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

Houston

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Houston Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Oct 2019
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table May 2023
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – October 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the Houston Metropolitan Area: 2017–18 Consumer spending News Release Sep 2019
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2019
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2018
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston (PDF) Employment Table Oct 2019
Consumer Price Index, South Region – October 2019 Consumer price indexes News Release Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1967=100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index for Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, Historical (1982-84=100) (PDF) Consumer price indexes Table Nov 2019
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2014-2018 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2019
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area – September 2019 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2019
Houston Area Employment — July 2019 Employment News Release Aug 2019
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Nov 2019
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – May 2018 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2019
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Economy at a Glance:
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Sept
2022		 Oct
2022		 Nov
2022		 Dec
2022		 Jan
2023		 Feb
2023

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,520.6 3,539.7 3,549.7 (p)3,565.9 (p)3,551.6  

Employment(1)

 3,372.3 3,395.1 3,406.8 (p)3,425.4 (p)3,392.1  

Unemployment(1)

 148.4 144.5 142.9 (p)140.5 (p)159.5  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 4.2 4.1 4.0 (p)3.9 (p)4.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,289.1 3,322.5 3,340.0 (p)3,356.0    

12-month % change

 6.2 6.2 5.7 (p)5.6    

Mining and Logging(3)

 68.6 69.1 69.1 (p)69.3    

12-month % change

 15.9 15.4 11.3 (p)9.0    

Construction(3)

 241.4 238.9 234.1 (p)235.1    

12-month % change

 14.2 11.7 9.1 (p)8.7    

Manufacturing(3)

 227.9 227.2 228.0 (p)229.4    

12-month % change

 7.0 6.6 5.7 (p)5.2    

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 664.7 676.1 687.8 (p)693.9    

12-month % change

 4.9 5.1 4.1 (p)3.8    

Information(3)

 32.3 32.5 32.6 (p)32.8    

12-month % change

 5.2 5.5 5.2 (p)5.1    

Financial Activities(3)

 175.8 177.7 176.4 (p)178.0    

12-month % change

 3.1 4.3 4.4 (p)4.0    

Professional and Business Services(3)

 539.8 546.5 548.5 (p)548.6    

12-month % change

 5.6 6.2 6.5 (p)6.4    

Education and Health Services(3)

 437.7 441.6 444.8 (p)445.0    

12-month % change

 6.3 4.6 4.3 (p)4.9    

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 359.7 361.2 364.3 (p)368.0    

12-month % change

 13.1 15.4 15.6 (p)15.4    

Other Services(3)

 113.2 112.5 111.0 (p)112.0    

12-month % change

 2.1 -0.4 -2.5 (p)-0.2    

Government(3)

 428.0 439.2 443.4 (p)443.9    

12-month % change

 0.2 1.4 1.5 (p)1.5    

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

CPI-U, All items(4)

   262.423   258.588   263.537

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

     7.6   5.3   5.2

CPI-W, All items(5)

   257.622   254.049   259.675

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

     7.4   5.2   5.3

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary