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News Releases:
Mar
23
Houston Area Employment — January 2020
Total nonfarm employment in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land Metropolitan Statistical Area stood at 3,162,500 in January 2020, up 63,400 or 2.0 percent, from one year earlier.
Mar
20
Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions – December 2019
Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $30.48 per hour in the South to $39.37 in the West during December 2019.
Mar
12
County Employment and Wages in Texas – Third Quarter 2019
Employment rose in 25 of the 26 largest counties in Texas from September 2018 to September 2019, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Mar
11
Consumer Price Index, South Region – February 2020
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) for the South increased 0.2 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
Mar
11
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – February 2020
The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Houston area rose 0.6 percent in January and February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.