teas labor market review - january 2014

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T E X A SA MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION

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IN THIS ISSUE

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . . 1Texas & U.S. Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . 2Texas Nonagricultural Wage & SalaryEmployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . 3MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . 5Highlights of the Texas Labor Force . . . . . . . . . 10County Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11City & WDA Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . 13Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Happenings Around the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment(Seasonally Adjusted)

Information employment grew by 1,600 positions in December, reversing November’s loss of 1,500 jobs. The industry added 7,400 jobs in 2013, posting its best year since 2000. Annual growth continued to gain momentum as Information employment grew by 9,500 jobs over the year. The industry’s annual growth rate of 4.8 percent in December marked the sixth consecutive month where annual growth exceeded 3.0 percent.

Following a revised drop of 1,900 jobs in November, Mining and Logging employment reversed course in December with the addition of 1,100 positions. This industry has shed 800 jobs over the past three months. Mining and Logging added a total of 11,100 jobs in 2013, marking the industry’s lowest year-to-date gains since 2009. Annual growth dropped from 4.8 percent in November to 4.6 percent in December.

Employment in Leisure and Hospitality edged up by 1,000 positions in December, an improvement from the revised drop of 5,500 jobs recorded in November. Employment in Accommodations and Food Services swelled by 2,900 jobs over the month, while Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation shed 1,900 jobs. The annual growth rate for Leisure and Hospitality employment was up slightly in December to 2.7 percent.

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Total Nonagricultural Employment in Texas expanded by an estimated 17,600 positions in December on the heels of a revised gain of

20,400 jobs in November. Nine of the 11 major industries showed employment increases over the month, led by a rise of 8,100 jobs in Trade, Transportation, and Utilities. Total Nonagricultural Employment ended the year at an estimated level of 11,277,100 jobs, an increase of 252,400 jobs over the year. The annual growth rate for the employment series edged down to 2.3 percent in December from 2.4 percent in November to reach its lowest level since December 2011.

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment added 8,100 positions in December for a sixth consecutive month of gains. Over the past three months, the industry added 27,600 jobs for its strongest fourth quarter growth in series history. Trade, Transportation, and Utilities expanded by 68,200 positions over the year for its largest annual gain since June 2012. Annual job growth has been at or above 3.0 percent for four consecutive months. Retail Trade drove the majority of the industry’s over-the-year gains with the addition of 44,500 jobs.

Manufacturing employment experienced its largest gain since February with the addition of 6,600 jobs in December. The industry has added jobs for three consecutive months, resulting in the gain of 10,000 positions in the fi nal quarter of 2013. The year-to-date gain of 13,500 jobs in 2013 bested the industry’s 2012 addition of 12,200 positions. Yearly growth accelerated in December as Manufacturing employment added 12,500 positions over the year for a 1.4 percent annual growth rate. Durable Goods drove the gains with the addition of 15,900 jobs over the year, while Nondurable Goods continued to contract with an annualized loss of 3,400 positions.

Education and Health Services rebounded from a revised drop of 1,900 jobs in November with the addition of an estimated 4,400 jobs in December. This monthly increase was slightly larger than the average December gain for this major industry over the prior fi ve years of 4,100 jobs. Employment in Educational Services climbed by 1,700 positions over the month, while Health Care and Social Assistance employment rose by 2,700 jobs. Education and Health Services has gained 26,000 jobs over the past 12 months. This brought the annual growth rate in the major industry to 1.7 percent, its lowest recorded level since December 1999.

Construction employment expanded by 3,400 positions in December for the industry’s largest monthly gain since April. Despite the recent additions, Construction employment has contracted by 900 jobs over the past three months. The industry added 9,400 jobs in 2013, less than half the gain seen in 2012. Yearly growth ticked up slightly in December as Construction employment grew by 13,500 jobs over the year for a 2.3 percent annual growth rate.

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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.

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 refl ects 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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Not Seasonally Adjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateDecember 2013 12,864,400 12,141,700 722,700 5.6 154,408,000 144,423,000 9,984,000 6.5November 2013 12,854,800 12,110,200 744,600 5.8 155,046,000 144,775,000 10,271,000 6.6December 2012 12,634,500 11,870,300 764,200 6.0 154,904,000 143,060,000 11,844,000 7.6

Seasonally Adjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateDecember 2013 12,852,600 12,087,900 764,700 6.0 154,937,000 144,586,000 10,351,000 6.7November 2013 12,812,700 12,036,800 775,900 6.1 155,284,000 144,443,000 10,841,000 7.0December 2012 12,650,100 11,867,900 782,200 6.2 155,485,000 143,212,000 12,273,000 7.9

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Total Nonagricultural 11,277,100 11,259,500 11,024,700 17,600 0.2 252,400 2.3Total Private 9,467,900 9,449,000 9,224,700 18,900 0.2 243,200 2.6Goods Producing 1,778,700 1,767,600 1,739,900 11,100 0.6 38,800 2.2Mining and Logging 289,600 288,500 276,800 1,100 0.4 12,800 4.6Construction 611,100 607,700 597,600 3,400 0.6 13,500 2.3Manufacturing 878,000 871,400 865,500 6,600 0.8 12,500 1.4

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

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Change % Change Change % ChangeTOTAL NONFARM 11,356,000 11,338,500 11,100,700 17,500 0.2% 255,300 2.3%

TOTAL PRIVATE 9,519,800 9,495,400 9,274,100 24,400 0.3% 245,700 2.7%GOODS PRODUCING 1,774,100 1,769,800 1,735,700 4,300 0.2% 38,400 2.2%Mining and Logging (NAICS 21, 1133) 288,900 286,900 276,100 2,000 0.7% 12,800 4.6%

Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 211) 111,400 109,100 100,700 2,300 2.1% 10,700 10.6%Support Activities for Mining (NAICS 213) 168,900 169,100 166,700 200 0.1% 2,200 1.3%

Construction (NAICS 23) 606,500 611,200 593,200 4,700 0.8% 13,300 2.2%Construction of Buildings (NAICS 236) 140,800 139,700 131,600 1,100 0.8% 9,200 7.0%Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (NAICS 237) 119,800 119,900 127,700 100 0.1% 7,900 6.2%Specialty Trade Contractors (NAICS 238) 345,900 351,600 333,900 5,700 1.6% 12,000 3.6%

Manufacturing (NAICS 31 33) 878,700 871,700 866,400 7,000 0.8% 12,300 1.4%Durable Goods 589,800 586,900 574,000 2,900 0.5% 15,800 2.8%Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321) 21,200 21,300 19,500 100 0.5% 1,700 8.7%Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327) 33,800 33,700 32,500 100 0.3% 1,300 4.0%Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331) 23,000 22,800 22,700 200 0.9% 300 1.3%Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) 141,500 140,100 136,100 1,400 1.0% 5,400 4.0%Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333) 106,500 106,100 106,500 400 0.4% 0 0.0%Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334) 98,300 98,600 95,600 300 0.3% 2,700 2.8%Electric Equipment, Appliance, and Component Mfg (NAICS 335) 19,400 19,600 19,200 200 1.0% 200 1.0%Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336) 95,800 94,800 91,400 1,000 1.1% 4,400 4.8%Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337) 21,300 21,000 21,700 300 1.4% 400 1.8%Miscellaneous Manufacturing (NAICS 339) 29,000 28,900 28,800 100 0.4% 200 0.7%

Nondurable Goods 288,900 284,800 292,400 4,100 1.4% 3,500 1.2%Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311) 84,100 83,900 86,300 200 0.2% 2,200 2.6%Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 312) 11,800 11,800 11,900 0 0.0% 100 0.8%Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) 16,900 16,600 16,800 300 1.8% 100 0.6%Printing and Related Support Manufacturing (NAICS 323) 24,700 24,700 25,800 0 0.0% 1,100 4.3%Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324) 25,900 25,600 25,000 300 1.2% 900 3.6%Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) 77,600 76,800 74,900 800 1.0% 2,700 3.6%Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing (NAICS 326) 37,600 37,300 38,200 300 0.8% 600 1.6%

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

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Change % Change Change % ChangeSERVICE PROVIDING 9,581,900 9,568,700 9,365,000 13,200 0.1% 216,900 2.3%Private Service Providing 7,745,700 7,725,600 7,538,400 20,100 0.3% 207,300 2.8%Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (NAICS 42,44,45,48,49,22) 2,328,500 2,298,700 2,258,100 29,800 1.3% 70,400 3.1%Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42) 567,400 567,300 548,200 100 0.0% 19,200 3.5%Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (NAICS 423) 326,000 325,800 311,500 200 0.1% 14,500 4.7%Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (NAICS 424) 167,800 167,600 165,300 200 0.1% 2,500 1.5%Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers (NAICS 425) 73,600 73,900 71,400 300 0.4% 2,200 3.1%

Retail Trade (NAICS 44 45) 1,293,500 1,275,100 1,246,900 18,400 1.4% 46,600 3.7%Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers (NAICS 441) 164,800 165,300 156,700 500 0.3% 8,100 5.2%Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores (NAICS 442) 39,700 39,400 38,200 300 0.8% 1,500 3.9%Electronics and Appliance Stores (NAICS 443) 47,600 47,300 44,100 300 0.6% 3,500 7.9%Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies (NAICS 444) 95,600 95,300 88,600 300 0.3% 7,000 7.9%Food and Beverage Stores (NAICS 445) 220,000 219,500 211,400 500 0.2% 8,600 4.1%Health and Personal Care Stores (NAICS 446) 73,300 71,800 71,500 1,500 2.1% 1,800 2.5%Gasoline Stations (NAICS 447) 80,900 81,700 78,700 800 1.0% 2,200 2.8%Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores (NAICS 448) 145,900 142,300 145,400 3,600 2.5% 500 0.3%Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores (NAICS 451) 45,000 43,600 41,600 1,400 3.2% 3,400 8.2%General Merchandise Stores (NAICS 452) 289,100 278,600 283,700 10,500 3.8% 5,400 1.9%Miscellaneous Store Retailers (NAICS 453) 69,600 68,500 65,700 1,100 1.6% 3,900 5.9%Nonstore Retailers (NAICS 454) 22,000 21,800 21,300 200 0.9% 700 3.3%

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (NAICS 48 49,22) 467,600 456,300 463,000 11,300 2.5% 4,600 1.0%Transportation and Warehousing (NAICS 48,49) 421,200 410,100 414,700 11,100 2.7% 6,500 1.6%Air Transportation (NAICS 481) 59,300 58,900 60,800 400 0.7% 1,500 2.5%Truck Transportation (NAICS 484) 130,700 128,300 128,200 2,400 1.9% 2,500 2.0%Pipeline Transportation (NAICS 486) 16,800 16,700 16,600 100 0.6% 200 1.2%Support Activities for Transportation (NAICS 488) 74,600 73,900 75,000 700 1.0% 400 0.5%Couriers and Messengers (NAICS 492) 45,200 38,600 43,100 6,600 17.1% 2,100 4.9%Warehousing and Storage (NAICS 493) 48,300 48,200 48,100 100 0.2% 200 0.4%

Utilities (NAICS 22) 46,400 46,200 48,300 200 0.4% 1,900 3.9%Information (NAICS 51) 207,200 205,300 197,700 1,900 0.9% 9,500 4.8%

Publishing Industries (Except Internet) (NAICS 511) 40,200 40,000 39,600 200 0.5% 600 1.5%Telecommunications (NAICS 517) 87,100 85,600 85,300 1,500 1.8% 1,800 2.1%Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services (NAICS 518) 31,900 32,000 29,700 100 0.3% 2,200 7.4%

Financial Activities (NAICS 52,53) 675,800 673,700 666,000 2,100 0.3% 9,800 1.5%Finance and Insurance (NAICS 52) 491,500 490,200 485,800 1,300 0.3% 5,700 1.2%Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (NAICS 522) 252,000 252,900 253,100 900 0.4% 1,100 0.4%Securities, Commodities Contracts, and Other Financial (NAICS 523) 51,000 50,500 52,000 500 1.0% 1,000 1.9%Insurance Carriers and Related Activities (NAICS 524) 175,500 174,100 170,100 1,400 0.8% 5,400 3.2%

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (NAICS 53) 184,300 183,500 180,200 800 0.4% 4,100 2.3%Real Estate (NAICS 531) 122,200 121,500 121,000 700 0.6% 1,200 1.0%Rental and Leasing Services (NAICS 532) 59,100 58,500 56,600 600 1.0% 2,500 4.4%

Professional and Business Services (NAICS 54,55,56) 1,495,500 1,505,800 1,435,100 10,300 0.7% 60,400 4.2%Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (NAICS 54) 658,600 654,100 628,200 4,500 0.7% 30,400 4.8%Management of Companies and Enterprises (NAICS 55) 91,800 90,700 89,000 1,100 1.2% 2,800 3.2%Admin and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation (NAICS 56) 745,100 761,000 717,900 15,900 2.1% 27,200 3.8%Administrative and Support Services (NAICS 561) 715,600 731,800 689,300 16,200 2.2% 26,300 3.8%

Education and Health Services (NAICS 61,62) 1,517,500 1,517,700 1,491,600 200 0.0% 25,900 1.7%Educational Services (NAICS 61) 174,500 176,100 171,500 1,600 0.9% 3,000 1.8%Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62) 1,343,000 1,341,600 1,320,100 1,400 0.1% 22,900 1.7%Ambulatory Health Care Services (NAICS 621) 666,800 666,500 642,900 300 0.1% 23,900 3.7%Hospitals (NAICS 622) 307,700 307,200 305,300 500 0.2% 2,400 0.8%Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NAICS 623) 176,400 176,800 178,100 400 0.2% 1,700 1.0%Social Assistance (NAICS 624) 192,100 191,100 193,800 1,000 0.5% 1,700 0.9%

Leisure and Hospitality (NAICS 71,72) 1,134,000 1,136,400 1,103,700 2,400 0.2% 30,300 2.8%Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (NAICS 71) 112,800 117,200 112,600 4,400 3.8% 200 0.2%Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation (NAICS 713) 80,400 83,200 80,300 2,800 3.4% 100 0.1%

Accommodation and Food Services (NAICS 72) 1,021,200 1,019,200 991,100 2,000 0.2% 30,100 3.0%Accommodation (NAICS 721) 111,500 113,100 108,700 1,600 1.4% 2,800 2.6%Food Services and Drinking Places (NAICS 722) 909,700 906,100 882,400 3,600 0.4% 27,300 3.1%

Other Services (NAICS 81) 387,200 388,000 386,200 800 0.2% 1,000 0.3%Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811) 116,400 114,800 116,500 1,600 1.4% 100 0.1%Personal and Laundry Services (NAICS 812) 100,300 100,400 98,900 100 0.1% 1,400 1.4%Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Prof Organizations (NAICS 813) 170,500 172,800 170,800 2,300 1.3% 300 0.2%

Government 1,836,200 1,843,100 1,826,600 6,900 0.4% 9,600 0.5%Federal Government 190,000 189,500 198,600 500 0.3% 8,600 4.3%State Government 367,600 372,400 368,000 4,800 1.3% 400 0.1%Local Government 1,278,600 1,281,200 1,260,000 2,600 0.2% 18,600 1.5%

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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment in the Metropolitan Statistical Areas increased by 13,700 jobs in December after posting a

revised increase of 52,600 jobs in November. The over-the-month gain for December placed industry employment at 10,172,600 jobs. December’s bump also marked the 10th monthly jobs addition for 2013, as the increase contributed to a three-month gain of 127,300 jobs. Since January 2013, employment in the MSAs expanded by 371,100 positions, an amount behind last year’s pace of 472,500 jobs but in line with the 2011 total of 390,500 jobs. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA led all areas, as it added 13,100 positions over the month. The Wichita Falls MSA led all areas percentage-wise with over-the-month growth of 0.9 percent. Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary jobs continued to be added annually with a 2.2 percent increase for all areas, which marked 44 consecutive months of growth. The Midland and the Odessa MSAs led the 23 areas showing annual employment gains at 5.7 percent and 4.0 percent, respectively.

Retail Trade expanded for the third consecutive month as businesses netted 17,800 jobs in December, largely due to the holiday shopping season. The three-month-total job expansion of 63,000 positions closely mirrored the prior three years for the same time frame. Since the beginning of 2013, Retail Trade added 74,500 jobs. For December, 24 areas grew in Retail Trade employment, led in terms of percentage growth by the Abilene MSA with a 2.4 percent increase over the month. The industry posted a 1.4 percent increase statewide in December. Annually, Retail Trade employment in the MSAs rose by 33,800 positions in December. This was the highest annual gain for December since 2005 when 33,900 jobs were added. This growth was refl ected in 24 areas, led percentage-wise by the Victoria MSA with a 7.1 percent annual increase. This was followed closely by the College Station-Bryan MSA at 7.0 percent and the Lubbock MSA with a 5.8 percent annual growth rate.

Employment in the Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities edged up another 6,800 jobs in December after the industry posted a revised gain of 6,600 jobs in November. These changes marked eight consecutive months of employment expansion to end 2013. Six areas posted monthly job increases in Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities with the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA leading all areas percentage-wise at 4.2 percent. Since December 2012, 10,800 jobs were added to industry totals in all areas, equaling a 2.6 percent annual growth rate. The current annualized rate marked 42 consecutive months of positive job growth. All 14 areas that added employment over the

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Employment in Financial Activities, which includes commercial banks as well as insurance agencies and brokers, partially reversed November’s revised job loss of 2,800 jobs with the addition of 700 positions in December. The current over-the-month increase brought the year-to-date job gain to 9,900 positions and ended the year at 618,200 in employment. Eight areas added employment over the month, led in terms of percentage increase by the Wichita Falls MSA at 3.7 percent. This was followed by the Brownsville-Harlingen and the Corpus Christi MSAs with gains of 1.9 percent and 1.3 percent, respectively. Financial Activities continued to grow over the year as December marked 39 consecutive months of positive annualized growth. This annual growth was refl ected in nine areas, led by the Dallas-Plano-Irving area with 9,100 jobs added. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA followed with 500 jobs. In terms of percentage growth, the Midland MSA and the Dallas-Plano-Irving area added the most jobs, each with a 4.8 percent gain over the year.

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

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12TOTAL NONFARM 2,837,200 2,824,100 2,755,200 2,214,700 2,217,700 2,172,500 945,300 946,500 920,400GOODS PRODUCING 545,600 544,500 535,200 277,000 279,100 278,600 161,000 162,300 154,800Mining, Logging, & Construction 293,100 292,800 286,100 116,000 117,700 113,800 63,000 63,600 61,600Manufacturing 252,500 251,700 249,100 161,000 161,400 164,800 98,000 98,700 93,200

Durable Goods 171,800 171,500 169,200 114,600 115,100 116,900 71,900 72,500 67,500Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 59,800 59,100 58,300Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 18,700 18,800 18,800 36,900 37,100 38,300 4,500 4,600 2,500

Nondurable Goods 80,700 80,200 79,900 46,400 46,300 47,900 26,100 26,200 25,700SERVICE PROVIDING 2,291,600 2,279,600 2,220,000 1,937,700 1,938,600 1,893,900 784,300 784,200 765,600Private Service Providing 1,909,200 1,897,700 1,845,800 1,665,800 1,666,900 1,626,200 658,600 658,200 639,600Wholesale Trade 153,400 154,000 145,600 130,700 131,900 125,600 45,200 44,900 42,900

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 90,500 91,300 86,000 75,300 75,200 72,000 26,100 26,000 25,000Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 41,400 41,200 40,900 37,400 37,500 37,300 12,400 12,400 12,400

Retail Trade 302,100 297,000 290,800 234,900 231,200 226,100 105,600 104,400 105,300Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 35,500 35,500 34,800 27,900 28,100 27,100Bldng. Material and Garden Eqpmnt. and Supplies Dlrs. 20,400 20,300 18,600 17,600 17,500 15,500 8,200 8,300 7,600Food and Beverage Stores 59,300 59,000 58,000 36,400 36,300 35,200 15,600 15,500 15,400Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 36,600 35,800 35,900 27,800 27,000 28,100General Merchandise Stores 65,900 63,800 65,800 51,900 50,300 51,100 25,000 24,100 24,900

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 136,300 134,700 131,900 81,000 78,500 80,000 68,800 67,300 66,300Utilities 15,900 15,800 16,200 5,900 5,900 5,900

Information 33,300 33,100 31,900 65,500 65,000 64,100 13,600 13,500 13,400Telecommunications 15,600 15,400 15,200 31,300 30,900 30,300 7,100 7,000 6,900

Financial Activities 139,200 140,200 140,000 200,500 200,300 191,400 55,400 55,000 55,600Finance and Insurance 87,900 88,800 89,700 153,800 153,900 147,000 42,400 42,100 43,000Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 42,500 42,800 42,600 75,600 76,000 75,700 26,200 26,300 26,200Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 29,400 29,400 29,100 53,500 53,200 51,100

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 51,300 51,400 50,300 46,700 46,400 44,400Professional and Business Services 428,000 428,200 407,900 399,100 401,200 383,300 110,800 110,300 104,300

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 203,700 200,000 196,100 170,900 169,200 169,200 42,600 42,100 37,200Admin. Support and Waste Mgmt. and Remediation 200,200 204,400 188,600 197,600 203,400 183,400 64,400 63,600 61,300

Education and Health Services 348,200 346,400 336,300 270,600 270,500 272,600 121,600 123,500 118,100Health Care and Social Assistance 299,600 297,700 289,500 229,600 228,900 232,100 107,000 107,900 104,200Ambulatory Health Care Services 145,500 144,000 137,900 118,500 118,900 122,400Hospitals 78,600 78,700 76,000 51,500 51,200 51,200 27,800 27,700 27,600

Leisure and Hospitality 275,000 270,300 264,700 207,900 212,600 207,000 104,100 105,700 100,500Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 27,200 27,600 26,800 23,100 24,000 22,600Accommodation and Food Services 247,800 242,700 237,900 184,800 188,600 184,400 89,200 90,700 85,700Food Services and Drinking Places 225,000 219,800 215,900 162,600 166,100 162,800 80,600 82,000 76,800

Other Services 93,700 93,800 96,700 75,600 75,700 76,100 33,500 33,600 33,200Government 382,400 381,900 374,200 271,900 271,700 267,700 125,700 126,000 126,000

Federal 27,600 27,400 27,500 29,400 29,300 29,900 14,300 14,300 15,700State 72,200 72,800 71,700 36,100 36,000 36,000 13,000 13,000 12,700Local 282,600 281,700 275,000 206,400 206,400 201,800 98,400 98,700 97,600

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12TOTAL NONFARM 898,800 895,800 892,600 865,900 865,000 842,200 287,700 287,100 287,700GOODS PRODUCING 92,000 91,500 92,300 96,700 97,200 94,800 30,500 30,700 30,800Mining, Logging, & Construction 45,900 45,400 44,500 45,500 46,000 43,500 12,800 13,000 12,800Manufacturing 46,100 46,100 47,800 51,200 51,200 51,300 17,700 17,700 18,000SERVICE PROVIDING 806,800 804,300 800,300 769,200 767,800 747,400 257,200 256,400 256,900Private Service Providing 641,900 639,600 638,500 603,400 599,400 580,000 189,800 188,900 188,100Wholesale Trade 30,100 30,100 30,200 46,400 46,400 44,800 9,700 9,700 9,700Retail Trade 103,900 102,600 102,800 97,500 96,000 95,300 39,200 38,400 38,000

Food and Beverage Stores 18,600 18,500 18,400 18,000 17,900 17,700General Merchandise Stores 22,500 21,800 22,000 17,400 16,700 17,200 10,200 9,800 10,300

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 23,400 22,800 22,600 15,000 14,400 14,300 13,300 13,300 13,500Information 21,100 21,100 20,300 22,900 22,800 22,200 4,900 5,000 5,000

Telecommunications 5,500 5,400 5,300 7,200 7,000 6,900Financial Activities 70,900 70,400 72,500 46,600 46,400 46,100 12,800 12,700 12,700

Finance and Insurance 56,700 56,300 57,900 33,100 33,100 32,400Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 25,100 25,100 25,800 13,200 13,300 13,200

Professional and Business Services 110,300 111,400 111,400 138,200 138,400 127,400 29,100 29,300 29,100Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 42,100 41,900 42,600 75,700 75,300 67,800

Admin Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation Svcs 57,600 58,600 56,500 54,800 55,900 53,200 20,600 20,900 20,200Education and Health Services 137,800 137,300 138,000 101,800 101,500 99,700 39,100 39,000 39,500

Health Care and Social Assistance 121,500 120,800 122,000 87,000 85,700 85,000Hospitals 23,100 23,100 23,000 22,800 22,700 22,300

Leisure and Hospitality 110,700 110,000 107,600 98,600 97,100 94,800 31,400 31,100 30,400Accommodation and Food Services 99,700 99,200 96,800 87,600 86,500 85,000

Other Services 33,700 33,900 33,100 36,400 36,400 35,400 10,300 10,400 10,200Government 164,900 164,700 161,800 165,800 168,400 167,400 67,400 67,500 68,800

Federal 33,300 33,000 34,800 10,700 10,700 11,000 12,700 12,700 13,100State 20,900 20,900 20,400 73,400 74,600 73,900 9,600 9,700 10,200Local 110,700 110,800 106,600 81,700 83,100 82,500 45,100 45,100 45,500

Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)DALLAS PLANO IRVING MD** FORT WORTH ARLINGTONMD**

SAN ANTONIO NEW BRAUNFELS AUSTIN ROUND ROCK SAN MARCOS EL PASO

HOUSTON SUGAR LAND BAYTOWN

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

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12TOTAL NONFARM 68,800 68,900 67,500 115,200 115,800 113,500 163,500 163,600 161,500 135,200 135,400 133,400Mining, Logging, & Constr. 5,800 5,800 5,300 6,000 6,200 6,000 19,500 20,000 19,800 3,600 3,800 3,600Manufacturing 2,700 2,700 2,700 13,200 13,300 13,200 23,200 23,200 21,600 5,900 5,900 5,800Wholesale Trade 2,700 2,700 2,600 5,400 5,400 5,400 5,200 5,200 5,200 3,800 3,800 3,700Retail Trade 8,700 8,500 8,500 15,700 15,500 15,000 20,900 20,500 20,200 18,400 18,000 17,800Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,800 1,800 1,800 5,000 5,000 4,900 6,600 6,400 6,300 4,700 4,800 4,900Information 1,200 1,200 1,100 1,400 1,400 1,400 1,300 1,300 1,400 1,200 1,100 1,200Financial Activities 3,800 3,800 3,800 6,000 6,000 6,100 5,900 5,900 5,700 5,500 5,400 5,400Prof. & Business Services 5,800 5,900 5,400 8,200 8,200 8,300 13,900 13,800 13,600 10,100 10,100 10,100Educ. & Health Services 13,700 13,800 13,600 16,600 16,600 16,400 22,100 22,200 22,300 33,800 34,100 33,400Leisure & Hospitality 7,400 7,500 7,400 11,900 12,000 11,400 14,800 14,900 14,700 13,400 13,500 12,600Other Services 2,600 2,600 2,600 4,800 4,900 4,700 5,600 5,600 5,700 3,700 3,600 3,700Government 12,600 12,600 12,700 21,000 21,300 20,700 24,500 24,600 25,000 31,100 31,300 31,200

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12TOTAL NONFARM 101,400 102,200 99,200 194,600 194,800 187,800 133,300 133,100 130,600 97,900 97,800 96,500Mining, Logging, & Constr. 7,000 7,100 6,700 28,600 28,700 24,700 5,700 5,600 5,400 4,600 4,600 4,400Manufacturing 5,700 5,700 5,600 9,700 9,700 9,900 7,000 7,000 7,100 700 700 700Wholesale Trade 1,800 1,800 1,900 5,800 5,800 5,700 4,000 4,000 3,900 2,800 2,800 2,700Retail Trade 12,200 12,000 11,400 21,000 20,900 20,700 16,700 16,500 15,900 13,700 13,500 13,500Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,500 1,500 1,500 7,300 7,300 6,900 4,500 4,500 4,600 14,000 14,100 13,400Information 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,900 1,900 2,000 2,200 2,200 2,300 600 600 600Financial Activities 3,600 3,600 3,600 7,700 7,600 7,700 6,100 6,100 6,000 3,700 3,700 3,800Prof. & Business Services 6,700 6,800 6,500 15,200 15,500 15,200 8,800 8,800 9,100 7,900 7,900 7,500Educ. & Health Services 10,400 10,600 10,300 32,300 32,200 31,000 23,200 23,100 21,700 15,100 15,200 15,100Leisure & Hospitality 12,800 12,800 12,500 23,500 23,600 22,700 13,800 14,000 13,200 10,000 10,000 10,100Other Services 3,300 3,400 3,300 8,000 8,000 7,900 4,900 4,900 4,900 2,600 2,500 2,400Government 35,100 35,600 34,600 33,600 33,600 33,400 36,400 36,400 36,500 22,200 22,200 22,300

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12TOTAL NONFARM 105,300 105,000 102,200 135,300 135,200 131,500 237,300 236,400 234,800 88,600 88,500 83,800Mining, Logging, & Constr. 19,000 19,100 16,700 5,600 5,900 5,500 9,200 9,300 9,100 26,200 26,000 23,100Manufacturing 11,000 10,900 11,500 5,100 5,100 5,000 6,400 6,200 6,300 3,700 3,700 3,500Wholesale Trade 5,000 4,900 4,900 6,200 6,200 6,200 6,800 6,800 6,900 4,800 4,800 4,500Retail Trade 12,100 11,900 11,600 18,200 17,800 17,200 38,200 37,400 36,900 8,400 8,300 8,200Trans., Ware., & Util. 3,900 3,900 3,900 4,500 4,500 4,400 8,200 8,200 8,000 4,400 4,400 4,100Information 1,300 1,300 1,400 3,700 3,700 3,700 1,900 1,800 2,000 800 800 1,000Financial Activities 4,100 4,100 4,100 6,800 6,800 6,900 8,900 8,900 8,800 4,400 4,400 4,200Prof. & Business Services 9,500 9,500 9,000 11,900 12,000 11,200 15,500 15,400 15,000 9,200 9,200 8,900Educ. & Health Services 15,700 15,600 15,400 22,300 22,200 21,800 61,000 60,800 60,500 7,000 7,100 7,200Leisure & Hospitality 8,800 8,800 8,600 17,100 17,100 16,100 19,700 19,800 20,000 7,900 7,800 7,700Other Services 3,600 3,600 3,600 5,200 5,200 5,400 6,000 6,100 5,800 3,000 3,000 2,900Government 11,300 11,400 11,500 28,700 28,700 28,100 55,500 55,700 55,500 8,800 9,000 8,500

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12TOTAL NONFARM 77,700 77,400 74,700 48,000 48,200 47,300 43,500 43,800 43,600 56,800 56,800 57,600Mining, Logging, & Constr. 20,400 20,600 18,700 3,600 3,700 3,500 2,700 2,700 2,500 2,400 2,400 2,300Manufacturing 5,700 5,600 5,700 4,000 4,000 3,900 5,000 5,000 5,300 4,000 4,000 4,100Wholesale Trade 6,000 6,000 6,000 1,800 1,800 1,700 1,000 1,000 1,100 2,500 2,500 2,500Retail Trade 7,500 7,400 7,300 6,000 6,000 5,900 5,700 5,600 5,700 7,400 7,400 7,400Trans., Ware., & Util. 2,900 2,900 2,800 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,300 1,300 1,300 3,000 3,000 3,200Information 600 600 600 900 900 1,000 400 400 500 500 500 500Financial Activities 3,100 3,100 3,000 2,100 2,100 2,100 2,900 2,900 2,900 2,600 2,600 2,600Prof. & Business Services 4,500 4,500 4,400 3,600 3,600 3,600 2,800 2,700 2,600 4,500 4,600 4,100Educ. & Health Services 5,700 5,700 5,800 8,100 8,200 7,900 8,900 9,100 9,300 9,300 9,300 9,300Leisure & Hospitality 8,100 7,900 7,400 5,300 5,300 5,400 5,000 5,200 4,700 5,900 5,900 5,800Other Services 3,500 3,500 3,400 2,200 2,200 2,000 1,500 1,500 1,500 2,200 2,200 2,200Government 9,700 9,600 9,600 9,300 9,300 9,200 6,300 6,400 6,200 12,500 12,400 13,600

Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12 Dec '13* Nov '13 Dec '12TOTAL NONFARM 97,200 96,900 95,300 54,200 54,400 53,000 109,900 109,700 108,500 59,300 58,800 58,900Mining, Logging, & Constr. 5,400 5,500 5,400 7,300 7,500 7,200 6,700 6,600 6,000 3,500 3,500 3,500Manufacturing 5,400 5,400 5,400 6,100 6,100 6,000 14,300 14,300 14,700 5,000 5,000 5,300Wholesale Trade 3,400 3,400 3,300 2,100 2,200 2,100 4,100 4,000 4,000 1,800 1,800 1,800Retail Trade 12,700 12,500 12,600 7,500 7,400 7,000 11,800 11,600 11,400 8,200 8,100 7,900Trans., Ware., & Util. 3,700 3,700 3,800 1,600 1,600 1,600 2,900 2,900 2,900 1,900 1,900 1,800Information 2,400 2,400 2,400 400 400 400 1,200 1,200 1,300 1,100 1,100 1,100Financial Activities 4,300 4,300 4,300 2,300 2,300 2,300 6,200 6,200 6,200 2,800 2,700 2,800Prof. & Business Services 8,400 8,400 8,400 3,700 3,700 3,600 9,200 9,200 9,200 4,000 4,000 4,100Educ. & Health Services 22,900 22,700 22,100 7,400 7,400 7,300 20,800 20,900 20,500 9,800 9,600 9,600Leisure & Hospitality 10,700 10,800 10,100 5,000 4,900 4,700 11,500 11,600 10,700 6,200 6,200 5,900Other Services 4,200 4,200 4,200 2,000 2,100 1,900 3,800 3,800 3,800 2,700 2,600 2,600Government 13,700 13,600 13,300 8,800 8,800 8,900 17,400 17,400 17,800 12,300 12,300 12,500

INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

LONGVIEW LUBBOCK

TYLER VICTORIA

MCALLEN EDINBURG MISSION

Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)BROWNSVILLE HARLINGEN

COLLEGE STATION BRYAN CORPUS CHRISTI KILLEEN TEMPLE FORT HOOD

ABILENEINDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

AMARILLO BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR

LAREDO

MIDLAND

WACO

ODESSA SAN ANGELO SHERMAN DENISON TEXARKANA

WICHITA FALLS



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Houston-Sugar Land-

Baytown

Beaumont-PortArthur

Tyler

Longview

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

SanAngelo

Odessa

Midland

Lubbock

Amarillo

El Paso

Job Growth RatesTexas: 2.3%

3.0% and above (5)2.1% to 2.9% (6)1.5% to 2.0% (5)0.0% to 1.4% (7)Negative Growth (2)

CES - A Bureau of Labor Statistics program that relies on employersurveys to estimate monthly, nonagricultural payroll employment.

Source: Current Employment Statistics. Estimates produced by theBureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminatedin cooperation with the TWC. Prepared by the Labor Market and CareerInformation Department, TWC. (1/24/2013)

1.5%

2.9% 0.7%

1.9%

2.2%

5.7%4.0%

0.0%

-1.4%

3.0%2.0%

2.2%

1.3%

2.1%

2.8%1.2%

3.0%0.7%

3.6%

1.5%

1.1% 1.3%

Total Nonagricultural Employment by MSA (In Thousands)

AbileneAmarilloAustin-Round Rock-San MarcosBeaumont-Port ArthurBrownsville-HarlingenCollege Station-BryanCorpus ChristiDallas-Fort Worth-ArlingtonEl PasoHouston-Sugar Land-BaytownKilleen-Temple-Fort HoodLaredoLongviewLubbockMcAllen-Edinburg-MissionMidlandOdessaSan AngeloSan Antonio-New BraunfelsSherman-DenisonTexarkanaTylerVictoriaWacoWichita Falls

68.8115.2865.9163.5135.2101.4194.6

3,160.0287.7

2,837.2133.3

97.9105.3135.3237.3

88.677.748.0

898.843.556.897.254.2

109.959.3

1.9%1.5%2.8%1.2%1.3%2.2%3.6%2.2%0.0%3.0%2.1%1.5%3.0%2.9%1.1%5.7%4.0%1.5%0.7%

-0.2%-1.4%2.0%2.3%1.3%0.7%

MSADec.2013

Dec.2012

% AnnualJob Growth

67.5113.5842.2161.5133.4

99.2187.8

3,092.9287.7

2,755.2130.6

96.5102.2131.5234.8

83.874.747.3

892.643.657.695.353.0

108.558.9

1.5%

-0.2%

2.3%

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Beaumont-PortArthur

Texarkana

Tyler

Long-view

Houston-Sugar Land-

Baytown

CollegeStation-

Bryan

Sherman-Denison

Waco

Dallas-Fort Worth-

Arlington

CorpusChristi

Brownsville-Harlingen

Killeen-Temple-

Fort Hood

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

Victoria

San Antonio-New Braunfels

McAllen-Edinburg-

Mission

Abilene

WichitaFalls

Laredo

San Angelo

Lubbock

Amarillo

OdessaMidland

El Paso

Unemployment RatesTexas: 5.6%*

4.4% and below (6)4.5% to 5.1% (5)5.2% to 5.5% (5)5.6% to 6.8% (5)6.9% and above (4)

*Not Seasonally AdjustedSource: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) ProgramPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (01/24/2014)



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The Texas unemployment rate decreased two-tenths of a percentage point to 5.6 percent. This was the third consecutive monthly rate decline for Texas. Over the past three months, the unemployment

rate experienced an average drop of 0.2 percentage points. The December rate was the lowest seen since November 2008. The unemployment rate has fallen 1.3 percentage points since January 2013. For the United States, the unemployment rate decreased one-tenth of a percentage point over the month to 6.5 percent. The Texas unemployment rate of 5.6 percent was at or below the national rate for the 85th consecutive month.

The Civilian Labor Force increased by 9,600 individuals over the month to a total of 12,864,400 Texans. The last three months have shown an average increase of 10,200 Texans in the labor force.

Over the year, the Texas labor force has shown a growth rate of 1.8 percent, or 229,900 persons.

The number of employed Texans grew by 31,500 people over the month to a total of 12,141,700 persons. This was the largest number of jobholders since the beginning of the series. The number

of working Texans has grown by 359,200 individuals since the beginning of the year. The number of jobseekers dropped by 21,900 persons over the month to a level of 722,700 people. This was the lowest number of unemployed Texans since December 2008. The number of Texans seeking work has declined by 41,500 individuals over the year.

The unemployment rate fell in 22 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), with the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA, the Tyler MSA, and the Waco MSA sharing the largest over-the-month

decline of 0.3 percentage points. Two MSAs maintained the same unemployment rate, while one MSA increased. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA had the highest unemployment rate at 10.4 percent. The Midland MSA had the lowest unemployment rate at 2.8 percent.

The number of individuals continuing to seek unemployment insurance benefi ts increased in December by 1,700 persons to reach a total of 123,400 Texans.

