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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

 3,466.8 3,468.3 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 3,487.7 7.8 0.2

Texas

 14,267.3 14,280.8 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 14,379.5 40.1 0.3

United States

 158,268 158,310 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 160 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

 3,437.6 3,502.9 3,461.9 24.3 0.7 14,276.9 131.6 0.9 156,728 346 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 317.7 329.2 329.5 11.8 3.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             208.5 -5.0 -2.3 595 -20 -3.3

Construction(2)

             903.6 36.0 4.1 8,003 65 0.8

Manufacturing

 239.8 240.6 237.4 -2.4 -1.0 974.0 -8.6 -0.9 12,505 -93 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 699.3 716.3 701.2 1.9 0.3 2,794.0 13.7 0.5 28,606 -154 -0.5

Information

 29.0 28.4 27.9 -1.1 -3.8 216.7 -7.0 -3.1 2,782 -69 -2.4

Financial Activities

 179.0 179.3 177.0 -2.0 -1.1 938.7 7.3 0.8 9,100 -45 -0.5

Professional & Business Services

 557.2 566.5 560.4 3.2 0.6 2,117.6 22.0 1.0 22,040 -45 -0.2

Private Education & Health Services

 463.6 473.3 472.3 8.7 1.9 2,002.6 43.4 2.2 27,647 782 2.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 357.7 365.9 363.4 5.7 1.6 1,504.0 23.6 1.6 16,252 116 0.7

Other Services

 130.2 130.5 130.2 0.0 0.0 492.0 8.8 1.8 5,957 54 0.9

Government

 464.1 472.9 462.6 -1.5 -0.3 2,125.2 -2.6 -0.1 23,241 -245 -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

 168,911 174,521 163,174 153,494 164,693 167,763 174,316 193,321 186,871 - 178,004 165,548 188,905 19,994 11.8

Austin

 571 606 555 532 573 574 606 691 658 - 628 568 660 89 15.6

Brazoria

 8,862 9,111 8,501 8,094 8,812 9,132 9,438 10,439 9,971 - 9,652 9,067 10,289 1,427 16.1

Chambers

 1,262 1,277 1,184 1,104 1,234 1,230 1,336 1,450 1,395 - 1,371 1,367 1,486 224 17.7

Fort Bend

 19,825 20,808 19,467 18,273 19,423 19,649 20,473 22,738 22,131 - 21,237 19,525 22,371 2,546 12.8

Galveston

 7,928 8,139 7,521 7,051 7,668 7,853 8,141 9,030 8,648 - 8,321 7,746 8,712 784 9.9

Harris

 111,419 114,771 107,618 101,454 108,480 110,454 114,633 127,137 123,071 - 116,702 108,782 123,906 12,487 11.2

Liberty

 2,302 2,317 2,164 1,980 2,174 2,290 2,449 2,668 2,534 - 2,421 2,330 2,671 369 16.0

Montgomery

 14,554 15,189 14,068 13,114 14,271 14,431 14,939 16,691 16,083 - 15,424 14,050 16,398 1,844 12.7

San Jacinto

 625 641 587 528 575 593 620 682 622 - 614 564 638 13 2.1

Waller

 1,563 1,662 1,509 1,364 1,483 1,557 1,681 1,795 1,758 - 1,634 1,549 1,774 211 13.5

Texas

 660,179 674,622 634,055 593,972 625,154 673,220 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,711 52,532 8.0

United States (in thousands)

 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 475 6.4

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

 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.5 5.0 4.8 - 4.5 4.2 4.9 0.5

Austin

 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.9 4.4 4.2 - 4.0 3.6 4.3 0.6

Brazoria

 4.4 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.4 4.5 4.7 5.2 4.9 - 4.7 4.5 5.1 0.7

Chambers

 4.7 4.7 4.4 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.9 5.3 5.1 - 5.0 5.0 5.4 0.7

Fort Bend

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

Galveston

 4.3 4.4 4.1 3.8 4.1 4.2 4.4 4.9 4.6 - 4.4 4.2 4.8 0.5

Harris

 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.5 5.0 4.8 - 4.6 4.3 4.9 0.5

Liberty

 5.3 5.3 5.0 4.6 5.0 5.3 5.7 6.1 5.8 - 5.5 5.3 6.0 0.7

Montgomery

 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.6 4.4 - 4.2 3.8 4.4 0.4

San Jacinto

 5.3 5.4 4.9 4.4 4.8 5.0 5.2 5.7 5.2 - 5.1 4.7 5.5 0.2

Waller

 5.0 5.3 4.8 4.3 4.7 5.0 5.4 5.7 5.5 - 5.1 4.9 5.7 0.7

Texas

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

United States

 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 0.3

(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
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