165,100
-1.6%
263,900
2.7%
8,175,800
8,303,100
7,936,700
-127,300
-1.5%
239,100
3.0%
2,403,900
2,469,900
2,352,200
-66,000
-2.7%
51,700
2.2%
604,100
609,100
589,900
-5,000
-0.8%
14,200
2.4%
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (NAICS 423)
337,600
338,800
332,400
-1,200
-0.4%
5,200
1.6%
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (NAICS 424)
187,800
189,300
178,100
-1,500
-0.8%
9,700
5.4%
78,700
81,000
79,400
-2,300
-2.8%
-700
-0.9%
1,301,200
1,348,000
1,265,800
-46,800
-3.5%
35,400
2.8%
181,000
181,400
172,100
-400
-0.2%
8,900
5.2%
42,600
43,500
41,000
-900
-2.1%
1,600
3.9%
Miscellaneous Manufacturing (NAICS 339)
Nondurable Goods
SERVICE PROVIDING
Private Service Providing
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (NAICS 42,44,45,48,49,22)
Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42)
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers (NAICS
425)
Retail Trade (NAICS 44-45)
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers (NAICS 441)
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores (NAICS 442)
10
INDUSTRY TITLE
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
OTM
Change
OTM
Percent
Change
OTY
Percent
Change
OTY
Change
Electronics and Appliance Stores (NAICS 443)
47,800
48,800
47,000
-1,000
-2.0%
800
1.7%
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies (NAICS
444)
96,900
99,100
95,700
-2,200
-2.2%
1,200
1.3%
234,500
236,300
226,400
-1,800
-0.8%
8,100
3.6%
Health and Personal Care Stores (NAICS 446)
74,800
74,800
72,500
0
0.0%
2,300
3.2%
Gasoline Stations (NAICS 447)
81,600
82,400
80,200
-800
-1.0%
1,400
1.7%
109,400
122,200
114,100
-12,800
-10.5%
-4,700
-4.1%
52,000
55,300
52,000
-3,300
-6.0%
0
0.0%
General Merchandise Stores (NAICS 452)
294,200
316,800
280,800
-22,600
-7.1%
13,400
4.8%
Miscellaneous Store Retailers (NAICS 453)
64,800
65,000
63,700
-200
-0.3%
1,100
1.7%
Nonstore Retailers (NAICS 454)
21,600
22,400
20,300
-800
-3.6%
1,300
6.4%
498,600
512,800
496,500
-14,200
-2.8%
2,100
0.4%
448,700
462,800
447,500
-14,100
-3.0%
1,200
0.3%
60,800
60,300
56,000
500
0.8%
4,800
8.6%
138,900
140,900
144,200
-2,000
-1.4%
-5,300
-3.7%
Pipeline Transportation (NAICS 486)
17,900
17,900
17,300
0
0.0%
600
3.5%
Support Activities for Transportation (NAICS 488)
79,700
81,900
81,100
-2,200
-2.7%
-1,400
-1.7%
Couriers and Messengers (NAICS 492)
48,900
57,200
48,000
-8,300
-14.5%
900
1.9%
Warehousing and Storage (NAICS 493)
55,000
55,800
53,100
-800
-1.4%
1,900
3.6%
49,900
50,000
49,000
-100
-0.2%
900
1.8%
198,600
200,300
198,500
-1,700
-0.8%
100
0.1%
Publishing Industries (Except Internet) (NAICS 511)
39,500
39,700
39,300
-200
-0.5%
200
0.5%
Telecommunications (NAICS 517)
80,600
80,800
79,200
-200
-0.2%
1,400
1.8%
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services (NAICS 518)
34,700
34,500
33,600
200
0.6%
1,100
3.3%
728,500
730,700
707,700
-2,200
-0.3%
20,800
2.9%
525,600
527,100
510,500
-1,500
-0.3%
15,100
3.0%
254,900
255,200
255,100
-300
-0.1%
-200
-0.1%
65,300
65,600
62,500
-300
-0.5%
2,800
4.5%
201,200
203,300
191,300
-2,100
-1.0%
9,900
5.2%
202,900
203,600
197,200
-700
-0.3%
5,700
2.9%
138,800
138,800
131,900
0
0.0%
6,900
5.2%
60,900
61,300
63,200
-400
-0.7%
-2,300
-3.6%
1,585,500
1,614,900
1,565,000
-29,400
-1.8%
20,500
1.3%
Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (NAICS 54)
716,900
715,000
701,600
1,900
0.3%
15,300
2.2%
Management of Companies and Enterprises (NAICS 55)
118,000
119,000
115,700
-1,000
-0.8%
2,300
2.0%
Admin and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation (NAICS
56)
750,600
780,900
747,700
-30,300
-3.9%
2,900
0.4%
718,600
748,500
716,000
-29,900
-4.0%
2,600
0.4%
1,607,800
1,612,700
1,540,300
-4,900
-0.3%
67,500
4.4%
Food and Beverage Stores (NAICS 445)
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores (NAICS 448)
Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores (NAICS 451)
Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (NAICS 48-49,22)
Transportation and Warehousing (NAICS 48,49)
Air Transportation (NAICS 481)
Truck Transportation (NAICS 484)
Utilities (NAICS 22)
Information (NAICS 51)
Financial Activities (NAICS 52,53)
Finance and Insurance (NAICS 52)
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (NAICS 522)
Securities, Commodities Contracts, and Other Financial (NAICS
523)
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities (NAICS 524)
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (NAICS 53)
Real Estate (NAICS 531)
Rental and Leasing Services (NAICS 532)
Professional and Business Services (NAICS 54,55,56)
Administrative and Support Services (NAICS 561)
Education and Health Services (NAICS 61,62)
189,900
191,900
182,000
-2,000
-1.0%
7,900
4.3%
1,417,900
1,420,800
1,358,300
-2,900
-0.2%
59,600
4.4%
Ambulatory Health Care Services (NAICS 621)
690,500
696,300
662,200
-5,800
-0.8%
28,300
4.3%
Hospitals (NAICS 622)
320,900
320,400
309,700
500
0.2%
11,200
3.6%
Educational Services (NAICS 61)
Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62)
11
INDUSTRY TITLE
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
OTM
Change
OTM
Percent
Change
OTY
Change
OTY
Percent
Change
Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NAICS 623)
182,700
183,800
178,900
-1,100
-0.6%
3,800
2.1%
Social Assistance (NAICS 624)
223,800
220,300
207,500
3,500
1.6%
16,300
7.9%
1,236,300
1,254,800
1,165,700
-18,500
-1.5%
70,600
6.1%
119,800
122,200
111,400
-2,400
-2.0%
8,400
7.5%
86,200
89,400
78,700
-3,200
-3.6%
7,500
9.5%
1,116,500
1,132,600
1,054,300
-16,100
-1.4%
62,200
5.9%
113,200
114,900
112,300
-1,700
-1.5%
900
0.8%
1,003,300
1,017,700
942,000
-14,400
-1.4%
61,300
6.5%
415,200
419,800
407,300
-4,600
-1.1%
7,900
1.9%
Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811)
125,000
126,100
122,800
-1,100
-0.9%
2,200
1.8%
Personal and Laundry Services (NAICS 812)
105,600
109,300
102,300
-3,700
-3.4%
3,300
3.2%
Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Prof Organizations (NAICS 813)
184,600
184,400
182,200
200
0.1%
2,400
1.3%
1,855,800
1,893,600
1,831,000
-37,800
-2.0%
24,800
1.4%
Federal Government
194,900
196,700
192,900
-1,800
-0.9%
2,000
1.0%
State Government
361,600
373,000
359,700
-11,400
-3.1%
1,900
0.5%
Local Government
1,299,300
1,323,900
1,278,400
-24,600
-1.9%
20,900
1.6%
Leisure and Hospitality (NAICS 71,72)
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (NAICS 71)
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation (NAICS 713)
Accommodation and Food Services (NAICS 72)
Accommodation (NAICS 721)
Food Services and Drinking Places (NAICS 722)
Other Services (NAICS 81)
Government
*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas
is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor
are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.
IV.
Texas MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment (Not Seasonally
Adjusted)
Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment within the Metropolitan Statistical Areas decreased
seasonally by 165,500 jobs in January. This loss was in line with the series average loss of 164,600 for
January, however in percentage terms, the 1.5 percent loss was the smallest decrease for the month in the
series. All 26 areas reported seasonal losses; the smallest decrease in percentage terms occurred in the
Abilene, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, and Corpus Christi MSAs with a 0.6 percent drop each. Total Nonfarm
employment within the MSAs moved up annually by 236,900 jobs with 22 areas reporting growth over the
year. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area led with 104,600 jobs added since January 2015. The Austin-Round Rock
MSA and the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA followed with the addition of 43,400 and 27,600 jobs over
the year, respectively.
