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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

 3,426.7 3,431.1 3,435.5 3,439.0 3,392.3 3,439.7 3,444.8 3,440.7 3,449.5 3,456.9 3,466.4 3,466.5 3,475.2 8.7 0.3

Texas

 14,090.5 14,104.6 14,127.5 14,130.9 14,101.3 14,152.1 14,175.8 14,179.9 14,174.7 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.6 26.5 0.2

United States

 157,517 157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,170 159,398 228 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

 3,423.1 3,453.7 3,459.4 36.3 1.1 14,230.0 182.0 1.3 158,506 1,894 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 311.1 313.4 314.3 3.2 1.0                

Mining & Logging(2)

             221.0 0.5 0.2 618 -12 -1.9

Construction(2)

             871.4 23.1 2.7 8,079 140 1.8

Manufacturing

 238.4 238.9 239.6 1.2 0.5 966.3 -4.4 -0.5 12,710 -80 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 690.3 699.9 699.2 8.9 1.3 2,780.7 41.5 1.5 28,911 297 1.0

Information

 30.3 29.3 29.1 -1.2 -4.0 226.6 0.5 0.2 2,922 -18 -0.6

Financial Activities

 180.7 181.2 181.1 0.4 0.2 936.4 19.8 2.2 9,188 94 1.0

Professional & Business Services

 561.0 560.8 556.6 -4.4 -0.8 2,105.1 -2.5 -0.1 22,357 -39 -0.2

Private Education & Health Services

 455.7 464.6 466.3 10.6 2.3 1,956.8 42.0 2.2 27,232 907 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 362.0 361.2 364.3 2.3 0.6 1,504.0 9.3 0.6 16,572 210 1.3

Other Services

 130.4 134.4 136.3 5.9 4.5 491.1 13.7 2.9 5,996 91 1.5

Government

 463.2 470.0 472.6 9.4 2.0 2,170.6 38.5 1.8 23,921 304 1.3

(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

 156,194 142,748 152,171 179,933 192,855 184,483 171,412 166,952 169,284 155,263 168,911 174,521 163,231 7,037 4.5

Austin

 541 474 516 607 615 626 590 573 574 503 571 606 556 15 2.8

Brazoria

 8,248 7,541 7,966 9,536 10,429 9,583 8,846 8,585 8,736 8,097 8,862 9,111 8,495 247 3.0

Chambers

 1,140 1,067 1,175 1,397 1,453 1,368 1,227 1,144 1,216 1,212 1,262 1,277 1,180 40 3.5

Fort Bend

 18,212 16,605 17,745 20,856 21,754 21,325 20,027 19,714 19,803 17,895 19,825 20,808 19,448 1,236 6.8

Galveston

 7,403 6,683 7,106 8,441 8,992 8,714 8,010 7,768 8,000 7,372 7,928 8,139 7,528 125 1.7

Harris

 103,266 94,538 100,631 119,013 128,506 122,306 113,747 110,601 112,150 103,128 111,419 114,771 107,687 4,421 4.3

Liberty

 2,103 1,891 2,059 2,520 2,704 2,480 2,284 2,159 2,232 2,136 2,302 2,317 2,171 68 3.2

Montgomery

 13,386 12,225 13,072 15,281 16,028 15,786 14,559 14,347 14,487 12,993 14,554 15,189 14,069 683 5.1

San Jacinto

 603 540 584 678 719 707 635 619 615 568 625 641 589 -14 -2.3

Waller

 1,292 1,184 1,317 1,604 1,655 1,588 1,487 1,442 1,471 1,359 1,563 1,662 1,508 216 16.7

Texas

 609,670 551,610 588,166 695,974 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,942 20,272 3.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 638 9.7

(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

 4.1 3.7 4.0 4.7 5.0 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.2 0.1

Austin

 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 0.0

Brazoria

 4.2 3.8 4.0 4.8 5.2 4.8 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.2 0.0

Chambers

 4.3 4.0 4.4 5.2 5.4 5.1 4.6 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.7 4.3 0.0

Fort Bend

 3.9 3.5 3.8 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.2 4.4 4.1 0.2

Galveston

 4.1 3.7 3.9 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.1 0.0

Harris

 4.2 3.8 4.1 4.7 5.1 4.9 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.3 0.1

Liberty

 5.0 4.5 4.9 5.9 6.3 5.8 5.3 5.1 5.2 5.0 5.3 5.3 5.0 0.0

Montgomery

 3.8 3.4 3.7 4.2 4.5 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.9 0.1

San Jacinto

 5.1 4.6 5.0 5.7 6.1 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.2 4.8 5.3 5.4 5.0 -0.1

Waller

 4.2 3.9 4.3 5.2 5.3 5.1 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.4 5.0 5.3 4.8 0.6

Texas

 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 0.1

United States

 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 0.3

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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, 3rd quarter 2024(2)
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 176,117 -2,192 3,246,978 29,047 0.9 $1,511 4.7 $63,436,831 5.5

Austin

 1,517 -30 13,224 387 3.0 1,266 3.3 216,727 6.3

Brazoria

 6,849 13 123,242 3,349 2.8 1,264 2.9 2,013,695 5.4

Chambers

 924 22 22,602 1,904 9.2 1,382 -0.7 393,235 6.1

Fort Bend

 18,271 140 251,291 8,664 3.6 1,158 3.2 3,742,119 6.4

Galveston

 6,934 -41 121,427 -328 -0.3 1,161 3.8 1,830,048 3.6

Harris

 123,756 -2,632 2,436,455 5,333 0.2 1,608 5.2 50,736,575 5.4

Liberty

 1,291 14 20,271 286 1.4 1,062 5.7 275,478 7.7

Montgomery

 15,142 20 229,463 5,921 2.6 1,291 3.0 3,816,175 5.3

San Jacinto

 296 2 2,451 -7 -0.3 902 8.0 27,858 5.8

Waller

 1,137 6 26,552 1,080 4.2 1,137 2.3 384,922 5.9

Texas

 844,485 8,073 13,933,505 190,267 1.4 $1,396 4.6 $251,861,608 5.9

United States

 12,297,414 393,630 155,360,357 1,300,697 0.8 1,394 4.5 2,803,068,632 5.5

(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