Texas Labor Market Review June 2011

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Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . . 1

Texas & U.S. Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . .. 2

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . 3

MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . 5

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force . . . . . . . . . 8

County Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

City & WDA Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . 10

Texas Hours and Earnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Happenings Around the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment

(Seasonally Adjusted)

Total Nonagricultural Employment in Texas climbed by 8,800jobs in May, marking the smallest over-the-month growth seenin the payroll series since a dip of 200 jobs in September 2010. TotalNonagricultural Employment ended the month at an estimated levelof 10,563,300 jobs, showing an increase of 92,300 positions so far in2011. Seven of the 11 major industries expanded over the month, asProfessional and Business Services led the way with a gain of 4,300positions in May. Over the year, Total Nonagricultural Employment inTexas increased by 205,400 positions for a growth rate of 2.0 percentin May, the slowest annual growth recorded in the payroll series sinceNovember 2010.

Employment in Professional and Business Services grew by 4,300jobs in May following a revised addition of 4,400 jobs in April. Theindustry has experienced four consecutive months of growth and hasexpanded in 10 of the past 12 months. Professional and BusinessServices added 53,700 jobs over the year, with the Administrative andSupport and Waste Management and Remediation sector accountingfor 51,400 positions. Business and Professional Services hasexperienced 14 straight months of positive annual growth.

Employment in Government increased by 3,800 positions in Mayafter recording a revised increase of 1,100 jobs in April. FederalGovernment employment fell by 1,200 positions over the month, whileState Government increased by 2,900 jobs and Local Governmentclimbed by 2,100 positions. Government has shed 2,800 jobs so farin 2011 and 27,300 positions since May 2010 for an annual growthrate of -1.4 percent. This was the first negative annual employmentchange recorded in the industry since April 2004.

Mining and Logging expanded by 3,000 jobs in May followia revised addition of 3,600 jobs in April. This was the sevenconsecutive month of job growth, and the industry has not experiencan over-the-month decline since October 2009. Mining and Loggiadded 32,700 jobs over the year for a 15.9 percent annual growth raThis industry has maintained an annual growth rate in excess of 10percent for nine consecutive months.

Manufacturing gained 1,900 jobs in May after shedding a revis2,000 jobs in April. Over the past year, this industry has experienconly three months of job losses. Within the industry, Durable Gooadded 2,800 jobs in May, while Nondurable Goods experiencedmonthly decline of 900 jobs. Manufacturing expanded by 10,9jobs on an annual basis for its eight consecutive month of posityearly growth.

Employment in Construction grew by 1,500 jobs in May for an ovthe-month increase of 0.3 percent. This industry has experiencgrowth in seven of the past 12 months. Construction gained 23,2 jobs over the year for an annual growth rate of 4.1 percent. T

industry has seen positive annual growth for eight straight month

Employment in Financial Activities increased for the third consecutmonth in May, building on a revised gain of 3,500 jobs in April wan addition of 1,100 positions in May. Financial Activities has add4,600 positions since May 2010 for an annual growth rate of 0percent, the highest seen in the industry since June 2008. This wthe second consecutive month of positive annual employment chanrecorded in Financial Activities following a string of 30 months over-the-year job losses that stretched through March 2011.

Information added 700 jobs in May for its first month of growth sinNovember 2010. This industry has added jobs in only four of the p12 months. On an annual basis, the industry shed 8,400 jobs fo

4.3 percent decline in employment. Information has not experiencpositive annual growth since November 2007.

Employment in Other Services was unchanged in May, endingstreak of nine consecutive months of monthly employment growin the industry. The 3,000 jobs added in Other Services for the yto date easily outpaced the five-year average increase through Mof 1,100 jobs that the industry had recorded. The payrolls of OtServices have grown by 8,800 positions since May 2010 for an anngrowth rate of 2.4 percent, down from a recent high of 2.6 percerecorded in April.

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TEXAS NONAGRICULTURAL WAGE AND SALARY EMPLOYMENT

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED+

INDUSTRY TITLE May 2011* Apr. 2011 May 2010 Absolute Percent Absolute Percent

Change Change Change Change

TOTAL NONAG. W&S EMPLOYMENT 10,563,300 10,554,500 10,357,900 8,800 0.1 205,400 2.0

TOTAL NONGOVERNMENT** 8,699,700 8,694,700 8,467,000 5,000 0.1 232,700 2.7GOODS-PRODUCING

Mining & Logging 237,900 234,900 205,200 3,000 1.3 32,700 15.9

Construction 589,100 587,600 565,900 1,500 0.3 23,200 4.1

Manufacturing 821,500 819,600 810,600 1,900 0.2 10,900 1.3

SERVICE-PROVIDING

Trade, Trans. & Utilities 2,090,500 2,091,600 2,050,400 -1,100 -0.1 40,100 2.0

Information 187,400 186,700 195,800 700 0.4 -8,400 -4.3

Financial Activities 627,300 626,200 622,700 1,100 0.2 4,600 0.7

Profess. & Business Svcs 1,323,000 1,318,700 1,269,300 4,300 0.3 53,700 4.2

Education & Health Svcs 1,427,800 1,430,300 1,383,500 -2,500 -0.2 44,300 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality 1,026,200 1,030,100 1,003,400 -3,900 -0.4 22,800 2.3

Other Services 369,000 369,000 360,200 0 0.0 8,800 2.4

Government 1,863,600 1,859,800 1,890,900 3,800 0.2 -27,300 -1.4

Apr. '11 to May '11 May '10 to May '11

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.

**Total Nongovernment number is derived by subtracting the Government estimate from the Total Nonagricultural estimate.+All elements of seasonality are factored out to achieve an estimate which reflects the basic underlying trend.

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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Texas and U.S. Unemployment Rates(Seasonally Adjusted)

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TEXAS AND U.S. CIVILIAN LABOR FORCE ESTIMATES

TEXAS* UNITED STATES**

Not Seasonally Adjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. Rate

May 2011 12,241,900 11,269,600 972,300 7.9 153,449,000 140,028,000 13,421,000 8.7

April 2011 12,248,200 11,306,200 942,000 7.7 152,898,000 139,661,000 13,237,000 8.7

May 2010 12,107,300 11,155,400 951,900 7.9 153,866,000 139,497,000 14,369,000 9.3

Seasonally Adjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. Rate

May 2011 12,281,200 11,295,500 985,700 8.0 153,693,000 139,779,000 13,914,000 9.

April 2011 12,265,900 11,281,100 984,800 8.0 153,421,000 139,674,000 13,747,000 9.0

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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 producthe Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the WC.

May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 Change % Change Change % Chan

TOTAL NONFARM 10,593,800 10,564,500 10,395,400 29,300 0.3% 198,400 1.9

TOTAL PRIVATE (total nonfarm less government) 8,704,200 8,674,200 8,474,800 30,000 0.4% 229,400 2.7

GOODS PRODUCING 1,645,300 1,636,800 1,576,500 8,500 0.5% 68,800 4.4

Mining and Logging (NAICS 21, 1133) 234,900 232,300 203,200 2,600 1.1% 31,700 15.6

Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 211) 84,900 84,200 80,800 700 0.8% 4,100 5.1

Support Activities for Mining (NAICS 213) 133,000 132,200 111,300 800 0.6% 21,700 19.5

Construction (NAICS 23) 591,800 588,400 565,400 3,400 0.6% 26,400 4.7

Construction of Buildings (NAICS 236) 134,200 132,600 130,900 1,600 1.2% 3,300 2.5

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (NAICS 237) 121,700 119,300 109,700 2,400 2.0% 12,000 10.9

Specialty Trade Contractors (NAICS 238) 335,900 336,500 324,800 -600 -0.2% 11,100 3.4

Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) 818,600 816,100 807,900 2,500 0.3% 10,700 1.3

Durable Goods 527,700 524,700 512,600 3,000 0.6% 15,100 3.0

Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321) 18,500 18,300 19,600 200 1.1% -1,100 -5.6

Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327) 31,000 31,000 33,200 0 0.0% -2,200 -6.6

Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331) 20,700 20,800 19,600 -100 -0.5% 1,100 5.6

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) 119,100 116,900 111,200 2,200 1.9% 7,900 7.1

Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333) 92,400 91,700 84,000 700 0.8% 8,400 10.0

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334) 96,400 96,200 94,400 200 0.2% 2,000 2.1

Electric Equipment, Appliance, and Component Mfg (NAICS 335) 16,100 16,200 16,800 -100 -0.6% -700 -4.2

Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Apr. '11 to May '11 May '10 to May '1

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Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337) 22,200 21,800 23,000 400 1.8% -800 -3.5

Miscellaneous Manufacturing (NAICS 339) 26,200 26,000 27,200 200 0.8% -1,000 -3.7

Nondurable Goods 290,900 291,400 295,300 -500 -0.2% -4,400 -1.5

Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311) 87,800 87,400 88,400 400 0.5% -600 -0.7

Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 312) 11,000 11,000 11,200 0 0.0% -200 -1.8

Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) 17,200 17,300 17,600 -100 -0.6% -400 -2.3

Printing and Related Support Manufacturing (NAICS 323) 27,200 27,300 28,500 -100 -0.4% -1,300 -4.6

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324) 23,800 23,800 24,400 0 0.0% -600 -2.5

Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) 69,600 69,900 70,900 -300 -0.4% -1,300 -1.8

Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing (NAICS 326) 36,400 36,300 37,400 100 0.3% -1,000 -2.7

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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.

May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 Change % Change Change % Chan

SERVICE PROVIDING 8,948,500 8,927,700 8,818,900 20,800 0.2% 129,600 1.5

Private Service Providing 7,058,900 7,037,400 6,898,300 21,500 0.3% 160,600 2.3

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (NAICS 42,44,45,48,49,22) 2,079,600 2,075,400 2,038,300 4,200 0.2% 41,300 2.0

Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42) 508,800 507,600 495,600 1,200 0.2% 13,200 2.7

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (NAICS 423) 289,600 287,300 278,700 2,300 0.8% 10,900 3.9

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (NAICS 424) 156,500 157,400 154,900 -900 -0.6% 1,600 1.0Retail Trade (NAICS 44-45) 1,151,100 1,145,100 1,127,500 6,000 0.5% 23,600 2.1

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers (NAICS 441) 148,300 147,600 141,600 700 0.5% 6,700 4.7

Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores (NAICS 442) 35,600 35,700 37,200 -100 -0.3% -1,600 -4.3

Electronics and Appliance Stores (NAICS 443) 42,100 42,100 42,100 0 0.0% 0 0.0

Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies (NAICS 444) 97,000 96,600 93,100 400 0.4% 3,900 4.2

Food and Beverage Stores (NAICS 445) 205,400 205,900 205,100 -500 -0.2% 300 0.2

Health and Personal Care Stores (NAICS 446) 66,800 66,000 66,100 800 1.2% 700 1.1

Gasoline Stations (NAICS 447) 71,400 68,000 68,700 3,400 5.0% 2,700 3.9

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores (NAICS 448) 117,500 117,700 108,900 -200 -0.2% 8,600 7.9

Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores (NAICS 451) 38,100 37,500 38,200 600 1.6% -100 -0.3

General Merchandise Stores (NAICS 452) 253,300 251,700 251,200 1,600 0.6% 2,100 0.8

Miscellaneous Store Retailers (NAICS 453) 57,500 58,100 56,600 -600 -1.0% 900 1.6

Nonstore Retailers (NAICS 454) 18,100 18,200 18,700 -100 -0.6% -600 -3.2

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (NAICS 48-49,22) 419,700 422,700 415,200 -3,000 -0.7% 4,500 1.1

Transportation and Warehousing (NAICS 48,49) 370,100 373,200 366,900 -3,100 -0.8% 3,200 0.9

Air Transportation (NAICS 481) 60,200 60,200 60,300 0 0.0% -100 -0.2

Truck Transportation (NAICS 484) 110,800 110,700 105,800 100 0.1% 5,000 4.7

Pipeline Transportation (NAICS 486) 15,700 15,700 15,300 0 0.0% 400 2.6

Support Activities for Transportation (NAICS 488) 67,800 70,300 67,100 -2,500 -3.6% 700 1.0

Couriers and Messengers (NAICS 492) 34,600 34,000 33,400 600 1.8% 1,200 3.6

Warehousing and Storage (NAICS 493) 45,700 45,800 46,100 -100 -0.2% -400 -0.9

Utilities (NAICS 22) 49,600 49,500 48,300 100 0.2% 1,300 2.7

Information (NAICS 51) 186,900 186,000 196,200 900 0.5% -9,300 -4.7

Publishing Industries (Except Internet) (NAICS 511) 39,800 40,000 41,500 -200 -0.5% -1,700 -4.1

Telecommunications (NAICS 517) 81,500 82,100 86,100 -600 -0.7% -4,600 -5.3

Data processing, Hosting, and Related Services (NAICS 518) 24,300 24,300 25,400 0 0.0% -1,100 -4.3

Financial Activities (NAICS 52,53) 625,800 622,500 623,100 3,300 0.5% 2,700 0.4

Finance and Insurance (NAICS 52) 452,900 452,200 451,700 700 0.2% 1,200 0.3

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (NAICS 522) 238,200 237,900 237,100 300 0.1% 1,100 0.5

Securities, Commodities Contracts, and Other Financial (NAICS 523) 48,700 49,000 47,900 -300 -0.6% 800 1.7

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities (NAICS 524) 154,800 153,900 157,400 900 0.6% -2,600 -1.7

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (NAICS 53) 172,900 170,300 171,400 2,600 1.5% 1,500 0.9

Real Estate (NAICS 531) 117,800 116,200 117,600 1,600 1.4% 200 0.2Rental and Leasing Services (NAICS 532) 49,100 48,900 51,700 200 0.4% -2,600 -5.0

Professional and Business Services (NAICS 54,55,56) 1,319,800 1,314,500 1,265,400 5,300 0.4% 54,400 4.3

Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (NAICS 54) 565,300 574,200 559,800 -8,900 -1.6% 5,500 1.0

Management of Companies and Enterprises (NAICS 55) 79,900 79,100 79,100 800 1.0% 800 1.0

Admin and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation (NAICS 56) 674,600 661,200 626,500 13,400 2.0% 48,100 7.7

Administrative and Support Services (NAICS 561) 648,100 635,300 601,400 12,800 2.0% 46,700 7.8

Education and Health Services (NAICS 61,62) 1,430,700 1,432,500 1,387,200 -1,800 -0.1% 43,500 3.1

Educational Services (NAICS 61) 157,700 158,400 158,800 -700 -0.4% -1,100 -0.7

Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62) 1,273,000 1,274,100 1,228,400 -1,100 -0.1% 44,600 3.6

Ambulatory Health Care Services (NAICS 621) 606,800 608,900 579,200 -2,100 -0.3% 27,600 4.8

Hospitals (NAICS 622) 294,500 294,300 289,300 200 0.1% 5,200 1.8

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NAICS 623) 178,200 177,600 168,600 600 0.3% 9,600 5.7

Social Assistance (NAICS 624) 193,500 193,300 191,300 200 0.1% 2,200 1.2

Leisure and Hospitality (NAICS 71,72) 1,045,500 1,037,200 1,025,700 8,300 0.8% 19,800 1.9

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (NAICS 71) 114,600 110,600 115,800 4,000 3.6% -1,200 -1.0

Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation (NAICS 713) 79,200 77,300 83,100 1,900 2.5% -3,900 -4.7

