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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 Feb 2021
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Feb 2021
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Feb 2021
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – December 2020 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 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 Jan 2021
Consumer Price Index, South Region – January 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Feb 2021
Consumer Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2021
Consumer Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Histroical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2021
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2016-2020 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2021
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area – December 2020 Benefits, Pay News Release Jan 2021
Houston Area Employment — October 2020 Employment News Release Dec 2020
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Feb 2021
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – May 2019 Employment, Pay News Release Apr 2020

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

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2020		 Aug
2020		 Sept
2020		 Oct
2020		 Nov
2020		 Dec
2020

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,394.5 3,490.7 3,475.5 3,426.1 3,461.9 (p)3,445.6

Employment(1)

 3,071.6 3,206.5 3,143.2 3,163.7 3,152.2 (p)3,169.2

Unemployment(1)

 323.0 284.2 332.3 262.4 309.7 (p)276.4

Unemployment Rate(2)

 9.5 8.1 9.6 7.7 8.9 (p)8.0

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 2,962.2 2,971.9 2,991.6 3,030.4 3,057.6 (p)3,068.2

12-month % change

 -5.9 -5.7 -5.2 -4.8 -4.6 (p)-4.4

Mining and Logging(3)

 60.6 60.9 62.8 64.0 64.0 (p)64.5

12-month % change

 -24.2 -23.7 -20.9 -19.7 -18.9 (p)-17.8

Construction(3)

 217.9 215.9 215.8 219.8 220.9 (p)217.1

12-month % change

 -7.8 -9.7 -10.2 -8.4 -8.9 (p)-10.1

Manufacturing(3)

 215.8 213.7 214.7 214.3 212.7 (p)213.1

12-month % change

 -9.3 -9.9 -9.1 -8.3 -9.7 (p)-9.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 605.0 610.2 607.7 616.0 630.6 (p)636.9

12-month % change

 -3.4 -2.7 -2.6 -2.3 -2.4 (p)-2.5

Information(3)

 29.4 28.9 29.1 29.1 30.0 (p)29.9

12-month % change

 -10.6 -11.9 -9.9 -10.2 -7.7 (p)-8.6

Financial Activities(3)

 164.6 164.1 162.2 164.3 164.3 (p)163.8

12-month % change

 -1.8 -2.2 -3.2 -2.1 -2.2 (p)-3.0

Professional and Business Services(3)

 505.4 508.9 508.6 516.2 516.3 (p)517.6

12-month % change

 -0.8 -0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 (p)1.0

Education and Health Services(3)

 398.7 398.1 396.5 399.4 403.5 (p)405.4

12-month % change

 -0.6 -1.9 -2.4 -2.5 -2.0 (p)-1.4

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 279.6 280.9 283.9 290.1 293.4 (p)295.9

12-month % change

 -17.8 -16.9 -15.1 -13.5 -11.3 (p)-10.9

Other Services(3)

 100.2 104.0 98.9 103.1 102.8 (p)103.4

12-month % change

 -13.8 -10.3 -14.2 -10.9 -11.8 (p)-11.8

Government(3)

 385.0 386.3 411.4 414.1 419.1 (p)420.6

12-month % change

 -3.5 -2.3 -0.8 -1.8 -1.7 (p)-1.5

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   228.978   229.885   230.388

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

     -0.2   -0.1   0.7

CPI-W, All items(5)

   223.672   224.743   224.747

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

     -0.4   0.1   0.6

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