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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

 3,468.2 3,476.7 3,473.2 3,468.7 3,467.5 3,469.7 3,469.0 3,466.8 3,473.9 3,479.9 3,483.0 3,483.3 3,496.8 13.5 0.4

Texas

 14,286.3 14,311.9 14,321.2 14,291.7 14,302.4 14,309.9 14,307.0 14,297.2 14,306.5 14,339.4 14,363.1 14,356.7 14,403.5 46.8 0.3

United States

 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,621 185 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

 3,468.5 3,471.0 3,487.4 18.9 0.5 14,357.2 106.2 0.7 157,769 229 0.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 327.7 331.8 333.3 5.6 1.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             208.1 -7.6 -3.5 598 -17 -2.8

Construction(2)

             908.6 15.5 1.7 8,088 39 0.5

Manufacturing

 241.6 237.0 239.3 -2.3 -1.0 974.5 -12.1 -1.2 12,553 -67 -0.5

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 694.9 694.0 694.3 -0.6 -0.1 2,780.6 16.9 0.6 28,417 -137 -0.5

Information

 28.6 27.7 27.6 -1.0 -3.5 216.1 -6.8 -3.1 2,772 -84 -2.9

Financial Activities

 179.2 176.8 176.5 -2.7 -1.5 937.2 2.0 0.2 9,073 -72 -0.8

Professional & Business Services

 559.2 565.6 568.8 9.6 1.7 2,144.2 47.7 2.3 22,214 -6 0.0

Private Education & Health Services

 465.9 473.3 473.9 8.0 1.7 2,006.0 36.2 1.8 27,883 652 2.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 367.4 364.2 370.2 2.8 0.8 1,532.2 9.9 0.7 16,543 137 0.8

Other Services

 132.6 130.6 131.0 -1.6 -1.2 492.1 4.3 0.9 5,984 34 0.6

Government

 471.4 470.0 472.5 1.1 0.2 2,157.6 0.2 0.0 23,644 -250 -1.0

(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

 165,609 156,166 164,259 176,620 185,458 191,805 188,955 - 180,942 166,640 188,896 184,344 171,469 5,860 3.5

Austin

 560 537 568 602 642 681 662 - 634 568 660 648 591 31 5.5

Brazoria

 8,644 8,256 8,806 9,624 10,051 10,373 10,097 - 9,825 9,133 10,290 9,928 9,284 640 7.4

Chambers

 1,210 1,129 1,239 1,306 1,439 1,457 1,425 - 1,404 1,386 1,486 1,417 1,312 102 8.4

Fort Bend

 19,794 18,626 19,419 20,739 21,827 22,632 22,439 - 21,659 19,723 22,373 22,146 20,533 739 3.7

Galveston

 7,544 7,099 7,557 8,175 8,553 8,846 8,644 - 8,359 7,716 8,713 8,434 7,916 372 4.9

Harris

 109,147 103,146 108,095 116,194 121,872 125,991 124,313 - 118,491 109,370 123,899 120,574 112,346 3,199 2.9

Liberty

 2,227 2,039 2,197 2,441 2,643 2,685 2,598 - 2,492 2,375 2,670 2,546 2,348 121 5.4

Montgomery

 14,377 13,429 14,348 15,299 16,008 16,706 16,394 - 15,813 14,255 16,395 16,263 14,984 607 4.2

San Jacinto

 587 530 563 611 647 665 617 - 612 557 637 615 577 -10 -1.7

Waller

 1,519 1,375 1,467 1,629 1,776 1,769 1,766 - 1,653 1,557 1,773 1,773 1,578 59 3.9

Texas

 634,055 593,972 625,154 673,220 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,695 701,937 649,044 14,989 2.4

United States (in thousands)

 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 95 1.3

(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

 4.2 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.8 4.9 4.8 - 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.4 0.2

Austin

 3.6 3.5 3.7 3.9 4.2 4.4 4.3 - 4.1 3.7 4.3 4.2 3.8 0.2

Brazoria

 4.3 4.1 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.1 5.0 - 4.8 4.5 5.1 4.9 4.6 0.3

Chambers

 4.4 4.1 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.3 5.2 - 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.1 4.8 0.4

Fort Bend

 4.1 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.5 4.7 4.6 - 4.5 4.1 4.6 4.6 4.3 0.2

Galveston

 4.1 3.9 4.2 4.5 4.7 4.9 4.7 - 4.6 4.2 4.8 4.6 4.3 0.2

Harris

 4.3 4.1 4.3 4.6 4.8 5.0 4.9 - 4.6 4.3 4.9 4.8 4.4 0.1

Liberty

 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.5 5.9 6.0 5.8 - 5.6 5.3 6.0 5.7 5.3 0.3

Montgomery

 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.3 4.5 4.4 - 4.2 3.8 4.4 4.4 4.0 0.1

San Jacinto

 5.0 4.5 4.8 5.2 5.5 5.7 5.3 - 5.2 4.8 5.5 5.3 5.0 0.0

Waller

 4.9 4.4 4.7 5.2 5.7 5.7 5.6 - 5.3 5.0 5.7 5.6 5.1 0.2

Texas

 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 0.1

United States

 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 0.1

(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, 3rd quarter 2025(2)
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Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX MSA

 175,297 -1,621 3,268,558 12,310 0.4 $1,551 2.7 $65,889,781 3.7

Austin

 1,479 -49 13,520 249 1.9 1,354 7.7 236,266 8.6

Brazoria

 6,879 8 124,586 1,342 1.1 1,334 5.7 2,157,811 7.2

Chambers

 962 32 23,705 1,005 4.4 1,480 6.9 447,828 13.3

Fort Bend

 18,531 137 257,694 5,699 2.3 1,209 4.5 4,036,160 7.7

Galveston

 6,880 -77 122,820 1,091 0.9 1,219 4.5 1,949,634 5.9

Harris

 122,315 -1,972 2,442,010 -4,557 -0.2 1,645 2.4 52,218,981 2.7

Liberty

 1,322 24 20,353 182 0.9 1,100 4.7 289,400 6.7

Montgomery

 15,457 245 233,763 6,168 2.7 1,343 3.9 4,092,408 8.1

San Jacinto

 306 9 2,494 41 1.7 899 -0.7 28,610 2.3

Waller

 1,166 22 27,613 1,090 4.1 1,221 7.6 432,684 12.8

Texas

 854,878 7,056 14,062,349 103,352 0.7 $1,444 3.6 $263,683,989 4.7

United States

 12,353,804 251,610 155,767,691 123,258 0.1 1,459 4.7 2,946,280,747 5.0

(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