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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 Jul 2021
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jul 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — May 2021 Employment News Release Jun 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the Dallas Metropolitan Area: 2018–19 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2020
Occupational Employment and Wages in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington — May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release May 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2020
Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area – May 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Jun 2021
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area – March 2021 Benefits, Pay News Release Apr 2021
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Jul 2021
Consumer Price Index, South Region – June 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2021
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2021
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2021
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2016-2020 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2021
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jul 2021

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

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Jan
2021		 Feb
2021		 Mar
2021		 Apr
2021		 May
2021		 June
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 4,026.4 4,012.0 4,025.4 4,020.1 (p)4,029.5  

Employment(1)

 3,763.7 3,738.5 3,763.1 3,788.6 (p)3,816.2  

Unemployment(1)

 262.7 273.5 262.3 231.5 (p)213.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 6.5 6.8 6.5 5.8 (p)5.3  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,701.8 3,694.6 3,728.1 3,736.6 3,758.6 (p)3,785.8

12-month % change

 -3.0 -3.8 -2.4 9.5 7.4 (p)5.8

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 216.4 214.6 218.5 215.2 215.1 (p)216.4

12-month % change

 -3.6 -4.9 -3.2 -0.7 -1.6 (p)-1.1

Manufacturing(3)

 280.8 279.4 281.6 279.8 281.3 (p)282.0

12-month % change

 -3.2 -4.0 -2.9 3.0 3.3 (p)1.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 810.5 807.6 812.5 810.6 813.7 (p)824.0

12-month % change

 0.4 0.8 1.6 9.8 7.3 (p)5.6

Information(3)

 79.1 79.2 79.2 78.8 79.4 (p)79.8

12-month % change

 -4.8 -4.7 -3.6 2.1 3.5 (p)3.9

Financial Activities(3)

 326.4 327.0 328.2 326.5 328.4 (p)330.5

12-month % change

 0.7 0.4 0.7 2.5 2.6 (p)2.4

Professional and Business Services(3)

 645.2 636.0 642.8 647.9 652.1 (p)660.3

12-month % change

 -0.6 -3.0 -1.1 8.4 8.1 (p)8.7

Education and Health Services(3)

 449.6 449.7 452.7 450.8 451.8 (p)446.4

12-month % change

 -3.6 -4.4 -3.4 8.7 4.8 (p)1.8

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 330.8 332.9 341.9 352.9 361.4 (p)375.9

12-month % change

 -15.7 -16.0 -12.2 49.3 29.0 (p)18.2

Other Services(3)

 114.0 113.8 115.5 115.8 118.9 (p)121.6

12-month % change

 -9.9 -11.5 -8.5 23.2 18.7 (p)10.7

Government(3)

 449.0 454.4 455.2 458.3 456.5 (p)448.9

12-month % change

 -1.3 -1.5 -1.5 2.2 4.1 (p)4.6

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 242.513   246.995   251.228  

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

   1.5   3.4   6.3  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 248.287   253.289   257.777  

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

   1.5   3.8   7.0  

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.
(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