texas labor market review october 12

7/31/2019 Texas Labor Market Review October 12

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A MONTHLY NEWSLETTEROFTHE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION

L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W

IN THIS ISSUE

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . .

Texas & U.S. Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . .

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . .

MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . .

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force . . . . . . . . .

County Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

City & WDA Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . .

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Happenings Around the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment

(Seasonally Adjusted)

this major industry in the past five months. The monthly gain in this ma

industry was divided nearly evenly between its two component sectors,Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation added 1,900 jobs over the month a

employment in Accommodations and Food Services climbed by 1,8

positions. The annualized growth rate in Leisure and Hospitality edged

to 4.8 percent in September from 4.7 percent in August and has been at

above 4.0 percent for all of 2012.

Other Services employment rose by an estimated 1,200 positions in Septemb

This marked the largest over-the-month employment increase seen in t

major industry since June, and the third monthly employment increase in

last four months. Employment in Other Services grew by 10,200 positio

over the year, but the annual growth rate continued its decline from a rec

peak of 5.3 percent in February to reach 2.7 percent in September.

Financial Activities employment edged up by an estimated 1,000 jobs

September, the seventh over-the-month gain posted in this major indus

in 2012. Employment in Finance and Insurance climbed by 1,200 positi

over the month while Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing employment contrac

by 200 jobs. Since September 2011, employment in Financial Activities

climbed by 11,000 positions, which brought the annual growth rate in t

major industry to 1.7 percent.

Information employment continued to contract with the loss of 1,100 positi

in September. The industry has shed jobs in eight of the past 12 mont

Information employment declined by 2.7 percent over the year, represent

an annual loss of 5,300 jobs.

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ProfessionalandBusinessServicesMonthlyEmploymentChangeandAnnualGrowthRate

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T E X A S W O R K F O R C E C O M M I S S I O N

L A B O R M A R K E T A N D C A R E E R I N F O R M A T I O N D E P A R T M E N T

Total Nonagricultural Employment in Texas added to a revised increaseof 29,000 jobs in August with an estimated gain of 21,000 positions inSeptember, an increase that nearly tripled the average September gain over

the previous 10 years of 7,400 jobs. Seven of the 11 major industries showed

employment gains over the month, led by rises of 13,600 jobs in Professional

and Business Services and 9,100 positions in Trade, Transportation, and

Utilities. Total Nonagricultural Employment ended September at an estimatedlevel of 10,857,600 jobs, an increase of 262,700 jobs over the year. The annual

growth rate for the employment series ticked up to 2.5 percent in September

and has been at or above 2.0 percent for 10 consecutive months.

Professional and Business Services gained 13,600 jobs in September for its

largest over-the-month rise since January. The industry has expanded for

five consecutive months. Administrative, Support, and Waste Management

Remediation Services accounted for most of Septembers growth with the

addition of 10,900 positions. Professional and Business Services added 47,200

jobs over the year for a 3.5 percent annual growth rate. September marked

the fifth consecutive month with annual growth in excess of 3.0 percent for

the industry.

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment increased for a second

consecutive month with the addition of 9,100 jobs in September. Retail Tradeadded 6,800 jobs, Wholesale Trade gained 2,200 jobs, and Transportation,

Warehousing, and Utilities added 100 positions. Annual growth for Trade,

Transportation, and Utilities edged up to 2.6 percent in September, representing

the addition of 54,700 jobs over the year. Retail Trade accounted for the largest

share of the yearly gain with the expansion of 23,500 jobs.

Education and Health Services rebounded from a revised drop of 3,900 jobs

in August with the addition of an estimated 6,600 jobs in September. This

monthly increase was twice as large as the average September gain for this

major industry dating back to the beginning of the series. Employment in

Health Care and Social Assistance jumped by 5,500 positions over the month,

while Educational Services employment climbed by 1,100 jobs. Over the past

12 months, Education and Health Services has added 39,000 jobs, leaving the

annual growth rate in this major industry unchanged at 2.7 percent.

Manufacturing employment expanded by 3,800 jobs in September, largely

negating Augusts revised drop of 4,300 positions. Durable Goods added

4,400 jobs, while Nondurable Goods contracted by 600 positions. Annual

growth has been restricted to Durable Goods, which added 17,900 positions

over the year. The Manufacturing industry as a whole added 17,300 jobs over

the year for a 2.1 percent annual growth rate.

Leisure and Hospitality employment built on the momentum of a revised

increase of 5,800 positions in August with the gain of an estimated 3,700 jobs

in September. This was the fourth increase in employment experienced in


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Note: The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Total Nonagricultural employment is additive by summing the individual sectors.

*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in

cooperation with the TWC.**Total Nongovernment number is derived by subtracting the Government estimate from the Total Nonagricultural estimate.

Note: Only the actual series estimates for Texas and the U.S. are comparable to sub-state estimates. All estimates are subject to revision.

In seasonally adjusted estimates, all elements of seasonality are factored out to achieve an estimate which reflects the basic underlying trend.

*Source - Labor Market and Career Information Department, Texas Workforce Commission (model-based methodology)

**Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (Current Population Survey)

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OvertheYearPercentChange

TotalNonagriculturalJobsvs.CivilianLaborForce(SeasonallyAdjusted)

NonagriculturalJobs

CivilianLaborForce

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TexasandU.S.UnemploymentRates(SeasonallyAdjusted)

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TEXASANDU.S.CIVILIANLABORFORCEESTIMATESTEXAS* UNITEDSTATES**

NotSeasonallyAdjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateSeptember 2012 12,642,500 11,840,400 802,100 6.3 155,075,000 143,333,000 11,742,000 7.6August 2012 12,625,200 11,738,100 887,100 7.0 155,255,000 142,558,000 12,696,000 8.2September 2011 12,525,600 11,523,000 1,002,600 8.0 154,022,000 140,502,000 13,520,000 8.8

SeasonallyAdjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateSeptember 2012 12,632,000 11,770,400 861,600 6.8 155,063,000 142,974,000 12,088,000 7.8August 2012 12,628,600 11,727,000 901,600 7.1 154,645,000 142,101,000 12,544,000 8.1September 2011 12,475,600 11,485,600 990,000 7.9 154,004,000 140,107,000 13,897,000 9.0

INDUSTRYTITLE Sep.2012* Aug.2012 Sep.2011 Absolute Percent Absolute Percent

Change Change Change Change

TotalNonagricultural 10,857,600 10,836,600 10,594,900 21,000 0.2 262,700 2.5

TotalNongovernment** 9,076,600 9,047,000 8,804,200 29,600 0.3 272,400 3.1

GoodsProducing

MiningandLogging 257,000 261,200 241,800 4,200 1.6 15,200 6.3

Construction 592,300 596,400 559,500 4,100 0.7 32,800 5.9

Manufacturing 857,400 853,600 840,100 3,800 0.4 17,300 2.1

ServiceProviding

Trade,Transportation,andUtilities 2,167,300 2,158,200 2,112,600 9,100 0.4 54,700 2.6

Information 190,900 192,000 196,200 1,100 0.6 5,300 2.7

FinancialActivities 652,300 651,300 641,300 1,000 0.2 11,000 1.7

ProfessionalandBusinessServices 1,403,900 1,390,300 1,356,700 13,600 1.0 47,200 3.5

EducationandHealthServices 1,474,500 1,467,900 1,435,500 6,600 0.4 39,000 2.7

LeisureandHospitality 1,097,900 1,094,200 1,047,600 3,700 0.3 50,300 4.8

OtherServices 383,100 381,900 372,900 1,200 0.3 10,200 2.7

Government 1,781,000

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1,790,700

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9,700

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TEXASNONAGRICULTURALWAGEANDSALARYEMPLOYMENTSEASONALLYADJUSTED+

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Te number of nonagricultural jobs in exas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates prodby the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the WC.

Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'11 Change %Change Change %Chang

TOTALNONFARM 10,860,500 10,802,300 10,595,800 58,200 0.5% 264,700 2.5

TOTALPRIVATE(totalnonfarmlessgovernment) 9,087,000 9,095,900 8,821,900 8,900 0.1% 265,100 3.0

GOODSPRODUCING 1,717,100 1,722,200 1,655,600 5,100 0.3% 61,500 3.7

MiningandLogging(NAICS21,1133) 259,500 262,300 244,100 2,800 1.1% 15,400 6.3OilandGasExtraction(NAICS211) 103,200 104,900 91,100 1,700 1.6% 12,100 13.3SupportActivitiesforMining(NAICS213) 144,000 146,200 143,600 2,200 1.5% 400 0.3Construction(NAICS23) 598,600 603,500 567,100 4,900 0.8% 31,500 5.6ConstructionofBuildings(NAICS236) 144,500 142,100 132,500 2,400 1.7% 12,000 9.1HeavyandCivilEngineeringConstruction(NAICS237) 135,800 134,300 114,100 1,500 1.1% 21,700 19.0SpecialtyTradeContractors(NAICS238) 318,300 327,100 320,500 8,800 2.7% 2,200 0.7Manufacturing(NAICS3133) 859,000 856,400 844,400 2,600 0.3% 14,600 1.7

DurableGoods 561,200 558,800 544,100 2,400 0.4% 17,100 3.1WoodProductManufacturing(NAICS321) 17,500 17,500 18,500 0 0.0% 1,000 5.4NonmetallicMineralProductManufacturing(NAICS327) 30,700 30,800 31,900 100 0.3% 1,200 3.8PrimaryMetalManufacturing(NAICS331) 22,100 22,100 21,600 0 0.0% 500 2.3FabricatedMetalProductManufacturing(NAICS332) 131,100 130,000 121,900 1,100 0.9% 9,200 7.6MachineryManufacturing(NAICS333) 101,200 101,100 96,300 100 0.1% 4,900 5.1ComputerandElectronicProductManufacturing(NAICS334) 96,500 97,100 98,100 600 0.6% 1,600 1.6ElectricEquipment,Appliance,andComponentMfg(NAICS335) 18,200 18,200 17,600 0 0.0% 600 3.4TransportationEquipmentManufacturing(NAICS336) 94,300 92,500 88,900 1,800 2.0% 5,400 6.1FurnitureandRelatedProductManufacturing(NAICS337) 22,600 22,400 21,600 200 0.9% 1,000 4.6MiscellaneousManufacturing(NAICS339) 27,000 27,100 27,700 100 0.4% 700 2.5NondurableGoods 297,800 297,600 300,300 200 0.1% 2,500 0.8FoodManufacturing(NAICS311) 86,200 85,500 87,500 700 0.8% 1,300 1.5BeverageandTobaccoProductManufacturing(NAICS312) 11,800 11,900 11,500 100 0.8% 300 2.6PaperManufacturing(NAICS322) 17,200 17,200 17,500 0 0.0% 300 1.7PrintingandRelatedSupportManufacturing(NAICS323) 25,800 25,900 27,200 100 0.4% 1,400 5.2PetroleumandCoalProductsManufacturing(NAICS324) 25,000 25,000 24,600 0 0.0% 400 1.6ChemicalManufacturing(NAICS325) 72,600 72,600 71,300 0 0.0% 1,300 1.8PlasticsandRubberManufacturing(NAICS326) 37,200 37,300 37,300 100 0.3% 100 0.3

TexasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

Aug'12toSep'12 Sep'11toSep'1

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimproduced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'11 Change %Change Change %Chang

SERVICEPROVIDING 9,143,400 9,080,100 8,940,200 63,300 0.7% 203,200 2.3

PrivateServiceProviding 7,369,900 7,373,700 7,166,300 3,800 0.1% 203,600 2.8Trade,Transportation,andUtilities(NAICS42,44,45,48,49,22) 2,161,800 2,163,00 2,108,300 1,200 0.1% 53,500 2.5

WholesaleTrade(NAICS42) 533,100 534,500 517,400 1,400 0.3% 15,700 3.0MerchantWholesalers,DurableGoods(NAICS423) 293,700 292,800 293,400 900 0.3% 300 0.1MerchantWholesalers,NondurableGoods(NAICS424) 159,200 161,100 159,200 1,900 1.2% 0 0.0RetailTrade(NAICS4445) 1,179,500 1,179,80 1,154,800 300 0.0% 24,700 2.1MotorVehicleandPartsDealers(NAICS441) 161,800 160,100 151,400 1,700 1.1% 10,400 6.9FurnitureandHomeFurnishingsStores(NAICS442) 37,000 36,500 36,400 500 1.4% 600 1.7ElectronicsandApplianceStores(NAICS443) 43,300 43,500 43,300 200 0.5% 0 0.0BuildingMaterialandGardenEquipmentandSupplies(NAICS444) 88,100 89,100 87,400 1,000 1.1% 700 0.8FoodandBeverageStores(NAICS445) 212,700 210,700 207,200 2,000 1.0% 5,500 2.7HealthandPersonalCareStores(NAICS446) 68,200 66,200 67,400 2,000 3.0% 800 1.2GasolineStations(NAICS447) 70,600 71,400 71,100 800 1.1% 500 0.7ClothingandClothingAccessoriesStores(NAICS448) 124,300 126,300 114,600 2,000 1.6% 9,700 8.5SportingGoods,Hobby,Book,andMusicStores(NAICS451) 39,800 39,400 39,200 400 1.0% 600 1.5GeneralMerchandiseStores(NAICS452) 258,300 260,700 261,300 2,400 0.9% 3,000 1.2MiscellaneousStoreRetailers(NAICS453) 56,100 56,600 56,200 500 0.9% 100 0.2NonstoreRetailers(NAICS454) 19,300 19,300 19,300 0 0.0% 0 0.0Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities(NAICS4849,22) 449,200 448,700 436,100 500 0.1% 13,100 3.0TransportationandWarehousing(NAICS48,49) 396,400 396,100 386,600 300 0.1% 9,800 2.5AirTransportation(NAICS481) 56,900 56,900 57,500 0 0.0% 600 1.0TruckTransportation(NAICS484) 122,900 122,400 118,400 500 0.4% 4,500 3.8PipelineTransportation(NAICS486) 16,000 16,100 15,900 100 0.6% 100 0.6SupportActivitiesforTransportation(NAICS488) 75,900 75,400 71,900 500 0.7% 4,000 5.6CouriersandMessengers(NAICS492) 35,500 35,300 34,400 200 0.6% 1,100 3.2WarehousingandStorage(NAICS493) 46,900 46,700 46,400 200 0.4% 500 1.1Utilities(NAICS22) 52,800 52,600 49,500 200 0.4% 3,300 6.7Information(NAICS51) 190,600 192,900 195,500 2,300 1.2% 4,900 2.5PublishingIndustries(ExceptInternet)(NAICS511) 40,100 40,200 40,300 100 0.3% 200 0.5Telecommunications(NAICS517) 82,400 82,800 85,500 400 0.5% 3,100 3.6DataProcessing,Hosting,andRelatedServices(NAICS518) 27,200 27,400 26,800 200 0.7% 400 1.5FinancialActivities(NAICS52,53) 651,600 654,100 642,800 2,500 0.4% 8,800 1.4FinanceandInsurance(NAICS52) 466,400 466,900 462,400 500 0.1% 4,000 0.9CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities(NAICS522) 241,200 242,500 240,500 1,300 0.5% 700 0.3Securities,CommoditiesContracts,andOtherFinancial(NAICS523) 49,900 49,600 47,500 300 0.6% 2,400 5.1InsuranceCarriersandRelatedActivities(NAICS524) 168,400 168,200 163,700 200 0.1% 4,700 2.9RealEstateandRentalandLeasing(NAICS53) 185,200 187,200 180,400 2,000 1.1% 4,800 2.7RealEstate(NAICS531) 121,600 121,700 120,600 100 0.1% 1,000 0.8RentalandLeasingServices(NAICS532) 52,200 52,900 51,700 700 1.3% 500 1.0ProfessionalandBusinessServices(NAICS54,55,56) 1,406,100 1,398,90 1,362,700 7,200 0.5% 43,400 3.2Professional,ScientificandTechnicalServices(NAICS54) 595,800 597,900 582,700 2,100 0.4% 13,100 2.3ManagementofCompaniesandEnterprises(NAICS55) 84,300 82,500 82,800 1,800 2.2% 1,500 1.8AdminandSupportandWasteMgmtandRemediation(NAICS56) 726,000 718,500 697,200 7,500 1.0% 28,800 4.1AdministrativeandSupportServices(NAICS561) 697,900 690,300 669,900 7,600 1.1% 28,000 4.2EducationandHealthServices(NAICS61,62) 1,478,500 1,462,10 1,440,000 16,400 1.1% 38,500 2.7EducationalServices(NAICS61) 176,000 167,600 169,500 8,400 5.0% 6,500 3.8HealthCareandSocialAssistance(NAICS62) 1,302,500 1,294,50 1,270,500 8,000 0.6% 32,000 2.5AmbulatoryHealthCareServices(NAICS621) 629,100 625,800 616,500 3,300 0.5% 12,600 2.0Hospitals(NAICS622) 299,500 299,400 294,200 100 0.0% 5,300 1.8NursingandResidentialCareFacilities(NAICS623) 175,100 176,600 172,400 1,500 0.9% 2,700 1.6SocialAssistance(NAICS624) 198,800 192,700 187,400 6,100 3.2% 11,400 6.1LeisureandHospitality(NAICS71,72) 1,097,800 1,116,80 1,044,900 19,000 1.7% 52,900 5.1Arts,Entertainment,andRecreation(NAICS71) 110,800 117,300 108,000 6,500 5.5% 2,800 2.6Amusement,Gambling,andRecreation(NAICS713) 78,300 85,800 78,800 7,500 8.7% 500 0.6AccommodationandFoodServices(NAICS72) 987,000 999,500 936,900 12,500 1.3% 50,100 5.4Accommodation(NAICS721) 107,400 112,200 105,900 4,800 4.3% 1,500 1.4FoodServicesandDrinkingPlaces(NAICS722) 879,600 887,300 831,000 7,700 0.9% 48,600 5.9OtherServices(NAICS81) 383,500 385,900 372,100 2,400 0.6% 11,400 3.1RepairandMaintenance(NAICS811) 124,900 124,000 112,600 900 0.7% 12,300 10.9PersonalandLaundryServices(NAICS812) 96,200 98,800 98,400 2,600 2.6% 2,200 2.2Religious,Grantmaking,Civic,ProfOrganizations(NAICS813) 162,400 163,100 161,100 700 0.4% 1,300 0.8Government 1,773,500 1,706,40 1,773,900 67,100 3.9% 400 0.0FederalGovernment 198,000 198,100 200,100 100 0.1% 2,100 1.1StateGovernment 362,600 350,400 359,600 12,200 3.5% 3,000 0.8LocalGovernment 1,212,900 1,157,90 1,214,200 55,000 4.8% 1,300 0.1

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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary employment for the MetropolitanStatistical Areas added 39,000 jobs over the month. This increasewas the second consecutive increase for the MSAs and was the seventh

monthly increase for 2012. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA

added the most jobs over the month with 17,300, mostly due to seasonal

patterns. Next, the Dallas-Plano-Irving area added 7,300 jobs while the

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA added 4,000 jobs. In total, 19 areas added

employment for September and 11 areas added 1,000 or more jobs for the

month. The MSAs added 224,300 jobs since September 2011, rounding

off Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary employment at 9,707,900 jobs.

The annual growth rate continued at 2.4 percent for the third consecutive

month. September also marked the 16th consecutive month that the

growth rate was at or above 2.0 percent. The Odessa MSA led all areas

with a 5.3 percent increase in employment while four other areas exceeded

3.0 percent growth for the year. These included the San Angelo and the

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSAs, each at 3.3 percent, along with the

Midland and the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSAs, each at 3.7 percent.

Employment in Government increased 63,100 jobs for all areas. This

increase was largely a seasonal increase as area school districts and

colleges increased staff for the new school year. The over-the-month

gain was the largest September increase since 2009 when the areas added

70,100 jobs. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA gained the most

employment with 19,600 jobs followed by the Dallas-Plano-Irving area

with 10,600 jobs and the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA with 5,800

jobs. In terms of the monthly growth rate, 11 areas added more employment

than the statewide rate of 3.9 percent. The El Paso MSA led all areas,

increasing 8.4 percent in monthly employment. With the large seasonal

increase, the annual growth for Government was positive for the first

time since February 2011. Employment increased 200 jobs over the past

12 months for Government. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA

led all areas with 2,600 jobs added over the year while the El Paso MSA

experienced the highest annual growth rate at 3.6 percent followed by the

Sherman-Denison MSA at 3.1 percent and the Waco MSA at 2.7 percent.

Employment in Education and Health Services increased 10,500 jobs for

September. This marked the third consecutive month of job gains for the

industry and the seventh over-the-month increase for 2012. Fifteen areas

added employment over the month with the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown

MSA adding the most with 7,000 jobs. Three other areas added 1,000

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MetropolitanStatisticalAreaOvertheMonthEmploymentChange

August2012toSeptember2012(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

or more jobs for the month starting with the McAllen-Edinburg-Missi

MSA with 1,000 jobs, the Dallas-Plano-Irving area with 1,600 jobs, and

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA with 2,300 jobs. The San Ang

MSA experienced the highest percentage increase at 3.8 percent follow

by the Midland MSA at 2.7 percent. For the year, Education and Hea

Services grew 3.2 percent in employment. The Odessa MSA led all ar

in Education and Health Services with an 8.3 percent annual growth ra

Seventeen other areas also enjoyed positive annual growth rates with fo

other areas growing more than 4.0 percent including the Midland MSA

4.2 percent, the Dallas-Plano-Irving area at 4.5 percent, the Houston-Su

Land-Baytown MSA at 4.9 percent, and the San Angelo MSA at 5.1 perce

The estimated employment level in Manufacturing stood at 751,700 job

September. Employment in Manufacturing reversed course from Augu

revised loss of 3,500 jobs by adding 400 jobs for September. This was the fi

over-the-month increase for September since 2006 when the industry add

1,100 jobs. Despite the prior years September losses, employment for the th

quarter actually gained for the previous three years with gains of 2,600 jobs

2010, 4,800 jobs for 2011, and 2,200 jobs for the current year. Employm

has grown for 10 consecutive quarters. Thirteen areas added employment

the month with the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA adding the most w

300 jobs. Since this January, the areas remained positive with employm

gains of 13,700 jobs. Since last year, Manufacturing added 10,100 jobs

an annual growth rate of 1.4 percent, a small increase from Augusts ann

growth rate of 1.1 percent. Septembers annual growth rate also mark

24 consecutive months of annual increases for the Manufacturing indus

Retail Trade experienced a smaller decrease in September than the fi

year-average decrease of 7,200 jobs. Septembers loss of 5,400 jo

was the second smallest over-the-month decrease for that month sin

2008. Despite widespread seasonal losses in Retail Trade, employm

grew in six MSAs, led by the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA with 2

jobs. The San Angelo MSA actually increased the most, percentage-w

at 1.8 percent for the month. Over the year, Retail Trade added 15,6

jobs, or 1.5 percent. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA led

other areas in annual employment increases with 10,700 jobs. Next,

Corpus Christi MSA added 1,500 jobs, followed by the Austin-Rou

Rock-San Marcos MSA with 700 jobs. Retail Trade in the Corpus Chr

MSA experienced the highest annual growth rate at 7.0 percent. This r

was 1.8 percentage points higher than the Abilene MSA at 5.2 perce


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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estim

produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC. **Metropolitan Division (MD). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MS

comprised of the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'11 Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'11 Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'1

TOTALNONFARM 2,699,400 2,682,100 2,602,800 2,108,100 2,100,800 2,075,800 882,700 886,500 865,9

GOODSPRODUCING 519,300 515,800 494,900 271,700 274,600 272,400 147,900 151,300 143,3

Mining,Logging,&Construction 283,700 279,400 265,700 105,800 108,300 103,400 56,500 60,000 54,6

Manufacturing 235,600 236,400 229,200 165,900 166,300 169,000 91,400 91,300 88,7DurableGoods 158,900 159,500 151,300 116,900 117,300 118,800 67,100 67,000 64,4FabricatedMetalProductManufacturing 55,700 55,000 50,800 ComputerandElectronicProductManufacturing 19,300 19,500 19,500 38,600 39,000 39,600 2,500 2,500 2,6NondurableGoods 76,700 76,900 77,900 49,000 49,000 50,200 24,300 24,300 24,3SERVICEPROVIDING 2,180,100 2,166,300 2,107,900 1,836,400 1,826,200 1,803,400 734,800 735,200 722,6

PrivateServiceProviding 1,813,600 1,819,400 1,740,200 1,565,900 1,566,300 1,533,600 619,100 623,400 606,6

WholesaleTrade 140,500 141,000 137,400 120,600 121,100 121,700 41,800 41,800 40,4MerchantWholesalers,DurableGoods 83,500 83,500 80,200 67,300 66,700 69,100 24,500 24,300 24,2MerchantWholesalers,NondurableGoods 39,200 39,300 39,200 36,300 36,500 36,300 12,100 12,100 11,9RetailTrade 278,500 279,900 267,800 209,300 210,800 208,700 99,000 100,100 98,9MotorVehicleandPartsDealers 33,700 33,500 32,900 27,700 27,700 26,600 Bldng.MaterialandGardenEqpmnt.andSuppliesDlrs. 19,700 19,900 18,900 15,600 15,800 15,300 7,200 7,400 7,3FoodandBeverageStores 57,400 57,100 56,100 33,300 33,000 32,700 15,200 15,100 15,0ClothingandClothingAccessoriesStores 31,300 32,000 28,900 24,300 24,800 22,500 GeneralMerchandiseStores 57,900 58,200 59,900 45,600 45,900 46,300 22,500 22,800 23,2Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities 125,200 128,100 120,300 80,800 80,000 76,000 63,000 62,900 62,1Utilities 17,400 17,400 16,200 7,700 7,600 7,000 Information 30,900 31,300 31,500 64,300 65,000 64,700 13,300 13,500 14,0Telecommunications 15,200 15,400 15,900 29,100 29,400 30,200 6,400 6,400 7,0FinancialActivities 139,600 141,200 137,500 185,400 186,400 183,400 55,000 55,800 53,4FinanceandInsurance 90,700 91,700 89,000 141,100 141,500 139,200 41,400 41,600 40,6CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities

42,500 42,700 42,100 71,800 72,400 71,300 25,300 25,400 25,3InsuranceCarriersandRelatedActivities 30,000 30,200 29,800 50,300 50,600 49,600 RealEstateandRentalandLeasing 48,900 49,500 48,500 44,300 44,900 44,200 ProfessionalandBusinessServices 393,200 395,500 383,200 364,500 363,100 359,900 103,700 104,000 99,4Professional,Scientific,andTechnicalServices 183,400 184,100 182,700 155,500 156,100 155,300 38,000 38,300 35,7Admin.SupportandWasteMgmt.andRemediation 188,400 190,300 179,700 184,300 182,200 175,300 63,900 63,800 60,5EducationandHealthServices 343,100 336,100 327,200 262,500 260,900 251,200 114,700 114,900 110,4HealthCareandSocialAssistance 298,700 293,100 283,300 222,300 220,800 214,000 100,400 101,700 96,1AmbulatoryHealthCareServices 144,100 141,400 134,100 112,000 112,200 109,300 Hospitals 78,100 77,400 75,000 50,200 50,200 49,300 26,700 26,700 26,4LeisureandHospitality 261,900 265,100 241,500 206,600 206,500 196,800 96,900 98,400 96,5Arts,Entertainment,andRecreation 27,900 29,700 26,600 23,600 24,400 23,800 AccommodationandFoodServices 234,000 235,400 214,900 183,000 182,100 173,000 82,400 83,500 80,9FoodServicesandDrinkingPlaces 212,800 213,700 194,300 161,400 160,400 151,400 74,200 75,200 72,4OtherServices 100,700 101,200 93,800 71,900 72,500 71,200 31,700 32,000 31,5

Government 366,500 346,900 367,700 270,500 259,900 269,800 115,700 111,800 116,0Federal 27,400 27,200 27,600 29,900 30,100 30,500 15,000 15,000 15,2State 72,400 70,100 71,300 39,200 38,800 38,900 12,600 12,500 12,2Local 266,700 249,600 268,800 201,400 191,000 200,400 88,100 84,300 88,6Sep

'12* Aug

'12 Sep

'11

Sep

'12* Aug

'12 Sep

'11

Sep

'12* Aug

'12 Sep

'1

TOTALNONFARM 873,100 870,600 849,400 821,300 818,300 794,900 287,800 284,900 281,9

GOODSPRODUCING 94,900 95,200 92,000 93,700 94,600 91,800 31,800 31,900 31,4

Mining,Logging,&Construction 47,900 48,500 45,800 41,900 43,000 41,100 14,200 14,300 13,7

Manufacturing 47,000 46,700 46,200 51,800 5 1,600 5 0,700 17,600 17,600 17,7

SERVICEPROVIDING 778,200 775,400 757,400 727,600 723,700 703,100 256,000 253,000 250,5

PrivateServiceProviding 619,200 622,200 599,500 558,900 559,500 537,000 187,300 189,600 184,2

WholesaleTrade 29,400 29,500 28,800 44,100 44,200 42,300 10,100 10,200 9,9

RetailTrade 95,900 96,400 96,100 82,900 82,900 82,200 35,500 35,900 35,0FoodandBeverageStores 19,100 18,900 18,700 16,800 16,900 16,500 GeneralMerchandiseStores 19,200 19,300 19,000 15,200 15,300 15,600 9,400 9,600 9,7Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities 21,200 21,200 20,800 13,700 13,600 13,200 12,900 13,000 12,8

Information 17,800 17,900 18,100 20,200 20,300 20,200 4,800 4,900 4,9Telecommunications 4,300 4,400 4,700 6,300 6,300 6,600 FinancialActivities 70,200 69,600 70,000 46,500 47,100 44,500 12,700 12,800 12,5FinanceandInsurance 56,600 56,400 56,400 31,300 31,300 31,100 CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities 24,600 24,700 24,700 13,000 13,000 12,700 ProfessionalandBusinessServices 102,900 100,600 98,600 127,200 128,100 117,100 31,900 32,200 31,2Professional,Scientific,andTechnicalServices 40,700 40,700 39,200 67,100 67,800 59,800 AdminSupportandWasteMgmtandRemediationSvcs 54,800 54,300 53,400 54,200 53,900 51,900 23,400 23,600 22,7EducationandHealthServices 132,700 135,900 130,400 94,600 92,300 91,400 39,400 39,500 38,6HealthCareandSocialAssistance 116,800 119,700 114,300 79,900 78,600 75,900 Hospitals 23,200 23,500 22,800 20,000 20,000 19,700 LeisureandHospitality 116,900 118,700 105,000 95,200 96,300 92,400 30,200 31,100 29,7AccommodationandFoodServices 104,000 103,800 94,900 83,100 83,600 81,800 OtherServices 32,200 32,400 31,700 34,500 34,700 33,700 9,800 10,000 9,6

Government 159,000 153,200 157,900 168,700 164,200 166,100 68,700 63,400 66,3Federal 35,700 35,700 35,100 11,400 11,500 10,600 13,600 13,600 12,9State 18,900 18,400 19,100 72,000 70,900 72,400 9,600 8,800 10,2Local 104,400 99,100 103,700 85,300 81,800 83,100 45,500 41,000 43,2

TexasMetropolitanStatisticalAreasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)DALLASPLANOIRVINGMD** FORTWORTHARLINGTONMD**

SANANTONIONEWBRAUNFELS AUSTINROUNDROCKSANMARCOS ELPASO

HOUSTONSUGARLANDBAYTOWN


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Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in each MSA is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estima

produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'11 Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'11 Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'11 Sep'12* Aug'12 Sep'

TOTAL 65,700 65,100 64,500 113,200 112,900 112,100 160,600 159,000 156,800 126,200 126,800 128,4

Mining,Logging,&Constr. 5,100 5,100 4,800 6,500 6,600 6,100 21,200 21,300 19,900 3,100 3,200 3,0

Manufacturing 2,600 2,600 2,600 13,700 13,600 13,400 21,200 21,100 20,800 5,500 5,500 5,5

WholesaleTrade 2,400 2,400 2,300 5,200 5,200 5,100 4,900 4,900 4,700 3,200 3,300 3,3

RetailTrade 8,100 8,100 7,700 14,300 14,300 14,000 19,400 19,300 18,900 15,600 15,800 16,1

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 1,700 1,700 1,600 4,600 4,700 4,500 6,000 6,000 5,700 4,800 4,800 5,0

Information 1,100 1,100 1,100

1,500 1,500 1,600

1,300 1,300 1,300

1,700 1,800 1,9

FinancialActivities 3,700 3 ,700 3,600 6,400 6,500 6,300 5,700 5,700 5,500 5,100 5,300 5,3

Prof.&BusinessServices 5,400 5,400 5,300 8,400 8,400 8,400 15,000 15,000 14,300 9,000 9,100 9,1

Educ.&HealthServices 13,400 13,200 13,200 16,300 16,300 16,100 22,900 22,600 22,300 32,200 32,200 32,7

Leisure&Hospitality 7,300 7,400 6,900 12,800 13,100 12,200 15,000 15,300 14,200 12,200 12,900 12,6

OtherServices 2,400 2,400 2,400 4,800 4,800 4,700 5,500 5,500 5,300 3,400 3,500 3,5

Government 12,500 12,000 13,000 18,700 17,900 19,700 22,500 21,000 23,900 30,400 29,400 30,4


TOTAL 94,000 93,100 97,300 187,600 186,400 182,500 129,900 128,900 127,700 93,400 94,300 92,6Mining,Logging,&Constr. 6,800 6,900 6,500 22,100 22,300 21,200 5,700 5,700 5,400 4,000 4,000 3,8Manufacturing 5,300 5,300 5,200 9,600 9,500 9,500 7,300 7,200 7,100 900 900 9WholesaleTrade 1,700 1,800 1,700 6,000 6,000 5,800 3,900 3,900 3,800 2,900 2,900 2,8RetailTrade 9,900 10,200 10,200 23,000 23,000 21,500 14,800 14,800 14,500 12,800 13,000 12,4

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 1,400 1,400 1,400 6,700 6,700 6,300 4,700 4,700 4,700 13,000 13,100 12,9Information 1,100 1,100 1,200 1,900 1,900 2,000 2,300 2,300 2,300 600 600 6FinancialActivities 3,500 3 ,600 3,600 7,400 7,400 7,400 5,100 5,100 5,100 3,800 3,900 3,8Prof.&BusinessServices 6,300 6,400 6,300 15,600 15,500 15,200 10,400 10,300 9,800 6,700 7,000 6,9

Educ.

&

Health

Services 9,800 9,800 10,200

32,900 32,600 32,000

20,700 20,400 20,000 15,100 15,300 15,1

Leisure&Hospitality 10,300 10,500 10,600 22,200 22,700 21,600 12,700 12,900 12,400 8,600 8,900 8,5OtherServices 3,100 3,100 3,100 7,200 7,200 7,000 4,700 4,700 4,600 2,300 2,400 2,3Government 34,800 33,000 37,300 33,000 31,600 33,000 37,600 36,900 38,000 22,700 22,300 22,6


TOTAL 98,700 99,100 96,200 129,800 129,000 130,300 225,300 221,300 225,700 78,300 77,600 75,5Mining,Logging,&Constr. 15,500 15,600 14,700 6,200 6,300 5,900 9,000 9,100 8,700 20,000 20,100 18,9Manufacturing 12,000 11,900 11,800 5,100 5,100 5,100 5,900 5,900 5,800 3,100 3,100 3,1WholesaleTrade 4,500 4,600 4,500 6,200 6,200 6,200 6,100 6,100 6,100 4,200 4,100 4,0RetailTrade 10,600 10,700 10,300 16,100 16,000 16,000 32,700 32,500 33,100 7,700 7,600 7,5Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 3,500 3,600 3,400 4,100 4,000 4,000 7,200 7,100 7,300 3,200 3,100 3,1Information 1,200 1,300 1,200 4,000 4,000 4,100 1,900 1,900 2,100 1,100 1,100 1,1FinancialActivities 3,800 3 ,800 3,800 6,700 6,700 6,700 8,400 8,300 8,500 3,400 3,400 3,4Prof.&BusinessServices 8,500 8,500 8,200 10,900 10,800 10,700 14,900 14,700 15,000 9,000 8,800 8,6Educ.&HealthServices 15,600 15,500 15,200 22,000 21,700 21,800 58,600 57,600 59,100 7,500 7,300 7,2Leisure&Hospitality 8,400 8,600 8,000 16,800 16,800 16,500 19,400 19,500 19,700 8,000 8,000 7,6OtherServices 3,200 3,200 3,200 5,200 5,200 5,200 5,500 5,500 5,600 2,800 2,800 2,8

Government 11,900 11,800 11,900

26,500 26,200 28,100

55,700

53,100

54,700

8,300 8,200 8,2


TOTAL 71,200 70,900 67,600 47,100 46,100 45,600 43,700 44,300 43,500 58,600 58,300 57,4Mining,Logging,&Constr. 15,600 15,700 14,800 3,400 3,400 3,200 2,500 2,500 2,300 2,600 2,600 2,4Manufacturing 5,000 4,900 4,800 3,800 3,700 3,700 5,400 5,400 5,300 4,000 4,000 4,0WholesaleTrade 5,700 5,700 5,200 1,800 1,800 1,700 1,000 1,100 1,100 2,600 2,600 2,5

RetailTrade 6,800 6,800 6,500 5,700 5,600 5,500 5,800 5,900 5,800 7,100 7,100 7,1Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 2,600 2,600 2,400 1,100 1,000 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,100 3,000 3,000 3,0Information 600 600 600 1,000 1,000 1,100 400 500 500 500 500 5FinancialActivities 2,800 2 ,800 2,800 2,000 1,900 2,000 2,700 2,800 2,800 2,600 2,600 2,5Prof.&BusinessServices 4,700 4,700 4,400 3,800 3,700 3,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 4,400 4,400 4,2Educ.&HealthServices 6,500 6,400 6,000 8,300 8,000 7,900 9,200 9,200 9,200 9,600 9,600 9,4Leisure&Hospitality 7,600 7,800 7,000 5,200 5,200 4,900 4,800 5,000 4,800 6,000 6,100 5,8OtherServices 3,700 3,800 3,500 2,000 1,900 1,900 1,400 1,400 1,400 2,200 2,200 2,1Government 9,600 9,100 9,600 9,000 8,900 9,000 6,700 6,700 6,500 14,000 13,600 13,9


TOTAL 97,000 95,900 94,400 51,800 51,900 51,800 104,900 106,800 104,900 58,500 58,000 58,1

Mining,

Logging,

&

Constr. 6,200 6,200 5,900

7,800 7,800 7,400

6,400 6,400 6,100

3,800 3,800 3,6

Manufacturing 6,300 6,200 6,100 5,900 5,800 5,800 14,600 14,600 14,500 5,200 5,100 5,1WholesaleTrade 3,000 3,000 3,000 1,800 1,900 1,800 3,700 3,800 3,700 1,800 1,800 1,8RetailTrade 12,100 12,000 11,900 6,500 6,600 6,600 10,300 10,500 10,400 7,500 7,500 7,6Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 3,900 3,800 3,800 1,500 1,500 1,400 2,700 2,800 2,800 1,800 1,800 1,8Information 2,100 2,000 2,100 500 500 500 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,100 1,100 1,1FinancialActivities 4,100 4 ,200 4,100 2,200 2,200 2,200 6,000 6,200 6,100 2,600 2,500 2,6Prof.&BusinessServices 9,200 9,100 8,700 3,100 3,200 3,100 8,500 8,900 8,700 3,700 3,700 3,7Educ.&HealthServices 21,800 21,500 21,200 7,100 7,200 7,400 19,400 19,600 19,500 9,200 9,000 9,2Leisure&Hospitality 10,300 10,400 9,900 4,700 4,900 4,700 9,600 10,300 9,900 6,000 6,100 5,9

OtherServices 4,200 4,200 4,100 1,700 1,700 1,900 3,700 3,800 3,700 2,600 2,600 2,6Government 13,800 13,300 13,600 9,000 8,600 9,000 18,700 18,600 18,200 13,200 13,000 13,1

WACO

ODESSA SANANGELO SHERMANDENISON TEXARKANA

WICHITAFALLS

MCALLENEDINBURGMISSION

TexasMetropolitanStatisticalAreasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment (NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

BROWNSVILLEHARLINGEN

COLLEGESTATIONBRYAN CORPUSCHRISTI KILLEENTEMPLEFORTHOOD

ABILENEINDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

AMARILLO BEAUMONTPORTARTHUR

LAREDO

MIDLAND

INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

LONGVIEW LUBBOCK

TYLER VICTORIA


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8

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Houston-

Sugar Land-Baytown

Beaumont-PortArthur

TylerLongview

Sherman-Denison

Texarkana

Killeen-Temple-

Fort Hood

CollegeStation-

BryanAustin-

Round Rock-San Marcos

San Antonio-New Braunfels

Victoria

Dallas-

Fort Worth-

Arlington

WichitaFalls

Waco

Abilene

Brownsville-Harlingen

McAllen-

Edinburg-Mission

Laredo CorpusChristi

San

Angelo

Odessa

Midland

Lubbock

Amarillo

El Paso

Job Growth RatesTexas: 2.5%

3.0% and above (5)

2.3% to 2.9% (5)

1.0% to 2.2% (6)

0.0% to 0.9% (5)

negative growth (4)

CES - A Bureau of Labor Statistics program that relies on employer

surveys to estimate monthly, nonagricultural payroll employment.

Source: Current Employment Statistics. Estimates produced by the

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated

in cooperation with the TWC. Prepared by the Labor Market and Career

Information Department, TWC. (10/19/2012)

1.0%

-0.4%0.7%

1.9%

1.7%

3.7%5.3%

2.1%

2.1%

2.6%2.8%

-3.4%

0.0%

1.7%

3.3%

2.4%

3.7%2.8%

2.8%

0.9%

-0.2%-1.7%

Total Nonagricultural Employment by MSA (In Thousands)

Abilene

Amarillo

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

Beaumont-Port Arthur

Brownsville-Harlingen

College Station-Bryan

Corpus Christi

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

El Paso

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood

Laredo

Longview

Lubbock

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission

Midland

Odessa

San Angelo

San Antonio-New Braunfels

Sherman-Denison

Texarkana

Tyler

Victoria

Waco

Wichita Falls

65.7

113.2

821.3

160.6

126.2

94.0

187.6

2990.8

287.8

2699.4

129.9

93.4

98.7

129.8

225.3

78.3

71.2

47.1

873.1

43.7

58.6

97.0

51.8

104.9

58.5

1.9%

1.0%

3.3%

2.4%

-1.7%

-3.4%

2.8%

1.7%

2.1%

3.7%

1.7%

0.9%

2.6%

-0.4%

-0.2%

3.7%

5.3%

3.3%

2.8%

0.5%

2.1%

2.8%

0.0%

0.0%

0.7%

MSASep.

2012

Sep.

2011

% Annual

Job Growth

64.5

112.1

794.9

156.8

128.4

97.3

182.5

2941.7

281.9

2602.8

127.7

92.6

96.2

130.3

225.7

75.5

67.6

45.6

849.4

43.5

57.4

94.4

51.8

104.9

58.1

3.3%

0.5%

0.0%


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Newton

Sabine

JasperTyler

Orange

Shelby

SanAugustine

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Angelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Cass

Morris

MarionUpshur

Camp

Titus

Bowie

Red River

Cherokee

Smith Gregg

SanJacinto

Walker

Houston

Trinity

Franklin

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Delta

Lamar

VanZandt

Anderson

Henderson

Freestone

Leon

Madison

Fannin

Rockwall

Hunt

Hardin

Jefferson

Liberty

Galveston

Chambers

Harris

Waller

Montgomery

Austin

Fort Bend

Matagorda

BrazoriaWharton

Colorado

Lavaca

Jackson

Refugio

Calhoun

Victoria

Aransas

Fayette

Lee

Bastrop

Gonzales

DeWitt

Goliad

Kenedy

Kleberg

Nueces

SanPatricio

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Hays

Travis

Karnes

Wilson

Bee

Hidalgo

Cameron

Willacy

DuvalJimWells

LiveOak

Kendall

Comal

Bexar

BrooksJimHogg

Starr

LaSalle

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Medina

Bandera

Zapata

Webb

KerrEdwards

Kinney Uvalde

Real

ZavalaMaverick

Dimmit

Washington

GrimesBurleson

Brazos

Navarro

Kaufman

Lime-stone

Robertson

CollinDenton

Grayson

DallasTarrant

Johnson

Hill

Ellis

McLennan

Milam

Falls

Williamson

Bell

Montague

Wise

Cooke

Jack

Somervell

Bosque

Hood

Parker

Hamilton

Coryell

Comanche

Burnet

Lampasas

Blanco

SanSaba

Llano

Brown

Erath

Mills

PaloPinto

Stephens

Eastland

Gillespie

McCulloch

Mason

Callahan

Coleman

Shackel-ford

Jones

Taylor

Runnels

Concho

Stonewall Haskell

Fisher

Kimble

Schleicher

Sutton

Menard

Nolan

Scurry

Mitchell

Tom Green

Coke

Irion

Sterling

Borden

Howard

Glasscock

Upton

Midland

Reagan

Crockett

Terrell

Val Verde

Martin

Dawson

Young

Wichita

Archer

Clay

Wilbarger

Baylor

Throck-morton

Childress

CottleHardeman

Collings-worth

King

Foard

Knox

Wheeler

Hemphill

Gray

LipscombOchiltree

Roberts

Garza

Crosby Dickens

Kent

Floyd Motley

Donley

Hall

Armstrong

BriscoeSwisher

Hansford

Hutchinson

Carson

Moore

Sherman

Potter

Hale

Deaf Smith Randall

CastroParmer

Lubbock

LynnTerry

Lamb

Hockley

Bailey

Cochran

Hartley

Oldham

Dallam

Andrews

Gaines

Yoakum

EctorLoving Winkler

CraneWard

Pecos

Brewster

Reeves

Jeff Davis

Presidio

Culberson

El PasoHudspeth

Unemployment Rates

Texas: 6.3%*

0.0% to 4.5% (58)

4.6% to 5.5% (61)

5.6% to 6.5% (71)

6.6% to 7.5% (32)

7.6% and above (32)

Unemployment Rates by County

September 2012

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally Adjusted

Prepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (10/19/2012)


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10

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For September, the unemployment rate dropped by seven-tenths of a percentage point to 6.8 percent. Thiswas the third consecutive month Texas showed a decrease in the unemployment rate. This was the lowestunemployment rate for September since 2008 and the largest over-the-month drop since October 1983. Theunemployment rate has declined by 1.3 percent since the beginning of the year. The unemployment rate alsohas shown an over-the-year decrease of 1.7 percent. The unemployment rate for the United States descended

three-tenths of a percentage point to 7.8 percent. The Texas unemployment rate of 6.8 percent was at or belowthe national rate for the 69th consecutive month.

The Civilian Labor Force grew by an estimated 17,300 Texans, bringing the total to 12,642,500 individuals,the largest labor force since July 2012. The Civilian Labor Force increased by approximately 116,900

individuals over the year, bringing the annual growth rate to 0.9 percent. This was the lowest Septembergrowth rate since 2004.

In September, the number of employed persons increased from August to September by an estimated102,300 Texans. This was the largest August-to-September increase since the beginning of the series.

The estimated level of employed Texans for September was 11,840,400 people. The number of jobholdersincreased by an estimated 317,400 persons since last year, making this the third consecutive year the number ofemployed increased in September. Unemployed persons in Texas fell by an estimated 85,000 over the month,and by approximately 200,500 individuals over the year.

There was a decrease of 10,100 Texans continuing to seek unemployment insurance benefits in Septemberfor a total of 125,000 persons. This was the most significant decrease since February 2012. The number

of individuals receiving unemployment benefit claims has declined by 21,300 Texans since the beginning of thisyear. Over the year, Texas has experienced a decline of 14,700 claims. Of the 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas(MSAs), the College Station-Bryan MSA and the Longview MSA increased in unemployment claim activityby 2.4 percent and 0.2 percent, respectively. A decrease in unemployment claim activity was experienced in23 MSAs with the Lubbock MSA leading at 22.4 percent.

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates reflect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. Civilian Labor Force (C.L.F.) includes wage and salary workers, self-employed, unpaid family, domestic

private households, agricultural workers, workers involved in labor disputes and the unemployed, all by place of residence. Employment and Unemployment data are first rounded then added toge

to derive the rounded CLF total. Because of this rounding technique, this rounded total of the CLF may not agree with a rounding of the CLF total itself. Percent Unemployed is based upon unroun

Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment numbers. Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Beginning with January 2005 estima

definitions of the MSAs were updated to reflect the 2000 Census-based configurations. Please see www.tracer2.com for details on these changes. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is compr

of the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division (MD) and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Civilian Labor Force Estimates for Texas Metropolitan Statistical AreasNot Seasonally Adjusted (In Thousands)

MSAs Ranked by Unemployment Rate

September 2012 (Not Seasonally Adjusted

1 Midland 3

2 Odessa 3

3 Amarillo 4

4 SanAngelo 4

5(tie) Abilene 5

Lubbock 57 Victoria 5

8 AustinRoundRockSanMarcos 5

9 CollegeStationBryan 5

10 Longview 5

11(tie) CorpusChristi 5

WichitaFalls 5

13(t ie ) SanAntonioNewBraunfels 6

Waco 6

15 Texarkana 6

16(tie) DallasFortWorthArlington 6

HoustonSugarLandBaytown 6

Texas 6

18 Laredo 6

19 Tyler 6

20 ShermanDenison 6

21 Killeen

Temple

Fort

Hood 7

UnitedStates 722 ElPaso 8

23 BeaumontPortArthur 9

24 BrownsvilleHarlingen 10

25 McAllenEdinburgMission 10

C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Ra

UnitedStates 155,075.0 143,333.0 11,742.0 7.6 155,254.0 142,558.0 12,696.0 8.2 154,022.0 140,502.0 13,520.0 8

Texas 12,642.5 11,840.4 802.1 6.3 12,625.2 11,738.1 887.1 7.0 1 2,52 5.6 1 1,52 3.0 1, 002.6 8

Abilene 83.9 79.7 4.2 5.0 83.7 78.9 4.8 5.7 83.8 78.3 5.5 6

Amarillo 136.1 130.1 6.0 4.4 136.1 129.2 6.9 5.1 135.7 128.1 7.6 5

Austin

Round

Rock

San

Marcos 968.8 917.0 51.8 5.3

967.4 910.1 57.3 5.9

948.2 881.8 66.4 7

BeaumontPortArthur 191.4 172.7 18.7 9.8 190.5 170.0 20.5 10.7 188.6 167.6 21.0 11

BrownsvilleHarlingen 158.5 142.3 16.2 10.2 159.4 141.8 17.6 11.1 163.1 143.8 19.3 11

CollegeStationBryan 112.5 106.3 6.2 5.5 111.8 104.8 7.0 6.3 117.3 109.5 7.8 6

CorpusChristi 221.7 208.7 13.0 5.9 220.9 206.5 14.4 6.5 219.0 201.9 17.1 7

DallasFortWorthArlington 3,335.1 3,126.5 208.6 6.3 3,339.1 3,107.9 231.2 6.9 3,314.3 3,054.3 260.0 7

DallasPlanoIrvingMD 2,227.6 2,087.3 140.3 6.3 2,226.5 2,071.8 154.7 6.9 2,215.4 2,041.1 174.3 7

FortWorthArlingtonMD 1,107.5 1,039.2 68.3 6.2 1,112.5 1,036.1 76.4 6.9 1,098.9 1,013.2 85.7 7

ElPaso 330.8 302.1 28.7 8.7 329.1 297.9 31.2 9.5 329.2 294.9 34.3 10

HoustonSugarLandBaytown 3,066.1 2,873.5 192.6 6.3 3,050.8 2,838.5 212.3 7.0 2,996.6 2,751.3 245.3 8

KilleenTempleFortHood 172.2 160.1 12.1 7.0 171.6 158.5 13.1 7.7 171.1 156.6 14.5 8

Laredo 100.9 94.4 6.5 6.4 101.9 94.7 7.2 7.0 101.1 93.0 8.1 8

Longview 115.2 108.6 6.6 5.7 115.5 108.3 7.2 6.2 113.1 105.1 8.0 7

Lubbock 147.9 140.5 7.4 5.0 147.6 139.1 8.5 5.8 149.8 140.4 9.4 6

McAllenEdinburgMission 312.5 279.8 32.7 10.5 310.4 274.1 36.3 11.7 317.3 279.7 37.6 11

Midland 88.4 85.4 3.0 3.3 87.9 84.6 3.3 3.8 85.5 81.7 3.8 4

Odessa 83.6 80.3 3.3 3.9 83.3 79.5 3.8 4.5 80.4 75.9 4.5 5

San

Angelo 57.6 54.8 2.8 4.8

56.7 53.6 3.1 5.5

56.6 53.0 3.6 6

SanAntonioNewBraunfels 1,027.3 965.3 62.0 6.0 1,026.2 957.5 68.7 6.7 1,011.2 933.5 77.7 7

ShermanDenison 58.9 55.0 3.9 6.6 59.5 55.2 4.3 7.2 59.2 54.3 4.9 8

Texarkana 67.7 63.6 4.1 6.1 67.8 63.3 4.5 6.7 67.2 62.2 5.0 7

Tyler 106.3 99.4 6.9 6.5 105.7 98.1 7.6 7.2 104.5 96.2 8.3 7

Victoria 61.3 58.1 3.2 5.2 61.8 58.3 3.5 5.7 62.2 58.0 4.2 6

Waco 115.3 108.3 7.0 6.0 117.4 109.6 7.8 6.7 116.4 107.6 8.8 7

WichitaFalls 72.8 68.5 4.3 5.9 72.8 68.0 4.8 6.6 73.3 68.1 5.2 7

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Anderson 7.4 8.3 9.2 0.9 1.8 Donley 5.1 6.1 6.2 1.0 1.1

Andrews 3.5 4.0 5.0 0.5 1.5 Duval 6.4 7.1 8.7 0.7 2.3Angelina 6.3 7.0 7.9 0.7 1.6 Eastland 5.3 6.2 7.1 0.9 1.8Aransas 5.8 6.2 8.0 0.4 2.2 Ector 3.9 4.5 5.6 0.6 1.7

Archer 4.3

4.9

6.3

0.6

2.0

Edwards 7.0

7.5

6.8

0.5

0.2Armstrong 3.9 4.3 5.7 0.4 1.8 Ellis 6.2 7.0 8.2 0.8 2.0Atascosa 6.0 7.0 7.9 1.0 1.9 ElPaso 8.7 9.5 10.4 0.8 1.7Austin 5.5 6.3 8.4 0.8 2.9 Erath 5.2 5.9 6.3 0.7 1.1Bailey 5.8 6.7 7.0 0.9 1.2 Falls 8.2 8.9 10.0 0.7 1.8Bandera 5.6 6.1 6.9 0.5 1.3 Fannin 8.1 8.9 10.1 0.8 2.0Bastrop 5.5 6.2 8.1 0.7 2.6 Fayette 4.5 4.9 6.0 0.4 1.5Baylor 4.5 5.1 6.3 0.6 1.8 Fisher 5.1 5.7 6.5 0.6 1.4Bee 6.5 7.3 8.7 0.8 2.2 Floyd 6.3 6.9 8.0 0.6 1.7Bell 6.8 7.5 8.3 0.7 1.5 Foard 5.1 5.4 6.6 0.3 1.5Bexar 6.1 6.8 7.8 0.7 1.7 FortBend 5.7 6.3 7.5 0.6 1.8Blanco 5.3 5.7 6.2 0.4 0.9 Franklin 6.0 6.4 7.4 0.4 1.4Borden 3.0 2.8 3.8 0.2 0.8 Freestone 5.3 5.7 6.6 0.4 1.3Bosque 7.0 7.7 8.5 0.7 1.5 Frio 5.1 5.9 7.3 0.8 2.2Bowie 6.2 6.9 7.9 0.7 1.7 Gaines 4.3 4.9 5.6 0.6 1.3Brazoria 6.3 7.1 8.4 0.8 2.1 Galveston 7.1 7.9 9.2 0.8 2.1

