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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

 3,456.9 3,466.4 3,466.5 3,471.4 3,470.1 3,468.6 3,467.1 3,464.0 3,464.1 3,467.4 3,467.1 3,470.9 3,470.4 -0.5 0.0

Texas

 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,331.1 14,325.1 14,330.1 14,339.2 14,335.7 14,313.7 14,321.3 14,341.0 19.7 0.1

United States

 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 159,420 159,476 159,526 50 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

 3,479.2 3,493.3 3,494.0 14.8 0.4 14,450.1 120.7 0.8 160,448 525 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 313.3 320.7 317.5 4.2 1.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             221.1 3.6 1.7 606 -17 -2.7

Construction(2)

             876.6 12.7 1.5 8,231 12 0.1

Manufacturing

 240.7 237.2 238.1 -2.6 -1.1 972.7 -3.5 -0.4 12,711 -75 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 716.4 714.0 722.7 6.3 0.9 2,887.9 34.9 1.2 29,707 -92 -0.3

Information

 30.4 28.5 29.0 -1.4 -4.6 225.8 -4.6 -2.0 2,932 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 182.4 182.5 183.4 1.0 0.5 943.4 0.8 0.1 9,274 39 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 569.7 553.8 551.2 -18.5 -3.2 2,134.2 -14.7 -0.7 22,605 -102 -0.4

Private Education & Health Services

 462.6 477.2 475.5 12.9 2.8 1,991.8 42.8 2.2 27,793 700 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 362.1 370.6 367.5 5.4 1.5 1,526.4 25.0 1.7 16,861 189 1.1

Other Services

 134.5 138.0 136.5 2.0 1.5 495.3 8.5 1.7 6,042 60 1.0

Government

 467.1 470.8 472.6 5.5 1.2 2,174.9 15.2 0.7 23,686 -157 -0.7

(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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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 155,263 168,911 174,521 163,174 153,494 164,693 167,763 174,316 193,321 186,871 - 178,004 165,548 10,285 6.6

Austin

 503 571 606 555 532 573 574 606 691 658 - 628 568 65 12.9

Brazoria

 8,097 8,862 9,111 8,501 8,094 8,812 9,132 9,438 10,439 9,971 - 9,652 9,067 970 12.0

Chambers

 1,212 1,262 1,277 1,184 1,104 1,234 1,230 1,336 1,450 1,395 - 1,371 1,367 155 12.8

Fort Bend

 17,895 19,825 20,808 19,467 18,273 19,423 19,649 20,473 22,738 22,131 - 21,237 19,525 1,630 9.1

Galveston

 7,372 7,928 8,139 7,521 7,051 7,668 7,853 8,141 9,030 8,648 - 8,321 7,746 374 5.1

Harris

 103,128 111,419 114,771 107,618 101,454 108,480 110,454 114,633 127,137 123,071 - 116,702 108,782 5,654 5.5

Liberty

 2,136 2,302 2,317 2,164 1,980 2,174 2,290 2,449 2,668 2,534 - 2,421 2,330 194 9.1

Montgomery

 12,993 14,554 15,189 14,068 13,114 14,271 14,431 14,939 16,691 16,083 - 15,424 14,050 1,057 8.1

San Jacinto

 568 625 641 587 528 575 593 620 682 622 - 614 564 -4 -0.7

Waller

 1,359 1,563 1,662 1,509 1,364 1,483 1,557 1,681 1,795 1,758 - 1,634 1,549 190 14.0

Texas

 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 671,937 740,432 708,789 - 677,576 624,263 40,461 6.9

United States (in thousands)

 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 551 8.5

(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

 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.8 - 4.5 4.2 0.2

Austin

 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.2 - 4.0 3.6 0.3

Brazoria

 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.7 5.2 4.9 - 4.7 4.5 0.4

Chambers

 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.3 5.1 - 5.0 5.0 0.5

Fort Bend

 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.6 - 4.4 4.1 0.3

Galveston

 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.9 4.6 - 4.4 4.2 0.2

Harris

 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.5 5.0 4.8 - 4.6 4.3 0.2

Liberty

 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.1 5.8 - 5.5 5.3 0.3

Montgomery

 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.4 - 4.2 3.8 0.2

San Jacinto

 4.8 5.3 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.2 - 5.1 4.7 -0.1

Waller

 4.4 5.0 5.3 4.8 4.3 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.5 - 5.1 4.9 0.5

Texas

 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.4 - 4.2 3.9 0.2

United States

 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 0.3

(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
Covered employment and wages(1), Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2025(2)
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 174,702 -3,056 3,282,707 21,533 0.7 $1,535 3.3 $65,652,380 4.3

Austin

 1,480 -57 13,396 182 1.4 1,398 14.9 243,764 17.0

Brazoria

 6,794 -90 124,212 1,693 1.4 1,322 1.9 2,140,935 3.0

Chambers

 941 8 22,763 863 3.9 1,464 2.4 440,827 7.7

Fort Bend

 18,425 9 262,048 9,855 3.9 1,162 1.1 3,947,712 5.3

Galveston

 6,868 -107 124,756 361 0.3 1,245 4.2 2,017,247 4.8

Harris

 122,037 -2,961 2,449,321 1,131 0.0 1,631 3.8 52,041,654 4.1

Liberty

 1,308 8 20,208 150 0.7 1,081 3.7 284,262 4.2

Montgomery

 15,373 104 235,726 5,768 2.5 1,324 2.5 4,069,398 5.6

San Jacinto

 307 5 2,466 0 0.0 917 4.0 29,392 2.4

Waller

 1,169 25 27,811 1,530 5.8 1,207 3.8 437,188 8.8

Texas

 849,474 4,906 14,070,522 136,266 1.0 $1,420 3.0 $260,374,583 4.3

United States

 12,244,089 222,362 156,428,758 420,473 0.3 1,436 3.4 2,916,174,912 3.9

(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