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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 Aug 2019
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2019
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2019
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – June 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 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 Aug 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – July 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Aug 2019
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2019
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2014-2018 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area – June 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2019
Houston Area Employment — April 2019 Employment News Release May 2019
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Aug 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019

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

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Feb
2019		 Mar
2019		 Apr
2019		 May
2019		 June
2019		 July
2019

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,447.2 3,436.2 3,425.8 3,419.2 (p)3,441.4  

Employment(1)

 3,302.7 3,307.5 3,315.8 3,311.2 (p)3,310.9  

Unemployment(1)

 144.5 128.6 110.0 108.0 (p)130.5  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.2 3.7 3.2 3.2 (p)3.8  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,117.7 3,133.8 3,151.5 3,167.4 3,185.2 (p)3,169.3

12-month % change

 2.3 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.8 (p)3.0

Mining and Logging(3)

 82.2 83.5 84.4 86.6 87.6 (p)86.3

12-month % change

 5.5 6.5 8.8 10.6 11.5 (p)9.8

Construction(3)

 221.7 221.5 224.2 225.4 229.6 (p)228.8

12-month % change

 2.4 1.2 1.9 1.7 3.1 (p)4.3

Manufacturing(3)

 240.8 241.5 240.9 239.8 240.9 (p)241.4

12-month % change

 7.6 7.4 6.9 5.8 4.9 (p)4.8

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 621.2 621.2 622.3 623.6 630.4 (p)629.4

12-month % change

 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 1.3 (p)1.1

Information(3)

 30.9 31.0 30.7 30.7 30.7 (p)30.4

12-month % change

 -2.5 -2.2 -2.5 -3.2 -3.8 (p)-4.4

Financial Activities(3)

 164.6 164.4 164.1 165.1 166.6 (p)168.2

12-month % change

 1.2 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.8 (p)1.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 502.9 505.5 510.5 514.6 516.4 (p)520.9

12-month % change

 3.3 3.3 4.6 5.1 3.9 (p)4.9

Education and Health Services(3)

 400.6 401.4 404.2 403.9 402.0 (p)401.6

12-month % change

 2.8 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.5 (p)2.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 316.2 325.0 332.1 335.4 341.1 (p)343.2

12-month % change

 0.0 0.9 2.4 1.9 2.5 (p)3.0

Other Services(3)

 115.6 116.7 117.0 119.1 122.2 (p)120.3

12-month % change

 5.8 6.1 5.0 6.1 6.6 (p)7.4

Government(3)

 421.0 422.1 421.1 423.2 417.7 (p)398.8

12-month % change

 1.3 1.1 1.5 1.4 1.4 (p)1.3

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 226.804   229.261   229.316  

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

   0.9   1.8   0.8  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 221.664   225.023   224.306  

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

   0.4   1.6   0.3  

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