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Brownsville

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2018
Occupational Employment and Wages in Brownsville-Harlingen, May 2016 Employment, Pay News Release Jul 2017
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2017
Consumer Price Index, South Region – April 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2018
Brownsville Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary May 2018

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Economy at a Glance:

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (r)164.1 (r)164.1 165.4 166.9 (p)168.2  

Employment(1)

 (r)154.4 (r)154.4 154.1 155.8 (p)157.3  

Unemployment(1)

 (r)9.7 (r)9.7 11.3 11.1 (p)11.0  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 (r)5.9 (r)5.9 6.8 6.7 (p)6.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 141.7 141.6 140.2 140.8 142.1 (p)143.0

12-month % change

 -0.5 -0.8 -0.1 0.3 0.1 (p)0.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 (p)2.8

12-month % change

 -3.3 -3.3 -3.4 -3.4 -3.4 (p)0.0

Manufacturing(3)

 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.3 (p)5.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 (p)5.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 25.8 26.0 25.3 25.3 25.6 (p)25.6

12-month % change

 -4.1 -4.4 -2.7 0.0 0.0 (p)0.8

Information(3)

 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 (p)0.9

12-month % change

 -10.0 -10.0 -10.0 -10.0 -10.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 5.2 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.2 (p)5.2

12-month % change

 4.0 4.0 6.1 4.1 6.1 (p)4.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 12.4 12.4 12.3 12.4 12.4 (p)12.4

12-month % change

 3.3 5.1 7.0 7.8 5.1 (p)7.8

Education and Health Services(3)

 40.8 40.8 40.6 40.7 40.7 (p)41.0

12-month % change

 1.5 1.5 0.5 0.5 0.0 (p)0.2

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 15.0 14.8 14.8 15.1 15.7 (p)15.9

12-month % change

 0.7 -1.3 -2.0 -1.9 -1.9 (p)-1.9

Other Services(3)

 2.9 2.8 3.0 3.0 3.0 (p)3.0

12-month % change

 -3.3 -6.7 3.4 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Government(3)

 30.6 30.6 30.1 30.3 30.5 (p)30.7

12-month % change

 -1.9 -2.2 -1.0 -1.3 -1.3 (p)-1.0

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary
(r) Revised