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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 May 2022
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table May 2022
Dallas-Fort Worth Area Employment — February 2022 Employment News Release Apr 2022
Consumer Expenditures for the Dallas Metropolitan Area — 2019–20 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2021
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 Nov 2021
Consumer Price Index, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington area – March 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2022
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2020
Changing Compensation Costs in the Dallas Metropolitan Area — March 2022 Benefits, Pay News Release May 2022
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Apr 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — April 2022 Consumer price indexes News Release May 2022
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2022
Consumer Price Index for Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Apr 2022
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2017-2021 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2022
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary May 2022

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

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Nov
2021		 Dec
2021		 Jan
2022		 Feb
2022		 Mar
2022		 Apr
2022

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)4,180.5 (2)4,170.3 4,177.6 4,221.1 (p)4,225.9  

Employment(1)

 (2)4,015.5 (2)4,018.9 4,005.1 4,049.0 (p)4,084.4  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)165.0 (2)151.4 172.5 172.1 (p)141.6  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)3.9 (2)3.6 4.1 4.1 (p)3.4  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 3,992.4 3,999.9 3,954.8 3,999.1 4,020.6 (p)4,057.6

12-month % change

 6.6 6.3 6.6 7.8 7.2 (p)7.4

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 220.1 224.9 223.0 222.8 227.0 (p)231.5

12-month % change

 2.3 4.8 4.9 4.8 4.4 (p)5.9

Manufacturing(4)

 287.9 288.1 284.4 290.0 293.2 (p)294.2

12-month % change

 2.6 2.1 1.3 2.9 3.3 (p)3.9

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 888.7 894.4 872.1 872.6 877.1 (p)876.9

12-month % change

 5.6 5.5 6.4 7.2 7.2 (p)7.7

Information(4)

 84.6 85.6 86.3 85.6 85.8 (p)85.5

12-month % change

 8.6 8.8 8.1 7.5 7.3 (p)6.1

Financial Activities(4)

 350.5 351.0 352.8 357.6 360.5 (p)360.0

12-month % change

 6.1 6.0 6.9 8.0 7.7 (p)7.3

Professional and Business Services(4)

 725.3 721.0 715.0 727.3 722.7 (p)737.3

12-month % change

 12.2 11.0 10.3 12.0 9.9 (p)10.5

Education and Health Services(4)

 471.3 470.8 466.5 477.0 482.0 (p)483.1

12-month % change

 3.8 3.4 3.5 5.7 6.3 (p)5.4

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 383.7 382.7 380.3 388.6 391.5 (p)404.6

12-month % change

 14.8 13.6 15.7 18.6 14.8 (p)15.3

Other Services(4)

 126.6 127.9 125.6 125.0 127.3 (p)129.9

12-month % change

 10.9 12.4 11.2 11.1 10.0 (p)10.1

Government(4)

 453.7 453.5 448.8 452.6 453.5 (p)454.6

12-month % change

 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.4 0.7 (p)0.4

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

CPI-U, All items(5)

 257.394   261.499   269.347  

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

   7.5   7.8   9.0  

CPI-W, All items(6)

 265.631   269.934   278.519  

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

   8.6   8.7   10.0  

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data were subject to revision on April 15, 2022.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary