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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX

 3,467.5 3,469.7 3,469.0 3,466.8 3,473.9 3,479.9 3,483.0 3,483.3 3,494.4 3,492.5 3,498.4 3,507.7 3,508.3 0.6 0.0

Texas

 14,302.4 14,309.9 14,307.0 14,297.2 14,306.5 14,339.4 14,363.1 14,356.7 14,394.0 14,401.4 14,426.2 14,466.4 14,468.0 1.6 0.0

United States

 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,798 158,861 158,881 158,858 -23 0.0

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA Texas U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 3,447.4 3,522.7 3,497.7 50.3 1.5 14,402.0 176.7 1.2 158,649 382 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 328.2 342.3 340.7 12.5 3.8                

Mining & Logging(2)

             212.6 0.8 0.4 615 -2 -0.3

Construction(2)

             925.1 19.2 2.1 8,536 60 0.7

Manufacturing

 242.0 241.6 240.1 -1.9 -0.8 982.9 -5.7 -0.6 12,694 1 0.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 695.3 699.0 697.3 2.0 0.3 2,803.6 31.4 1.1 28,652 -14 0.0

Information

 29.0 27.4 27.4 -1.6 -5.5 215.4 -10.7 -4.7 2,788 -94 -3.3

Financial Activities

 179.1 177.4 175.9 -3.2 -1.8 939.3 -7.1 -0.8 9,149 -129 -1.4

Professional & Business Services

 565.2 580.3 582.9 17.7 3.1 2,191.8 68.2 3.2 22,647 136 0.6

Private Education & Health Services

 466.0 474.8 475.8 9.8 2.1 2,006.5 40.0 2.0 27,666 554 2.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 374.4 380.2 381.1 6.7 1.8 1,588.5 37.8 2.4 17,676 77 0.4

Other Services

 130.6 135.0 135.4 4.8 3.7 500.0 5.9 1.2 6,113 46 0.8

Government

 437.6 464.7 441.1 3.5 0.8 2,036.3 -3.1 -0.2 22,113 -253 -1.1

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Number Percent

Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 185,458 191,805 188,955 - 180,942 166,640 188,896 184,344 171,480 167,896 178,961 204,394 201,776 16,318 8.8

Austin

 642 681 662 - 634 568 660 648 590 560 598 700 702 60 9.3

Brazoria

 10,051 10,373 10,097 - 9,825 9,133 10,290 9,928 9,279 9,055 9,597 10,952 10,876 825 8.2

Chambers

 1,439 1,457 1,425 - 1,404 1,386 1,486 1,417 1,310 1,293 1,394 1,581 1,522 83 5.8

Fort Bend

 21,827 22,632 22,439 - 21,659 19,723 22,373 22,146 20,536 20,249 21,581 24,550 24,196 2,369 10.9

Galveston

 8,553 8,846 8,644 - 8,359 7,716 8,713 8,434 7,920 7,700 8,329 9,513 9,378 825 9.6

Harris

 121,872 125,991 124,313 - 118,491 109,370 123,899 120,574 112,363 109,982 116,965 133,507 131,867 9,995 8.2

Liberty

 2,643 2,685 2,598 - 2,492 2,375 2,670 2,546 2,348 2,292 2,469 2,907 2,889 246 9.3

Montgomery

 16,008 16,706 16,394 - 15,813 14,255 16,395 16,263 14,981 14,670 15,742 18,052 17,747 1,739 10.9

San Jacinto

 647 665 617 - 612 557 637 615 575 549 586 699 679 32 4.9

Waller

 1,776 1,769 1,766 - 1,653 1,557 1,773 1,773 1,578 1,546 1,700 1,933 1,920 144 8.1

Texas

 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,695 701,937 649,000 632,637 677,770 780,770 766,270 57,335 8.1

United States (in thousands)

 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 7,476 7,435 -412 -5.3

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 4.8 4.9 4.8 - 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.6 5.2 5.1 0.3

Austin

 4.2 4.4 4.3 - 4.1 3.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.9 4.5 4.5 0.3

Brazoria

 5.0 5.1 5.0 - 4.8 4.5 5.1 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.7 5.4 5.4 0.4

Chambers

 5.2 5.3 5.2 - 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.1 4.8 4.7 5.1 5.7 5.5 0.3

Fort Bend

 4.5 4.7 4.6 - 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.5 5.1 5.0 0.5

Galveston

 4.7 4.9 4.7 - 4.6 4.2 4.8 4.6 4.3 4.2 4.6 5.2 5.1 0.4

Harris

 4.8 5.0 4.9 - 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.6 5.2 5.2 0.4

Liberty

 5.9 6.0 5.8 - 5.6 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.3 5.2 5.5 6.5 6.4 0.5

Montgomery

 4.3 4.5 4.4 - 4.2 3.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.9 4.8 0.5

San Jacinto

 5.5 5.7 5.3 - 5.2 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.0 6.0 5.8 0.3

Waller

 5.7 5.7 5.6 - 5.3 5.0 5.7 5.6 5.1 5.0 5.4 6.1 6.1 0.4

Texas

 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.9 4.8 0.3

United States

 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.4 -0.2

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered employment and wages(1), Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2026(2)
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 174,841 -714 3,279,582 -5,732 -0.2 $1,853 2.6 $78,880,647 2.6

Austin

 1,492 -11 13,751 140 1.0 1,447 3.7 257,307 4.7

Brazoria

 6,898 70 124,189 435 0.4 1,406 3.4 2,268,656 4.2

Chambers

 967 30 23,150 -159 -0.7 1,550 3.2 457,510 1.4

Fort Bend

 18,598 145 263,103 4,915 1.9 1,287 2.2 4,395,520 4.1

Galveston

 6,865 -11 127,654 794 0.6 1,269 4.4 2,097,229 5.3

Harris

 121,633 -1,151 2,436,205 -19,406 -0.8 2,013 2.5 63,678,321 1.8

Liberty

 1,323 14 20,288 -62 -0.3 1,113 3.4 293,519 3.3

Montgomery

 15,567 164 239,165 5,941 2.5 1,590 5.9 4,918,558 8.9

San Jacinto

 304 0 2,501 2 0.1 871 0.0 28,144 0.6

Waller

 1,194 36 29,576 1,668 6.0 1,278 5.6 485,884 12.4

Texas

 868,766 18,329 14,124,564 82,062 0.6 $1,646 3.8 $301,740,936 4.5

United States

 12,381,750 418,060 154,771,941 85,572 0.1 1,654 3.9 3,320,292,610 4.1

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages