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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

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

 3,368.6 3,376.2 3,364.5 3,381.1 3,395.4 3,400.7 3,410.0 3,416.0 3,425.7 3,430.0 3,429.5 3,442.0 3,446.9 4.9 0.1

Texas

 13,878.9 13,921.4 13,900.9 13,936.8 13,962.5 14,001.7 14,012.4 14,034.5 14,053.9 14,096.6 14,116.4 14,153.8 14,195.6 41.8 0.3

United States

 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,271 158,543 272 0.2

(p) Preliminary

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

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

 3,370.9 3,436.5 3,452.6 81.7 2.4 14,198.7 308.0 2.2 158,918 2,786 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 301.6 308.2 311.7 10.1 3.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             206.9 -6.4 -3.0 633 -7 -1.1

Construction(2)

             849.0 30.0 3.7 8,278 254 3.2

Manufacturing

 233.0 236.6 237.6 4.6 2.0 971.3 18.7 2.0 12,940 30 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 683.6 684.6 687.9 4.3 0.6 2,768.7 30.3 1.1 28,892 193 0.7

Information

 33.5 32.5 32.6 -0.9 -2.7 233.4 -1.9 -0.8 2,995 -44 -1.4

Financial Activities

 185.9 187.2 187.6 1.7 0.9 914.9 14.9 1.7 9,200 36 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 554.4 561.0 561.2 6.8 1.2 2,141.8 29.0 1.4 22,987 115 0.5

Private Education & Health Services

 446.4 468.7 467.6 21.2 4.7 1,942.6 52.6 2.8 26,269 1,059 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 360.4 362.2 368.5 8.1 2.2 1,550.5 52.8 3.5 17,194 412 2.5

Other Services

 125.6 132.7 134.4 8.8 7.0 494.1 23.3 4.9 5,927 97 1.7

Government

 446.5 462.8 463.5 17.0 3.8 2,125.5 64.7 3.1 23,603 641 2.8

(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-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA

 150,740 160,556 163,162 165,145 153,999 144,723 139,011 137,287 159,125 168,649 158,237 139,292 147,447   -3,293 -2.2

Austin

 516 597 568 566 522 501 474 448 552 596 548 460 497   -19 -3.7

Brazoria

 8,262 8,891 9,002 9,061 8,347 7,727 7,474 7,465 8,629 8,928 8,365 7,372 7,746   -516 -6.2

Chambers

 1,181 1,256 1,252 1,294 1,151 1,022 1,042 1,090 1,201 1,151 1,091 987 1,077   -104 -8.8

Fort Bend

 16,816 17,834 18,276 18,489 17,447 16,524 15,672 15,288 17,948 19,368 18,056 15,886 16,828   12 0.1

Galveston

 7,297 7,841 7,971 7,959 7,353 6,920 6,719 6,689 7,702 7,973 7,545 6,556 6,927   -370 -5.1

Harris

 101,689 108,123 109,632 111,026 103,635 97,288 93,465 92,406 106,832 113,082 106,393 93,729 99,147   -2,542 -2.5

Liberty

 1,894 2,124 2,153 2,134 1,940 1,826 1,850 1,861 2,130 2,124 2,007 1,741 1,866   -28 -1.5

Montgomery

 11,981 12,612 12,991 13,315 12,415 11,713 11,181 10,950 12,829 13,991 12,981 11,453 12,140   159 1.3

Waller

 1,104 1,278 1,317 1,301 1,189 1,202 1,134 1,090 1,302 1,436 1,251 1,108 1,219   115 10.4

Texas

 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,938   -7,967 -1.4

United States (in thousands)

 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235   535 9.4

(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-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA

 4.2 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.3 3.8 4.0   -0.2

Austin

 3.6 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.1 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.1 3.4   -0.2

Brazoria

 4.4 4.7 4.7 4.8 4.4 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.5 4.6 4.3 3.8 4.0   -0.4

Chambers

 5.5 5.8 5.7 5.9 5.3 4.7 4.8 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.5 4.9   -0.6

Fort Bend

 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.8   -0.1

Galveston

 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.2 4.0 3.8 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.3 3.7 3.9   -0.3

Harris

 4.2 4.5 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.3 3.8 4.0   -0.2

Liberty

 5.3 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.0 5.1 5.1 5.8 5.8 5.5 4.7 5.1   -0.2

Montgomery

 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.6 3.8   -0.1

Waller

 4.2 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.1 4.9 5.3 4.7 4.1 4.5   0.3

Texas

 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,938   -7,967

United States (in thousands)

 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235   535

(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-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2023(2)
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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX MSA

 177,164 -1,389 3,253,738 69,720 2.2 $1,558 3.9 $65,786,838 6.2

Austin

 1,526 -35 13,180 101 0.8 1,343 1.3 229,683 2.2

Brazoria

 6,827 36 121,796 1,567 1.3 1,308 2.4 2,064,597 3.6

Chambers

 895 49 20,637 1,060 5.4 1,478 6.2 397,717 10.3

Fort Bend

 18,107 175 249,132 10,240 4.3 1,190 3.4 3,829,509 8.0

Galveston

 6,950 -45 122,735 748 0.6 1,218 8.0 1,952,726 9.4

Harris

 125,373 -1,732 2,452,034 44,941 1.9 1,651 3.6 52,584,638 5.7

Liberty

 1,282 -14 19,793 650 3.4 1,109 4.0 287,619 8.6

Montgomery

 15,078 157 227,614 8,154 3.7 1,369 6.2 4,032,622 10.1

Waller

 1,126 20 26,817 2,259 9.2 1,171 5.5 407,727 14.9

Texas

 835,116 18,819 13,905,413 314,019 2.3 $1,427 4.0 $257,677,536 6.5

United States

 12,090,132 335,223 154,848,113 2,322,828 1.5 1,435 3.6 2,886,734,623 5.2

(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