Financial Activities employment inched down by 1,200 jobs in January, bringing industry employment
within the MSAs to 681,400 positions. Despite the dip, the decrease was the smallest over-the-month
January decline since the January 1993 decrease of 1,100 jobs. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area was the only
area to increase in employment over the month with a gain of 300 jobs. While most areas saw no change
in employment over the month, six areas had a decline in jobs with the largest losses percentage-wise
12
occurring in the Waco and the Amarillo MSAs, with decreases of 1.6 and 1.5 percent, respectively. Since
January 2015, annual growth within the MSAs equaled 19,600 jobs. This equated to a 3.0 percent annual
growth rate, which surpassed the pace set last month of 2.3 percent and continued a string of 64
consecutive months of positive annual growth. The Sherman-Denison MSA led all areas in growth over the
year with a 9.7 percent annual growth rate, followed by the Tyler MSA at 6.5 percent.
Employment in the Information industry declined by 2,100 jobs in January. This decrease matched the fiveyear average loss of 2,100 jobs for January and was less than both the 2014 and 2015 declines of 3,300 and
3,400 jobs, respectively. Nine areas decreased in employment over the month while the remaining had no
change. The Fort Worth-Arlington area had the smallest decrease with a 0.9 percent decline, while the
Killeen-Temple MSA had the largest over-the-month loss with a decline of 6.3 percent. Since January of
2015, Information employment within the MSAs expanded by 700 jobs for an annual growth rate of 0.4
percent. This marked eight months of growth over a nine month period following nine consecutive months
of decline starting in August of 2014. Over the year, the Victoria MSA led in percentage-terms with 25
percent growth. The Amarillo and Beaumont-Port Arthur MSAs followed with 7.7 and 7.1 percent growth
rates, respectively.
Retail Trade employment had a seasonal decline of 48,800 jobs as area stores cut back staff due to the end
of the holiday shopping season. Although this was the largest decrease amongst all the industries, this
decline was smaller than the five-year average decrease of 51,700 for Retail Trade in January. All areas
recorded a dip in Retail Trade employment for January; the smallest decline percentage-wise occurred in
the Corpus Christi MSA, with a 1.3 percent decrease over the month. The Abilene MSA and the DallasPlano-Irving area followed with employment drops of 2.2 and 3.1 percent, respectively. Despite the
seasonal dip in employment, the industry added 30,300 jobs over the year, compared to the 27,500 jobs
added annually in January 2015. Over the year, 20 areas posted annual employment growth in Retail Trade
led by the Dallas-Plano-Irving area with 10,700 jobs and the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land MSA with
6,600 jobs. In percentage terms, the Killeen-Temple MSA outperformed all areas at 8.6 percent annualized
growth, followed by the San Angelo MSA with 4.8 percent growth over the year.
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Retail Trade Annual Employment Growth Rates by Area Graph (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
10.0%
9.0%
8.0%
7.0%
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
Retail Trade Annual Employment Growth Rates by Area Table (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
MONTH
OTY
Midland
San Antonio-New Braunfels
Lubbock
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Austin-Round Rock
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
All MSA total
10.9%
4.2%
3.8%
2.9%
2.5%
2.4%
0.4%
14
MSA Over-the-Month Employment Change Graph (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
December 2015 to January 2016
10,000
0
-10,000
-20,000
-30,000
-40,000
-50,000
-60,000
Mining,
Manufacturing
Logging, &
Construction
Wholesale
Trade
Retail Trade Transportation, Information
Warehousing,
& Utilities
Financial
Activities
Professional & Education &
Business
Health Services
Services
Leisure &
Hospitality
Other Services Government
MSA Over-the-Month Employment Change Table (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Industry
OTM Change
Mining, Logging, & Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Transportation, Warehousing, & Utilities
Information
Financial Activities
Professional & Business Services
Education & Health Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
-10,700
-4,900
-3,200
-48,800
-11,500
-2,100
-1,200
-31,400
-1,100
-17,600
-4,100
-28,900
Large MSAs Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment Table (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
HOUSTON-THE WOODLANDS-SUGAR
LAND
DALLAS-PLANO-IRVING MD**
FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON MD**
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
2,970,500
3,021,300
2,954,100
2,435,300
2,473,300
2,330,700
988,000
1,010,300
978,900
549,700
557,400
578,700
292,100
295,600
288,500
163,500
165,600
171,700
Mining, Logging, & Construction
312,800
318,700
319,300
127,200
129,800
122,900
69,400
71,000
74,100
Manufacturing
236,900
238,700
259,400
164,900
165,800
165,600
94,100
94,600
97,600
152,900
154,000
179,000
114,900
115,600
117,200
67,900
68,200
71,400
TOTAL NONFARM
GOODS PRODUCING
Durable Goods
15
HOUSTON-THE WOODLANDS-SUGAR
LAND
DALLAS-PLANO-IRVING MD**
FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON MD**
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
Fabricated Metal Product
Manufacturing (NAICS 332)
55,500
55,700
65,100
-
-
-
-
-
-
Computer and Electronic Product
Manufacturing
16,200
16,200
17,500
35,300
35,300
35,700
2,400
2,400
2,400
84,000
84,700
80,400
50,000
50,200
48,400
26,200
26,400
26,200
SERVICE PROVIDING
2,420,800
2,463,900
2,375,400
2,143,200
2,177,700
2,042,200
824,500
844,700
807,200
Private Service Providing
2,039,100
2,072,300
2,000,400
1,862,300
1,892,200
1,769,900
692,100
709,100
676,100
171,600
172,800
172,900
162,300
163,300
146,800
50,300
49,800
48,000
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable
Goods
99,000
98,400
100,100
83,100
84,000
79,500
28,400
28,000
27,900
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable
Goods
43,800
45,200
45,000
58,100
57,300
47,200
15,500
15,600
14,900
Nondurable Goods
Wholesale Trade
300,200
311,600
293,600
246,400
254,300
235,700
113,400
118,800
111,000
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers
41,000
41,300
38,800
32,400
32,400
30,500
-
-
-
Bldng. Material and Garden Eqpmnt.
and Supplies Dlrs.
21,200
21,400
20,500
17,600
17,900
16,500
8,500
8,700
8,100
Food and Beverage Stores
66,500
66,800
62,800
38,100
38,600
37,300
19,700
20,000
18,500
Clothing and Clothing Accessories
Stores
27,500
30,300
28,600
24,700
28,600
24,600
-
-
-
General Merchandise Stores
62,100
67,300
59,400
55,200
59,800
53,500
27,800
30,100
26,800
Transportation, Warehousing, and
Utilities
138,600
143,100
139,800
90,900
93,700
87,600
77,500
79,000
75,300
Utilities
16,100
16,100
15,800
6,600
6,600
6,300
-
-
-
Information
31,200
31,500
32,000
68,300
69,000
67,600
11,500
11,600
11,900
14,200
14,300
14,200
30,400
30,400
29,800
4,900
4,900
5,100
152,100
152,100
149,100
226,800
226,500
214,500
56,100
56,500
55,400
96,100
97,000
94,600
172,300
171,200
164,400
41,800
41,700
41,400
Credit Intermediation and Related
Activities
43,200
43,600
44,000
82,000
80,800
79,500
24,500
24,500
24,400
Insurance Carriers and Related
Activities
33,500
33,800
32,200
69,000
68,900
64,500
-
-
-
Retail Trade
Telecommunications
Financial Activities
Finance and Insurance
Real Estate and Rental and Leasing
56,000
55,100
54,500
54,500
55,300
50,100
-
-
-
Professional and Business Services
459,700
468,600
467,900
450,100
462,800
436,500
107,900
112,800
108,800
Professional, Scientific, and Technical
Services
217,800
219,000
221,800
203,000
203,800
194,100
37,600
38,700
38,400
Admin. Support and Waste Mgmt. and
Remediation
205,200
213,000
209,300
201,400
214,400
200,300
62,900
66,600
63,500
376,000
377,500
358,000
294,200
293,500
279,700
128,900
130,000
123,800
319,200
320,100
303,400
252,000
251,100
240,800
113,800
114,900
109,700
147,600
150,500
144,500
135,500
136,600
129,800
-
-
-
Education and Health Services
Health Care and Social Assistance
Ambulatory Health Care Services
85,200
84,300
79,800
53,300
53,100
51,500
30,900
31,000
29,400
304,000
309,000
282,800
242,900
247,400
222,900
111,400
114,000
104,600
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
29,800
30,700
27,900
27,200
27,600
24,700
-
-
-
Accommodation and Food Services
274,200
278,300
254,900
215,700
219,800
198,200
95,700
97,800
91,500
Food Services and Drinking Places
249,100
252,700
230,500
192,900
196,700
176,400
87,100
89,100
83,200
Other Services
105,700
106,100
104,300
80,400
81,700
78,600
35,100
36,600
37,300
Government
381,700
391,600
375,000
280,900
285,500
272,300
132,400
135,600
131,100
Federal
27,600
28,300
27,600
29,300
29,600
29,100
15,000
15,300
14,900
State
73,200
73,600
72,500
38,300
38,500
36,800
13,000
13,300
12,800
Local
280,900
289,700
274,900
213,300
217,400
206,400
104,400
107,000
103,400
Hospitals
Leisure and Hospitality
16
SAN ANTONIO-NEW BRAUNFELS
AUSTIN-ROUND ROCK
EL PASO
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
Jan '16*
Dec '15
Jan '15
TOTAL NONFARM
985,100
995,200
957,500
971,600
984,600
928,200
305,800
309,100
296,300
GOODS PRODUCING
104,600
105,800
103,700
115,200
116,000
110,100
31,500
31,400
29,700
57,800
58,600
57,100
58,700
59,100
52,900
14,500
14,400
12,800
Mining, Logging, & Construction
46,800
47,200
46,600
56,500
56,900
57,200
17,000
17,000
16,900
SERVICE PROVIDING
880,500
889,400
853,800
856,400
868,600
818,100
274,300
277,700
266,600
Private Service Providing
711,700
719,000
688,700
682,700
694,500
646,400
203,900
207,100
196,700
35,200
35,300
34,200
51,600
51,800
46,800
11,200
11,300
10,900
109,000
114,600
107,400
100,900
104,900
97,700
39,000
41,200
38,800
Food and Beverage Stores
19,900
20,100
19,400
20,200
20,400
19,300
-
-
-
General Merchandise Stores
24,900
26,700
23,700
16,300
17,800
16,000
11,000
12,100
11,200
Transportation, Warehousing, and
Utilities
26,400
26,400
25,800
16,300
16,700
16,000
14,900
15,000
14,400
Information
21,200
21,400
21,000
27,000
27,400
26,200
5,800
5,900
5,900
5,300
5,300
5,200
7,700
7,700
7,400
-
-
-
84,200
84,500
82,500
53,700
54,200
52,400
12,500
12,500
11,900
68,600
68,700
66,400
37,200
37,600
36,500
-
-
-
26,500
26,700
27,400
15,600
15,500
15,200
-
-
-
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Telecommunications
Financial Activities
Finance and Insurance
Credit Intermediation and Related
Activities
125,400
125,200
122,900
162,400
167,100
153,300
32,800
33,200
31,900
Professional, Scientific, and Technical
Services
47,500
46,900
47,200
94,400
96,800
88,900
-
-
-
Admin. Support and Waste Mgmt. and
Remediation
66,400
67,400
65,000
62,200
64,400
59,000
22,600
23,400
22,100
152,600
153,100
146,100
113,300
113,400
107,700
43,800
44,000
41,800
132,500
132,600
126,600
96,100
96,200
92,000
-
-
-
Professional and Business Services
Education and Health Services
Health Care and Social Assistance
Hospitals
Leisure and Hospitality
Accommodation and Food Services
24,500
24,600
24,000
24,600
24,600
23,700
-
-
-
120,300
121,300
114,100
116,600
117,900
106,800
34,100
34,100
31,500
109,300
110,000
102,900
103,000
105,400
95,600
-
-
-
37,400
37,200
34,700
40,900
41,100
39,500
9,800
9,900
9,600
168,800
170,400
165,100
173,700
174,100
171,700
70,400
70,600
69,900
Federal
35,000
35,100
34,000
12,300
12,000
11,900
12,800
12,900
12,800
State
20,900
20,900
20,700
71,200
71,100
71,300
10,300
10,200
10,300
Local
112,900
114,400
110,400
90,200
91,000
88,500
47,300
47,500
46,800
Other Services
Government
Small MSAs Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment Table (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
BEAUMONT-PORT ARTHUR
BROWNSVILLE-HARLINGEN
INDUSTRY
Jan
2016*
ABILENE
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
AMARILLO
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
TOTAL NONFARM
Mining, Logging, &
Constr.
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Trans., Ware., & Util.
Information
Financial Activities
Prof. & Business
Services
68,600
69,000
67,900
118,100
120,400
116,300
166,900
168,800
165,000
140,100
141,300
137,000
5,500
5,500
5,700
7,100
7,100
7,000
18,400
18,700
19,200
3,100
3,200
3,000
2,900
2,600
8,700
2,000
1,200
3,600
3,000
2,600
8,900
2,100
1,200
3,600
2,900
2,700
8,400
2,000
1,200
3,600
12,700
5,000
15,600
5,300
1,400
6,400
12,800
5,400
16,200
5,400
1,400
6,500
13,000
5,400
15,100
5,300
1,300
6,200
23,000
5,700
20,500
7,200
1,500
5,900
23,400
5,700
21,300
7,400
1,500
5,900
23,300
5,500
19,900
6,900
1,400
5,700
5,900
3,500
18,600
4,500
1,200
5,100
6,000
3,500
19,200
4,600
1,200
5,100
5,900
3,600
18,500
4,500
1,200
5,100
5,700
5,500
5,700
9,600
9,700
9,500
15,000
14,700
14,600
12,100
12,000
11,300
17
ABILENE
INDUSTRY
Educ. & Health
Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
BEAUMONT-PORT ARTHUR
BROWNSVILLE-HARLINGEN
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
AMARILLO
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
13,200
13,000
13,200
16,800
16,800
16,300
22,500
22,700
21,900
37,400
37,100
35,700
7,800
2,900
12,500
7,900
2,900
12,800
7,500
2,800
12,200
12,700
5,000
20,500
12,900
5,100
21,100
12,300
4,800
20,100
15,700
7,100
24,400
15,500
7,100
24,900
15,200
6,700
24,700
14,300
3,600
30,800
14,200
3,700
31,500
13,600
3,800
30,800
COLLEGE STATION-BRYAN
INDUSTRY
TOTAL NONFARM
Mining, Logging, &
Constr.
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Trans., Ware., & Util.
Information
Financial Activities
Prof. & Business
Services
Educ. & Health
Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
CORPUS CHRISTI
LAREDO
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
109,000
112,900
104,400
195,500
196,700
191,500
140,000
142,000
134,400
102,100
103,800
99,500
7,700
7,700
7,400
24,800
24,100
25,000
8,200
8,100
6,900
4,300
4,200
4,900
5,400
2,600
12,000
1,700
1,300
3,800
5,400
2,600
12,600
1,800
1,300
3,800
5,300
2,500
11,500
1,700
1,300
3,800
9,100
6,400
22,100
7,200
2,000
8,600
9,300
6,500
22,400
7,300
2,000
8,600
9,400
6,700
21,100
7,500
1,900
8,400
7,200
4,900
17,700
4,500
1,500
6,600
7,300
4,900
18,500
4,700
1,600
6,700
7,200
4,800
16,300
4,500
1,500
7,000
700
3,100
13,300
15,600
600
3,900
700
3,100
14,100
15,800
600
3,900
700
3,100
13,200
14,600
600
3,900
8,100
8,300
7,600
17,400
17,200
16,800
10,000
9,900
9,400
8,500
8,700
8,000
11,700
11,600
10,700
30,900
31,000
29,500
23,300
23,100
22,100
15,400
15,700
15,200
14,200
3,600
36,900
14,600
3,700
39,500
13,700
3,400
35,500
25,700
8,000
33,300
26,200
8,100
34,000
23,900
8,000
33,300
13,700
5,200
37,200
14,100
5,300
37,800
13,100
5,000
36,600
10,900
2,800
23,000
10,900
2,800
23,300
10,100
2,700
22,500
LONGVIEW
INDUSTRY
KILLEEN-TEMPLE
MCALLEN-EDINBURGMISSION
LUBBOCK
MIDLAND
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
TOTAL NONFARM
Mining, Logging, &
Constr.
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Trans., Ware., & Util.
Information
Financial Activities
Prof. & Business
Services
Educ. & Health
Services
99,400
100,800
102,400
141,600
143,300
137,100
251,600
253,100
245,700
90,700
91,700
96,700
16,100
16,000
18,000
6,600
6,700
6,400
9,000
9,100
10,000
25,100
24,900
28,600
9,500
5,100
11,100
3,900
1,300
4,000
9,600
5,100
11,800
4,000
1,300
4,000
10,700
5,400
10,800
4,100
1,300
4,000
4,900
7,100
18,000
5,000
3,700
7,700
4,900
7,100
18,800
5,200
3,800
7,700
5,000
6,900
17,800
5,100
3,700
7,600
6,600
8,200
37,400
8,900
2,300
9,100
6,600
8,300
39,100
9,000
2,400
9,100
6,500
8,100
37,000
8,600
2,300
9,000
3,600
5,500
9,200
4,100
900
4,000
3,600
5,500
9,900
4,200
900
4,000
4,000
6,500
9,200
4,500
900
4,500
8,700
9,000
9,400
11,900
12,100
10,800
16,500
15,900
16,100
9,400
9,400
10,200
15,800
15,800
15,300
23,400
23,300
22,000
67,200
66,500
63,900
7,200
7,300
7,100
Leisure & Hospitality
8,600
3,400
11,900
8,900
3,400
11,900
8,200
3,500
11,700
17,200
6,000
30,100
17,300
6,000
30,400
16,800
5,600
29,400
23,000
6,400
57,000
23,100
6,400
57,600
21,900
6,100
56,200
8,800
3,200
9,700
8,900
3,200
9,900
8,600
3,200
9,400
Other Services
Government
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ODESSA
SAN ANGELO
SHERMAN-DENISON
TEXARKANA
INDUSTRY
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
TOTAL NONFARM
Mining, Logging, &
Constr.
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Trans., Ware., & Util.
