Southwest Information Office

Beaumont

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2026
Beaumont Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Jan 2026
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — December 2025	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Beaumont-Port Arthur — May 2024	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jun 2025

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Economy at a Glance:

Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX

Data Series	Back Data	July 2025	Aug 2025	Sept 2025	Oct 2025	Nov 2025	Dec 2025
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		185.1	185.9	186.8	(2)-	188.2	(p)187.1
Employment(1)		175.2	175.0	176.4	(2)-	178.1	(p)177.4
Unemployment(1)		9.9	10.9	10.4	(2)-	10.1	(p)9.8
Unemployment Rate(3)		5.3	5.9	5.6	(2)-	5.4	(p)5.2
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(4)		169.2	169.4	169.8	171.3	172.1	(p)171.9
12-month % change		2.0	1.1	0.4	0.4	0.6	(p)0.4
Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)		23.3	23.6	23.8	24.1	23.8	(p)23.3
12-month % change		5.9	2.6	-0.8	-0.4	-1.7	(p)-3.3
Manufacturing(4)		22.1	21.9	21.9	21.9	21.8	(p)21.9
12-month % change		-1.3	-1.4	-0.5	-0.9	-0.9	(p)-0.9
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)		31.5	31.6	31.6	31.8	32.5	(p)32.7
12-month % change		0.6	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.2	(p)2.2
Information(4)		0.9	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.8	(p)0.8
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	-11.1	-11.1	-11.1	(p)-11.1
Financial Activities(4)		6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.5	(p)6.5
12-month % change		1.6	1.6	0.0	0.0	1.6	(p)1.6
Professional and Business Services(4)		15.9	15.9	15.9	16.0	16.1	(p)16.1
12-month % change		2.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	-0.6	(p)-1.2
Education and Health Services(4)		22.1	22.0	22.0	22.1	22.1	(p)22.1
12-month % change		2.8	1.4	0.9	0.9	0.9	(p)0.9
Leisure and Hospitality(4)		17.4	17.3	17.1	17.2	17.3	(p)17.2
12-month % change		6.1	4.8	4.3	3.6	4.2	(p)3.6
Other Services(4)		5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	(p)5.5
12-month % change		0.0	-1.8	-1.8	0.0	1.8	(p)0.0
Government(4)		24.0	24.2	24.8	25.4	25.6	(p)25.8
12-month % change		0.0	0.8	0.4	0.0	0.4	(p)1.6
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations. (3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary