Texas includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

• Abilene, TX
• Amarillo, TX
• Austin-Round Rock, TX
• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
• Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
• College Station-Bryan, TX
• Corpus Christi, TX
• Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX (Metropolitan Division)
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
• El Paso, TX
• Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (Metropolitan Division)
• Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
• Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX
• Laredo, TX
• Longview, TX
• Lubbock, TX
• McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
• Midland, TX
• Odessa, TX
• San Angelo, TX
• San Antonio, TX
• Sherman-Denison, TX
• Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR
• Tyler, TX
• Victoria, TX
• Waco, TX
• Wichita Falls, TX

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Inflation and Consumer Spending

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)

Data Tables

• Consumer Price Indexes, All Items, U.S., South, and selected metropolitan areas
• Consumer Price Index Indicators, Current Month  (PDF)
• Consumer Price Index Indicators, Previous Month   (PDF)
• CPI-U, Annual Percent Changes for Calendar Years 2002-2006

Historical Tables CPI-U and CPI-W (1982-84=100)

• U.S. City Average
• Dallas-Fort Worth
• Houston-Galveston

Employment & Unemployment

News Releases

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

Data Tables

• Unemployment rates and nonfarm employment, by Southwest state


• Unemployment rates and nonfarm employment, by Southwest metropolitan area


• Southwest Regional labor force and nonfarm employment, by state (PDF)



• Rankings by unemployment rate, all U.S. states


• Rankings by unemployment rate, all U.S. metropolitan areas
  
  
• Nonfarm employment by industry division and percent change, U.S. and Texas, seasonally adjusted (PDF)


• Historical nonfarm employment by major industry division, Texas, seasonally adjusted
• Historical nonfarm employment by major industry division, Texas, not seasonally adjusted
• Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region, division, and state

Wages, Earnings, & Benefits

News Releases

• Minimum Wage Workers in Texas: 2007 (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas  (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas  (PDF)  
• Average Weekly Wages in Texas Counties  (PDF)
• Average Annual Pay in the West South Central Region  (PDF)
  
• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, South Region  (PDF)
• Employment Cost Index, South Region  (PDF)

National Compensation Survey

News Releases

• Amarillo, TX (TXT) (PDF)
• Andrews County, TX (summary table) (TXT)
  
• Austin-Round Rock, TX (TXT) (PDF)
• Brownsville-Harlingen, TX (TXT) (PDF)
• Corpus Christi, TX (TXT) (PDF)
• Dallas-Fort Worth, TX (TXT) (PDF)


• El Paso-Las Cruces-Alamagordo, TX-NM
• Gillespie County, TX (TXT) (PDF)
• Houston-Baytown-Huntsville, TX (TXT) (PDF)
• Palo Pinto County, TX (TXT) (PDF)
• Panola County, TX (selected tables) (TXT) (PDF)
• San Antonio, TX (TXT) (PDF)

Archived Regional News Releases About Wages, Earnings, & Benefits

Tables of Data

• Employment Cost Index, private industry workers in the U.S. and South region

Safety and Health

• Texas Workplace Fatalities in 2006 (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Incidence Rates of Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses in Private Industy, Southwest States
  
• Fatal Occupational Injuries by Event or Exposure, Southwest States

Frequently Asked Questions

• Consumer Price Indexes FAQ
• Consumer Expenditure Survey FAQ
• State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings FAQ
• Mass Layoff Statistics FAQ
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics FAQ
• Compensation Cost Trends FAQ
• National Compensation Survey FAQ
• Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities FAQ

Ways To Obtain Data

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