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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Texas > Houston

Houston

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 Oct 2021
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Oct 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Oct 2021
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – August 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Sep 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the Houston Metropolitan Area: 2018–19 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2020
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2020
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2020
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Oct 2021
Consumer Price Index, South Region – September 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Oct 2021
Consumer Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2021
Consumer Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Histroical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Sep 2021
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2016-2020 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area – June 2021 Benefits, Pay News Release Aug 2021
Houston Area Employment — July 2021 Employment News Release Sep 2021
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Oct 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release May 2021

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

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Apr
2021		 May
2021		 June
2021		 July
2021		 Aug
2021		 Sept
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,401.3 3,407.1 3,418.1 3,440.6 (p)3,433.8  

Employment(1)

 3,155.9 3,180.2 3,165.4 3,206.9 (p)3,224.5  

Unemployment(1)

 245.4 226.9 252.7 233.7 (p)209.3  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 7.2 6.7 7.4 6.8 (p)6.1  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,018.0 3,037.8 3,047.3 3,047.5 3,049.1 (p)3,076.4

12-month % change

 6.6 4.8 3.5 4.9 4.7 (p)5.1

Mining and Logging(3)

 69.5 69.9 68.9 68.5 69.6 (p)71.1

12-month % change

 -3.9 3.2 5.7 8.0 11.2 (p)14.7

Construction(3)

 207.5 206.1 204.2 202.7 204.3 (p)204.1

12-month % change

 -2.8 -4.4 -5.1 -3.1 -1.4 (p)-0.2

Manufacturing(3)

 207.7 207.0 207.2 209.5 210.9 (p)212.3

12-month % change

 -6.9 -6.0 -5.0 -1.5 0.0 (p)1.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 623.1 626.4 631.8 629.3 631.1 (p)630.9

12-month % change

 8.2 6.6 5.3 4.8 4.0 (p)3.9

Information(3)

 28.5 28.6 28.8 29.0 29.0 (p)28.8

12-month % change

 1.1 0.7 1.1 3.9 5.5 (p)2.1

Financial Activities(3)

 162.5 164.0 163.2 163.4 164.2 (p)164.9

12-month % change

 0.7 1.3 0.2 -0.1 0.4 (p)1.5

Professional and Business Services(3)

 490.8 493.1 493.7 501.5 504.4 (p)512.5

12-month % change

 3.7 4.0 3.1 4.2 4.6 (p)7.1

Education and Health Services(3)

 396.8 401.5 400.5 405.2 407.9 (p)409.0

12-month % change

 7.6 4.5 2.7 4.2 3.8 (p)4.0

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 305.2 312.8 326.6 328.5 322.9 (p)314.1

12-month % change

 47.7 25.8 18.8 23.6 20.0 (p)15.1

Other Services(3)

 109.6 111.2 111.3 114.9 115.9 (p)117.3

12-month % change

 23.3 19.3 10.0 14.2 15.2 (p)17.1

Government(3)

 416.8 417.2 411.1 395.0 388.9 (p)411.4

12-month % change

 -0.6 0.2 0.7 1.2 -0.2 (p)0.6

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

 236.604   239.374   241.088  

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

   4.5   4.6   5.3  

CPI-W, All items(5)

 231.886   235.084   237.097  

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

   5.2   5.2   6.0  

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