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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Texas > Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas-Fort Worth

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Sep 2020
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Sep 2020
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2020
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — May 2020 Employment News Release Jul 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the Dallas Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington – May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area – July 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Aug 2020
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area – June 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release Jul 2020
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Aug 2020
Consumer Price Index, South Region – August 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2020
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2020
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2020
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2015-2019 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2020
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2020

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Economy at a Glance:

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
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2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,962.0 3,694.7 3,829.8 3,945.3 (p)3,946.7  

Employment(1)

 3,778.1 3,223.5 3,360.2 3,622.0 (p)3,650.3  

Unemployment(1)

 183.9 471.2 469.6 323.2 (p)296.4  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.6 12.8 12.3 8.2 (p)7.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,816.6 3,463.4 3,542.7 3,642.0 3,627.5 (p)3,657.5

12-month % change

 2.3 -7.5 -6.0 -3.9 -4.0 (p)-3.7

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 232.9 222.8 223.9 229.8 229.9 (p)228.1

12-month % change

 4.4 -0.5 -0.7 0.3 0.0 (p)-0.8

Manufacturing(3)

 288.1 277.7 278.4 280.0 279.8 (p)279.0

12-month % change

 0.4 -3.3 -3.3 -3.8 -3.8 (p)-4.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 798.6 761.8 764.4 782.8 780.3 (p)786.6

12-month % change

 2.5 -2.3 -2.3 -0.7 -1.5 (p)-1.1

Information(3)

 82.5 80.0 80.0 80.1 79.5 (p)79.9

12-month % change

 1.5 -2.0 -2.1 -2.7 -3.2 (p)-2.7

Financial Activities(3)

 326.6 322.4 324.5 328.5 331.4 (p)332.3

12-month % change

 4.1 2.5 2.7 2.8 3.3 (p)3.1

Professional and Business Services(3)

 651.6 597.4 608.8 626.4 634.0 (p)645.5

12-month % change

 4.4 -5.5 -4.1 -1.7 -1.8 (p)-1.0

Education and Health Services(3)

 467.3 408.2 426.7 431.4 428.2 (p)434.5

12-month % change

 1.8 -11.4 -7.8 -6.3 -6.9 (p)-6.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 385.3 238.1 284.6 334.0 327.3 (p)323.0

12-month % change

 -1.1 -39.3 -28.6 -17.6 -18.9 (p)-19.8

Other Services(3)

 126.9 111.2 115.4 121.2 118.1 (p)120.6

12-month % change

 0.8 -12.2 -10.3 -7.6 -9.3 (p)-7.1

Government(3)

 456.8 443.8 436.0 427.8 419.0 (p)428.0

12-month % change

 2.1 -0.6 -3.0 -3.5 -1.4 (p)0.0

Consumer Price Index: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

CPI-U, All items(4)

 238.865   236.317   239.888  

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

   1.0   -0.5   0.4  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 244.096   240.961   245.326  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

   1.0   -1.2   0.2  

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.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary