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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 (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Feb 2025
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Mar 2025
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land area — February 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2025
Consumer Expenditures in the Houston Metropolitan Area — 2022–23 Consumer spending News Release Oct 2024
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Oct 2024
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2025
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston (PDF) Employment Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — February 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Mar 2025
Consumer Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Historical (1967=100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Histroical (1982-84=100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2020-2024 Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2025
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area — December 2024 Benefits, Pay News Release Feb 2025
Houston Area Employment — October 2024 Employment News Release Nov 2024
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Mar 2025
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – May 2023 Employment, Pay News Release Sep 2024
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Mar 2025
Consumer Price Index, Annual Average Historical, 2020-2024 Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2025
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Economy at a Glance:
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
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2024		 Nov
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2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)3,813.8 (2)3,802.4 (2)3,814.5 (2)3,811.9    

Employment(1)

 (2)3,643.1 (2)3,636.1 (2)3,645.9 (2)3,657.2    

Unemployment(1)

 (2)170.7 (2)166.3 (2)168.7 (2)154.7    

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)4.5 (2)4.4 (2)4.4 (2)4.1    

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 3,434.1 3,453.8 3,471.8 3,479.2 (p)3,438.5  

12-month % change

 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.4 (p)1.7  

Mining and Logging(4)

 78.5 78.5 78.0 78.6 (p)80.1  

12-month % change

 -0.3 -0.6 -0.3 0.3 (p)4.2  

Construction(4)

 235.5 235.5 234.6 234.7 (p)229.9  

12-month % change

 1.2 1.1 1.6 2.2 (p)1.8  

Manufacturing(4)

 240.6 240.6 240.5 240.7 (p)239.8  

12-month % change

 2.8 2.4 2.4 2.0 (p)1.4  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 692.8 698.9 709.2 716.4 (p)700.5  

12-month % change

 1.2 1.1 0.6 0.8 (p)1.0  

Information(4)

 29.5 29.6 29.9 30.4 (p)29.3  

12-month % change

 -7.2 -6.3 -4.2 -2.6 (p)-4.9  

Financial Activities(4)

 179.9 181.2 181.8 182.4 (p)181.3  

12-month % change

 -2.5 -2.1 -1.1 -0.2 (p)-0.2  

Professional and Business Services(4)

 566.3 568.5 570.7 569.7 (p)562.9  

12-month % change

 1.1 1.0 0.8 1.6 (p)2.0  

Education and Health Services(4)

 460.5 461.2 463.9 462.6 (p)462.6  

12-month % change

 1.8 1.3 1.7 1.2 (p)2.1  

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 360.6 362.9 363.6 362.1 (p)356.2  

12-month % change

 1.0 1.8 2.1 1.4 (p)1.5  

Other Services(4)

 133.7 134.4 133.4 134.5 (p)135.0  

12-month % change

 5.4 4.8 5.6 7.0 (p)6.6  

Government(4)

 456.2 462.5 466.2 467.1 (p)460.9  

12-month % change

 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.6 (p)1.5  

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

CPI-U, All items(5)

   276.116   272.952   275.619

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

     2.1   1.0   1.0

CPI-W, All items(6)

   272.074   268.856   270.750

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(6)

     2.0   1.2   0.7

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data are provisional, subject to revision on April 18, 2025.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(5) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(6) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary