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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

 3,392.3 3,439.7 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 3,460.0 -7.1 -0.2

Texas

 14,101.3 14,152.1 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 14,333.8 8.7 0.1

United States

 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,466 159,539 73 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

 3,386.9 3,480.0 3,449.5 62.6 1.8 14,268.4 240.5 1.7 159,227 1,456 0.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 305.3 316.3 315.6 10.3 3.4                

Mining & Logging(2)

             221.9 2.7 1.2 623 -7 -1.1

Construction(2)

             882.7 30.4 3.6 8,518 88 1.0

Manufacturing

 238.2 240.6 240.0 1.8 0.8 975.1 -0.4 0.0 12,788 -116 -0.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 687.8 702.8 702.0 14.2 2.1 2,803.1 51.4 1.9 29,005 148 0.5

Information

 30.3 29.5 29.6 -0.7 -2.3 229.0 1.8 0.8 2,961 1 0.0

Financial Activities

 179.6 182.2 183.1 3.5 1.9 944.9 16.6 1.8 9,339 100 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 560.0 557.2 555.4 -4.6 -0.8 2,129.8 16.4 0.8 22,670 -60 -0.3

Private Education & Health Services

 453.2 469.9 470.5 17.3 3.8 1,970.0 54.2 2.8 27,084 869 3.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 364.0 378.8 378.2 14.2 3.9 1,560.8 36.9 2.4 17,779 217 1.2

Other Services

 131.5 139.4 138.4 6.9 5.2 494.9 1.8 0.4 6,110 57 0.9

Government

 437.0 463.3 436.7 -0.3 -0.1 2,056.2 28.7 1.4 22,350 159 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

 192,855 184,483 171,412 166,952 169,284 155,263 168,911 174,521 163,174 153,494 164,693 167,763 174,255 -18,600 -9.6

Austin

 615 626 590 573 574 503 571 606 555 532 573 574 606 -9 -1.5

Brazoria

 10,429 9,583 8,846 8,585 8,736 8,097 8,862 9,111 8,501 8,094 8,812 9,132 9,438 -991 -9.5

Chambers

 1,453 1,368 1,227 1,144 1,216 1,212 1,262 1,277 1,184 1,104 1,234 1,230 1,337 -116 -8.0

Fort Bend

 21,754 21,325 20,027 19,714 19,803 17,895 19,825 20,808 19,467 18,273 19,423 19,649 20,446 -1,308 -6.0

Galveston

 8,992 8,714 8,010 7,768 8,000 7,372 7,928 8,139 7,521 7,051 7,668 7,853 8,151 -841 -9.4

Harris

 128,506 122,306 113,747 110,601 112,150 103,128 111,419 114,771 107,618 101,454 108,480 110,454 114,577 -13,929 -10.8

Liberty

 2,704 2,480 2,284 2,159 2,232 2,136 2,302 2,317 2,164 1,980 2,174 2,290 2,447 -257 -9.5

Montgomery

 16,028 15,786 14,559 14,347 14,487 12,993 14,554 15,189 14,068 13,114 14,271 14,431 14,951 -1,077 -6.7

San Jacinto

 719 707 635 619 615 568 625 641 587 528 575 593 620 -99 -13.8

Waller

 1,655 1,588 1,487 1,442 1,471 1,359 1,563 1,662 1,509 1,364 1,483 1,557 1,682 27 1.6

Texas

 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 672,060 -40,179 -5.6

United States (in thousands)

 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 162 2.1

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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
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

 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.5 -0.5

Austin

 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.9 -0.1

Brazoria

 5.2 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.7 -0.5

Chambers

 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.9 -0.5

Fort Bend

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

Galveston

 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.4 -0.5

Harris

 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.5 -0.6

Liberty

 6.3 5.8 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.7 -0.6

Montgomery

 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 -0.4

San Jacinto

 6.1 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.3 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 -0.9

Waller

 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.4 5.0 5.3 4.8 4.3 4.7 5.0 5.4 0.1

Texas

 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 -0.3

United States

 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 0.1

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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, 4th quarter 2024(2)
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 175,516 -2,310 3,289,473 32,052 1.0 $1,619 4.0 $69,157,628 5.1

Austin

 1,518 -19 13,794 558 4.2 1,388 3.4 247,512 7.3

Brazoria

 6,797 -66 123,823 1,813 1.5 1,334 2.1 2,154,957 4.3

Chambers

 924 24 21,829 1,009 4.8 1,534 3.3 449,350 11.5

Fort Bend

 18,315 138 259,268 9,969 4.0 1,230 3.4 4,108,444 7.2

Galveston

 6,894 -84 123,670 832 0.7 1,271 4.4 2,042,572 4.6

Harris

 123,194 -2,624 2,465,666 11,095 0.5 1,725 4.5 55,271,560 5.1

Liberty

 1,289 5 20,515 617 3.1 1,134 1.7 301,206 3.8

Montgomery

 15,145 1 230,655 2,785 1.2 1,372 0.1 4,103,089 1.6

San Jacinto

 293 -2 2,474 -36 -1.4 918 3.3 29,639 2.0

Waller

 1,147 22 27,779 900 3.3 1,248 7.0 449,299 11.0

Texas

 845,999 7,599 14,129,720 213,741 1.5 $1,488 4.3 $272,949,711 5.9

United States

 12,265,395 255,970 156,202,874 1,188,409 0.8 1,507 5.0 3,062,610,422 6.0

(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