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates refl ect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. Civilian Labor Force (C.L.F.) includes wage and salary workers, self-employed, unpaid family, domestics in private households, agricultural workers, workers involved in labor disputes and the unemployed, all by place of residence. Employment and Unemployment data are fi rst rounded then added together 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 unrounded 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 estimates, defi nitions of the MSAs were updated to refl ect the 2000 Census-based confi gurations. Please see www.tracer2.com for details on these changes. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is comprised 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 RateDecember 2013 (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

1 Midland 2.82 Odessa 3.43 Amarillo 4.04 Lubbock 4.35 (tie) Abilene 4.4

San Angelo 4.47 Austin Round Rock San Marcos 4.58 (tie) College Station Bryan 4.6

Victoria 4.610 Longview 5.011 Wichita Falls 5.112 Waco 5.213 San Antonio New Braunfels 5.314 (tie) Corpus Christi 5.4

Dallas Fort Worth Arlington 5.416 Houston Sugar Land Baytown 5.5

Texas 5.617 Sherman Denison 5.718 Tyler 5.819 Laredo 5.920 Killeen Temple Fort Hood 6.4

United States 6.521 Texarkana 6.822 El Paso 8.023 Beaumont Port Arthur 9.024 Brownsville Harlingen 9.525 McAllen Edinburg Mission 10.4

C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. RateUnited States 154,408.0 144,423.0 9,984.0 6.5 155,046.0 144,775.0 10,271.0 6.6 154,904.0 143,060.0 11,844.0 7.6Texas 12,864.4 12,141.7 722.7 5.6 12,854.8 12,110.2 744.6 5.8 12,634.5 11,870.3 764.2 6.0Abilene 85.7 82.0 3.7 4.4 85.8 81.9 3.9 4.5 84.3 80.4 3.9 4.7Amarillo 135.4 130.0 5.4 4.0 135.7 130.1 5.6 4.1 133.5 127.8 5.7 4.3Austin Round Rock San Marcos 996.2 950.9 45.3 4.5 995.9 948.6 47.3 4.7 972.3 923.2 49.1 5.0Beaumont Port Arthur 189.3 172.3 17.0 9.0 189.7 172.4 17.3 9.1 188.6 169.9 18.7 9.9Brownsville Harlingen 164.8 149.2 15.6 9.5 164.6 148.9 15.7 9.5 162.7 146.6 16.1 9.9College Station Bryan 117.6 112.2 5.4 4.6 118.4 112.8 5.6 4.7 115.1 109.4 5.7 5.0Corpus Christi 223.8 211.8 12.0 5.4 224.3 212.0 12.3 5.5 216.5 204.2 12.3 5.7Dallas Fort Worth Arlington 3,433.9 3,247.9 186.0 5.4 3,442.9 3,250.2 192.7 5.6 3,369.1 3,172.4 196.7 5.8Dallas Plano Irving MD 2,285.5 2,160.3 125.2 5.5 2,289.8 2,160.2 129.6 5.7 2,245.9 2,113.3 132.6 5.9Fort Worth Arlington MD 1,148.4 1,087.5 60.9 5.3 1,153.1 1,090.0 63.1 5.5 1,123.2 1,059.1 64.1 5.7

El Paso 322.4 296.8 25.6 8.0 323.0 296.5 26.5 8.2 323.8 296.2 27.6 8.5Houston Sugar Land Baytown 3,131.6 2,960.5 171.1 5.5 3,127.7 2,951.0 176.7 5.6 3,055.6 2,873.0 182.6 6.0Killeen Temple Fort Hood 172.8 161.7 11.1 6.4 172.4 161.0 11.4 6.6 169.4 158.1 11.3 6.7Laredo 102.5 96.5 6.0 5.9 102.9 96.7 6.2 6.0 101.7 95.4 6.3 6.2Longview 118.5 112.6 5.9 5.0 118.5 112.4 6.1 5.1 115.3 109.1 6.2 5.4Lubbock 150.1 143.7 6.4 4.3 149.8 143.1 6.7 4.5 146.4 139.5 6.9 4.7McAllen Edinburg Mission 320.8 287.4 33.4 10.4 318.7 285.9 32.8 10.3 317.4 284.2 33.2 10.5Midland 97.3 94.6 2.7 2.8 97.1 94.3 2.8 2.9 92.3 89.6 2.7 2.9Odessa 89.1 86.1 3.0 3.4 89.1 86.0 3.1 3.5 85.6 82.6 3.0 3.5San Angelo 57.4 54.9 2.5 4.4 57.2 54.6 2.6 4.6 56.4 53.8 2.6 4.6San Antonio New Braunfels 1,028.9 973.9 55.0 5.3 1,028.7 971.5 57.2 5.6 1,024.7 966.1 58.6 5.7Sherman Denison 57.6 54.3 3.3 5.7 57.9 54.5 3.4 5.9 57.7 53.8 3.9 6.7Texarkana 63.7 59.3 4.4 6.8 63.8 59.5 4.3 6.8 64.4 60.4 4.0 6.2Tyler 103.7 97.7 6.0 5.8 103.9 97.6 6.3 6.1 102.4 95.9 6.5 6.3Victoria 63.0 60.1 2.9 4.6 63.0 60.0 3.0 4.7 61.5 58.4 3.1 5.1Waco 117.3 111.2 6.1 5.2 117.4 111.0 6.4 5.5 116.1 109.5 6.6 5.7Wichita Falls 72.0 68.3 3.7 5.1 71.4 67.6 3.8 5.3 71.7 67.7 4.0 5.6

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Anderson 6.2 6.5 6.9 0.3 0.7 Donley 3.5 3.6 5.3 0.1 1.8Andrews 3.2 3.3 3.3 0.1 0.1 Duval 5.4 5.4 6.0 0.0 0.6Angelina 5.5 5.8 6.2 0.3 0.7 Eastland 5.1 5.4 5.4 0.3 0.3Aransas 5.8 5.7 5.7 0.1 0.1 Ector 3.4 3.5 3.5 0.1 0.1Archer 4.1 4.5 4.5 0.4 0.4 Edwards 5.7 5.8 7.3 0.1 1.6Armstrong 3.3 3.5 3.8 0.2 0.5 Ellis 5.4 5.5 6.3 0.1 0.9Atascosa 5.5 5.7 6.0 0.2 0.5 El Paso 8.0 8.2 8.5 0.2 0.5Austin 4.8 5.2 5.5 0.4 0.7 Erath 4.7 5.0 5.1 0.3 0.4Bailey 5.7 6.2 6.5 0.5 0.8 Falls 7.2 7.6 7.9 0.4 0.7Bandera 4.9 5.2 5.2 0.3 0.3 Fannin 7.5 7.8 8.6 0.3 1.1Bastrop 4.9 5.1 5.6 0.2 0.7 Fayette 3.7 4.0 4.3 0.3 0.6Baylor 4.1 4.2 3.8 0.1 0.3 Fisher 4.6 4.7 4.6 0.1 0.0Bee 5.8 6.1 6.6 0.3 0.8 Floyd 8.9 9.5 6.5 0.6 2.4Bell 6.3 6.5 6.5 0.2 0.2 Foard 4.1 4.6 5.2 0.5 1.1Bexar 5.5 5.7 5.8 0.2 0.3 Fort Bend 5.0 5.2 5.4 0.2 0.4Blanco 4.4 4.4 4.9 0.0 0.5 Franklin 5.1 5.2 6.3 0.1 1.2Borden 3.0 3.0 2.6 0.0 0.4 Freestone 4.7 4.9 5.3 0.2 0.6Bosque 5.9 6.2 6.5 0.3 0.6 Frio 4.9 5.1 5.0 0.2 0.1Bowie 6.4 6.7 5.7 0.3 0.7 Gaines 3.9 4.1 4.0 0.2 0.1Brazoria 6.2 6.2 6.1 0.0 0.1 Galveston 5.9 6.1 6.9 0.2 1.0Brazos 4.4 4.6 4.7 0.2 0.3 Garza 5.1 5.3 5.2 0.2 0.1Brewster 4.7 4.6 4.0 0.1 0.7 Gillespie 3.4 3.6 3.7 0.2 0.3Briscoe 6.1 6.8 7.1 0.7 1.0 Glasscock 3.4 3.6 3.6 0.2 0.2Brooks 6.2 6.4 6.6 0.2 0.4 Goliad 3.9 4.2 5.2 0.3 1.3Brown 5.0 5.3 5.5 0.3 0.5 Gonzales 4.1 4.4 4.1 0.3 0.0Burleson 5.2 5.3 5.9 0.1 0.7 Gray 3.9 4.0 4.2 0.1 0.3Burnet 4.4 4.6 4.9 0.2 0.5 Grayson 5.7 5.9 6.7 0.2 1.0Caldwell 5.4 5.9 6.2 0.5 0.8 Gregg 4.9 5.0 5.3 0.1 0.4Calhoun 6.1 5.9 5.4 0.2 0.7 Grimes 5.4 5.5 5.6 0.1 0.2Callahan 4.1 4.3 4.5 0.2 0.4 Guadalupe 4.8 5.0 5.4 0.2 0.6Cameron 9.5 9.5 9.9 0.0 0.4 Hale 11.0 11.4 5.8 0.4 5.2Camp 6.5 6.7 7.1 0.2 0.6 Hall 6.7 7.2 7.7 0.5 1.0Carson 4.2 4.1 4.1 0.1 0.1 Hamilton 4.9 5.2 5.1 0.3 0.2Cass 8.5 8.7 8.4 0.2 0.1 Hansford 3.3 3.6 3.8 0.3 0.5Castro 4.9 5.2 4.5 0.3 0.4 Hardeman 4.7 5.0 4.8 0.3 0.1Chambers 6.2 6.6 6.8 0.4 0.6 Hardin 7.1 7.4 8.1 0.3 1.0Cherokee 6.9 7.1 7.2 0.2 0.3 Harris 5.5 5.7 6.0 0.2 0.5Childress 4.7 4.8 4.6 0.1 0.1 Harrison 5.6 5.9 6.4 0.3 0.8Clay 4.6 5.0 4.6 0.4 0.0 Hartley 3.5 3.8 4.0 0.3 0.5Cochran 5.7 6.6 6.9 0.9 1.2 Haskell 4.3 4.6 4.9 0.3 0.6Coke 5.7 5.9 5.9 0.2 0.2 Hays 4.4 4.7 4.9 0.3 0.5Coleman 5.1 5.4 5.1 0.3 0.0 Hemphill 2.1 2.3 2.2 0.2 0.1Collin 4.9 5.1 5.3 0.2 0.4 Henderson 6.1 6.3 6.7 0.2 0.6Collingsworth 4.4 4.7 4.4 0.3 0.0 Hidalgo 10.4 10.3 10.5 0.1 0.1Colorado 4.5 4.7 5.0 0.2 0.5 Hill 5.7 5.8 6.0 0.1 0.3Comal 4.8 5.0 5.4 0.2 0.6 Hockley 3.8 4.0 4.1 0.2 0.3Comanche 4.7 5.0 5.3 0.3 0.6 Hood 4.5 4.7 5.1 0.2 0.6Concho 6.0 6.4 6.1 0.4 0.1 Hopkins 4.8 4.9 5.3 0.1 0.5Cooke 3.8 4.0 3.9 0.2 0.1 Houston 7.4 7.7 8.4 0.3 1.0Coryell 7.1 7.4 7.9 0.3 0.8 Howard 5.2 5.3 5.3 0.1 0.1Cottle 4.4 5.2 5.4 0.8 1.0 Hudspeth 4.9 5.1 5.3 0.2 0.4Crane 4.0 4.2 4.2 0.2 0.2 Hunt 5.5 5.8 6.1 0.3 0.6Crockett 3.6 3.8 3.6 0.2 0.0 Hutchinson 4.8 4.8 5.1 0.0 0.3Crosby 4.9 4.9 5.0 0.0 0.1 Irion 3.8 3.9 3.3 0.1 0.5Culberson 2.6 2.6 3.0 0.0 0.4 Jack 3.9 4.0 4.2 0.1 0.3Dallam 3.5 3.7 3.5 0.2 0.0 Jackson 4.5 4.6 4.6 0.1 0.1Dallas 5.9 6.1 6.3 0.2 0.4 Jasper 9.0 9.1 9.6 0.1 0.6Dawson 6.0 6.5 6.1 0.5 0.1 Jeff Davis 4.9 5.1 5.2 0.2 0.3Deaf Smith 4.1 4.4 4.4 0.3 0.3 Jefferson 9.3 9.6 10.3 0.3 1.0Delta 5.9 5.6 7.4 0.3 1.5 Jim Hogg 4.9 5.1 4.6 0.2 0.3Denton 4.8 5.0 5.2 0.2 0.4 Jim Wells 4.5 4.7 4.4 0.2 0.1DeWitt 4.1 4.4 4.3 0.3 0.2 Johnson 5.2 5.3 5.7 0.1 0.5Dickens 7.1 7.8 8.6 0.7 1.5 Jones 5.5 5.6 5.5 0.1 0.0Dimmit 4.2 4.3 4.8 0.1 0.6 Karnes 4.9 5.2 5.9 0.3 1.0

