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	Jan 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Brownsville-Harlingen — May 2023	Employment, Pay	News Release	Sep 2024
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Jan 2024
Consumer Price Index, South Region — November 2024	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Dec 2024
Brownsville Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Dec 2024

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Economy at a Glance:

Brownsville-Harlingen, TX

Data Series	Back Data	June 2024	July 2024	Aug 2024	Sept 2024	Oct 2024	Nov 2024
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)		185.6	186.9	187.1	188.1	187.8	(p)189.1
Employment(1)		174.1	176.1	176.6	178.2	178.1	(p)178.9
Unemployment(1)		11.5	10.8	10.5	9.8	9.6	(p)10.2
Unemployment Rate(2)		6.2	5.8	5.6	5.2	5.1	(p)5.4
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)		163.0	163.5	164.5	165.9	166.9	(p)168.1
12-month % change		1.9	3.1	2.2	2.4	2.5	(p)2.6
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)		4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	(p)4.1
12-month % change		5.1	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	(p)2.5
Manufacturing(3)		7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	7.7	(p)7.7
12-month % change		2.7	4.1	1.3	1.3	1.3	(p)1.3
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)		26.1	26.1	26.1	26.1	26.4	(p)26.9
12-month % change		0.8	0.8	0.4	0.8	0.8	(p)1.5
Information(3)		1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	(p)1.5
12-month % change		7.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	(p)0.0
Financial Activities(3)		5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	(p)5.6
12-month % change		1.9	0.0	1.8	3.7	3.7	(p)3.7
Professional and Business Services(3)		17.2	17.1	17.3	17.4	17.5	(p)17.7
12-month % change		-1.1	0.6	3.0	2.4	1.2	(p)1.7
Education and Health Services(3)		49.8	50.1	50.6	51.1	51.3	(p)51.6
12-month % change		2.5	4.2	3.9	4.5	3.8	(p)4.0
Leisure and Hospitality(3)		19.7	19.6	19.4	19.1	19.0	(p)18.8
12-month % change		3.1	2.6	2.1	2.7	2.7	(p)1.1
Other Services(3)		3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.7	(p)3.8
12-month % change		5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	2.8	(p)5.6
Government(3)		27.6	28.0	28.4	29.5	30.1	(p)30.4
12-month % change		1.8	5.7	0.4	0.0	2.4	(p)2.7
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