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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

 3,444.8 3,440.7 3,449.5 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 3,467.7 3.6 0.1

Texas

 14,175.8 14,179.9 14,174.7 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 14,343.8 4.6 0.0

United States

 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 108 0.1

(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

 3,434.1 3,451.0 3,464.8 30.7 0.9 14,311.2 168.8 1.2 159,732 1,205 0.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 314.0 316.4 316.5 2.5 0.8                

Mining & Logging(2)

             222.0 3.2 1.5 615 -14 -2.2

Construction(2)

             884.3 16.1 1.9 8,442 32 0.4

Manufacturing

 240.6 239.3 238.7 -1.9 -0.8 971.1 -4.1 -0.4 12,726 -89 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 692.8 701.1 698.3 5.5 0.8 2,801.9 38.4 1.4 28,931 97 0.3

Information

 29.5 29.1 28.8 -0.7 -2.4 223.3 -1.6 -0.7 2,924 -4 -0.1

Financial Activities

 179.9 181.8 181.0 1.1 0.6 937.2 10.1 1.1 9,237 57 0.6

Professional & Business Services

 566.3 555.1 552.6 -13.7 -2.4 2,119.8 -1.1 -0.1 22,592 -72 -0.3

Private Education & Health Services

 460.5 472.9 475.6 15.1 3.3 1,982.9 40.3 2.1 27,445 802 3.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 360.6 375.4 369.6 9.0 2.5 1,533.1 28.1 1.9 17,197 231 1.4

Other Services

 133.7 137.6 136.4 2.7 2.0 491.9 1.6 0.3 6,036 68 1.1

Government

 456.2 442.3 467.3 11.1 2.4 2,143.7 37.8 1.8 23,587 97 0.4

(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

 171,412 166,952 169,284 155,263 168,911 174,521 163,174 153,494 164,693 167,763 174,316 193,321 186,871 15,459 9.0

Austin

 590 573 574 503 571 606 555 532 573 574 606 691 658 68 11.5

Brazoria

 8,846 8,585 8,736 8,097 8,862 9,111 8,501 8,094 8,812 9,132 9,438 10,439 9,971 1,125 12.7

Chambers

 1,227 1,144 1,216 1,212 1,262 1,277 1,184 1,104 1,234 1,230 1,336 1,450 1,395 168 13.7

Fort Bend

 20,027 19,714 19,803 17,895 19,825 20,808 19,467 18,273 19,423 19,649 20,473 22,738 22,131 2,104 10.5

Galveston

 8,010 7,768 8,000 7,372 7,928 8,139 7,521 7,051 7,668 7,853 8,141 9,030 8,648 638 8.0

Harris

 113,747 110,601 112,150 103,128 111,419 114,771 107,618 101,454 108,480 110,454 114,633 127,137 123,071 9,324 8.2

Liberty

 2,284 2,159 2,232 2,136 2,302 2,317 2,164 1,980 2,174 2,290 2,449 2,668 2,534 250 10.9

Montgomery

 14,559 14,347 14,487 12,993 14,554 15,189 14,068 13,114 14,271 14,431 14,939 16,691 16,083 1,524 10.5

San Jacinto

 635 619 615 568 625 641 587 528 575 593 620 682 622 -13 -2.0

Waller

 1,487 1,442 1,471 1,359 1,563 1,662 1,509 1,364 1,483 1,557 1,681 1,795 1,758 271 18.2

Texas

 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 671,937 740,432 708,789 63,542 9.8

United States (in thousands)

 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 800 12.3

(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

 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.8 0.4

Austin

 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.2 0.4

Brazoria

 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.7 5.2 4.9 0.5

Chambers

 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.3 5.1 0.5

Fort Bend

 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.8 4.6 0.4

Galveston

 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.9 4.6 0.3

Harris

 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.5 5.0 4.8 0.3

Liberty

 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.1 5.8 0.5

Montgomery

 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.4 0.4

San Jacinto

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

Waller

 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.4 5.0 5.3 4.8 4.3 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.5 0.7

Texas

 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.4 0.3

United States

 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 0.4

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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 2025(2)
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 174,648 -2,889 3,271,758 21,789 0.7 $1,810 2.5 $76,758,593 3.5

Austin

 1,488 -47 13,548 587 4.5 1,395 3.5 244,732 8.6

Brazoria

 6,789 -60 123,473 1,015 0.8 1,362 0.7 2,174,026 2.1

Chambers

 933 8 23,284 1,001 4.5 1,532 -2.4 459,578 2.4

Fort Bend

 18,354 98 257,354 9,515 3.8 1,261 -1.1 4,216,851 2.8

Galveston

 6,848 -75 124,579 1,930 1.6 1,249 5.0 2,008,889 6.9

Harris

 122,168 -2,940 2,446,189 648 0.0 1,967 2.9 62,406,152 3.3

Liberty

 1,303 2 20,329 281 1.4 1,079 2.2 284,925 4.0

Montgomery

 15,308 110 232,704 5,699 2.5 1,500 2.8 4,504,575 5.4

San Jacinto

 303 2 2,500 -10 -0.4 871 7.4 28,007 6.7

Waller

 1,154 13 27,798 1,123 4.2 1,210 4.8 430,858 8.1

Texas

 847,604 4,764 14,015,912 161,102 1.2 $1,587 3.1 $288,503,447 4.5

United States

 12,249,320 341,465 154,523,785 675,355 0.4 1,589 4.1 3,182,535,733 4.8

(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