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Kaufman 5.6 5.6 6.2 0.0 0.6 Real 6.0 6.2 7.1 0.2 1.1Kendall 4.5 4.8 4.9 0.3 0.4 Red River 8.9 9.2 9.7 0.3 0.8Kenedy 3.3 3.6 3.7 0.3 0.4 Reeves 7.3 7.6 8.7 0.3 1.4Kent 4.8 4.9 4.3 0.1 0.5 Refugio 3.5 3.6 4.2 0.1 0.7Kerr 4.7 4.9 5.0 0.2 0.3 Roberts 2.1 2.6 3.5 0.5 1.4Kimble 5.0 5.3 4.9 0.3 0.1 Robertson 5.9 6.3 7.0 0.4 1.1King 7.2 7.6 6.5 0.4 0.7 Rockwall 4.8 5.0 5.5 0.2 0.7Kinney 7.8 7.6 6.6 0.2 1.2 Runnels 4.8 5.1 5.1 0.3 0.3Kleberg 4.9 5.1 5.2 0.2 0.3 Rusk 5.2 5.3 5.5 0.1 0.3Knox 5.2 5.7 5.5 0.5 0.3 Sabine 13.4 13.5 15.5 0.1 2.1Lamar 7.1 7.3 8.2 0.2 1.1 San Augustine 9.7 9.9 10.2 0.2 0.5Lamb 6.0 6.2 6.1 0.2 0.1 San Jacinto 6.2 6.2 7.6 0.0 1.4Lampasas 6.2 6.5 6.6 0.3 0.4 San Patricio 6.9 6.9 7.1 0.0 0.2La Salle 3.3 3.4 3.7 0.1 0.4 San Saba 5.9 6.5 6.8 0.6 0.9Lavaca 3.7 3.9 4.0 0.2 0.3 Schleicher 3.7 3.6 3.6 0.1 0.1Lee 4.1 4.2 4.3 0.1 0.2 Scurry 3.2 3.4 3.6 0.2 0.4Leon 5.4 5.6 6.3 0.2 0.9 Shackelford 2.4 2.3 2.3 0.1 0.1Liberty 7.4 7.4 7.9 0.0 0.5 Shelby 6.2 6.3 6.3 0.1 0.1Limestone 5.7 6.0 5.4 0.3 0.3 Sherman 4.3 4.6 4.5 0.3 0.2Lipscomb 3.2 3.5 3.2 0.3 0.0 Smith 5.8 6.1 6.3 0.3 0.5Live Oak 3.6 3.7 3.7 0.1 0.1 Somervell 4.2 4.2 5.6 0.0 1.4Llano 5.5 5.8 6.1 0.3 0.6 Starr 15.7 15.0 15.1 0.7 0.6Loving 7.8 8.5 8.7 0.7 0.9 Stephens 4.4 4.4 4.9 0.0 0.5Lubbock 4.3 4.5 4.7 0.2 0.4 Sterling 2.6 2.6 2.9 0.0 0.3Lynn 4.9 5.1 5.9 0.2 1.0 Stonewall 3.5 3.8 3.4 0.3 0.1McCulloch 4.7 4.9 4.9 0.2 0.2 Sutton 2.6 2.7 3.1 0.1 0.5McLennan 5.2 5.5 5.7 0.3 0.5 Swisher 7.3 8.0 5.3 0.7 2.0McMullen 2.4 2.5 2.1 0.1 0.3 Tarrant 5.3 5.5 5.7 0.2 0.4Madison 5.7 6.2 6.3 0.5 0.6 Taylor 4.3 4.4 4.6 0.1 0.3Marion 6.2 6.5 7.5 0.3 1.3 Terrell 5.4 6.5 6.8 1.1 1.4Martin 3.4 3.6 3.8 0.2 0.4 Terry 5.0 5.3 6.1 0.3 1.1Mason 3.7 3.9 3.9 0.2 0.2 Throckmorton 4.0 4.2 4.2 0.2 0.2Matagorda 9.1 8.9 9.4 0.2 0.3 Titus 6.4 6.7 6.7 0.3 0.3Maverick 12.1 11.8 11.7 0.3 0.4 Tom Green 4.4 4.6 4.6 0.2 0.2Medina 5.4 5.5 6.0 0.1 0.6 Travis 4.5 4.6 5.0 0.1 0.5Menard 5.5 5.8 5.7 0.3 0.2 Trinity 6.1 6.4 7.3 0.3 1.2Midland 2.8 2.9 2.9 0.1 0.1 Tyler 8.9 9.0 9.8 0.1 0.9Milam 6.3 6.6 7.7 0.3 1.4 Upshur 4.9 5.2 5.5 0.3 0.6Mills 4.6 4.9 4.8 0.3 0.2 Upton 3.1 3.3 3.0 0.2 0.1Mitchell 5.1 5.5 5.5 0.4 0.4 Uvalde 6.2 6.5 7.2 0.3 1.0Montague 3.9 4.1 4.3 0.2 0.4 Val Verde 6.2 6.4 7.1 0.2 0.9Montgomery 4.7 4.9 5.1 0.2 0.4 Van Zandt 5.6 5.6 5.8 0.0 0.2Moore 3.7 3.9 3.8 0.2 0.1 Victoria 4.3 4.5 5.1 0.2 0.8Morris 8.0 8.5 8.3 0.5 0.3 Walker 5.7 5.9 5.9 0.2 0.2Motley 4.3 4.7 4.9 0.4 0.6 Waller 5.1 5.3 6.0 0.2 0.9Nacogdoches 5.6 5.9 5.7 0.3 0.1 Ward 3.8 3.8 3.9 0.0 0.1Navarro 5.9 6.1 6.8 0.2 0.9 Washington 4.3 4.5 4.4 0.2 0.1Newton 10.8 10.7 11.9 0.1 1.1 Webb 5.9 6.0 6.2 0.1 0.3Nolan 4.7 4.9 5.0 0.2 0.3 Wharton 5.3 5.5 5.9 0.2 0.6Nueces 5.1 5.2 5.4 0.1 0.3 Wheeler 3.1 3.3 3.5 0.2 0.4Ochiltree 2.9 3.1 3.0 0.2 0.1 Wichita 5.3 5.4 5.7 0.1 0.4Oldham 4.2 4.6 4.2 0.4 0.0 Wilbarger 3.8 3.9 3.9 0.1 0.1Orange 9.3 9.1 10.2 0.2 0.9 Willacy 12.4 12.6 13.3 0.2 0.9Palo Pinto 5.6 5.7 5.8 0.1 0.2 Williamson 4.7 4.9 5.2 0.2 0.5Panola 4.7 4.9 5.4 0.2 0.7 Wilson 4.9 5.2 5.4 0.3 0.5Parker 5.1 5.2 5.3 0.1 0.2 Winkler 4.2 3.9 4.2 0.3 0.0Parmer 4.2 4.6 4.5 0.4 0.3 Wise 5.0 5.2 5.6 0.2 0.6Pecos 4.3 4.5 4.0 0.2 0.3 Wood 6.0 6.2 6.6 0.2 0.6Polk 7.2 7.3 7.7 0.1 0.5 Yoakum 3.0 3.1 2.9 0.1 0.1Potter 4.5 4.7 5.0 0.2 0.5 Young 4.2 4.3 4.4 0.1 0.2Presidio 11.3 11.4 11.8 0.1 0.5 Zapata 5.9 5.9 5.8 0.0 0.1Rains 5.7 6.0 6.8 0.3 1.1 Zavala 13.6 13.9 13.0 0.3 0.6Randall 3.6 3.8 3.7 0.2 0.1Reagan 2.6 2.6 2.3 0.0 0.3

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Abilene 4.4 4.6 4.7 0.2 0.3 Garland 5.9 6.0 6.1 0.1 0.2 Paris 7.1 7.9 9.1 0.8 2.0Allen 4.5 4.6 5.0 0.1 0.5 Georgetown 4.9 5.0 5.1 0.1 0.2 Pasadena 6.8 6.9 7.4 0.1 0.6Amarillo 4.0 4.1 4.3 0.1 0.3 Grand Prairie 5.5 5.7 5.9 0.2 0.4 Pearland 4.2 4.3 4.6 0.1 0.4Arlington 5.2 5.4 5.6 0.2 0.4 Grapevine 4.4 4.7 4.7 0.3 0.3 Pflugerville 4.0 4.1 4.3 0.1 0.3Austin 4.2 4.4 4.7 0.2 0.5 Greenville 5.3 5.7 6.6 0.4 1.3 Pharr 8.6 8.7 8.7 0.1 0.1Baytown 8.8 8.6 8.9 0.2 0.1 Haltom City 5.2 5.2 5.6 0.0 0.4 Plano 4.9 5.1 5.3 0.2 0.4Beaumont 7.6 8.0 8.4 0.4 0.8 Harker Heights 5.7 6.1 6.2 0.4 0.5 Port Arthur 15.3 15.4 16.3 0.1 1.0Bedford 4.8 4.9 5.2 0.1 0.4 Harlingen 7.2 7.4 7.8 0.2 0.6 Richardson 4.8 5.0 5.1 0.2 0.3Big Spring 5.6 5.6 5.6 0.0 0.0 Houston 5.5 5.7 6.1 0.2 0.6 Rockwall 4.5 4.6 4.9 0.1 0.4Brownsville 10.2 10.3 10.1 0.1 0.1 Huntsville 5.8 5.9 6.0 0.1 0.2 Rosenberg 5.0 5.4 5.6 0.4 0.6Bryan 4.4 4.7 4.9 0.3 0.5 Hurst 4.9 5.1 5.4 0.2 0.5 Round Rock 4.4 4.5 5.0 0.1 0.6Burleson 4.5 4.6 4.7 0.1 0.2 Irving 5.1 5.2 5.4 0.1 0.3 Rowlett 5.3 5.4 5.9 0.1 0.6Carrollton 5.0 5.2 5.3 0.2 0.3 Keller 4.4 4.7 4.7 0.3 0.3 San Angelo 4.4 4.6 4.7 0.2 0.3Cedar Hill 6.4 6.6 6.5 0.2 0.1 Killeen 6.8 7.1 7.1 0.3 0.3 San Antonio 5.3 5.6 5.6 0.3 0.3Cedar Park 4.6 4.8 4.9 0.2 0.3 Kingsville 4.8 5.0 4.9 0.2 0.1 San Benito 7.5 8.1 9.7 0.6 2.2Cleburne 5.3 5.3 5.9 0.0 0.6 Kyle 3.5 3.6 4.0 0.1 0.5 San Juan 10.4 9.7 10.9 0.7 0.5College Station 4.5 4.6 4.6 0.1 0.1 Lake Jackson 6.1 6.1 5.8 0.0 0.3 San Marcos 3.9 4.1 4.3 0.2 0.4Conroe 4.4 4.7 4.7 0.3 0.3 Lancaster 7.8 8.0 8.1 0.2 0.3 Schertz 4.5 4.7 5.0 0.2 0.5Coppell 4.9 5.2 5.2 0.3 0.3 La Porte 6.5 6.3 6.5 0.2 0.0 Seguin 5.1 5.2 6.0 0.1 0.9Copperas Cove 6.2 6.4 6.8 0.2 0.6 Laredo 5.6 5.6 5.8 0.0 0.2 Sherman 5.7 5.9 6.6 0.2 0.9Corpus Christi 4.9 5.0 5.2 0.1 0.3 League City 4.6 4.8 5.3 0.2 0.7 Socorro 9.0 8.9 9.4 0.1 0.4Corsicana 6.5 6.7 7.3 0.2 0.8 Leander 3.7 4.0 4.2 0.3 0.5 Southlake 4.5 4.9 4.7 0.4 0.2Dallas 5.9 6.1 6.4 0.2 0.5 Lewisville 4.5 4.6 4.7 0.1 0.2 Sugar Land 4.1 4.4 4.3 0.3 0.2Deer Park 5.4 5.8 6.0 0.4 0.6 Little Elm 3.7 3.8 3.5 0.1 0.2 Temple 5.1 5.1 5.3 0.0 0.2Del Rio 6.1 6.2 6.9 0.1 0.8 Longview 5.0 5.0 5.2 0.0 0.2 Texarkana 5.6 6.0 6.1 0.4 0.5Denton 4.2 4.4 4.8 0.2 0.6 Lubbock 4.2 4.4 4.7 0.2 0.5 Texas City 7.4 7.5 8.7 0.1 1.3DeSoto 6.7 6.9 6.6 0.2 0.1 Lufkin 5.7 6.1 5.9 0.4 0.2 The Colony 5.5 5.9 6.1 0.4 0.6Duncanville 6.5 6.8 6.8 0.3 0.3 McAllen 6.2 6.4 6.7 0.2 0.5 Tyler 5.7 6.0 6.4 0.3 0.7Eagle Pass 12.0 11.8 11.7 0.2 0.3 McKinney 5.1 5.2 5.5 0.1 0.4 University Park 4.7 4.8 4.9 0.1 0.2Edinburg 6.8 6.9 6.8 0.1 0.0 Mansfield 4.6 4.7 4.8 0.1 0.2 Victoria 4.4 4.6 5.0 0.2 0.6El Paso 7.2 7.5 7.8 0.3 0.6 Mesquite 5.8 5.9 6.0 0.1 0.2 Waco 5.7 6.0 6.2 0.3 0.5Euless 4.7 4.9 5.4 0.2 0.7 Midland 2.8 2.9 2.9 0.1 0.1 Waxahachie 5.2 5.3 6.2 0.1 1.0Farmers Branch 5.1 5.4 5.6 0.3 0.5 Mission 8.2 8.0 7.7 0.2 0.5 Weatherford 5.0 5.1 5.3 0.1 0.3Flower Mound 4.4 4.7 4.7 0.3 0.3 Missouri City 5.3 5.6 5.6 0.3 0.3 Weslaco 10.2 10.2 10.7 0.0 0.5Fort Worth 5.4 5.6 5.8 0.2 0.4 Nacogdoches 5.7 6.1 6.0 0.4 0.3 Wichita Falls 5.4 5.6 5.8 0.2 0.4Friendswood 4.5 4.7 5.1 0.2 0.6 New Braunfels 4.2 4.5 4.9 0.3 0.7 Wylie 5.1 5.4 5.2 0.3 0.1Frisco 4.2 4.4 4.6 0.2 0.4 North Richland Hills 4.8 5.0 5.2 0.2 0.4Galveston 6.5 6.8 7.4 0.3 0.9 Odessa 3.3 3.4 3.5 0.1 0.2

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MonthlyChange

Year AgoChange

Alamo 5.3 5.5 5.7 0.2 0.4 Middle Rio Grande 8.1 8.1 8.5 0.0 0.4Brazos Valley 4.7 4.8 5.1 0.1 0.4 North Central Texas 5.0 5.2 5.5 0.2 0.5Cameron County 9.5 9.5 9.9 0.0 0.4 North East Texas 6.6 6.9 6.8 0.3 0.2Capital Area 4.5 4.6 5.0 0.1 0.5 North Texas 4.7 4.9 5.1 0.2 0.4Central Texas 6.3 6.6 6.7 0.3 0.4 Panhandle 4.0 4.2 4.2 0.2 0.2Coastal Bend 5.2 5.3 5.5 0.1 0.3 Permian Basin 3.5 3.6 3.6 0.1 0.1Concho Valley 4.3 4.5 4.5 0.2 0.2 Rural Capital 4.6 4.8 5.1 0.2 0.5Dallas 5.9 6.1 6.3 0.2 0.4 South East Texas 9.0 9.1 9.9 0.1 0.9Deep East Texas 6.9 7.0 7.5 0.1 0.6 South Plains 4.9 5.1 4.9 0.2 0.0East Texas 5.6 5.8 6.2 0.2 0.6 South Texas 5.9 5.9 6.1 0.0 0.2Golden Crescent 4.4 4.6 4.8 0.2 0.4 Tarrant County 5.3 5.5 5.7 0.2 0.4Gulf Coast 5.5 5.7 6.0 0.2 0.5 Texoma 5.5 5.7 6.3 0.2 0.8Heart Of Texas 5.4 5.6 5.8 0.2 0.4 Upper Rio Grande 7.9 8.1 8.5 0.2 0.6Lower Rio Grande Valley 10.9 10.7 10.9 0.2 0.0 West Central Texas 4.5 4.7 4.8 0.2 0.3

Unemployment Rates for Texas WDAs



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San Augustine

New

ton

Sabine

Shelby

JasperTyler

Morris Cass

Marion

Titus

Bowie

Upshur

Red River

Camp

Smith

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Cherokee

Gregg

TrinityAngelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Houston

Delta

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Franklin

LamarFannin

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

San Jacinto

Waller

Grimes

Walker

Brazoria

Galveston

Matagorda

Wharton

Fort Bend

Brazos

Leon

Madison

Burleson

Robertson

Washington

Colorado

Austin

GoliadVictoria

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 JimHogg

Starr

KendallComal

BlancoGillespie

MedinaBexar

Bandera

LaSalle

Karnes

Bee

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Webb

Zavala

Dimmit

Uvalde

KerrEdwards

Kinney

Real

Maverick

Kimble

Wichita

Young Jack

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

ReaganIrion

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

Winkler Ector

Ward

Pecos

BrewsterPresidio

Reeves

Jeff Davis

CulbersonEl Paso Hudspeth

Unemployment RatesTexas: 5.6%*

0.0% to 4.5% (6)4.6% to 5.2% (6)5.3% to 5.5% (5)5.6% to 6.9% (6)7.0% and over (5)

Unemployment Rates by WDADecember 2013

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally AdjustedPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (01/24/2014)

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Alamo-20Brazos Valley-16Cameron County-24Capital Area-14Central Texas-26Coastal Bend-22Concho Valley-12Dallas-6Deep East Texas-17East Texas-8Golden Crescent-19Gulf Coast-28Heart Of Texas-13Lower Rio Grande Valley-23

Middle Rio Grande-27North Central Texas-4North East Texas-7North Texas-3Panhandle-1Permian Basin-11Rural Capital-15South East Texas-18South Plains-2South Texas-21Tarrant County-5Texoma-25Upper Rio Grande-10West Central Texas-9

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J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 4

GLOSSARY OF LABOR MARKET TERMS

Actual or Not Seasonally Adjusted - This term is used to describe data series not subject to the seasonal adjustment process. In other words, the effects of regular, or seasonal, patterns have not been removed from these series.

Civilian Labor Force (CLF) - Is that portion of the population age 16 and older who are employed or unemployed. To be considered unemployed, a person has to be not working but willing and able to work and actively seeking work.

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

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

Employed (Emp) - Persons 16 years and over in the civilian noninstitutional population who, during the reference week, (a) did any work at all (at least 1 hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of the family, and (b) all those who were not working but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

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

estimates for states and local areas. These estimates are developed by State Employment Security Agencies in accordance with Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) defi nitions and procedures. Data is used for planning and budgetary purposes as an indication of need for employment and training services programs. Estimates are also used to allocate Federal funds.

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

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - A geographic area that contains at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core urban area. An MSA in Texas is made up of one or more counties. The U.S. Offi ce of Management and Budget defi nes metropolitan areas according to published standards that are applied to Census Bureau data. Texas has 25 MSAs and two Metropolitan Divisions (MD).

Seasonally Adjusted (SA) - Seasonal adjustment removes the effects of events that follow a more or less regular pattern each year. These adjustments make it easier to observe the cyclical and other non-seasonal movements in a data series.

Unemployed (Unemp) - Persons 16 years and over who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specifi c efforts to fi nd employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classifi ed as unemployed.

Nalco Champion to Build HeadquartersHOUSTON, TX (Houston Chronicle)—Energy services company Nalco Champion announced plans to build a new headquarters in Sugar Land to house 1,000 employees. The 133,000-square-foot building will be next to the company’s current Sugar Land operations. Employees working at Nalco Champion sites in Houston and Fresno will relocate to the location once it is completed in 2015.

The project will also include renovations to the company’s existing 45,000-square-foot Sugar Land building, where the company plans to expand research, development, and engineering lab facilities. Nalco Champion provides chemical solutions and technologies for upstream and downstream oil and gas companies.

Skinner Bakery to Expand FacilitiesPARIS, TX (eParis Extra)—The Paris City Council voted unanimously to ratify the Paris Economic Development Corporation’s cash incentive offer of $1.2 million to J. Skinner Bakery in exchange for the company’s plan to invest $25 million and create 393 jobs over the next fi ve years. Audie Keeton, chief executive offi cer for the Omaha-based company, said, “We are beginning a 24-to-36 month plan to put in what will be the largest distribution center freezer, right here, on our site, and we’re very excited about that.” Four companies from Omaha will be working with Skinner in conjunction with the distribution center freezer. The former Sara Lee plant in Paris that Skinner purchased a year ago will fi gure prominently in Skinner Bakings operations, Keeton said.

TopGolf Plans Openings in TexasSAN ANTONIO/HOUSTON, TX (San Antonio Business Journal)—TopGolf, based in Dallas, is expanding to San Antonio. The company plans to begin construction on a 65,000-square-foot golf entertainment facility on the city’s far Northwest Side. The three-level facility will house up to 2,900 square feet of private event space and 102 climate-controlled hitting bays. TopGolf’s chief development offi cer, Randy Starr, estimates the facility will serve approximately 400,000 visitors in its fi rst year of operation. TopGolf plans to hire about 450 personnel for the San Antonio Center. Roughly 100 of those hires will be full-time positions.

According to the Houston Business Journal, TopGolf plans on opening a second Houston area facility. The company plans on building a similar facility off of Interstate 45 in Spring, Texas north of Houston. The company anticipates hiring 450 people for the location expected to open in April. The fi rst TopGolf facility in west Houston, located off of Interstate 10, has welcomed more than 250,000 guests in its fi rst six months of operation. Solix Will Add Jobs in Downtown KilleenKILLEEN, TX (KWKT Channel 44-Waco)—The Killen Economic Development Corporation signed a performance agreement with Solix Inc. to help facilitate the opening of a location in downtown Killeen. Solix will lease a downtown building and is expected to employee up to 175 employees within the fi rst fi ve years of business. The location will serve as a customer care center and will include call center operations. Company CEO Jack Miller said Solix looks forward to becoming an active member of the Killeen community and a part of downtown’s resurgence.

HAPPENINGS AROUND THE STATE

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INDICATORS

DEC 2013 5.6% DEC 2013 6.0%NOV 2013 5.8% NOV 2013 6.1%DEC 2012 6.0% DEC 2012 6.2%

DEC 2013 6.5% DEC 2013 6.7%NOV 2013 6.6% NOV 2013 7.0%DEC 2012 7.6% DEC 2012 7.9%

DEC 2013 11,356,000 DEC 2013 11,277,100NOV 2013 11,338,500 NOV 2013 11,259,500DEC 2012 11,100,700 DEC 2012 11,024,700OTM Change 17,500 OTM Change 17,600OTY Change 255,300 OTY Change 252,400

DEC 2013 76,030 DEC 2013 779,881NOV 2013 71,793 NOV 2013 622,288DEC 2012 73,298 DEC 2012 767,250

Annual ChangeU.S. DEC 2013 1.5% DEC 2013 292,000Dallas Fort Worth NOV 2013 1.2% NOV 2013 297,400Houston Galveston DEC 2013 3.6% DEC 2012 283,100

OTM Change 5,400OTY Change 8,900

DEC 2013 $ 97.90 OTM Change $ 4.09NOV 2013 $ 93.81 OTY Change $ 9.65DEC 2012 $ 88.25

Consumer Price Index (CPI) Personnel Supply

West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil ($/barrel)

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary EmploymentNot Seasonally Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted

Unemployment Insurance Claims FiledInitial Claims Continued Claims

Texas Unemployment RateActual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Seasonally Adjusted

U.S. Unemployment RateActual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Seasonally Adjusted

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QUARTERLY CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES (QCEW)MULTIPLE WORKSITE REPORT

The Multiple Worksite Report (MWR) is used to collect employment, wages, and business identifi cation for each worksite from large employers, allowing us to have more detailed and accurate data at the industry and county level. This information supplements the data collected from the State’s Unemployment Insurance to make up the QCEW program, a near census of monthly employment and wage data. These data enable our agency to prepare reports on the Texas economic condition of business activities by geographic area and industry.

The LMCI department needs your help to develop these detailed data. If you receive a form that looks like the example shown at the right, we would appreciate if you would complete the form and return it to the LMCI department promptly. The QCEW staff is available to answer any questions you may have about accurately reporting this information. Contact them at 1-800-227-7816 for additional questions about this form.

Multiple Worksite Report Pages _____ of _____Form Approved O.M.B. No. 1220-0134Time of Completion onreverse

SUPPLEMENT TO EMPLOYER'S QUARTERLY REPORTA. EMPLOYER NAME AND MAILING ADDRESS B. QUARTERLY REPORT INFORMATION

U.I NUMBER: 00-000000-1QUARTER ENDING: December 31, 2010DUE DATE: January 31, 2011

C. CONTACT PERSONNAME: Joe SampleTITLE: Payroll Manager

PHONE: (800) 555-5555

D. WORKSITES

(1) (3) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES (4) TOTAL QUARTERLY DO WAGES OF WORKSITE

NOTUSE

00001 XYZ AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY 13 17 16 $63,030025 123 A STREET COMMENTS :

811111 YOUR TOWN TX 77777113 LOCATION 1

00002 MYTOWN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR 9 9 9 $30,7059 1111 10TH STREET COMMENTS :

811111 MYTOWN TX 77777201 LOCATION 2

00003 ABC AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR 12 0 0 $6,2346 531 SOUTH STREET COMMENTS :

811111 ANYTOWN TX 77777113 LOCATION 3

00004 RAY'S BRAKE AND SHOCK SHOP 19 18 11 $70,93011 33 EAST 1ST STREET COMMENTS :

441310 THEIRTOWN TX 77777453 RETAIL STORE

COMMENTS :

COMMENTS :

COMMENTS :

TOTALS

BLS 3020

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SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE SIDE

INCLUDE THE TOTAL FOR ALL WORKSITES ON THE LAST PAGE ONLY

This report is authorized by law 29 U.S.C. 2. Your voluntary cooperation is needed to make the results of this survey comprehensive, accurate and timely.

NOTE: The total must agree (except for rounding) with the Employer's Quarterly Report (C-3)

The information collected on this form by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the State agencies cooperating in its statistical programs will be used for statistical and Unemployment Insurance programs purposes, and other purposes in accordance with the law.

During the Pay Period Which(2) NAME (division, subsidiary, etc.) STREET ADDRESS (physical Location) CITY, STATE AND ZIP CODE WORKSITE DESCRIPTION (store number, plant name, etc.)

Includes the 12th of the Month