Information
Financial Activities
Prof. & Business
Services
Educ. & Health
Services
73,100
74,200
79,700
49,100
49,900
48,700
46,200
46,700
44,900
60,400
61,300
59,000
16,500
16,400
20,300
3,900
3,900
4,400
2,900
2,900
2,900
2,600
2,700
2,300
4,900
5,700
8,200
2,900
400
3,500
4,900
6,000
8,500
3,100
400
3,500
5,900
6,700
8,300
3,300
400
3,700
3,400
2,000
6,500
1,200
700
2,400
3,400
2,000
6,800
1,300
700
2,400
3,300
2,000
6,200
1,200
800
2,500
5,800
1,200
5,800
1,300
400
3,400
5,700
1,200
6,200
1,300
400
3,400
5,400
1,200
5,800
1,300
400
3,100
5,200
2,400
7,700
3,600
500
2,300
5,300
2,400
8,200
3,500
500
2,300
5,300
2,500
7,700
3,400
500
2,300
4,300
4,200
4,500
3,800
3,800
3,800
2,900
2,900
3,100
4,500
4,500
4,000
5,400
5,400
5,500
8,500
8,600
8,300
9,700
9,600
9,100
9,400
9,400
9,000
Leisure & Hospitality
7,600
3,700
10,000
7,800
3,700
10,300
7,700
3,900
9,500
5,700
2,200
8,800
5,800
2,200
9,000
5,500
2,200
8,500
4,800
1,500
6,500
5,000
1,500
6,600
4,700
1,500
6,400
6,400
2,300
13,500
6,500
2,300
13,700
6,200
2,300
13,500
Other Services
Government
TYLER
INDUSTRY
TOTAL NONFARM
Mining, Logging, &
Constr.
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Trans., Ware., & Util.
Information
Financial Activities
Prof. & Business
Services
Educ. & Health
Services
Leisure & Hospitality
Other Services
Government
VICTORIA
WACO
WICHITA FALLS
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
Jan
2016*
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
101,200
103,300
98,800
44,600
45,400
44,900
115,600
116,500
113,800
58,300
59,000
58,100
6,100
6,200
6,600
5,600
5,600
6,500
7,100
7,100
6,600
3,200
3,200
3,500
6,500
3,300
13,100
4,600
2,300
4,900
6,400
3,300
13,800
4,800
2,300
4,900
5,900
3,400
12,900
4,500
2,300
4,600
2,500
2,100
6,000
2,100
500
2,100
2,500
2,200
6,400
2,100
500
2,100
2,600
2,300
6,000
2,000
400
2,300
16,400
4,800
11,600
3,400
1,100
6,100
16,300
4,800
12,400
3,500
1,100
6,200
15,900
4,800
11,900
3,400
1,100
6,100
5,000
1,800
8,100
1,900
700
2,600
5,000
1,900
8,400
2,000
700
2,600
5,300
1,900
8,000
1,900
700
2,600
8,300
8,600
8,600
2,600
2,600
2,600
11,400
11,600
11,700
3,600
3,700
3,800
23,800
23,500
22,400
7,200
7,200
6,800
19,700
19,300
18,800
9,700
9,700
9,300
10,300
4,200
13,800
10,900
4,400
14,200
10,100
4,000
13,500
4,400
2,000
7,500
4,500
2,000
7,700
4,200
1,900
7,300
11,200
4,000
18,800
11,200
4,000
19,000
10,900
4,000
18,600
6,200
2,700
12,800
6,200
2,800
12,800
5,900
2,700
12,500
Annual Job Growth Rates by MSA January 2016 (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Industry
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin-Round Rock
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Jan 2016
Jan 2015
% Annual Job
Growth
68,600
118,100
971,600
166,900
67,900
116,300
928,200
165,000
1.0
1.5
4.7
1.2
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Industry
Brownsville-Harlingen
College Station-Bryan
Corpus Christi
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
El Paso
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar
Land
Killeen-Temple
Laredo
Longview
Lubbock
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
Midland
Odessa
San Angelo
San Antonio-New Braunfels
Sherman-Denison
Texarkana
Tyler
Victoria
Waco
Wichita Falls
V.
Jan 2016
Jan 2015
% Annual Job
Growth
140,100
109,000
195,500
3,423,300
305,800
137,000
104,400
191,500
3,309,600
296,300
2.3
4.4
2.1
3.4
3.2
2,970,500
140,000
102,100
99,400
141,600
251,600
90,700
73,100
49,100
985,100
46,200
60,400
101,200
44,600
115,600
58,300
2,954,100
134,400
99,500
102,400
137,100
245,700
96,700
79,700
48,700
957,500
44,900
59,000
98,800
44,900
113,800
58,100
0.6
4.2
2.6
-2.9
3.3
2.4
-6.2
-8.3
0.8
2.9
2.9
2.4
2.4
-0.7
1.6
0.3
Highlights of the Texas Labor Force (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
The Texas unemployment rate in January increased by two-tenths of a percentage point to 4.4 percent.
This was three-tenths of a percentage point lower than last year’s January unemployment rate. Over the
previous five years, the unemployment rate increased by an average of five-tenths of a percentage point
between December and January. The national unemployment rate increased by one-half of a percentage
point to 5.3 percent. The Texas unemployment rate has remained below the national unemployment rate
since December 2006.
The Texas Civilian Labor Force decreased in January by 22,300 to a total of 13,114,600 people. The past
three months have shown a total increase in the labor force of 200 people. Over the year, the Texas labor
force has increased by 110,100 people.
The number of employed Texans decreased by 47,100 over the month to a total of 12,533,100 people.
Over the previous five years, the number of employed Texans decreased by an average of 55,200 people in
the month of January. The number of jobholders has increased by 139,900 over the year.
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The number of unemployed Texans increased in January by 24,800 to a total of 581,500 people. Over the
previous five years, the number of unemployed people increased by an average of 62,100 in the month of
January. Since January of last year, the number of unemployed people has decreased by 29,700
individuals.
Between December and January, the unemployment rate increased in 24 of the 25 Metropolitan Statistical
Areas (MSAs) in Texas, with the rate in the Tyler MSA decreasing by one-tenth of a percentage point. The
Amarillo MSA continued to have the lowest unemployment rate at 3.0 percent.
The number of Texans continuing to seek unemployment insurance benefits increased by 4,350 over the
month to 142,880. Over the year, the number of individuals seeking unemployment insurance benefits has
increased by 29,875 claimants.
MSAs Ranked by Unemployment Rate January 2016 (Not Seasonally Adjusted)
Ranking
MSA
1
2
3
4
5
6 (tie)
Amarillo
Austin-Round Rock
Lubbock
College Station-Bryan
San Antonio-New Braunfels
Abilene
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
Midland
Sherman-Denison
Waco
San Angelo
Tyler
Killeen-Temple
Victoria
Texas
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
Laredo
El Paso
United States
Longview
Odessa
Corpus Christi
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Brownsville-Harlingen
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
10
11
12
13 (tie)
15
16
17 (tie)
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
21
Jan 2016
3.0
3.2
3.3
3.5
3.7
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.8
3.9
4.1
4.3
4.4
4.4
4.4
4.5
4.7
4.8
4.8
4.9
5.3
5.3
5.4
5.5
6.7
7.1
8.1
Civilian Labor Force Estimates for Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Seasonally Adjusted)
(In Thousands)
C.L.F.
January 2016
Emp. Unemp. Rate
United States
157,347.0 149,037.0 8,309.0
Texas
13,114.6 12,533.1 581.5
Abilene
75.2
72.3
2.9
Amarillo
129.3
125.4
3.9
Austin-Round Rock
1,084.0
1,049.5
34.5
Beaumont-Port Arthur
177.4
165.6
11.8
Brownsville-Harlingen
164.5
152.8
11.7
College Station-Bryan
120.5
116.3
4.2
Corpus Christi
210.2
198.6
11.6
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
3,614.0
3,476.4 137.7
Dallas-Plano-Irving MD
2,431.6
2,340.9
90.6
Fort Worth-Arlington MD
1,182.5
1,135.4
47.0
El Paso
348.5
331.3
17.2
Houston-The WoodlandsSugar Land
3,253.5
3,096.9 156.5
Killeen-Temple
171.5
164.1
7.5
Laredo
113.6
108.2
5.5
Longview
100.2
94.9
5.3
Lubbock
154.2
149.1
5.1
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
334.6
307.6
27.0
Midland
89.8
86.3
3.5
Odessa
78.4
74.2
4.2
San Angelo
55.0
52.7
2.3
San Antonio-New Braunfels
1,106.0
1,065.3
40.7
Sherman-Denison
60.7
58.3
2.3
Texarkana
64.9
61.8
3.1
Tyler
102.8
98.4
4.4
Victoria
49.4
47.2
2.2
Waco
119.3
114.7
4.6
Wichita Falls
64.6
61.7
2.9
C.L.F.
December 2015
Emp. Unemp. Rate
C.L.F.
January 2015
Emp. Unemp. Rate
5.3 157,245.0 149,703.0 7,542.0
4.4 13,136.9 12,580.2
556.7
3.8
74.7
72.1
2.6
3.0
130.2
126.5
3.7
3.2 1,083.5 1,050.8
32.7
6.7
177.2
165.5
11.7
7.1
164.0
152.8
11.2
3.5
123.2
119.3
3.9
5.5
208.8
197.8
11.0
3.8 3,624.9 3,493.1
131.8
3.7 2,434.8 2,348.3
86.5
4.0 1,190.1 1,144.8
45.3
4.9
347.3
330.9
16.4
4.8 156,050.0 146,552.0 9,498.0
4.2 13,004.5 12,393.2
611.2
3.5
75.3
72.3
3.0
2.8
129.2
124.9
4.3
3.0 1,051.5 1,011.2
40.3
6.6
177.8
164.8
13.0
6.8
164.3
151.2
13.1
3.2
117.5
113.0
4.5
5.3
206.8
196.1
10.7
3.6 3,543.4 3,383.0
160.4
3.6 2,365.6 2,258.5
107.1
3.8 1,177.8 1,124.5
53.4
4.7
343.5
323.6
19.9
6.1
4.7
4.0
3.4
3.8
7.3
7.9
3.8
5.2
4.5
4.5
4.5
5.8
4.8
4.4
4.8
5.3
3.3
8.1
3.8
5.4
4.1
3.7
3.8
4.7
4.3
4.4
3.9
4.5
4.6
4.2
4.5
5.0
3.1
7.9
3.6
5.1
4.0
3.5
3.7
4.5
4.4
4.1
3.7
4.2
4.6
5.3
4.7
4.5
3.6
8.5
2.8
3.4
3.9
4.2
4.4
5.9
4.8
3.8
4.5
4.4
3,261.1
171.3
113.8
100.2
154.4
333.6
89.5
78.3
55.3
1,102.5
60.8
64.9
103.7
49.6
118.8
64.6
3,110.8
164.1
108.7
95.2
149.6
307.2
86.3
74.3
53.1
1,063.9
58.6
62.0
99.2
47.5
114.5
61.9
150.3
7.2
5.1
5.0
4.7
26.4
3.2
4.0
2.2
38.7
2.2
2.9
4.5
2.1
4.3
2.7
3,244.8
167.3
111.5
102.8
151.9
332.1
94.8
83.5
55.2
1,089.1
59.7
63.9
101.6
49.7
118.9
65.0
3,096.1
158.4
106.3
98.2
146.4
303.9
92.2
80.6
53.1
1,043.5
57.0
60.2
96.7
47.8
113.6
62.2
148.7
8.9
5.2
4.6
5.5
28.2
2.6
2.9
2.1
45.6
2.7
3.8
4.9
1.9
5.3
2.9
All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates reflect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. Civilian Labor Force (C.L.F.) includes
wage and salary workers, self-employed, unpaid family, domestics in private households, agricultural workers, workers involved in
labor disputes and the unemployed, all by place of residence. The unemployment rates and the CLF levels are computed from
unrounded data and may differ from those computed using the rounded data displayed. Estimates of the TWC are in cooperati on
with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Beginning with January 2015 estimates, definitions of the MSAs were
updated to reflect the 2010 Census-based configurations. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is comprised of the Dallas-PlanoIrving Metropolitan Division (MD) and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.
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VI.
County Unemployment Rates
Unemployment Rates for Texas Counties
County
Anderson
Andrews
Angelina
Aransas
Archer
Armstrong
Atascosa
Austin
Bailey
Bandera
Bastrop
Baylor
Bee
Bell
Bexar
Blanco
Borden
Bosque
Bowie
Brazoria
Brazos
Brewster
Briscoe
Brooks
Brown
Burleson
Burnet
Caldwell
Calhoun
Callahan
Cameron
Camp
Carson
Cass
Castro
Chambers
Cherokee
Childress
Clay
Cochran
Coke
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
4.2
4.0
5.8
5.5
4.6
2.5
5.2
4.8
4.4
4.1
3.6
3.9
6.8
4.3
3.7
3.0
3.7
4.7
4.6
4.8
3.3
4.1
4.0
11.0
4.1
4.5
3.5
4.2
4.1
4.4
7.1
6.3
3.4
6.6
3.2
5.6
5.3
2.9
4.9
5.3
4.0
4.1
3.8
5.7
5.3
4.2
2.5
5.0
4.6
3.7
3.8
3.4
3.0
6.3
4.2
3.5
2.8
2.9
4.4
4.3
4.5
3.0
3.7
3.5
10.5
3.9
4.3
3.3
4.0
3.8
4.3
6.8
6.1
3.0
6.4
2.9
5.3
4.9
2.6
4.4
5.0
3.9
4.1
2.8
4.9
5.5
4.5
2.9
4.5
4.4
4.8
4.4
4.3
4.0
5.6
5.3
4.2
3.5
2.8
4.8
5.6
4.7
3.7
4.6
3.9
7.1
4.6
4.4
4.2
4.8
4.2
4.3
7.9
6.0
3.3
7.3
3.9
5.4
5.5
3.4
4.2
4.3
4.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.7
0.3
0.2
0.9
0.5
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.8
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.1
OTY
Change
0.1
1.2
0.9
0.0
0.1
-0.4
0.7
0.4
-0.4
-0.3
-0.7
-0.1
1.2
-1.0
-0.5
-0.5
0.9
-0.1
-1.0
0.1
-0.4
-0.5
0.1
3.9
-0.5
0.1
-0.7
-0.6
-0.1
0.1
-0.8
0.3
0.1
-0.7
-0.7
0.2
-0.2
-0.5
0.7
1.0
-0.1
23
County
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
Kaufman
Kendall
Kenedy
Kent
Kerr
Kimble
King
Kinney
Kleberg
Knox
Lamar
Lamb
Lampasas
La Salle
Lavaca
Lee
Leon
Liberty
Limestone
Lipscomb
Live Oak
Llano
Loving
Lubbock
Lynn
McCulloch
McLennan
McMullen
Madison
Marion
Martin
Mason
Matagorda
Maverick
Medina
Menard
Midland
Milam
Mills
Mitchell
Montague
3.8
3.2
3.3
3.8
3.7
4.1
3.2
6.6
6.7
4.2
4.5
7.9
4.1
4.3
3.9
3.5
6.1
7.2
5.6
4.2
4.7
4.3
4.8
3.3
3.6
5.2
3.9
1.8
4.4
6.5
3.7
3.6
7.2
12.4
4.3
4.8
3.9
5.1
3.8
6.8
4.6
3.6
3.0
2.8
3.0
3.4
4.2
3.4
6.2
6.1
4.0
4.3
7.7
4.1
4.2
3.8
3.4
5.7
6.8
5.2
3.9
4.3
4.1
5.0
3.1
3.2
4.9
3.6
1.8
4.2
6.3
3.4
3.3
7.2
10.9
4.1
4.8
3.6
4.9
3.6
6.0
4.7
4.6
3.6
3.1
2.2
4.2
3.6
4.0
7.4
5.4
3.7
5.3
9.9
5.0
3.2
3.6
3.5
5.0
6.8
5.2
3.4
3.6
4.8
4.6
3.6
3.9
3.7
4.5
2.3
4.4
6.3
3.1
4.3
7.4
11.9
4.5
5.5
2.8
6.0
4.0
4.4
3.8
0.2
0.2
0.5
0.8
0.3
-0.1
-0.2
0.4
0.6
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.2
-0.2
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.0
1.5
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.8
-0.1
-0.8
-0.4
0.2
1.6
-0.5
0.5
-0.8
-0.8
1.3
0.5
-0.8
-2.0
-0.9
1.1
0.3
0.0
1.1
0.4
0.4
0.8
1.1
-0.5
0.2
-0.3
-0.3
1.5
-0.6
-0.5
0.0
0.2
0.6
-0.7
-0.2
0.5
-0.2
-0.7
1.1
-0.9
-0.2
2.4
0.8
County
Coleman
Collin
Collingsworth
Colorado
Comal
Comanche
Concho
Cooke
Coryell
Cottle
Crane
Crockett
Crosby
Culberson
Dallam
Dallas
Dawson
Deaf Smith
Delta
Denton
DeWitt
Dickens
Dimmit
Donley
Duval
Eastland
Ector
Edwards
Ellis
El Paso
Erath
Falls
Fannin
Fayette
Fisher
Floyd
Foard
Fort Bend
Franklin
Freestone
Frio
Gaines
Galveston
Garza
Gillespie
Glasscock
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
5.7
3.4
3.6
4.2
3.6
4.3
4.1
3.9
4.5
6.9
7.1
7.0
4.1
3.8
2.2
4.0
4.3
3.3
4.1
3.4
4.1
5.4
6.0
4.1
9.7
5.4
5.4
4.8
3.7
4.9
3.9
4.2
3.8
3.4
4.3
5.5
4.1
4.5
4.9
6.0
4.3
3.5
5.0
4.5
2.8
4.1
5.3
3.2
3.1
3.9
3.4
3.8
3.7
3.7
4.4
6.3
7.0
6.0
3.7
3.6
2.0
3.8
4.2
3.0
3.8
3.2
4.0
4.2
5.8
4.0
9.4
4.9
5.1
4.4
3.5
4.7
3.6
3.9
3.7
3.3
3.9
4.2
3.9
4.3
4.9
5.9
4.2
3.2
4.9
3.7
2.6
3.7
6.0
4.1
3.8
4.0
4.1
4.7
3.2
3.5
5.4
9.0
4.6
4.4
4.9
4.2
2.6
4.9
4.5
3.6
5.5
4.0
3.5
5.0
3.3
4.5
5.5
4.5
3.4
4.0
4.3
5.8
3.8
4.7
4.8
3.3
4.0
7.2
5.1
4.2
4.8
5.0
3.3
3.0
5.2
3.6
3.4
2.6
0.4
0.2
0.5
0.3
0.2
0.5
0.4
0.2
0.1
0.6
0.1
1.0
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
1.2
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.5
0.3
0.4
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.4
1.3
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.8
0.2
0.4
OTY
Change
-0.3
-0.7
-0.2
0.2
-0.5
-0.4
0.9
0.4
-0.9
-2.1
2.5
2.6
-0.8
-0.4
-0.4
-0.9
-0.2
-0.3
-1.4
-0.6
0.6
0.4
2.7
-0.4
4.2
0.9
2.0
0.8
-0.6
-0.9
0.1
-0.5
-1.0
0.1
0.3
-1.7
-1.0
0.3
0.1
1.0
1.0
0.5
-0.2
0.9
-0.6
1.5
24
County
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
Montgomery
Moore
Morris
Motley
Nacogdoches
Navarro
Newton
Nolan
Nueces
Ochiltree
Oldham
Orange
Palo Pinto
Panola
Parker
Parmer
Pecos
Polk
Potter
Presidio
Rains
Randall
Reagan
Real
Red River
Reeves
Refugio
Roberts
Robertson
Rockwall
Runnels
Rusk
Sabine
San Augustine
San Jacinto
San Patricio
San Saba
Schleicher
Scurry
Shackelford
Shelby
Sherman
Smith
Somervell
Starr
Stephens
4.5
3.2
9.1
4.0
4.7
4.2
7.4
4.7
5.3
4.8
2.8
6.6
5.9
6.0
4.1
2.5
4.8
6.5
3.2
11.4
4.1
2.9
5.6
5.7
5.9
5.1
5.9
3.7
4.9
3.5
3.8
5.0
9.3
9.6
6.0
6.9
3.4
4.6
5.1
3.1
5.7
3.2
4.3
4.9
14.3
5.0
4.3
3.1
9.6
3.4
4.3
3.7
7.3
4.3
5.0
4.6
2.6
6.4
5.7
5.8
3.9
2.2
5.0
6.3
3.1
11.2
4.0
2.6
5.5
5.0
5.8
4.9
5.2
3.5
4.6
3.4
3.4
4.8
9.9
9.2
6.0
6.7
3.2
4.7
4.3
2.9
5.4
2.9
4.4
5.1
13.7
4.7
4.1
3.2
7.4
4.2
4.9
4.8
7.9
4.1
4.9
3.0
3.2
7.2
4.9
4.6
4.2
2.7
4.2
6.2
3.6
11.1
5.2
3.2
3.4
5.9
7.3
3.8
4.3
4.0
5.1
4.1
4.1
4.4
10.2
9.2
5.5
6.6
3.8
3.4
3.1
2.6
5.1
3.0
4.8
5.2
14.4
4.1
0.2
0.1
-0.5
0.6
0.4
0.5
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
-0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.7
0.1
0.2
0.7
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.4
0.2
-0.6
0.4
0.0
0.2
0.2
-0.1
0.8
0.2
0.3
0.3
-0.1
-0.2
0.6
0.3
0.4
0.0
1.7
-0.2
-0.2
-0.6
-0.5
0.6
0.4
1.8
-0.4
-0.6
1.0
1.4
-0.1
-0.2
0.6
0.3
-0.4
0.3
-1.1
-0.3
2.2
-0.2
-1.4
1.3
1.6
-0.3
-0.2
-0.6
-0.3
0.6
-0.9
0.4
0.5
0.3
-0.4
1.2
2.0
0.5
0.6
0.2
-0.5
-0.3
-0.1
0.9
County
Goliad
Gonzales
Gray
Grayson
Gregg
Grimes
Guadalupe
Hale
Hall
Hamilton
Hansford
Hardeman
Hardin
Harris
Harrison
Hartley
Haskell
Hays
Hemphill
Henderson
Hidalgo
Hill
Hockley
Hood
Hopkins
Houston
Howard
Hudspeth
Hunt
Hutchinson
Irion
Jack
Jackson
Jasper
Jeff Davis
Jefferson
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Johnson
Jones
Karnes
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
4.4
4.2
6.5
3.8
5.3
5.8
3.5
5.7
5.5
5.2
3.3
4.2
5.7
4.8
5.5
2.1
3.7
3.3
3.5
4.8
8.1
4.6
4.5
4.7
4.1
4.7
4.9
6.7
4.4
4.5
2.9
4.4
4.0
7.7
3.4
6.9
7.8
8.9
4.3
5.5
4.4
4.2
3.8
6.2
3.7
5.0
5.5
3.3
5.2
5.0
4.6
3.1
3.9
5.8
4.6
5.4
2.0
3.0
3.1
3.2
4.6
7.9
4.3
4.1
4.4
3.8
4.5
4.8
5.7
4.2
4.3
3.0
4.0
3.8
7.7
3.5
6.8
7.8
8.9
4.1
5.0
4.2
3.8
3.6
4.1
4.4
4.4
4.7
3.9
7.5
5.1
4.1
2.8
5.0
5.6
4.6
4.9
2.4
3.8
3.9
2.6
5.2
8.5
4.7
3.7
4.7
4.4
4.9
4.3
6.1
5.5
4.1
3.6
3.6
3.6
8.0
4.5
7.7
5.6
5.1
4.5
5.2
3.4
0.2
0.4
0.3
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.2
0.3
-0.1
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.7
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.1
1.0
0.2
0.2
-0.1
0.4
0.2
0.0
-0.1
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.5
0.2
OTY
Change
0.6
0.6
2.4
-0.6
0.9
1.1
-0.4
-1.8
0.4
1.1
0.5
-0.8
0.1
0.2
0.6
-0.3
-0.1
-0.6
0.9
-0.4
-0.4
-0.1
0.8
0.0
-0.3
-0.2
0.6
0.6
-1.1
0.4
-0.7
0.8
0.4
-0.3
-1.1
-0.8
2.2
3.8
-0.2
0.3
1.0
County
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
Sterling
Stonewall
Sutton
Swisher
Tarrant
Taylor
Terrell
Terry
Throckmorton
Titus
Tom Green
Travis
Trinity
Tyler
Upshur
Upton
Uvalde
Val Verde
Van Zandt
Victoria
Walker
Waller
Ward
Washington
Webb
Wharton
Wheeler
Wichita
Wilbarger
Willacy
Williamson
Wilson
Winkler
Wise
Wood
Yoakum
Young
Zapata
Zavala
3.2
5.1
7.9
4.5
3.9
3.6
5.2
4.7
3.3
5.7
4.1
3.1
6.4
7.1
5.7
4.3
5.5
6.4
4.2
4.4
5.1
5.2
4.8
5.1
4.8
4.7
4.3
4.4
4.8
12.6
3.2
3.8
6.4
4.7
5.2
4.2
4.2
9.1
12.4
3.0
4.2
6.9
4.3
3.7
3.3
4.4
4.2
3.1
5.5
4.0
2.9
6.1
7.4
5.4
4.4
5.3
6.1
4.2
4.1
4.8
4.8
4.4
5.0
4.5
4.5
4.1
4.2
4.4
12.1
3.1
3.7
5.7
4.5
5.1
3.9
4.1
8.4
11.5
3.4
4.4
4.2
5.4
4.6
3.8
3.6
4.3
3.7
5.8
3.9
3.7
5.9
7.3
4.7
3.1
5.2
5.7
4.6
3.8
5.0
4.6
3.6
4.2
4.7
4.3
3.6
4.4
5.0
12.2
3.9
3.9
4.4
4.4
5.6
3.3
4.1
5.0
11.3
0.2
0.9
1.0
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.8
0.5
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.3
-0.3
0.3
-0.1
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.5
0.1
0.1
0.7
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.7
0.9
-0.2
0.7
3.7
-0.9
-0.7
-0.2
1.6
0.4
-0.4
-0.1
0.2
-0.6
0.5
-0.2
1.0
1.2
0.3
0.7
-0.4
0.6
0.1
0.6
1.2
0.9
0.1
0.4
0.7
0.0
-0.2
0.4
-0.7
-0.1
2.0
0.3
-0.4
0.9
0.1
4.1
1.1
Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Estimates reflect actual (not
seasonally adjusted) data. All estimates are subject to revision.
25
VII. City & WDA Unemployment Rates
Unemployment Rates for Texas Cities
City
Abilene
Allen
Alvin
Amarillo
Arlington
Austin
Balch Springs
Baytown
Beaumont
Bedford
Big Spring
Brownsville
Bryan
Burleson
Carrollton
Cedar Hill
Cedar Park
Cibolo
Cleburne
College
Station
Conroe
Coppell
Copperas
Cove
Corpus Christi
Corsicana
Dallas
Deer Park
Del Rio
Denton
DeSoto
Duncanville
Eagle Pass
Edinburg
El Paso
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
3.6
3.1
4.8
3.0
3.8
2.8
4.8
7.1
5.9
3.7
5.3
7.1
3.6
3.2
3.2
4.2
2.8
2.8
4.7
3.3
2.9
4.5
2.8
3.7
2.7
4.5
7.0
5.8
3.6
5.1
6.9
3.2
3.1
3.2
4.0
2.7
2.5
4.5
4.0
3.8
5.0
3.3
4.5
3.4
5.6
7.5
6.5
4.2
4.6
8.0
3.7
3.8
4.0
5.3
3.5
3.0
4.8
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.3
0.2
-0.4
-0.7
-0.2
-0.3
-0.7
-0.6
-0.8
-0.4
-0.6
-0.5
0.7
-0.9
-0.1
-0.6
-0.8
-1.1
-0.7
-0.2
-0.1
3.1
3.9
3.2
2.8
3.7
3.1
3.7
3.8
4.2
0.3
0.2
0.1
-0.6
0.1
-1.0
Lancaster
La Porte
Laredo
League City
Leander
Lewisville
Little Elm
Longview
Lubbock
Lufkin
McAllen
McKinney
Mansfield
Mesquite
Midland
Mission
Missouri City
Nacogdoches
New Braunfels
North
Richland Hills
Odessa
Paris
4.0
5.0
4.3
3.9
4.6
6.4
3.3
4.9
4.5
14.0
4.8
4.5
4.0
4.7
3.8
3.7
4.3
6.1
3.1
4.6
4.2
11.5
4.7
4.3
4.8
4.7
5.2
4.7
4.7
5.9
3.8
6.1
5.9
13.6
5.2
5.4
0.0
0.3
0.5
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.3
2.5
0.1
0.2
-0.8
0.3
-0.9
-0.8
-0.1
0.5
-0.5
-1.2
-1.4
0.4
-0.4
-0.9
Pasadena
Pearland
Pflugerville
Pharr
Plano
Port Arthur
Richardson
Rockwall
Rosenberg
Round Rock
Rowlett
San Angelo
County
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6.7
4.8
4.4
3.8
3.1
3.7
3.1
4.5
3.5
4.5
5.2
3.9
3.9
4.9
2.8
6.4
4.7
5.0
3.3
OTM
Chang
e
0.4
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
0.2
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.6
0.2
OTY
Chang
e
-1.3
0.2
0.0
-0.1
-0.5
-0.6
-0.5
0.5
-0.3
1.0
-0.5
-0.7
-0.7
-1.0
0.8
-0.1
-0.1
-0.4
-0.4
3.2
4.5
4.4
4.1
3.2
5.6
0.2
0.2
0.0
-0.7
1.5
-1.2
5.7
3.4
2.6
7.1
3.3
10.2
3.3
3.2
4.2
2.9
3.7
3.9
6.0
3.5
3.2
7.7
4.1
11.2
4.3
3.9
4.1
3.7
4.6
3.9
0.1
0.2
0.1
-0.3
0.2
0.3
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.2
-0.2
0.1
-0.5
-0.9
-0.6
-0.7
-0.9
-0.6
0.3
-0.6
-0.9
0.2
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
5.4
5.0
4.4
3.7
2.6
3.1
2.6
5.0
3.2
5.5
4.7
3.2
3.2
3.9
3.6
6.3
4.6
4.6
2.9
5.0
4.9
4.0
3.4
2.4
2.9
2.3
4.7
3.0
5.5
4.5
3.1
3.1
3.8
3.5
6.1
4.3
4.0
2.7
3.4
4.7
4.4
5.8
3.6
2.7
6.8
3.5
10.5
3.4
3.3
4.4
3.1
3.7
4.1
City
Euless
Farmers
Branch
Flower
Mound
Fort Worth
Friendswood
Frisco
Galveston
Garland
Georgetown
Grand Prairie
Grapevine
Greenville
Haltom City
Harker
Heights
Harlingen
Houston
Huntsville
Hurst
Irving
Keller
Killeen
Kingsville
Kyle
Lake Jackson
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Chang
e
OTY
Chang
e
San Antonio
3.5
3.3
4.1
0.2
-0.6
-0.8
San Benito
6.1
6.0
6.8
0.1
-0.7
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
-0.8
-0.6
-0.1
-0.6
-0.7
-0.8
-0.8
-0.8
-0.6
-2.1
-0.8
San Juan
San Marcos
Schertz
Seguin
Sherman
Socorro
Southlake
Sugar Land
Temple
Texarkana
Texas City
7.6
3.3
3.2
3.5
3.9
5.3
3.6
3.7
3.5
4.5
5.9
6.9
2.9
2.9
3.3
3.7
5.1
3.2
3.3
3.3
4.2
5.9
8.1
4.0
3.7
4.2
4.5
5.9
4.2
3.5
4.3
5.5
6.2
0.7
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.4
0.2
0.3
0.0
-0.5
-0.7
-0.5
-0.7
-0.6
-0.6
-0.6
0.2
-0.8
-1.0
-0.3
5.2
6.5
0.0
0.3
-0.9
-0.9
3.0
3.9
2.8
4.1
4.1
4.6
0.2
-0.2
-1.1
-0.7
4.4
5.5
4.8
4.3
3.8
5.8
5.3
2.8
4.5
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.0
0.3
0.2
0.6
0.2
-0.1
0.0
-0.3
-0.9
-0.9
-0.5
-1.3
1.2
-0.3
-0.3
The Colony
Tyler
University
Park
Victoria
Waco
Waxahachie
Weatherford
Weslaco
Wichita Falls
Wylie
3.3
4.3
4.0
3.2
4.2
7.1
4.4
3.5
3.0
4.2
3.7
3.1
4.0
6.9
4.2
3.2
3.8
3.7
4.7
4.2
4.3
7.4
4.4
3.8
0.3
0.1
0.3
0.1
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.3
-0.5
0.6
-0.7
-1.0
-0.1
-0.3
0.0
-0.3
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
3.5
3.4
4.4
0.1
-0.9
3.5
3.4
4.3
0.1
3.0
3.9
3.9
2.8
4.7
3.9
3.6
3.9
3.0
4.4
4.0
2.8
3.7
3.8
2.6
4.6
3.7
3.4
3.7
3.0
4.4
3.8
3.8
4.5
4.0
3.4
5.4
4.7
4.4
4.7
3.6
6.5
4.8
4.3
5.6
4.3
5.3
4.4
5.2
3.9
3.4
3.3
4.5
6.5
2.5
4.2
4.2
5.0
3.7
3.4
3.0
4.3
5.9
2.3
4.3
County
Unemployment Rates for Texas Workforce Development Areas (WDAs)
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
Alamo
3.7
3.5
4.2
0.2
-0.5
Borderplex
5.0
4.8
5.8
0.2
-0.8
Brazos Valley
4.0
3.6
4.0
0.4
0.0
WDA
County
Lower Rio
Grande Valley
Middle Rio
Grande
North Central
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Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
8.6
8.4
9.0
0.2
-0.4
8.4
7.7
7.5
0.7
0.9
3.6
3.4
4.2
0.2
-0.6
WDA
Cameron
County
Capital Area
Central Texas
Coastal Bend
Concho Valley
Dallas
Deep East
Texas
East Texas
Golden
Crescent
Gulf Coast
Heart Of
Texas
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
County
Texas
North East
Texas
North Texas
Panhandle
Permian Basin
Rural Capital
South East
Texas
Jan
2016
Dec
2015
Jan
2015
OTM
Change
OTY
Change
5.1
4.9
5.7
0.2
-0.6
4.5
3.4
4.6
3.3
4.2
3.2
4.4
3.2
4.3
3.4
3.2
4.0
0.3
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.2
0.0
1.4
-0.7
6.7
6.6
7.3
0.1
-0.6
7.1
6.8
7.9
0.3
-0.8
3.1
4.4
6.0
4.4
2.9
4.2
5.7
4.2
3.7
5.3
5.2
3.9
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
-0.6
-0.9
0.8
0.5
4.0
3.8
4.9
0.2
-0.9
6.1
5.9
5.9
0.2
0.2
South Plains
3.8
3.5
4.2
0.3
-0.4
4.9
4.8
4.8
0.1
0.1
South Texas
5.1
4.7
4.7
0.4
0.4
4.2
4.0
3.7
0.2
0.5
Tarrant County
3.9
3.7
4.6
0.2
-0.7
4.8
4.6
4.6
0.2
0.2
3.9
3.7
4.3
0.2
-0.4
4.2
3.9
4.6
0.3
-0.4
Texoma
West Central
Texas
4.2
3.8
4.1
0.4
0.1
Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Estimates reflect actual (not
seasonally adjusted) data. All estimates are subject to revision.
VIII. Happenings Around the State
Houston Pipe Plant Details Emerge
HOUSTON, TX (Houston Business Journal)—Luxembourg-based Tenaris S.A., a distributor and
manufacturer of steel pipe serving the oil and gas industry, is investing $1.8 billion in a new pipe mill in Bay
City southwest of Houston in Matagorda County. The project is expected to be complete sometime in
2017, generating 600 direct manufacturing jobs that will eventually amount to an annual payroll of $40
million.
The location is strategic in its proximity to unconventional shale plays, which generate demand for the pipe
products coming out of the facility, according to Tenaris. The mill will have the capacity to produce
600,000 tons of oil country tubular goods, which refers mainly to casing and tubing used in drilling, as well
as line pipe and other pipe used in producing or transporting oil and gas. Tenaris already has five other
manufacturing facilities in Houston.
Many Toyota Employees May Move to Plano
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PLANO, TX (Dallas Business Journal)—As many as 75 percent of Toyota’s 4,000 U.S. employees may make
the move to the company’s new North American headquarters in Plano, CEO Jim Lentz said recently. The
number is based on early, informal responses from employees, Lentz said at the North American
International Auto Show in Detroit.
The numbers are higher than the roughly 60 percent the company had anticipated, according to Lentz. If
the 75 percent rate holds, it would mean about 3,000 employees move to Plano, leaving about 1,000 new
jobs to be filled. Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has completed an organizational structure for the
consolidation in west Plano, and is now asking employees in California, Kentucky, and New York whether
they plan to relocate. Toyota is setting up its North American headquarters at a 100-acre site in Plano.
Round Rock Top Minor League City
ROUND ROCK, TX (The Street.com--Adam Leverone)—Round Rock, Texas has been named the top Minor
League Baseball town in North America. In 2015, the Round Rock Express fielded the top team in AAA
baseball’s American Southern division of the Pacific Coast League. The team’s average attendance rose to
8,509, fifth highest in the minor leagues, equal to 85% of their stadium capacity, according to SmartAsset.
The city had an unemployment rate of just 2.9% in December. The Express have nearly 300 employees
during the height of baseball season in the summer, according to Express team president Chris
Almendarez.
Psychiatric Hospital to Bring 225 Jobs
HARLINGEN, TX (Valley Morning Star--Fernando Del Valle)—A developer’s original expansion of a $12
million project, now budgeted at $13 million, to build a psychiatric hospital will create about 225 jobs. The
Harlingen City Commissioners approved Strategic Behavioral Health’s request to amend an agreement
with the Harlingen Economic Development Corporation. Originally, building the Palms Behavioral Health
Center planned to create 200 jobs, but the developer has expanded the project to now include 94 beds in
a 60,000-square-foot building at the corner of Hale Avenue and Victoria Lane. The developer’s expansion
will create about 25 additional jobs, according to Mayor Chris Boswell.
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IX.
Glossary of Labor Market Terms
Actual or Not Seasonally Adjusted - This term is used to describe data series not subject to the seasonal
adjustment process. In other words, the effects of regular, or seasonal, patterns have not been removed
from these series.
Civilian Labor Force (CLF) - Is that portion of the population age 16 and older who are employed or
unemployed. To be considered unemployed, a person has to be not working but willing and able to work
and actively seeking work.
Consumer Price Index (CPI) - Is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban
consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. The CPI provides a way for consumers to
compare what the market basket of goods and services costs this month with what the same market
basket cost a month or a year ago.
Current Employment Statistics (CES) - A monthly survey of nonfarm business establishments used to
collect wage and salary employment, workers hours, and payroll, by industry and area. It is sometimes
known as Nonagricultural Employment.
Employed (Emp) - Persons 16 years and over in the civilian noninstitutional population who, during the
reference week, (a) did any work at all (at least 1 hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business,
profession, or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated
by a member of the family, and (b) all those who were not working but who had jobs or businesses from
which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems,
maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons,
whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is
counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) - The Federal/State cooperative program which produces
employment and unemployment estimates for states and local areas. These estimates are developed by
State Employment Security Agencies in accordance with Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) definitions and
procedures. Data is used for planning and budgetary purposes as an indication of need for employment
and training services programs. Estimates are also used to allocate Federal funds.
Metropolitan Division (MD) - A Metropolitan Statistical Area which contains a single core with a
population of 2.5 million or more may be subdivided into smaller groupings of counties referred to as
Metropolitan Divisions. Titles of Metropolitan Divisions are typically based on principal city names. Texas
has two Metropolitan Divisions, the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD, which
combine to form the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA.
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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - A geographic area that contains at least one urbanized area of
50,000 or more population plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic
integration with the core urban area. An MSA in Texas is made up of one or more counties. The U.S. Office
of Management and Budget defines metropolitan areas according to published standards that are applied
to Census Bureau data. Texas has 25 MSAs and two Metropolitan Divisions (MD).
Seasonally Adjusted (SA) - Seasonal adjustment removes the effects of events that follow a more or less
regular pattern each year. These adjustments make it easier to observe the cyclical and other non-seasonal
movements in a data series.
Unemployed (Unemp) - Persons 16 years and over who had no employment during the reference week,
were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specific efforts to find employment
sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be
recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classified as
unemployed.
Workforce Development Area (WDA) - The State of Texas is divided into twenty-eight (28) local workforce
development areas.
X.
Indicators
Texas Unemployment Rate
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Seasonally Adjusted
Jan 2016
4.4%
Jan 2016
4.5%
Dec 2015
Jan 2015
4.2%
4.7%
Dec 2015
Jan 2015
4.6%
4.4%
U.S. Unemployment Rate
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Seasonally Adjusted
Jan 2016
5.3%
Jan 2016
4.9%
Dec 2015
4.8%
Dec 2015
5.0%
Jan 2015
6.1%
Jan 2015
5.7%
Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment
Not Seasonally Adjusted
Seasonally Adjusted
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Not Seasonally Adjusted
Seasonally Adjusted
Jan 2016
11,826,100
Jan 2016
11,962,500
Dec 2015
12,008,200
Dec 2015
11,931,100
Jan 2015
OTM Change
11,637,600
Jan 2015
-182,100 OTM Change
OTY Change
188,500
11,775,100
31,400
OTY Change
187,400
Unemployment Insurance Claims Filed
Initial Claims
Continued Claims
Jan 2016
88,761
Jan 2016
847,830
Dec 2015
Jan 2015
79,136
91,631
Dec 2015
Jan 2015
769,588
612,776
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
Annual Change
U.S.
Jan 2016
1.4%
Dallas-Fort Worth
Jan 2016
1.1%
Houston-Galveston
Dec 2015
0.4%
Personnel Supply
Personnel Supply
Jan 2016
Dec 2015
Jan 2015
OTM Change
OTY Change
275,300
299,700
281,700
-24,400
-6,400
West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil
$/barrel
Jan 2016
Dec 2015
Jan 2015
OTM Change
OTY Change
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$ 31.68
$ 37.19
$ 47.22
-$ 5.51
-$ 15.54
XI.
Featured Article: 2016 Annual Revisions
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Revisions
The Labor Market and Career Information (LMCI) Department of the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC),
in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), is continuing its annual revision process,
informally referred to as “benchmarking.” LMCI has incorporated revisions to the past five years (20102015) of LAUS estimates, including the size of the Civilian Labor Force, the number of Employed, the
number of Unemployed, and the Unemployment Rate, for all substate areas and for the state as a whole.
There may be additional revisions to the estimates on March 25th and again on April 15th with all
estimates becoming final at that time.
Labor Force Estimates Release Schedule



March 4, 2016: First round of revisions to 2010-2015 estimates. January 2016
preliminary estimates.
March 25, 2016: Possible second round of revisions to 2010-2015 estimates. February
2016 preliminary estimates. January 2016 revised estimates.
April 15, 2016: Final round of revisions to 2010-2015 estimates. March 2016
preliminary estimates. February 2016 revised estimates.
As a reminder, only statewide estimates and estimates for Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) are
seasonally adjusted. The seasonally-adjusted estimates for MSAs typically become available
approximately one week after each LMCI release date as a Searchpage Report on www.tracer2.com.
The City of Cibolo has met the requirements in order to be included as an official BLS estimated area,
primarily that the city has met the 25,000 population threshold. The historical series for the City of Cibolo
will begin in 2010 and is now available on our website.
Current Employment Statistics (CES) Revisions
The revised Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary employment estimates were produced by the BLS and
have been provided to TWC for dissemination to the public. These estimates, which include the annual
averages, are now available for 2014 and 2015. Some areas may have changes in employment levels prior
to 2014 and will be updated as far back as 1990 on our website.
A summary series titled “Mining, Logging, and Construction” has now been added to the CES data for
Texas statewide as well as for two metropolitan statistical areas: the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land
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MSA and the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA. Additionally, a new Texas statewide series titled
“Management of Companies and Enterprises” has been added under the major industry of Professional
and Business Services.
XII. Credits
The Texas Labor Market Review (TLMR) is published monthly by the Labor Market & Career Information
Department of the Texas Workforce Commission. Material in the TLMR is not copyrighted and may be
reproduced. The TWC would appreciate credit for the material used and a copy of the reprint. For
assistance in finding this publication on our website, please contact us at the numbers below.
Phone: (512) 936-3278
Toll Free: 1-866-938-4444
Fax: (512) 936-3208
Website: Tracer2
E-mail: LMCI Department
You can view the TLMR online by going to www.tracer2.com and selecting “LMCI Publications”.
TLMR Staff:
Mariana Vega, Editor
Fatima-Zahra Pendleton, Layout and Design
Contributors: Phil Arnold, Dorothy Gattis, Gabriel Guzman, James Helfrich, Robert Luttner, Fatima-Zahra
Pendleton, Mariana Vega, Matthew Weber.
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