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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 2018
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2018
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Aug 2018
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – June 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Jul 2018
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 Oct 2017
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2017
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Jul 2018
Consumer Price Index, South Region – July 2018 Consumer price indexes News Release Aug 2018
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2018
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jul 2018
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2013-2017 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2018
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area – June 2018 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2018
Houston Area Employment — April 2018 Employment News Release May 2018
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Aug 2018
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		 Jan
2018		 Feb
2018		 Mar
2018		 Apr
2018		 May
2018		 June
2018

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,349.9 3,393.7 3,395.2 3,410.2 3,396.9 (p)3,414.2

Employment(1)

 3,188.3 3,233.9 3,238.9 3,265.4 3,254.4 (p)3,257.0

Unemployment(1)

 161.6 159.8 156.2 144.8 142.5 (p)157.3

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.2 4.2 (p)4.6

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,032.1 3,061.5 3,074.9 3,098.8 3,110.2 (p)3,133.4

12-month % change

 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.8 2.7 (p)3.1

Mining and Logging(3)

 78.5 78.5 77.8 78.1 79.3 (p)79.4

12-month % change

 3.2 1.9 1.4 1.4 1.7 (p)1.7

Construction(3)

 219.8 226.2 227.2 228.6 229.6 (p)236.6

12-month % change

 4.6 5.6 5.0 6.0 5.3 (p)8.9

Manufacturing(3)

 221.4 222.7 222.7 227.6 227.6 (p)227.4

12-month % change

 2.0 2.2 1.7 4.5 4.1 (p)3.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 622.1 623.6 623.8 626.7 627.7 (p)629.8

12-month % change

 1.5 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.4 (p)2.3

Information(3)

 31.8 31.7 31.5 31.2 31.3 (p)31.3

12-month % change

 -1.5 -1.6 -3.1 -4.0 -3.7 (p)-4.0

Financial Activities(3)

 160.4 161.3 161.7 161.8 162.9 (p)163.9

12-month % change

 2.2 2.5 2.5 2.5 3.1 (p)2.8

Professional and Business Services(3)

 489.3 496.0 503.4 505.7 510.3 (p)523.7

12-month % change

 4.7 5.2 5.8 6.2 7.0 (p)8.5

Education and Health Services(3)

 380.4 385.0 385.2 388.2 387.2 (p)387.5

12-month % change

 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.1 (p)0.5

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 312.5 314.0 317.3 324.4 327.3 (p)332.8

12-month % change

 2.0 1.6 0.6 2.5 1.6 (p)2.0

Other Services(3)

 108.9 108.2 109.3 112.0 111.8 (p)111.5

12-month % change

 2.7 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.5 (p)-0.9

Government(3)

 407.0 414.3 415.0 414.5 415.2 (p)409.5

12-month % change

 1.6 0.8 0.3 0.4 0.3 (p)0.3

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   224.711   225.116   227.393

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

     2.6   2.4   3.0

CPI-W, All items(5)

   220.882   221.383   223.561

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

     2.9   2.8   3.6

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