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Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Houston Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2019
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – December 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the Houston Area: 2015–16 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2017
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2018
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2018
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – January 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Feb 2019
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2014-2018 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area – December 2018 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2019
Houston Area Employment — October 2018 Employment News Release Nov 2018
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – May 2017 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2018

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Economy at a Glance:

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2018		 Aug
2018		 Sept
2018		 Oct
2018		 Nov
2018		 Dec
2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,418.9 3,392.8 3,405.3 3,422.1 3,442.6 (p)3,453.2

Employment(1)

 3,268.5 3,246.2 3,264.4 3,293.3 3,313.0 (p)3,317.8

Unemployment(1)

 150.4 146.6 140.8 128.7 129.6 (p)135.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.4 4.3 4.1 3.8 3.8 (p)3.9

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,115.7 3,122.1 3,135.2 3,161.2 3,178.0 (p)3,181.7

12-month % change

 3.5 3.6 4.3 4.0 3.7 (p)3.5

Mining and Logging(3)

 80.0 80.7 80.4 81.2 81.6 (p)82.4

12-month % change

 2.2 2.9 3.1 5.3 5.3 (p)5.8

Construction(3)

 239.1 243.9 243.7 245.7 245.7 (p)240.8

12-month % change

 12.0 13.8 13.7 11.6 10.9 (p)8.8

Manufacturing(3)

 227.1 231.2 232.6 232.3 235.0 (p)236.7

12-month % change

 2.8 4.5 5.4 7.2 6.8 (p)7.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 630.2 634.5 629.8 637.0 648.7 (p)654.2

12-month % change

 2.3 2.6 3.2 2.8 2.4 (p)2.2

Information(3)

 31.6 31.1 30.8 30.9 31.2 (p)31.3

12-month % change

 -3.1 -3.4 -1.3 -1.0 -0.6 (p)-1.9

Financial Activities(3)

 164.3 164.3 164.6 165.7 164.6 (p)164.5

12-month % change

 2.7 2.5 3.3 3.3 2.7 (p)2.6

Professional and Business Services(3)

 525.2 518.0 517.0 519.8 523.5 (p)521.3

12-month % change

 8.7 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.4 (p)5.8

Education and Health Services(3)

 389.2 394.6 394.1 395.2 396.8 (p)396.7

12-month % change

 1.5 2.2 2.8 2.3 3.3 (p)3.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 327.0 325.9 324.1 325.1 319.7 (p)321.4

12-month % change

 1.1 0.9 3.7 1.6 0.1 (p)0.9

Other Services(3)

 110.9 111.9 112.5 114.5 113.9 (p)113.5

12-month % change

 0.5 1.8 3.4 5.5 5.5 (p)3.9

Government(3)

 391.1 386.0 405.6 413.8 417.3 (p)418.9

12-month % change

 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 (p)0.7

Consumer Price Index: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

CPI-U, All items(4)

   226.307   228.070   226.557

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

     2.3   2.2   2.3

CPI-W, All items(5)

   222.481   224.175   221.965

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

     2.8   2.5   2.0

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