Southwest Information Office

Brownsville

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published
	AllEmploymentUnemploymentConsumer price indexesConsumer spendingBenefitsPayWorkplace fatalitiesIndustry price indexes
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Feb 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Brownsville-Harlingen – May 2018	Employment, Pay	News Release	Jul 2019
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Dec 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – January 2020	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Feb 2020
Brownsville Area Economic Summary	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Feb 2020

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Economy at a Glance:

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Data Series	Back Data	July 2019	Aug 2019	Sept 2019	Oct 2019	Nov 2019	Dec 2019
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		165.8	164.5	164.8	164.7	165.7	(p)165.9
Employment(1)		156.1	155.3	156.3	156.2	156.8	(p)156.4
Unemployment(1)		9.7	9.2	8.5	8.5	8.9	(p)9.5
Unemployment Rate(2)		5.8	5.6	5.2	5.1	5.4	(p)5.8
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		142.5	142.0	142.2	142.4	143.2	(p)143.0
12-month % change		0.5	0.3	0.8	0.7	0.7	(p)0.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.6	(p)2.6
12-month % change		-6.9	-6.9	-3.6	-3.6	-7.1	(p)-7.1
Manufacturing(3)		5.7	5.6	5.7	5.6	5.6	(p)5.6
12-month % change		3.6	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		25.5	25.5	25.5	25.3	25.9	(p)26.0
12-month % change		-0.8	-0.8	-0.4	0.0	-0.8	(p)0.0
Information(3)		0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.7
12-month % change		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	(p)5.2
12-month % change		-1.9	-1.9	0.0	-1.9	0.0	(p)0.0
Professional and Business Services(3)		12.3	12.3	12.5	12.7	12.8	(p)12.8
12-month % change		0.8	0.8	1.6	2.4	2.4	(p)1.6
Education and Health Services(3)		40.0	40.3	40.3	40.5	40.8	(p)40.5
12-month % change		0.5	0.5	0.8	0.2	1.0	(p)0.2
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		17.4	16.9	16.3	15.9	15.7	(p)15.8
12-month % change		2.4	1.8	3.2	3.9	3.3	(p)4.6
Other Services(3)		3.1	3.1	3.0	3.0	3.0	(p)3.0
12-month % change		0.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Government(3)		29.8	29.6	30.2	30.8	30.9	(p)30.8
12-month % change		1.0	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7	(p)0.0
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