Southwest News Releases & Tables

Inflation and Consumer Spending

Consumer Price Index

News Releases

• Dallas-Fort Worth, All Items (odd months)   (PDF)
• Dallas-Fort Worth, Food and Energy (even months)  (PDF)
• Houston-Galveston, All Items (even months)   (PDF)
• Houston-Galveston, Food and Energy (odd months)   (PDF)
• South Region, All Items (monthly)   (PDF)

Data Tables

• Consumer Price Indexes for Detailed Categories for the U.S., Dallas, and Houston
• Consumer Price Indexes, All Items, U.S., South, and selected metropolitan areas
• Consumer Price Index Indicators, Current Month  (PDF)
• Consumer Price Index, Annual Percent Changes for Recent Calendar Years NEW



• Archived Consumer Price Index Indicators NEW

Historical Tables CPI-U and CPI-W

• U.S. City Average, 1982-84=100
• Dallas-Fort Worth, 1982-84=100
• Houston-Galveston, 1982-84=100
• U.S. City Average, 1967=100
• Dallas-Fort Worth, 1967=100
• Houston-Galveston, 1967=100

Producer Price Index

• Producer Price Index Highlights
• Producer Price Index Finished Goods
• Producer Price Index All Commodities
• Producer Price Index - Industrial Commodities

Consumer Spending

• Consumer Spending Patterns in Dallas-Fort Worth, 2007-2008 (PDF) NEW
• Consumer Spending Patterns in Houston, 2007-2008 (PDF) NEW

 

Employment and Unemployment

News Releases

• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (Quarterly) (PDF) NEW
• Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (Quarterly) (PDF) NEW

Data Tables

• Unemployment rates and nonfarm employment, by Southwest state
• Unemployment rates, by Southwest metropolitan area
• Unemployment rate rankings, all U.S. states
• Unemployment rate rankings, all U.S. metropolitan areas
• Southwest labor force and nonfarm employment, by state  (PDF)
• Historical unemployment rates, Texas and U.S. (PDF only)

• Industry employment and labor force statistics, Arkansas, seasonally adjusted
• Industry employment and labor force statistics, Louisiana, seasonally adjusted
• Industry employment and labor force statistics, New Mexico, seasonally adjusted
• Industry employment and labor force statistics, Oklahoma, seasonally adjusted
• Industry employment and labor force statistics, Texas, seasonally adjusted

• Industry employment by division and annual change, U.S. and Texas, seasonally adjusted  (PDF)
• Industry employment & annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, & Houston, not seasonally adjusted (PDF only)
• Industry employment & annual change: Austin, San Antonio, & El Paso, not seasonally adjusted (PDF only)
• Historical industry employment by division and percent change, U.S. and Texas, seasonally adjusted (PDF only)
• Historical industry employment by division and percent change, U.S. and Texas, not seasonally adjusted (PDF only)

• Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region, division, and state

Pay and Benefits

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages

• County Employment and Wages in Arkansas  (PDF)
• Parish Employment and Wages in Louisiana  (PDF)
• County Employment and Wages in New Mexico  (PDF)
• County Employment and Wages in Oklahoma  (PDF) NEW
• County Employment and Wages in Texas  (PDF)

Average Annual Wages

• Average Annual Wages in the Southwest States, 2002  (PDF)

Occupational Employment and Wages

• Occupational Employment and Wages, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas  (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas  (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana  (PDF) NEW
• Occupational Employment and Wages, San Antonio, Texas  (PDF)

Employment Cost Index

News Releases

• Dallas-Fort Worth  (PDF) NEW
• Houston-Baytown-Huntsville  (PDF) NEW

Data Tables

• Employment Cost Indexes for the United States, regions, and divisions

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

News Releases

• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions  (PDF)

National Compensation News Releases

• Albuquerque, NM, February-March 1996   [Table 1 | Table 2 | Table 3]
• Amarillo, TX, May 2009  (PDF)
• Andrews County, TX, June 1999 (summary table)
• Arkansas, July 1997 (PDF)
• Austin-Round Rock, TX, May 2009  (PDF)
• Brownsville-Harlingen, TX, August 2009  (PDF) NEW
• Corpus Christi, TX, August 2009  (PDF) NEW
• Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, March 2009  (PDF) NEW
• El Paso-Las Cruces-Alamagordo, TX-NM
• Gillespie County, TX, February 2009 (selected tables) (PDF)
• Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX, December 2008  (PDF)
• New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA, April 2009  (PDF) NEW
• Oklahoma City, OK, February 2009  (PDF)
• Palo Pinto County, TX, January 2007 (PDF)
• Panola County, TX, October 1998 (selected tables) (PDF)
• Pope County, AR, Private Industry, August 2009  (PDF) NEW
• San Antonio, TX, November 2008  (PDF)
• Shreveport-Bossier City, LA
• Tulsa, OK
• Vermilion Parish, LA, April 2006 (PDF)

To find additional pay tables and information on the areas listed above, see National Compensation Survey Published Areas.

Minimum Wage News Releases

• Minimum Wage Workers in Texas: 2008 (PDF)

 

Workplace Injuries

Southwest Occupational Injury and Fatality Statistics

• Louisiana Workplace Fatalities in 2008 (PDF) NEW
• Texas Workplace Fatalities in 2008 (PDF) NEW
• Incidence Rates of Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses in Private Industy, Southwest States
• Fatal Occupational Injuries by Event or Exposure, Southwest States

 

Last Modified Date: January 27, 2010