Brazos 5.4

6.1

6.5

0.7

1.1

Garza 5.6

6.2

7.5

0.6

1.9Brewster 4.1 4.9 5.3 0.8 1.2 Gillespie 4.0 4.3 5.0 0.3 1.0Briscoe 5.6 6.0 7.0 0.4 1.4 Glasscock 3.6 4.3 4.5 0.7 0.9Brooks 6.7 8.3 8.9 1.6 2.2 Goliad 5.1 5.6 5.5 0.5 0.4Brown 5.5 6.1 7.3 0.6 1.8 Gonzales 4.3 4.8 5.7 0.5 1.4Burleson 5.9 6.4 7.0 0.5 1.1 Gray 4.7 5.2 5.9 0.5 1.2Burnet 5.0 5.4 6.4 0.4 1.4 Grayson 6.6 7.2 8.3 0.6 1.7Caldwell 6.4 7.0 8.9 0.6 2.5 Gregg 5.6 6.0 7.0 0.4 1.4Calhoun 6.1 6.8 8.7 0.7 2.6 Grimes 6.2 6.8 8.1 0.6 1.9Callahan 4.9 5.2 6.2 0.3 1.3 Guadalupe 5.5 6.0 7.0 0.5 1.5Cameron 10.2 11.1 11.8 0.9 1.6 Hale 5.8 6.8 7.3 1.0 1.5Camp 7.4 7.9 8.9 0.5 1.5 Hall 7.3 7.9 9.0 0.6 1.7Carson 4.0 4.8 5.0 0.8 1.0 Hamilton 4.9 5.3 6.0 0.4 1.1Cass 8.7 9.4 10.6 0.7 1.9 Hansford 3.6 4.1 4.6 0.5 1.0Castro 4.7 5.4 5.6 0.7 0.9 Hardeman 4.6 5.2 5.8 0.6 1.2Chambers 6.8 8.4 9.3 1.6 2.5 Hardin 7.7 8.5 9.5 0.8 1.8Cherokee 7.4 8.2 9.1 0.8 1.7 Harris 6.3 7.0 8.3 0.7 2.0Childress 4.8 5.2 6.1 0.4 1.3 Harrison 6.5 7.1 7.9 0.6 1.4Clay 5.2 5.4 6.2 0.2 1.0 Hartley 3.8 4.3 4.7 0.5 0.9Cochran 7.5 8.3 9.2 0.8 1.7 Haskell 4.9 5.4 5.2 0.5 0.3Coke 5.8 6.6 7.0 0.8 1.2 Hays 5.2 5.8 6.9 0.6 1.7Coleman 5.7 6.1 6.9 0.4 1.2 Hemphill 2.2 2.5 2.7 0.3 0.5Collin 5.7 6.3 7.1 0.6 1.4 Henderson 6.8 7.5 8.5 0.7 1.7Collingsworth 4.6 5.1 5.3 0.5 0.7 Hidalgo 10.5 11.7 11.8 1.2 1.3Colorado 5.6 5.7 7.4 0.1 1.8 Hill 6.2 6.9 8.4 0.7 2.2Comal 5.6 6.2 6.9 0.6 1.3 Hockley 4.5 5.1 5.8 0.6 1.3Comanche 5.2 5.8 6.7 0.6 1.5 Hood 5.4 6.0 7.2 0.6 1.8Concho 6.9 7.4 7.8 0.5 0.9 Hopkins 5.8 6.4 6.7 0.6 0.9Cooke 4.2 4.6 5.4 0.4 1.2 Houston 9.1 9.7 11.1 0.6 2.0Coryell 8.4 9.0 9.6 0.6 1.2 Howard 5.7 6.5 7.4 0.8 1.7Cottle 6.2 6.2 6.8 0.0 0.6 Hudspeth 5.1 5.6 6.6 0.5 1.5Crane 4.8 5.6 7.3 0.8 2.5 Hunt 7.6 8.4 8.7 0.8 1.1Crockett 3.9 4.2 5.3 0.3 1.4 Hutchinson 5.2 5.9 6.7 0.7 1.5Crosby 6.2

6.6

9.9

0.4

3.7

Irion 3.9

3.8

5.9

0.1

2.0

Culberson 3.1 3.4 3.9 0.3 0.8 Jack 4.3 4.8 5.3 0.5 1.0Dallam 3.7 4.0 4.7 0.3 1.0 Jackson 4.9 5.6 6.4 0.7 1.5Dallas 6.7 7.4 8.4 0.7 1.7 Jasper 9.3 10.1 11.5 0.8 2.2Dawson 6.5 7.1 8.3 0.6 1.8 JeffDavis 5.1 5.5 5.4 0.4 0.3DeafSmith 4.4 4.9 5.7 0.5 1.3 Jefferson 10.2 11.3 11.4 1.1 1.2Delta 7.6 7.3 8.3 0.3 0.7 JimHogg 4.5 5.1 6.3 0.6 1.8Denton 5.6 6.3 6.9 0.7 1.3 JimWells 4.6 5.3 6.6 0.7 2.0DeWitt 4.6 5.2 6.6 0.6 2.0 Johnson 6.1 6.8 7.5 0.7 1.4Dickens 9.0 9.5 13.4 0.5 4.4 Jones 5.7 6.3 8.3 0.6 2.6Dimmit 4.3 5.1 6.6 0.8 2.3 Karnes 6.7 7.4 8.7 0.7 2.0

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Kaufman 6.5 7.5 8.2 1.0 1.7 Real 6.4 6.5 7.7 0.1 1.3

Kendall 5.3 5.8 6.6 0.5 1.3 RedRiver 9.7 10.5 11.9 0.8 2.2Kenedy 4.1 5.3 7.5 1.2 3.4 Reeves 8.7 9.6 11.3 0.9 2.6Kent 4.6 5.0 5.8 0.4 1.2 Refugio 4.4 4.9 6.0 0.5 1.6

Kerr 5.4

5.9

6.7

0.5

1.3

Roberts 3.1

3.4

3.6

0.3

0.5Kimble 5.4 5.8 6.6 0.4 1.2 Robertson 7.4 7.8 8.5 0.4 1.1King 4.7 5.1 4.8 0.4 0.1 Rockwall 5.7 6.3 7.1 0.6 1.4Kinney 6.6 7.3 8.0 0.7 1.4 Runnels 6.5 7.4 9.9 0.9 3.4Kleberg 5.2 6.2 6.8 1.0 1.6 Rusk 6.2 6.8 7.2 0.6 1.0Knox 5.1 5.8 5.8 0.7 0.7 Sabine 14.4 15.1 15.5 0.7 1.1Lamar 8.5 8.7 10.1 0.2 1.6 SanAugustine 10.1 10.7 11.9 0.6 1.8Lamb 6.0 6.8 7.2 0.8 1.2 SanJacinto 7.5 8.3 9.2 0.8 1.7Lampasas 6.2 6.6 7.6 0.4 1.4 SanPatricio 7.0 7.6 9.1 0.6 2.1LaSalle 4.0 4.6 6.0 0.6 2.0 SanSaba 6.8 7.6 7.6 0.8 0.8Lavaca 4.4 4.8 5.7 0.4 1.3 Schleicher 4.1 4.8 6.0 0.7 1.9Lee 4.5 4.9 6.0 0.4 1.5 Scurry 4.1 4.7 5.5 0.6 1.4Leon 6.1 6.7 7.7 0.6 1.6 Shackelford 2.7 3.1 4.3 0.4 1.6Liberty 8.1 9.1 10.2 1.0 2.1 Shelby 6.2 7.2 7.5 1.0 1.3Limestone 5.8 6.5 7.6 0.7 1.8 Sherman 4.3 5.2 5.1 0.9 0.8Lipscomb 3.3 3.7 4.7 0.4 1.4 Smith 6.5 7.2 7.9 0.7 1.4

Live

Oak 4.2

4.6

5.5

0.4

1.3

Somervell 5.9

6.7

8.0

0.8

2.1Llano 6.3 6.7 8.0 0.4 1.7 Starr 13.0 14.7 14.9 1.7 1.9Loving 10.0 9.8 9.3 0.2 0.7 Stephens 5.3 5.9 7.5 0.6 2.2Lubbock 5.0 5.8 6.2 0.8 1.2 Sterling 2.8 3.3 3.9 0.5 1.1Lynn 5.9 6.8 7.6 0.9 1.7 Stonewall 3.6 3.8 5.0 0.2 1.4McCulloch 5.0 5.4 5.8 0.4 0.8 Sutton 3.1 3.5 4.4 0.4 1.3McLennan 6.0 6.7 7.6 0.7 1.6 Swisher 5.3 5.9 6.6 0.6 1.3McMullen 2.2 2.8 4.0 0.6 1.8 Tarrant 6.2 6.9 7.9 0.7 1.7Madison 6.7 7.4 8.2 0.7 1.5 Taylor 5.0 5.6 6.4 0.6 1.4Marion 7.5 8.0 9.5 0.5 2.0 Terrell 6.9 7.5 8.1 0.6 1.2Martin 4.0 4.6 5.3 0.6 1.3 Terry 6.2 6.8 7.5 0.6 1.3Mason 4.0 4.5 5.1 0.5 1.1 Throckmorton 3.7 4.2 5.4 0.5 1.7Matagorda 9.2 10.3 11.3 1.1 2.1 Titus 6.7 7.5 8.0 0.8 1.3Maverick 10.5 11.7 12.3 1.2 1.8 TomGreen 4.9 5.5 6.4 0.6 1.5Medina 6.1 6.6 7.9 0.5 1.8 Travis 5.3 5.9 6.9 0.6 1.6Menard 6.1 6.4 6.5 0.3 0.4 Trinity 7.4 8.1 9.4 0.7 2.0Midland 3.3 3.8 4.4 0.5 1.1 Tyler 9.9 10.6 11.8 0.7 1.9Milam 7.4 8.1 9.5 0.7 2.1 Upshur 5.5 6.0 7.2 0.5 1.7Mills 5.0 5.5 6.4 0.5 1.4 Upton 3.4 3.6 4.6 0.2 1.2Mitchell 5.8 6.6 8.3 0.8 2.5 Uvalde 7.2 8.3 9.1 1.1 1.9Montague 4.7 5.4 5.9 0.7 1.2 ValVerde 6.9 7.7 8.5 0.8 1.6Montgomery 5.7 6.3 7.2 0.6 1.5 VanZandt 6.1 6.7 7.6 0.6 1.5Moore 3.9 4.3 4.7 0.4 0.8 Victoria 5.0 5.5 6.4 0.5 1.4Morris 8.8 9.6 11.5 0.8 2.7 Walker 6.5 7.4 8.1 0.9 1.6Motley 4.9 5.0 6.2 0.1 1.3 Waller 6.5 7.7 8.4 1.2 1.9Nacogdoches 5.9 6.7 6.9 0.8 1.0 Ward 4.3 4.8 6.4 0.5 2.1Navarro 7.5 8.2 8.8 0.7 1.3 Washington 4.8 5.5 6.2 0.7 1.4Newton 11.4 12.4 13.9 1.0 2.5 Webb 6.4 7.0 8.0 0.6 1.6Nolan 4.9 5.6 6.6 0.7 1.7 Wharton 6.3 7.2 8.4 0.9 2.1Nueces 5.7 6.4 7.6 0.7 1.9 Wheeler 3.4 3.8 4.0 0.4 0.6Ochiltree 3.2 3.5 4.2 0.3 1.0 Wichita 6.1 6.8 7.3 0.7 1.2Oldham 4.9 5.1 4.8 0.2 0.1 Wilbarger 4.3 5.0 5.5 0.7 1.2Orange 9.9 10.5 11.4 0.6 1.5 Willacy 13.2 13.9 15.3 0.7 2.1Palo

Pinto 5.8

6.3

7.5

0.5

1.7

Williamson 5.5

5.9

7.1

0.4

1.6

Panola 5.2 5.8 6.9 0.6 1.7 Wilson 5.4 6.3 7.5 0.9 2.1Parker 5.6 6.1 7.0 0.5 1.4 Winkler 4.4 4.9 5.8 0.5 1.4Parmer 4.4 5.0 5.2 0.6 0.8 Wise 5.7 6.9 7.0 1.2 1.3Pecos 4.3 4.6 5.2 0.3 0.9 Wood 6.9 7.5 8.3 0.6 1.4Polk 7.7 8.6 9.8 0.9 2.1 Yoakum 3.2 3.7 4.7 0.5 1.5Potter 5.2 6.0 6.5 0.8 1.3 Young 4.9 5.4 6.3 0.5 1.4Presidio 13.1 14.2 13.0 1.1 0.1 Zapata 5.9 6.6 8.2 0.7 2.3Rains 7.2 7.7 8.9 0.5 1.7 Zavala 13.6 14.8 15.9 1.2 2.3Randall 3.8 4.4 4.8 0.6 1.0Reagan 2.2 2.5 3.3 0.3 1.1

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Abilene 5.1 5.8 6.7 0.7 1.6 Garland 6.3 6.9 8.3 0.6 2.0 Paris 9.8 9.8 11.0 0.0 1

Allen 5.4 5.9 6.7 0.5 1.3 Georgetown 5.6 6.3 7.0 0.7 1.4 Pasadena 7.4 8.5 9.6 1.1 2

Amarillo 4.4 5.0 5.5 0.6 1.1 GrandPrairie 6.4 7.1 7.7 0.7 1.3 Pearland 4.7 5.3 6.7 0.6 2

Arlington 6.0 6.8 7.8 0.8 1.8 Grapevine 5.4 5.7 6.7 0.3 1.3 Pflugerville 4.6 5.2 6.0 0.6 1

Austin 5.0

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8.9

9.7

8.5

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9.9

10.2

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1Baytown 9.5 11.1 11.1 1.6 1.6 HaltomCity 6.1 6.6 7.2 0.5 1.1 Plano 5.6 6.2 7.0 0.6 1

Beaumont 8.5 9.4 10.6 0.9 2.1 HarkerHeights 6.2 6.9 7.5 0.7 1.3 PortArthur 15.2 17.1 15.3 1.9 0

Bedford 5.5 5.7 6.8 0.2 1.3 Harlingen 8.8 9.4 10.7 0.6 1.9 Richardson 5.5 6.0 7.1 0.5 1

BigSpring 6.0 6.8 7.9 0.8 1.9 Houston 6.4 7.1 8.4 0.7 2.0 Rockwall 5.0 5.8 6.7 0.8 1

B ro wns vi ll e 1 0. 5 11.6 12.0 1.1 1.5 Huntsville 6.6 7.7 8.3 1.1 1.7 Rosenberg 5.6 6.4 8.2 0.8 2

Bryan 5.4 6.0 6.6 0.6 1.2 Hurst 6.0 6.2 7.3 0.2 1.3 RoundRock 5.2 5.7 6.6 0.5 1

Burleson 5.1 5.6 6.7 0.5 1.6 Irving 5.8 6.3 7.3 0.5 1.5 Rowlett 6.3 6.8 7.9 0.5 1

Carrollton 5.6 6.2 7.1 0.6 1.5 Keller 5.2 5.6 6.6 0.4 1.4 SanAngelo 4.9 5.6 6.4 0.7 1

CedarHill 7.0 7.6 8.7 0.6 1.7 Killeen 7.5 8.3 9.1 0.8 1.6 SanAntonio 6.0 6.7 7.7 0.7 1

CedarPark 5.2 5.7 6.7 0.5 1.5 Kingsville 5.0 6.0 6.6 1.0 1.6 SanBenito 9.7 10.6 11.5 0.9 1

Cleburne 6.2 6.8 7.9 0.6 1.7 Kyle 4.3 4.9 5.7 0.6 1.4 SanJuan 10.0 11.9 11.4 1.9 1

CollegeS ta tio n 5 .4 6.4 6.5 1.0 1.1 LakeJackson 6.0 6.4 7.5 0.4 1.5 SanMarcos 4.7 5.6 5.8 0.9 1

Conroe 5.3 6.1 7.0 0.8 1.7 Lancaster 8.5 9.1 10.6 0.6 2.1 Schertz 5.2 5.5 6.5 0.3 1

Coppell 5.7 6.1 6.8 0.4 1.1 LaPorte 6.7 8.1 8.7 1.4 2.0 Seguin 5.8 6.1 7.9 0.3 2

Copperas

Cove 7.4

7.8

8.1

0.4

0.7

Laredo 6.1

6.7

7.6

0.6

1.5

Sherman 6.7

7.5

8.2

0.8

1

CorpusChristi 5.4 6.1 7.3 0.7 1.9 LeagueCity 5.3 6.2 7.5 0.9 2.2 Socorro 9.5 10.4 11.9 0.9 2

Corsicana 8.1 8.8 8.8 0.7 0.7 Leander 4.4 4.7 5.6 0.3 1.2 Southlake 5.3 6.0 6.8 0.7 1

Dallas 6.9 7.5 8.5 0.6 1.6 Lewisville 5.1 5.8 6.5 0.7 1.4 SugarLand 4.5 5.1 6.3 0.6 1

DeerPark 6.2 6.9 7.9 0.7 1.7 LittleElm 3.7 4.4 5.3 0.7 1.6 Temple 5.4 6.1 6.9 0.7 1

DelRio 6.6 7.4 8.2 0.8 1.6 Longview 5.7 6.1 7.2 0.4 1.5 Texarkana 6.5 7.3 7.9 0.8 1

Denton 5.0 5.7 6.3 0.7 1.3 Lubbock 4.9 5.7 6.2 0.8 1.3 TexasCity 9.2 10.1 10.8 0.9 1

DeSoto 7.2 7.9 9.5 0.7 2.3 Lufkin 6.3 7.0 8.5 0.7 2.2 TheColony 6.3 6.9 7.9 0.6 1

Dunca nville 7.3 8.0 8.7 0.7 1.4 McAllen 7.1 7.8 8.1 0.7 1.0 Tyler 6.5 7.4 8.1 0.9 1

EaglePass 10.7 11.6 12.4 0.9 1.7 McKinney 5.9 6.9 7.2 1.0 1.3 UniversityPark 5.6 6.3 6.9 0.7 1

Edinburg 7.4 8.6 8.7 1.2 1.3 Mansfield 5.2 6.0 6.6 0.8 1.4 Victoria 4.9 5.5 6.5 0.6 1

ElPaso 8.0 8.8 9.7 0.8 1.7 Mesquite 6.4 7.0 8.2 0.6 1.8 Waco 6.6 7.5 8.2 0.9 1

Euless 5.8 5.9 7.2 0.1 1.4 Midland 3.3 3.7 4.5 0.4 1.2 Waxahachie 6.0 6.9 8.4 0.9 2

FarmersBranch 6.0 6.8 7.7 0.8 1.7 Mission 8.1 9.0 9.5 0.9 1.4 Weatherford 5.8 6.0 6.8 0.2 1

FlowerMound 5.2 5.7 6.4 0.5 1.2 MissouriCity 6.4 6.9 8.1 0.5 1.7 Weslaco 10.8 12.4 13.1 1.6 2

FortWorth 6.4

7.1

8.1

0.7

1.7

Nacogdoches 6.1

7.0

7.1

0.9

1.0

Wichita

Falls 6.3

7.1

7.7

0.8

1

F ri end sw oo d 5 .4 5.9 7.7 0.5 2.3 NewBraunfels 5.0 5.4 6.1 0.4 1.1 Wylie 5.6 6.2 6.8 0.6 1

Frisco 4.9 5.4 5.8 0.5 0.9 NorthRichlandHills 5.6 6.1 7.1 0.5 1.5

Galveston 7.6 8.3 9.2 0.7 1.6 Odessa 3.9 4.5 5.6 0.6 1.7

UnemploymentRatesforTexasCities

WDASep

2012

Aug

2012

Sep

2011

Monthly

Change

YearAgo

ChangeWDA

Sep

2012

Aug

2012

Sep

2011

Monthly

Change

YearAg

Chang

Alamo 6.0 6.6 7.6 0.6 1.6 MiddleRioGrande 8.0 9.0 9.9 1.0 1.9

BrazosValley 5.6 6.3 6.8 0.7 1.2 NorthCentralTexas 5.8 6.5 7.2 0.7 1.4

CameronCounty 10.2 11.1 11.8 0.9 1.6 NorthEastTexas 7.1 7.7 8.7 0.6 1.6

CapitalArea 5.3 5.9 6.9 0.6 1.6 NorthTexas 5.4 6.1 6.7 0.7 1.3

CentralTexas 7.0 7.6 8.4 0.6 1.4 Panhandle 4.4 5.0 5.5 0.6 1.1

CoastalBend 5.7

6.4

7.6

0.7

1.9

Permian

Basin 4.0

4.5

5.4

0.5

1.4

ConchoValley 4.7 5.3 6.1 0.6 1.4 RuralCapital 5.4 5.9 7.1 0.5 1.7

Dallas 6.7 7.4 8.4 0.7 1.7 SouthEastTexas 9.8 10.7 11.1 0.9 1.3

DeepEastTexas 7.5 8.3 9.2 0.8 1.7 SouthPlains 5.1 5.9 6.5 0.8 1.4

EastTexas 6.4 7.0 7.9 0.6 1.5 SouthTexas 6.3 7.0 7.9 0.7 1.6

GoldenCrescent 5.0 5.5 6.5 0.5 1.5 TarrantCounty 6.2 6.9 7.9 0.7 1.7

GulfCoast 6.3 7.0 8.2 0.7 1.9 Texoma 6.2 6.8 7.9 0.6 1.7

HeartOfTexas 6.1 6.8 7.8 0.7 1.7 UpperRioGrande 8.6 9.4 10.3 0.8 1.7

LowerRioGrandeValley 10.7 12.0 12.2 1.3 1.5 WestCentralTexas 5.1 5.7 6.7 0.6 1.6

UnemploymentRatesforTexasWDAs


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O C T O B E R 2 0 1 2

SanAugustine

Newton

Sabine

Shelby

JasperTyler

Morris

Cass

Marion

Titus

Bowie

Upshur

Red River

Camp

Smith

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Cherokee

Gregg

Trinity

Angelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Houston

Delta

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Franklin

Lamar

Fannin

Rockwall

Hunt

Navarro

Freestone

Anderson

Henderson

Kaufman

VanZandt

Montague

Wise Denton Collin

CookeGrayson

Lime-stone

Hill

McLennan

Bosque

Somervell

Parker

EllisJohnson

Tarrant Dallas

Comanche

Coryell

Burnet

Lampasas

Hamilton

Erath Hood

Mills

Chambers

Hardin

Orange

Jefferson

Montgomery Liberty

Harris

SanJacinto

Waller

Grimes

Walker

Brazoria

Galveston

Matagorda

Wharton

Fort Bend

Brazos

Leon

Madison

Burleson

Robertson

Washington

Colorado

Austin

Goliad

Victoria

Refugio

Calhoun

Jackson

Williamson

Bell

Milam

Falls

LeeTravis

Hays

Guadalupe

Fayette

Bastrop

Gonzales

Caldwell

Lavaca

WilsonDeWitt

JimWells

Kleberg

Nueces

SanPatricio

Aransas

Brooks

LiveOak

Duval

Hidalgo

Cameron

Willacy

KenedyZapata Jim

Hogg

Starr

Kendall

Comal

BlancoGillespie

MedinaBexar

Bandera

LaSalle

Karnes

Bee

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Webb

Zavala

Dimmit

Uvalde

KerrEdwards

Kinney

Real

Maverick

Kimble

Wichita

YoungJack

Wilbarger

ArcherBaylor

Clay

Throck-morton

Jones PaloPinto

Stephens

Eastland

Shackel-ford

Taylor

Coleman

McCulloch

Callahan

Brown

SanSaba

Mason Llano

King

Cottle

Foard

Hardeman

Knox

Stonewall Haskell

Hemphill

Ochiltree Lipscomb

Roberts

Gray

Sutton

Concho

Schleicher Menard

Tom Green

Coke Runnels

Hall

Collings-worth

Childress

Wheeler

Donley

Briscoe

FisherScurry

Mitchell

Borden

Howard Nolan

Crosby

Floyd Motley

Dickens

Garza Kent

Sherman Hansford

Hutchinson

Carson

Moore

Potter

Glasscock

Upton

Midland

Reagan

Irion

Sterling

Crockett

Terrell

Val Verde

Castro

Armstrong

Swisher

Randall

Parmer

Hockley Lubbock

Hale

Lynn

Bailey Lamb

Terry

Cochran

Yoakum

Andrews

Dawson

Martin

Gaines

Hartley

Dallam

Oldham

Deaf Smith

Loving

Crane

WinklerEctor

Ward

Pecos

BrewsterPresidio

Reeves

Jeff Davis

Culberson

El PasoHudspeth

Unemployment RatesTexas: 6.3%*

0.0% to 5.1% (6)

5.2% to 5.7% (5)

5.8% to 6.2% (5)

6.3% to 7.5% (7)

7.6% and over (5)

Unemployment Rates by WDA

September 2012

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally Adjusted

Prepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (10/19/2012)

1

23

4

5 6

725

89

10

11

12

27 20

21 22

19

28

14

15

26

13

1617

18

2324

Alamo-20

Brazos Valley-16

Cameron County-24

Capital Area-14

Central Texas-26

Coastal Bend-22

Concho Valley-12

Dallas-6

Deep East Texas-17

East Texas-8Golden Crescent-19

Gulf Coast-28

Heart Of Texas-13

Lower Rio Grande Valley-23

Middle Rio Grande-27

North Central Texas-4

North East Texas-7

North Texas-3

Panhandle-1

Permian Basin-11

Rural Capital-15

South East Texas-18

South Plains-2

South Texas-21Tarrant County-5

Texoma-25

Upper Rio Grande-10

West Central Texas-9


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GLOSSARYOF LABOR MARKET TERMSActual or Not Seasonally Adjusted - This term is used to describe data seriesnot subject to the seasonal adjustment process. In other words, the effects ofregular, or seasonal, patterns have not been removed from these series.

Civilian Labor Force (CLF) - Is that portion of the population age 16 andolder who are employed or unemployed. To be considered unemployed,

a person has to be not working but willing and able to work and activelyseeking work.

Consumer Price Index(CPI) - Is a measure of the average change overtime in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumergoods and services. The CPI provides a way for consumers to compare whatthe market basket of goods and services costs this month with what the samemarket basket cost a month or a year ago.

Current Employment Statistics (CES) - A monthly survey of nonfarmbusiness establishments used to collect wage and salary employment,workers hours, and payroll, by industry and area. It is sometimes known asNonagricultural Employment.

Employed (Emp) - Persons 16 years and over in the civilian noninstitutionalpopulation who, during the reference week, (a) did any work at all (at least1 hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business, profession, or ontheir own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterpriseoperated by a member of the family, and (b) all those who were not workingbut who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absentbecause of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternityor paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other familyor personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or wereseeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if heor she holds more than one job.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) - The Federal/Statecooperative program which produces employment and unemployment

estimates for states and local areas. These estimates are developed by StEmployment Security Agencies in accordance with Bureau of Labor Statist(BLS) definitions and procedures. Data is used for planning and budgetpurposes as an indication of need for employment and training servicprograms. Estimates are also used to allocate Federal funds.

Metropolitan Division (MD) - A Metropolitan Statistical Area which contaa single core with a population of 2.5 million or more may be subdividinto smaller groupings of counties referred to as Metropolitan DivisioTitles of Metropolitan Divisions are typically based on principal city namTexas has two Metropolitan Divisions, the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and Fort Worth-Arlington MD, which combine to form the Dallas-Fort WorArlington MSA.

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - A geographic area that containleast one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population plus adjacent territthat has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core urbarea. An MSA in Texas is made up of one or more counties. The U.S. Offiof Management and Budget defines metropolitan areas according to publishstandards that are applied to Census Bureau data. Texas has 25 MSAs atwo Metropolitan Divisions (MD).

Seasonally Adjusted (SA) - Seasonal adjustment removes the effectsevents that follow a more or less regular pattern each year. These adjustmemake it easier to observe the cyclical and other non-seasonal movementa data series.

Unemployed(Unemp) - Persons 16 years and over who had no employmduring the reference week, were available for work, except for temporillness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime durthe 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waitto be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have belooking for work to be classified as unemployed.

HAPPENINGS AROUNDTHE STATEFurniture Mart Breaks GroundCARROLLTON, TX (Carrollton Leader)More than 4,000 construction

jobs and 2,000 retail positions are coming to North Texas within the nexttwo years. Nebraska Furniture Mart broke ground this month in The Colony.The 1.86-million-square-foot development will be part of the largest retailand entertainment destination of its kind in North America. Officials saidNebraska Furniture Mart is expected to attract more than 8 million visitorsfrom more than 200 miles away and generate more than $600 million insales annually.

The Colony City Manager Troy Powell said, One year after this store isopen; it will have [generated] $5.4 million [for the city] that is cold, hardcash we can spend on police, fire, and city operations. The 90-acre locationwill be home to other retailers. The Texas store will be the companys thirdstore in the nation, as well as its largest. Nebraska Furniture Mart of Texas

will include a 560,000-square-foot state of the art retail showroom and a1.3-million-square-foot distribution center.

Hospital Expansion to Add JobsEl PASO, TX (KFOXTV.com)Sierra Providence Medical Center East isplanning to expand, doubling its size. The hospital plans to hire 40 newfull-time people right away. That translates into $2.7 million in salaries.Eventually the hospital will hire 269 full-time employees, which translatesinto $17 million in salaries.

City council representative Mike Noe indicates the effects will be felt on allsides of town. East side nurses, East side ancillary staff now wont have todrive to Central or the West side to work. These people will be able to work

right here on the East side. Keeping these people (in East El Paso) instof traveling I-10 and getting some of those cars off I-10 is important to mNoe said. East El Paso resident Gregory Austin said, Well its goingboost the economy. Its going to help with the job market so its goinghelp out a lot.

Walmart Hiring 250 for New StoreHOUSTON, TX (Houston Chronicle)Walmart is opening a new locatin the Heights area and hiring 250 full- and part-time associates before grand opening. They plan to eventually employ 300 Houstonians for store, approximately 50 of which will transfer from other stores. Employare needed to work in all areas of the new store located at Yale and I-10 jnorthwest of downtown Houston. The majority of associates will begin wto help prepare the store for its grand opening in the fall.

SecureNet Plans Austin CenterAUSTIN, TX (Austin American-Statesman--Kirk Ladendorf)SecureNPayment Systems, a Maryland-based company that develops paymeprocessing technology, says it is establishing a technology and innovatcenter in Austin that could employ 200 people in the next year. CEO, BrWarrington, who lives in Austin, said the company will relocate some workfrom its headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, but primarily will hire locato fill a range of technical and non-technical jobs. The company expectmove into new offices in the Riata development in Northwest Austin. Tis a great place to build a technology business. Austin has a deep technitalent pool, Warrington said.


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INDICATORS

SEP 2012 6.3% SEP 2012 6.8%

AUG 2012 7.0% AUG 2012 7.1%

SEP 2011 8.0% SEP 2011 7.9%

SEP 2012 7.6% SEP 2012 7.8%

AUG 2012 8.2% AUG 2012 8.1%

SEP 2011 8.8% SEP 2011 9.0%

SEP 2012 10,860,500 SEP 2012 10,857,600

AUG 2012 10,802,300 AUG 2012 10,836,600

SEP 2011 10,595,800 SEP 2011 10,594,900

OTMChange 58,200 OTMChange 21,000

OTYChange 264,700 OTYChange 262,700

SEP 2012 71,936 SEP 2012 725,941

AUG 2012 85,528 AUG 2012 744,058

SEP 2011 78,034 SEP 2011 747,606

AnnualChange

U.S. SEP

2012 2.0%

SEP 2012 278,700

DallasFortWorth SEP2012 2.3% AUG 2012 273,700

HoustonGalveston AUG2012 0.7% SEP 2011 267,500

OTMChange 5,000

OTYChange 11,200

SEP 2012 $94.72 OTMChange $0.56

AUG 2012 $94.16 OTYChange $9.11

SEP 2011 $85.61

TexasUnemploymentRate

Actual(NotSeasonallyAdjusted) SeasonallyAdjusted

U.S.UnemploymentRate

Actual(NotSeasonallyAdjusted) SeasonallyAdjusted

ConsumerPriceIndex(CPI) PersonnelSupply

WestTexasIntermediateCrudeOil($/barrel)

TexasNonagriculturalWage&SalaryEmployment

NotSeasonallyAdjusted SeasonallyAdjusted

UnemploymentInsuranceClaimsFiled

InitialClaims ContinuedClaims

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