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

Odessa

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Aug 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2025
Consumer Price Index, South Region — July 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Aug 2025
Odessa Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Aug 2025
Odessa, TX Economy at a Glance:
Odessa, TX
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Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 88.0 88.0 88.6 88.0 88.1 (p)87.9

Employment(1)

 84.7 84.9 85.8 84.9 84.9 (p)84.5

Unemployment(1)

 3.4 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.1 (p)3.3

Unemployment Rate(2)

 3.8 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.6 (p)3.8

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 83.6 84.0 84.3 84.2 84.0 (p)83.4

12-month % change

 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.3 1.0 (p)1.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)

 20.1 20.3 20.3 20.2 20.0 (p)20.1

12-month % change

 4.1 4.6 5.7 4.7 3.1 (p)3.1

Manufacturing(3)

 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 (p)4.5

12-month % change

 4.8 4.7 4.7 2.3 0.0 (p)0.0

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 19.7 19.8 19.8 19.9 19.8 (p)20.0

12-month % change

 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.0 (p)0.5

Information(3)

 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 (p)0.4

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(3)

 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 (p)3.8

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (p)2.7

Professional and Business Services(3)

 5.2 5.1 5.2 5.1 5.1 (p)5.1

12-month % change

 0.0 -3.8 -1.9 -3.8 -1.9 (p)-1.9

Education and Health Services(3)

 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 (p)5.8

12-month % change

 3.6 5.5 1.8 1.8 1.8 (p)3.6

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.6 9.6 (p)9.5

12-month % change

 -1.1 -1.1 -1.0 -1.0 -2.0 (p)0.0

Other Services(3)

 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 (p)4.1

12-month % change

 0.0 2.6 2.6 0.0 -2.4 (p)0.0

Government(3)

 11.0 11.0 11.1 11.0 11.1 (p)10.1

12-month % change

 0.9 0.9 1.8 0.9 4.7 (p)3.1

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.
(p) Preliminary