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

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,396.9 3,411.8 3,418.9 3,392.8 3,405.3 (p)3,420.9

Employment(1)

 3,254.4 3,254.5 3,268.5 3,246.2 3,264.4 (p)3,292.1

Unemployment(1)

 142.5 157.3 150.4 146.6 140.8 (p)128.8

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.2 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.1 (p)3.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,110.2 3,131.6 3,115.7 3,122.1 3,135.2 (p)3,158.8

12-month % change

 2.7 3.1 3.5 3.6 4.3 (p)3.9

Mining and Logging(3)

 79.3 79.7 80.0 80.7 80.4 (p)81.6

12-month % change

 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.9 3.1 (p)5.8

Construction(3)

 229.6 236.5 239.1 243.9 243.7 (p)245.8

12-month % change

 5.3 8.8 12.0 13.8 13.7 (p)11.6

Manufacturing(3)

 227.6 228.2 227.1 231.2 232.6 (p)232.8

12-month % change

 4.1 3.4 2.8 4.5 5.4 (p)7.4

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 627.7 629.2 630.2 634.5 629.8 (p)635.9

12-month % change

 2.4 2.2 2.3 2.6 3.2 (p)2.6

Information(3)

 31.3 31.4 31.6 31.1 30.8 (p)31.0

12-month % change

 -3.7 -3.7 -3.1 -3.4 -1.3 (p)-0.6

Financial Activities(3)

 162.9 163.8 164.3 164.3 164.6 (p)165.2

12-month % change

 3.1 2.7 2.7 2.5 3.3 (p)3.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 510.3 523.0 525.2 518.0 517.0 (p)519.4

12-month % change

 7.0 8.4 8.7 6.9 6.6 (p)6.3

Education and Health Services(3)

 387.2 386.2 389.2 394.6 394.1 (p)395.1

12-month % change

 0.1 0.2 1.5 2.2 2.8 (p)2.3

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 327.3 332.3 327.0 325.9 324.1 (p)323.6

12-month % change

 1.6 1.9 1.1 0.9 3.7 (p)1.2

Other Services(3)

 111.8 111.7 110.9 111.9 112.5 (p)114.6

12-month % change

 0.5 -0.7 0.5 1.8 3.4 (p)5.6

Government(3)

 415.2 409.6 391.1 386.0 405.6 (p)413.8

12-month % change

 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.6 (p)0.4

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   227.393   226.307   228.070

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

     3.0   2.3   2.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

   223.561   222.481   224.175

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

     3.6   2.8   2.5

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