Accommodation and Food Services (NAICS 72) 930,900 926,600 909,900 4,300 0.5% 21,000 2.3Accommodation (NAICS 721) 104,900 103,800 101,300 1,100 1.1% 3,600 3.6

Food Services and Drinking Places (NAICS 722) 826,000 822,800 808,600 3,200 0.4% 17,400 2.2

Other Services (NAICS 81) 370,600 369,300 362,400 1,300 0.4% 8,200 2.3

Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811) 112,100 110,100 106,600 2,000 1.8% 5,500 5.2

Personal and Laundry Services (NAICS 812) 94,400 94,600 93,000 -200 -0.2% 1,400 1.5

Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Prof Organizations (NAICS 813) 164,100 164,600 162,800 -500 -0.3% 1,300 0.8

Government 1,889,600 1,890,300 1,920,600 -700 0.0% -31,000 -1.6

Federal Government 200,800 202,300 244,200 -1,500 -0.7% -43,400 -17.8

State Government 383,600 385,300 381,300 -1,700 -0.4% 2,300 0.6

Local Government 1,305,200 1,302,700 1,295,100 2,500 0.2% 10,100 0.8

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

After posting a revised increase of 51,600 jobs for April, TotalNonagricultural Employment in the Metropolitan StatisticalAreas in Texas recorded its fourth consecutive month of job gains

with the addition of 25,300 jobs in May. Professional and Business

Services coupled with Leisure and Hospitality provided 64.4 percent

of the growth. The Goods-Producing industries of Mining, Logging,

and Construction as well as Manufacturing also demonstrated upward

movement. Since the beginning of the year, 200,900 jobs have been

added in Total Nonagricultural Employment within the MSAs. The

annual growth rate slowed from 2.0 percent in April to 1.5 percent,

representing the addition of 140,500 jobs since May 2010. The rate

was slightly ahead of the five-year average of 1.3 percent. Ten areas

posted annual growth rates exceeding 1.5 percent with the Odessa

MSA leading with 4.3 percent.

Professional and Business Services led the industries in job growthfor May with 9,400 jobs, more than six times the five-year average

of 1,500 jobs. The current estimate level and most recent peak of

1,214,900 jobs has not been seen since 2008. Some of the businesses

that make up this major industry are temporary help services and

employment placement agencies along with offices of lawyers and

tax preparation services. In the past year, Professional and Business

Services grew by 47,600 jobs, thus springing the annual growth

rate from 3.4 percent in April to 4.1 percent. The rate has remain

positive for 14 consecutive months with three of those months bei

at or above 4.0 percent. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area exhibited

largest annual increase of 24,200 jobs. The Odessa, the Wichita Fa

and the Laredo MSAs demonstrated the largest annual growth ra

of 16.2 percent, 9.4 percent, and 8.6 percent, respectively.

With the summer months approaching, Leisure and Hospital

expanded by 6,900 jobs in May. Although the seasonal gain this mo

was smaller than prior years and less than half of the five-year avera

of 14,500 jobs, the expansion of 55,900 jobs since January 2011 w

comparable to those of prior years. The Austin-Round Rock-S

Marcos MSA demonstrated the largest monthly numeric increase

1,500 jobs. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area, the Houston-Sugar Lan

Baytown MSA, and the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA each pos

gains of 1,400 jobs. Since last year, Leisure and Hospitality add

12,800 jobs for an annual growth rate of 1.4 percent. The Odes

the College Station-Bryan, and the Corpus Christi MSAs experienc

annual growth rates at or above 6.0 percent.

At a current estimate of 686,000 jobs, Mining, Logging, a

Construction continued to grow for the fourth consecutive month. T

addition of 4,300 jobs was the second-largest gain thus far for this ye

In the past 12 months, Mining, Logging, and Construction rose

25,100 jobs. The annual growth rate, currently at 3.8 percent, has be

above 3.0 percent for four consecutive months. The Houston-Sug

Land-Baytown MSA recorded the largest numeric annual grow

with 10,400 jobs while the Beaumont-Port Arthur MSA witness

the largest annual growth rate of 12.8 percent.

After experiencing two consecutive months of job losses at the st

of this year, Manufacturing has marked three consecutive months

increases. The May expansion of 2,400 jobs brought the total jogained since January to 6,700 jobs, the largest increase seen in the p

four years for the same five-month time period. The annual grow

rate remained at 1.3 percent, representing a gain of 8,900 jobs sin

May 2010. Manufacturing has not experienced a negative rate th

far this year, which was not the case for the prior three years. T

Midland and the San Angelo MSAs demonstrated the largest annu

growth rates with 8.3 percent and 5.7 percent, respectively.

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2.5% 2.3% 2.2%

2.1%

1.8% 1 8% 1.7% 1.6%

Total Nonagricultural EmploymentMSA Highest Annual Growth Rates

0.0%

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

May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May '10

TOTAL NONFARM 2,930,600 2,928,600 2,871,700 2,070,700 2,063,100 2,021,100 2,586,800 2,570,300 2,541,80

GOODS PRODUCING 410,300 414,500 406,300 271,300 273,100 267,900 486,300 478,400 467,90

Mining, Logging, & Construction 162,800 166,200 156,700 108,600 110,000 103,000 261,700 256,200 251,30

Manufacturing 247,500 248,300 249,600 162,700 163,100 164,900 224,600 222,200 216,60

Durable Goods 175,100 175,600 174,600 113,700 114,000 114,200 146,600 143,800 138,60

Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing - - - - - - 47,500 46,600 45,10

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 41,000 40,900 41,000 38,000 37,900 37,900 18,900 18,900 18,10Nondurable Goods 72,400 72,700 75,000 49,000 49,100 50,700 78,000 78,400 78,00

SERVICE PROVIDING 2,520,300 2,514,100 2,465,400 1,799,400 1,790,000 1,753,200 2,100,500 2,091,900 2,073,90

Private Service Providing 2,115,600 2,111,500 2,055,500 1,523,700 1,515,500 1,474,300 1,712,800 1,703,500 1,678,90

Wholesale Trade 160,200 160,400 156,000 121,700 121,900 118,100 134,100 133,700 130,70

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 92,300 92,500 89,700 68,900 69,300 66,700 79,900 79,200 77,00

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 46,900 46,800 47,000 35,500 35,400 36,000 37,600 37,500 37,30

Retail Trade 302,000 299,500 297,800 202,200 200,000 201,100 265,400 266,800 259,90

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers - - - 24,700 24,600 24,500 32,400 32,300 32,00

Bldng. Material and Garden Eqpmnt. and Supplies Dlrs. 24,100 24,200 24,500 16,200 16,200 16,700 20,500 21,200 19,70

Food and Beverage Stores 47,200 47,200 47,300 32,100 32,200 32,500 55,100 55,100 54,60

Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores - - - 22,400 22,500 21,900 28,800 28,800 26,70

General Merchandise Stores 67,500 67,100 66,200 43,700 43,500 43,600 57,000 56,700 56,60

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 135,300 135,500 133,300 73,900 73,300 71,600 122,200 121,100 121,50

Utilities - - - 6,600 6,600 6,200 16,300 16,300 16,00

Information 74,000 73,900 79,000 60,800 60,700 64,400 29,900 29,800 32,00

Telecommunications 36,500 36,600 38,600 29,800 29,900 31,500 15,100 15,200 16,20

Financial Activities 236,200 235,100 227,700 184,600 183,600 176,500 134,300 134,500 135,60

Finance and Insurance 180,200 179,700 173,100 140,800 140,300 134,300 86,800 87,400 86,60

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 95,100 94,900 92,200 70,600 70,400 68,200 41,300 41,200 41,40Insurance Carriers and Related Activities - - - 47,800 47,600 46,700 28,800 28,600 28,90

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing - - - 43,800 43,300 42,200 47,500 47,100 49,00

Professional and Business Services 446,700 445,600 420,300 354,000 351,100 329,800 376,300 367,000 359,90

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 185,300 186,800 182,300 150,800 150,800 148,400 177,000 177,700 174,30

Admin. Support and Waste Mgmt. and Remediation 221,800 219,100 204,200 168,500 166,700 152,600 180,400 168,300 166,20

Education and Health Services 371,300 373,000 354,800 260,100 260,000 248,300 313,900 316,000 309,00

Health Care and Social Assistance 317,300 318,600 302,100 222,300 221,700 209,700 270,200 272,300 266,10

Ambulatory Health Care Services - - - 112,700 112,600 105,000 125,500 126,700 122,00

Hospitals 73,600 73,800 72,600 47,700 47,600 47,000 71,600 72,700 72,30

Leisure and Hospitality 288,200 286,900 285,300 196,500 195,100 194,800 241,900 240,500 238,40

Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation - - - 23,200 22,200 23,600 28,300 26,600 29,10

Accommodation and Food Services 251,000 249,600 248,100 173,300 172,900 171,200 213,600 213,900 209,30

Food Services and Drinking Places 221,200 219,900 218,600 152,600 152,400 150,400 193,200 193,800 189,20

Other Services 101,700 101,600 101,300 69,900 69,800 69,700 94,800 94,100 91,90

Government 404,700 402,600 409,900 275,700 274,500 278,900 387,700 388,400 395,00

Federal 45,100 45,600 56,200 30,300 30,700 38,100 27,500 27,700 40,10

State 49,900 49,800 49,500 37,000 37,000 36,800 72,500 73,000 71,70

Local 309,700 307,200 304,200 208,400 206,800 204,000 287,700 287,700 283,20

May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May '10

TOTAL NONFARM 785,300 781,400 771,600 859,900 865,500 850,600 855,800 852,600 850,80

GOODS PRODUCING 86,700 85,200 85,600 139,000 141,400 138,400 92,200 91,500 91,60

Mining, Logging, & Construction 38,900 37,700 38,500 54,200 56,200 53,700 47,300 46,800 47,70

Manufacturing 47,800 47,500 47,100 84,800 85,200 84,700 44,900 44,700 43,90

SERVICE PROVIDING 698,600 696,200 686,000 720,900 724,100 712,200 763,600 761,100 759,20

Private Service Providing 524,400 521,900 511,200 591,900 596,000 581,200 599,700 596,800 592,90

Wholesale Trade 40,100 40,100 39,500 38,500 38,500 37,900 28,300 28,300 28,20

Retail Trade 84,700 85,600 81,100 99,800 99,500 96,700 94,800 94,800 94,00

Food and Beverage Stores 16,100 16,100 16,200 15,100 15,000 14,800 18,000 18,000 18,00

General Merchandise Stores 15,700 15,400 15,200 23,800 23,600 22,600 18,400 18,400 18,40

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 12,800 12,900 12,800 61,400 62,200 61,700 19,600 19,800 19,70

Information 19,000 19,000 19,300 13,200 13,200 14,600 17,600 17,500 18,90

Telecommunications 4,900 5,000 5,000 6,700 6,700 7,100 4,600 4,600 5,10

Financial Activities 43,400 42,600 42,400 51,600 51,500 51,200 65,400 64,800 65,90

Finance and Insurance 29,900 29,800 29,500 39,400 39,400 38,800 52,200 51,800 52,30

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 12,200 12,200 12,200 24,500 24,500 24,000 23,600 23,500 23,70

Professional and Business Services 110,800 109,900 109,800 92,700 94,500 90,500 99,500 101,100 100,70

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 59,800 59,700 57,700 34,500 36,000 33,900 38,600 39,600 39,50

Admin Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation Svcs 49,800 48,800 47,100 53,300 52,400 51,600 53,600 53,800 52,60

Education and Health Services 90,700 90,500 87,300 111,200 113,000 106,500 135,800 133,400 128,40

Health Care and Social Assistance 78,700 78,400 75,000 95,000 96,900 92,400 118,700 117,500 112,70

Hospitals 19,900 19,800 19,000 25,900 26,200 25,600 22,500 22,500 22,20

Leisure and Hospitality 88,100 86,600 85,700 91,700 91,800 90,500 106,600 105,200 105,40

Accommodation and Food Services 77,600 76,100 75,300 77,700 76,700 76,900 95,100 94,600 92,10

Other Services 34,800 34,700 33,300 31,800 31,800 31,600 32,100 31,900 31,70

Government 174,200 174,300 174,800 129,000 128,100 131,000 163,900 164,300 166,30

Federal 13,900 14,100 15,600 14,800 14,900 18,100 35,000 35,000 37,50

State 73,900 74,200 73,800 12,900 12,800 12,700 20,600 21,100 19,40

Local 86,400 86,000 85,400 101,300 100,400 100,200 108,300 108,200 109,40

Largest Four MSAs Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)DALLAS-FT. W ORTH-ARLINGTON DALLAS-PLANO-IRVING M D** HOUSTON-SUGAR L AND-BAYTOWN

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INDUSTRY May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May

TOTAL 63,100 63,700 65,600 112,300 112,200 111,400 161,300 161,200 158,700 126,800 127,300 127,4

Mining, Logging, & Construction 4,500 4,500 4,400 6,300 6,300 6,000 20,300 20,200 18,000 3,200 3,200 3,2

Manufacturing 2,800 2,800 2,800 13,200 13,100 13,100 19,900 19,800 19,500 5,300 5,300 5,5

Wholesale Trade 2,100 2,100 2,200 4,900 4,900 4,800 4,900 4,900 4,800 3,000 3,000 3,0

Retail Trade 7,500 7,600 8,000 13,800 13,800 13,600 19,500 19,500 19,500 15,700 15,700 15,5

Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,600 1,600 1,600 4,200 4,200 4,100 5,300 5,400 5,400 4,700 4,800 4,7

Information 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,500 1,500 1,600 1,400 1,400 1,500 1,800 1,800 2,0

Financial Activities 3,400 3,500 3,600 6,800 6,800 6,700 5,600 5,600 5,700 5,100 5,100 5,2

Prof. & Business Services 4,400 4,400 4,700 8,300 8,300 8,000 14,000 14,000 13,200 8,800 8,900 8,7Educ. & Health Services 13,100 13,400 13,800 16,100 16,100 15,800 23,600 23,500 23,200 32,200 32,200 32,2

Leisure & Hospitality 6,600 6,600 7,000 12,000 12,000 11,800 14,400 14,400 14,600 12,100 12,100 12,3

Other Services 2,400 2,500 2,600 4,800 4,800 4,700 5,500 5,600 5,500 3,500 3,600 3,6

Government 13,700 13,700 13,900 20,400 20,400 21,200 26,900 26,900 27,800 31,400 31,600 31,5


TOTAL 101,200 100,900 98,900 183,200 182,700 179,500 283,300 282,700 279,900 130,400 131,100 128,7


Manufacturing 5,100 5,100 5,200 9,200 9,200 9,200 16,500 16,500 16,300 7,400 7,400 7,5

Wholesale Trade 1,800 1,700 1,600 5,500 5,500 5,400 9,900 9,900 9,600 3,800 3,900 3,8

Retail Trade 11,200 10,900 10,000 20,600 20,300 20,100 34,500 34,100 33,300 15,000 15,200 14,8

Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,500 1,500 1,400 5,700 5,700 5,500 12,100 12,200 12,400 4,800 4,900 4,7

Information 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,000 2,000 2,200 4,800 4,800 5,100 2,200 2,300 2,3

Financial Activities 3,500 3,400 3,400 7,300 7,200 7,400 1 1,400 11,400 11,600 5,600 5,700 5,5

Prof. & Business Services 6,300 6,100 5,900 15,200 15,300 15,000 31,500 31,500 30,400 10,000 10,100 10,3

Educ. & Health Services 11,600 11,600 10,800 31,500 31,500 30,600 36,500 36,500 36,000 19,800 19,900 19,1


Other Services 3,300 3,300 3,100 6,900 6,900 7,000 9,500 9,500 9,400 5,000 5,100 5,0

Government 38,100 38,800 39,600 36,000 36,200 36,000 72,200 72,400 71,300 38,700 38,500 37,8

INDUSTRY May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 May '10 May '11* Apr. '11 MayTOTAL 88,100 87,800 88,000 97,300 96,700 95,700 130,400 129,400 130,000 222,300 223,800 222,0


Manufacturing 800 800 800 10,900 10,900 10,500 5,000 5,000 4,900 5,900 5,900 6,2

Wholesale Trade 2,600 2,600 2,600 4,200 4,200 4,100 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,000 6,100 6,3

Retail Trade 11,900 11,800 11,800 10,900 10,600 10,900 16,100 15,900 15,600 3 1,400 31,900 3 1,8

Trans., Ware., & Util. 11,200 11,300 11,200 3,600 3,600 3,600 3,500 3,500 3,500 6,900 7,000 7,1

Information 500 500 600 1,400 1,400 1,500 4,200 4,100 4,300 1,800 1,800 2,0





Other Services 2,300 2,300 2,200 3,200 3,200 3,200 5,200 5,200 5,100 5,700 5,800 5,8

Government 22,400 22,300 23,500 12,400 12,500 13,300 31,000 30,700 32,100 57,400 57,400 56,8

LAREDO LONGVIEW LUBBOCK MCALLEN-EDINBURG-MISSION

MIDLAND ODESSA SAN ANGELO SHERMAN-DENISON

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

ABILENE AMARILLO BEAUMONT-PORT ARTHUR BROWNSVILLE-HARLINGEN

COLLEGE STATION-BRYAN CORPUS CHRISTI EL PASO KILLEEN-TEMPLE-FORT HOOD


TOTAL 69,700 70,100 68,200 62,600 61,900 60,000 44,500 44,800 44,800 42,800 42,800 42,9


Manufacturing 2,600 2,600 2,400 4,300 4,200 4,100 3,700 3,700 3,500 5,100 5,100 5,0

Wholesale Trade 3,500 3,500 3,400 4,600 4,600 4,400 1,500 1,600 1,600 1,100 1,100 1,1

Retail Trade 7,500 7,500 7,500 6,300 6,200 6,500 5,300 5,300 5,500 5,900 5,800 5,8

Trans., Ware., & Util. 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,100 2,100 2,000 1,000 1,000 900 1,100 1,100 1,1Information 1,000 1,100 1,100 600 500 600 1,100 1,100 1,200 400 400 5





Other Services 2,800 2,900 2,800 3,200 3,200 3,000 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,500 1,500 1,4

Government 8,500 8,500 8,900 10,000 10,000 10,200 9,300 9,300 9,400 6,700 6,800 6,7


TOTAL 56,200 56,500 56,800 93,700 94,000 93,000 50,200 50,100 49,400 106,700 106,400 106,2


Manufacturing 4,000 4,000 4,000 6,400 6,400 6,500 5,500 5,500 5,500 14,400 14,400 14,3

Wholesale Trade 2,500 2,500 2,500 3,100 3,100 3,100 1,700 1,700 1,600 3,800 3,800 3,8

Retail Trade 6,800 6,800 6,900 11,700 11,600 11,400 6,500 6,400 6,200 10,500 10,400 10,4

Trans., Ware., & Util. 2,900 2,900 3,000 3,500 3,600 3,500 1,400 1,400 1,400 2,900 3,000 2,9

Information 500 500 600 2,000 2,000 2,100 500 500 500 1,200 1,200 1,3





Other Services 2,100 2,200 2,200 3,800 3,900 3,800 1,800 1,800 1,700 3,900 3,900 3,9

Government 14,000 14,000 14,200 13,500 13,700 13,700 9,200 9,200 9,800 18,300 18,300 18,9

INDUSTRY May '11* Apr. '11 May '10

TOTAL 57,600 57,900 58,700

Mining, Logging, & Construction 3,800 3,800 3,700

Manufacturing 5,100 5,100 5,000

Wholesale Trade 1,800 1,800 1,800

Retail Trade 7,500 7,400 7,500

Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,800 1,900 1,800

Information 1,000 1,000 1,100

Financial Activities 2,700 2,700 2,700

Prof. & Business Services 3,500 3,600 3,200

Educ. & Health Services 9,200 9,300 9,400

Leisure & Hospitality 6,000 6,000 6,100

Other Services 2,600 2,600 2,700

Government 12,600 12,700 13,700

TEXARKANA TYLER VICTORIA WACO

WICHITA FALLS

Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Thenumber of nonagricultural jobs in each MSA is without reference to place of residence ofworkers. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor aredisseminated in cooperation with the TWC.


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The Texas unemployment rate remained below 8.0 percent for the second consecutive month with a rateof 7.9 percent for May. The unemployment rate was two-tenths of a percentage point above last monthsrate and mirrored last years May estimate. Since January 2011, the unemployment rate fell six-tenths of apercentage point. The national unemployment rate remained unchanged from last months estimate of 8.7percent. The Texas unemployment rate remained below the national rate for 47 consecutive months.

The Civilian Labor Force contracted this month by 6,300 persons for an estimate of 12,241,900 Texans.Last May, Texas lost 28,700 participants in the Civilian Labor Force. Over the year, this series grew by

134,600 individuals. Since the beginning of 2011, the Civilian Labor Force added 91,300 persons.

The number of employed Texans reached a new peak for May at an estimated level of 11,269,600individuals. This month, Texas recorded the largest April-to-May employment drop in this series since

2000 of 36,600 persons. Since January 2011, the number of employed rose by 154,500 persons. Texansseeking job opportunities expanded this month by 30,300 persons for an estimate of 972,300 individuals.Since the start of 2011, Texas experienced a decline of 63,200 jobseekers.

In May, a total of 138,000 Texans continued to file claims for benefits, a difference of -1,700 individualscompared to April. Since last year, those continuing to file for benefits dropped by 20.7 percent. In the

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), unemployment insurance claim activity declined in 20 MSAs androse in five. The Odessa MSA experienced the sharpest decline in claims by 10.9 percent.

The unemployment rate increased in 24 MSAs, while one remained unchanged. The Odessa MSAsunemployment rate remained the same for May at 6.1 percent. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSAhad the largest increase in the rate this month, rising by five-tenths of a percentage point, as well as the highestunemployment rate among the MSAs at 11.9 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, domesti

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 unrou

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 estim

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 compof 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 Rat

May 2011 (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

May 2011 April 2011 May 2010

C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. R

United States 153,449.0 140,028.0 13,421.0 8.7 152,898.0 139,661.0 13,237.0 8.7 153,866.0 139,497.0 14,369.0

State of Texas 12,241.9 11,269.6 972.3 7.9 12,248.2 11,306.2 942.0 7.7 12,107.3 11,155.4 951.9

Abilene 80.2 74.9 5.3 6.6 81.5 76.4 5.1 6.2 83.5 78.3 5.2

Amarillo 133.1 125.9 7.2 5.4 133.9 127.0 6.9 5.2 132.9 125.8 7.1

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos 918.4 856.5 61.9 6.7 919.3 859.5 59.8 6.5 907.4 845.2 62.2

Beaumont-Port Arthur 190.3 169.4 20.9 11.0 190.3 170.1 20.2 10.6 186.5 167.1 19.4 1

Brownsville-Harlingen 158.1 139.5 18.6 11.8 159.4 141.2 18.2 11.4 157.2 140.6 16.6 1

College Station-Bryan 118.2 111.2 7.0 6.0 118.3 111.5 6.8 5.7 115.8 109.1 6.7

Corpus Christi 216.5 199.5 17.0 7.8 216.0 199.6 16.4 7.6 212.4 195.9 16.5

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington 3,248.9 2,992.1 256.8 7.9 3,260.8 3,010.7 250.1 7.7 3,198.7 2,942.1 256.6

Dallas-Plano-Irving MD 2,173.0 2,000.6 172.4 7.9 2,178.8 2,010.9 167.9 7.7 2,133.6 1,961.9 171.7

Fort Worth-Arlington MD 1,075.9 991.5 84.4 7.8 1,082.0 999.8 82.2 7.6 1,065.2 980.2 85.0

El Paso 323.5 291.2 32.3 10.0 323.3 291.9 31.4 9.7 317.0 288.6 28.4

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 2,933.4 2,692.8 240.6 8.2 2,917.2 2,685.0 232.2 8.0 2,887.0 2,651.1 235.9

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood 169.9 156.7 13.2 7.8 171.8 159.0 12.8 7.5 167.4 155.4 12.0

Laredo 94.9 87.2 7.7 8.1 94.7 87.2 7.5 7.9 95.2 87.3 7.9

Longview 112.1 104.5 7.6 6.7 111.5 104.2 7.3 6.6 111.1 103.1 8.0

Lubbock 146.7 138.0 8.7 5.9 146.7 138.3 8.4 5.7 146.7 138.3 8.4

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 307.5 270.9 36.6 11.9 308.8 273.7 35.1 11.4 305.3 271.3 34.0 1

Midland 77.7 74.1 3.6 4.6 78.5 75.1 3.4 4.4 76.8 72.8 4.0

Odessa 73.6 69.1 4.5 6.1 73.2 68.7 4.5 6.1 72.1 66.5 5.6

San Angelo 54.4 51.0 3.4 6.3 55.0 51.7 3.3 5.9 54.8 51.5 3.3San Antonio-New Braunfels 998.1 925.4 72.7 7.3 995.5 925.5 70.0 7.0 990.2 922.1 68.1

Sherman-Denison 57.7 52.8 4.9 8.5 57.5 52.9 4.6 8.1 57.5 52.8 4.7

Texarkana 64.7 59.9 4.8 7.4 65.0 60.4 4.6 7.1 65.1 60.3 4.8

Tyler 101.8 94.3 7.5 7.4 102.0 94.7 7.3 7.2 101.4 93.8 7.6

Victoria 59.2 55.0 4.2 7.0 59.6 55.6 4.0 6.8 59.1 54.8 4.3

Waco 116.1 107.6 8.5 7.3 116.1 107.8 8.3 7.1 115.4 107.5 7.9

Wichita Falls 71.3 66.2 5.1 7.1 71.8 66.9 4.9 6.9 73.0 67.6 5.4

1 Midland

2 Amarillo

3 Lubbock

4 College Station-Bryan

5 Odessa

6 San Angelo

7 Abilene

8 (tie) Aust in-Round Rock-San Marcos

Longview

10 Victoria

11 Wichita Falls

12 (tie) San Antonio-New Braunfels

Waco

14 (tie) Texarkana

Tyler

16 (tie) Corpus Christi

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood

Texas

18 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

19 Laredo

20 Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown

21 Sherman-Denison

United States

22 El Paso 1

23 Beaumont-Port Arthur 1

24 Brownsville-Harlingen 1

25 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission 1


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Estimates reflect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labo

Employment and Unemployment Estimates for Texas Counties - May 2011

County CLF Emp. Unemp. Rate County CLF Emp. Unemp. Rate County CLF Emp. Unemp. R

Anderson 21,027 19,064 1,963 9.3 Gillespie 13,599 12,937 662 4.9 Moore 11,735 11,185 550

Andrews 7,176 6,797 379 5.3 Glasscock 604 572 32 5.3 Morris 6,170 5,467 703 1Angelina 39,558 36,561 2,997 7.6 Goliad 3,404 3,206 198 5.8 Motley 687 648 39Aransas 12,050 11,126 924 7.7 Gonzales 9,852 9,265 587 6.0 Nacogdoches 32,268 30,160 2,108Archer 4,939 4,637 302 6.1 Gray 10,949 10,256 693 6.3 Navarro 21,524 19,528 1,996Armstrong 1,077 1,026 51 4.7 Grayson 57,748 52,815 4,933 8.5 Newton 5,939 5,123 816 1Atascosa 20,023 18,455 1,568 7.8 Gregg 66,874 62,521 4,353 6.5 Nolan 7,802 7,278 524Austin 13,583 12,557 1,026 7.6 Grimes 11,997 11,047 950 7.9 Nueces 172,739 159,464 13,275

Bailey 3,271 3,045 226 6.9 Guadalupe 61,612 57,671 3,941 6.4 Ochiltree 5,743 5,495 248Bandera 10,052 9,419 633 6.3 Hale 17,503 16,286 1,217 7.0 Oldham 928 876 52Bastrop 35,426 32,736 2,690 7.6 Hall 1,364 1,241 123 9.0 Orange 42,674 37,934 4,740 1Baylor 1,819 1,709 110 6.0 Hamilton 4,432 4,190 242 5.5 Palo Pinto 14,121 13,058 1,063Bee 12,529 11,405 1,124 9.0 Hansford 2,734 2,612 122 4.5 Panola 14,050 13,079 971Bell 133,374 123,251 10,123 7.6 Hardeman 2,188 2,060 128 5.9 Parker 55,482 51,456 4,026Bexar 790,181 731,307 58,874 7.5 Hardin 27,955 25,304 2,651 9.5 Parmer 4,636 4,415 221Blanco 5,066 4,784 282 5.6 Harris 2,035,450 1,868,378 167,072 8.2 Pecos 9,446 8,925 521Borden 471 454 17 3.6 Harrison 33,014 30,343 2,671 8.1 Polk 18,399 16,591 1,808Bosque 8,178 7,491 687 8.4 Hartley 2,477 2,348 129 5.2 Potter 58,568 54,894 3,674

Bowie 44,681 41,028 3,653 8.2 Haskell 3,013 2,865 148 4.9 Presidio 3,877 3,285 592 1Brazoria 151,019 137,717 13,302 8.8 Hays 81,969 76,560 5,409 6.6 Rains 5,070 4,630 440Brazos 102,046 96,181 5,865 5.7 Hemphill 2,562 2,482 80 3.1 Randall 70,205 66,871 3,334Brewster 5,238 4,939 299 5.7 Henderson 36,211 33,214 2,997 8.3 Reagan 2,561 2,478 83Briscoe 665 624 41 6.2 Hidalgo 307,509 270,913 36,596 11.9 Real 1,493 1,403 90Brooks 3,209 2,920 289 9.0 Hill 16,295 14,953 1,342 8.2 Red River 5,823 5,116 707 1Brown 18,410 17,108 1,302 7.1 Hockley 12,166 11,465 701 5.8 Reeves 4,773 4,321 452Burleson 8,527 7,983 544 6.4 Hood 26,372 24,490 1,882 7.1 Refugio 4,265 4,007 258

Burnet 22,631 21,169 1,462 6.5 Hopkins 17,735 16,489 1,246 7.0 Roberts 571 550 21Caldwell 16,291 14,977 1,314 8.1 Houston 8,527 7,698 829 9.7 Robertson 7,633 7,006 627Calhoun 9,736 8,799 937 9.6 Howard 13,946 13,012 934 6.7 Rockwall 40,579 37,654 2,925

Callahan 6,867 6,423 444 6.5 Hudspeth 1,788 1,682 106 5.9 Runnels 4,497 4,147 350Cameron 158,108 139,502 18,606 11.8 Hunt 37,763 34,487 3,276 8.7 Rusk 24,938 23,172 1,766Camp 6,032 5,509 523 8.7 Hutchinson 11,239 10,470 769 6.8 Sabine 3,514 2,961 553 1Carson 3,279 3,112 167 5.1 Irion 928 884 44 4.7 San Augustine 3,791 3,334 457 1Cass 13,423 12,002 1,421 10.6 Jack 4,881 4,601 280 5.7 San Jacinto 10,497 9,430 1,067 1

Castro 3,576 3,381 195 5.5 Jackson 6,847 6,366 481 7.0 San Patricio 31,708 28,919 2,789Chambers 15,824 14,306 1,518 9.6 Jasper 15,920 14,022 1,898 11.9 San Saba 2,260 2,083 177Cherokee 20,684 18,901 1,783 8.6 Jeff Davis 1,178 1,116 62 5.3 Schleicher 1,457 1,367 90Childress 3,232 3,010 222 6.9 Jefferson 119,602 106,127 13,475 11.3 Scurry 8,102 7,636 466Clay 5,933 5,575 358 6.0 Jim Hogg 2,947 2,742 205 7.0 Shackelford 2,246 2,156 90Cochran 1,343 1,228 115 8.6 Jim Wells 21,445 19,867 1,578 7.4 Shelby 13,097 12,055 1,042Coke 1,297 1,192 105 8.1 Johnson 75,889 70,144 5,745 7.6 Sherman 1,438 1,367 71Coleman 4,286 3,985 301 7.0 Jones 7,502 6,897 605 8.1 Smith 101,796 94,313 7,483

Collin 428,105 396,919 31,186 7.3 Karnes 5,443 4,981 462 8.5 Somervell 4,282 3,948 334Collingsworth 1,385 1,302 83 6.0 Kaufman 48,443 44,347 4,096 8.5 Starr 25,399 21,209 4,190 1Colorado 10,377 9,615 762 7.3 Kendall 17,180 16,185 995 5.8 Stephens 4,645 4,286 359Comal 59,121 55,183 3,938 6.7 Kenedy 232 225 7 3.0 Sterling 761 719 42Comanche 6,814 6,373 441 6.5 Kent 424 396 28 6.6 Stonewall 820 784 36Concho 1,264 1,164 100 7.9 Kerr 22,870 21,405 1,465 6.4 Sutton 2,840 2,704 136Cooke 21,811 20,565 1,246 5.7 Kimble 1,991 1,843 148 7.4 Swisher 3,553 3,332 221Coryell 25,534 23,192 2,342 9.2 King 187 175 12 6.4 Tarrant 916,158 843,604 72,554

Cottle 740 692 48 6.5 Kinney 1,457 1,335 122 8.4 Taylor 65,819 61,576 4,243Crane 1,573 1,455 118 7.5 Kleberg 17,402 16,204 1,198 6.9 Terrell 380 344 36Crockett 2,053 1,935 118 5.7 Knox 1,758 1,643 115 6.5 Terry 5,713 5,302 411Crosby 2,646 2,425 221 8.4 Lamar 23,884 21,586 2,298 9.6 Throckmorton 1,048 983 65Culberson 1,648 1,578 70 4.2 Lamb 6,867 6,389 478 7.0 Titus 14,482 13,418 1,064Dallam 3,739 3,572 167 4.5 Lampasas 11,032 10,285 747 6.8 Tom Green 53,494 50,117 3,377Dallas 1,180,934 1,081,873 99,061 8.4 La Salle 3,271 3,045 226 6.9 Travis 567,646 530,274 37,372Dawson 5,291 4,850 441 8.3 Lavaca 9,782 9,200 582 5.9 Trinity 5,811 5,287 524Deaf Smith 9,149 8,628 521 5.7 Lee 9,527 8,945 582 6.1 Tyler 8,766 7,809 957 1

Delta 2,333 2,124 209 9.0 Leon 8,169 7,558 611 7.5 Upshur 20,243 18,809 1,434Denton 361,556 335,887 25,669 7.1 Liberty 32,419 28,979 3,440 10.6 Upton 1,851 1,768 83DeWitt 9,190 8,529 661 7.2 Limestone 12,210 11,385 825 6.8 Uvalde 11,786 10,732 1,054Dickens 938 797 141 15.0 Lipscomb 1,626 1,553 73 4.5 Val Verde 21,089 19,268 1,821Dimmit 4,241 3,868 373 8.8 Live Oak 5,335 4,984 351 6.6 Van Zandt 25,854 23,936 1,918Donley 1,975 1,856 119 6.0 Llano 8,281 7,664 617 7.5 Victoria 46,024 43,007 3,017Duval 5,366 4,867 499 9.3 Loving 51 47 4 7.8 Walker 28,115 25,959 2,156Eastland 8,722 8,096 626 7.2 Lubbock 144,095 135,599 8,496 5.9 Waller 16,836 15,467 1,369

Ector 73,574 69,075 4,499 6.1 Lynn 2,790 2,581 209 7.5 Ward 4,871 4,549 322Edwards 976 909 67 6.9 McCulloch 4,052 3,799 253 6.2 Washington 17,147 16,163 984Ellis 73,334 67,343 5,991 8.2 McLennan 116,166 107,639 8,527 7.3 Webb 94,953 87,223 7,730El Paso 323,497 291,197 32,300 10.0 McMullen 405 382 23 5.7 Wharton 20,771 19,036 1,735

Erath 19,363 18,219 1,144 5.9 Madison 5,732 5,282 450 7.9 Wheeler 3,207 3,078 129Falls 6,651 6,031 620 9.3 Marion 5,103 4,627 476 9.3 Wichita 60,344 55,952 4,392Fannin 13,979 12,595 1,384 9.9 Martin 2,261 2,133 128 5.7 Wilbarger 7,826 7,383 443Fayette 12,087 11,383 704 5.8 Mason 2,337 2,222 115 4.9 Willacy 9,522 8,300 1,222 1

Fisher 1,986 1,852 134 6.7 Matagorda 18,127 16,051 2,076 11.5 Williamson 217,081 201,956 15,125Floyd 3,000 2,744 256 8.5 Maverick 23,295 19,946 3,349 14.4 Wilson 19,454 18,142 1,312Foard 698 650 48 6.9 Medina 20,464 19,045 1,419 6.9 Winkler 3,253 3,040 213Fort Bend 285,186 263,561 21,625 7.6 Menard 1,010 943 67 6.6 Wise 28,404 26,296 2,108Franklin 5,375 4,974 401 7.5 Midland 77,643 74,077 3,566 4.6 Wood 18,242 16,752 1,490Freestone 10,307 9,668 639 6.2 Milam 10,847 9,780 1,067 9.8 Yoakum 3,930 3,717 213Frio 7,868 7,329 539 6.9 Mills 2,314 2,173 141 6.1 Young 9,674 9,058 616Gaines 7,102 6,706 396 5.6 Mitchell 3,587 3,311 276 7.7 Zapata 5,586 5,071 515Galveston 145,591 132,208 13,383 9.2 Montague 10,285 9,661 624 6.1 Zavala 4,088 3,470 618 1

Garza 2,501 2,357 144 5.8 Montgomery 227,032 210,201 16,831 7.4 Texas (Actual) 12,241,965 11,269,620 972,345


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Employment and Unemployment Estimates for Texas Cities - May 2011

City CLF Emp. Unemp Rate City CLF Emp. Unemp Rate City CLF Emp. Unemp R

Abilene 57,080 53,263 3,817 6.7 Garland 110,403 101,136 9,267 8.4 Paris 12,009 10,681 1,328 1

Allen 44,107 41,196 2,911 6.6 Georgetown 22,974 21,357 1,617 7.0 Pasadena 67,682 60,703 6,979 1

Amarillo 102,584 97,091 5,493 5.4 Grand Prairie 79,583 72,998 6,585 8.3 Pearland 47,138 43,979 3,159

Arlington 207,222 191,835 15,387 7.4 Grapevine 29,249 27,522 1,727 5.9 Pflugerville 23,768 22,474 1,294

Austin 438,175 410,510 27,665 6.3 Greenville 11,277 10,339 938 8.3 Pharr 26,520 23,726 2,794 1

Baytown 33,608 29,530 4,078 12.1 Haltom City 21,102 19,451 1,651 7.8 Plano 149,273 138,708 10,565

Beaumont 56,292 50,949 5,343 9.5 Harker Heights City 12,489 11,709 780 6.2 Port Arthur 25,498 21,407 4,091 1

Bedford 30,776 28,650 2,126 6.9 Harlingen 27,024 24,343 2,681 9.9 Richardson 55,520 51,698 3,822

Big Spring 9,580 8,873 707 7.4 Houston 1,086,519 1,000,530 85,989 7.9 Rockwall 19,144 17,893 1,251

Brownsville 68,799 60,408 8,391 12.2 Huntsville 16,302 15,085 1,217 7.5 Rosenberg 16,211 15,008 1,203

Bryan 41,789 39,380 2,409 5.8 Hurst 20,931 19,397 1,534 7.3 Round Rock 54,939 51,354 3,585

Burleson 18,816 17,536 1,280 6.8 Irving 112,159 103,624 8,535 7.6 Rowlett 29,314 27,091 2,223

Carrollton 72,457 67,441 5,016 6.9 Keller 20,703 19,431 1,272 6.1 San Angelo 45,039 42,196 2,843

Cedar Hill 23,902 21,920 1,982 8.3 Killeen 51,221 46,867 4,354 8.5 San Antonio 653,430 607,015 46,415

Cedar Park 33,671 31,649 2,022 6.0 Kingsville 13,844 12,934 910 6.6 San Benito 9,811 8,832 979 1

Cleburne 13,443 12,438 1,005 7.5 Kyle City 13,377 12,664 713 5.3 San Juan 13,777 12,187 1,590 1

College Station 48,674 45,960 2,714 5.6 Lake Jackson 14,387 13,272 1,115 7.8 San Marcos 28,565 27,077 1,488

Conroe 28,653 26,689 1,964 6.9 Lancaster 17,203 15,394 1,809 10.5 Schertz 16,429 15,541 888

Coppell 20,609 19,207 1,402 6.8 La Porte 18,527 16,997 1,530 8.3 Seguin 12,145 11,330 815

Copperas Cove 13,829 12,801 1,028 7.4 Laredo 90,182 83,164 7,018 7.8 Sherman 17,790 16,288 1,502

Corpus Christi 155,340 143,867 11,473 7.4 League City 39,909 36,793 3,116 7.8 Socorro 12,492 11,089 1,403 1

Corsicana 10,828 9,795 1,033 9.5 Leander City 13,165 12,428 737 5.6 Southlake 12,561 11,810 751

Dallas 606,636 555,804 50,832 8.4 Lewisville 61,263 57,471 3,792 6.2 Sugar Land 42,796 40,223 2,573

Deer Park 17,047 15,648 1,399 8.2 Little Elm 13,442 12,662 780 5.8 Temple 32,190 30,089 2,101

Del Rio 16,644 15,250 1,394 8.4 Longview 42,750 39,868 2,882 6.7 Texarkana 17,053 15,673 1,380

Denton 65,365 61,194 4,171 6.4 Lubbock 121,055 113,964 7,091 5.9 Texas City 20,668 18,182 2,486 1

DeSoto 25,721 23,316 2,405 9.4 Lufkin 16,326 15,050 1,276 7.8 The Colony 24,366 22,617 1,749

Duncanville 18,402 16,834 1,568 8.5 McAllen 63,031 58,142 4,889 7.8 Tyler 49,344 45,773 3,571Eagle Pass 13,594 11,465 2,129 15.7 McKinney 62,908 58,159 4,749 7.5 University Park 10,738 10,072 666

Edinburg 33,201 30,295 2,906 8.8 Mansfield 25,392 23,684 1,708 6.7 Victoria 33,157 30,977 2,180

El Paso 274,981 249,976 25,005 9.1 Mesquite 69,684 63,851 5,833 8.4 Waco 57,592 53,145 4,447

Euless 31,644 29,458 2,186 6.9 Midland 63,922 61,009 2,913 4.6 Waxahachie 13,776 12,689 1,087

Farmers Branch 14,004 12,917 1,087 7.8 Mission 28,830 25,990 2,840 9.9 Weatherford 12,913 11,955 958

Flower Mound 36,436 34,222 2,214 6.1 Missouri City 41,574 38,456 3,118 7.5 Weslaco 14,545 12,849 1,696 1

Fort Worth 340,967 312,567 28,400 8.3 Nacogdoches 16,999 15,858 1,141 6.7 Wichita Falls 45,772 42,409 3,363

Friendswood 18,054 16,813 1,241 6.9 New Braunfels 28,604 26,874 1,730 6.0 Wylie 20,660 19,139 1,521

Frisco 55,269 51,331 3,938 7.1 North Richland Hills 36,823 34,208 2,615 7.1

Galveston 25,887 23,716 2,171 8.4 Odessa 55,281 51,960 3,321 6.0

Civilian Labor Force Estimates for WDAs

May 2011

CLF Emp. Unemp. Rate

Alamo 1,047,867 972,059 75,808 7.2Brazos Valley 161,251 151,220 10,031 6.2

Cameron County 158,108 139,502 18,606 11.8

Capital Area 567,646 530,274 37,372 6.6

Central Texas 189,793 174,954 14,839 7.8

Coastal Bend 286,685 264,370 22,315 7.8

Concho Valley 76,045 71,367 4,678 6.2

Dallas 1,180,934 1,081,873 99,061 8.4

Deep East Texas 166,087 151,031 15,056 9.1

East Texas 399,138 368,870 30,268 7.6

Golden Crescent 94,835 88,372 6,463 6.8

Gulf Coast 3,000,330 2,754,035 246,295 8.2

Heart Of Texas 169,807 157,167 12,640 7.4

Lower Rio Grande Valley 342,430 300,422 42,008 12.3

Middle Rio Grande 71,696 63,976 7,720 10.8

North Central Texas 1,235,217 1,143,776 91 ,441 7.4

North East Texas 133,906 122,204 11,702 8.7

North Texas 109,327 101,978 7,349 6.7

Panhandle 221,612 209,536 12,076 5.4

Permian Basin 214,266 202,125 12,141 5.7

Rural Capital 408,359 380,174 28,185 6.9

South East Texas 190,231 169,365 20,866 11.0

South Plains 207,637 194,758 12,879 6.2

South Texas 103,486 95,036 8,450 8.2

Tarrant County 916,158 843,604 72,554 7.9

Texoma 93,538 85,975 7,563 8.1

Upper Rio Grande 337,226 303,797 33,429 9.9

West Central Texas 158,348 147,795 10,553 6.7

Average Hours and Earnings of Production or Nonsupervisory Workers for Texas

Average Weekly Earnings Average Weekly Hours Average Hourly Earni

May '11 Apr. '11 May '10 May '11 Apr. '11 May '10 May '11 Apr. '11 Ma

Mining and Logging $895.13 $839.02 $681.39 46.5 45.5 40.9 $19.25 $18.44 $16

Mining $872.73 $841.27 $731.79 47.2 46.3 42.3 $18.49 $18.17 $17

Manufacturing $655.65 $671.00 $609.23 42.3 43.6 41.9 $15.50 $15.39 $14

Durable Goods $676.51 $680.60 $588.09 43.2 44.6 42.4 $15.66 $15.26 $13

Fabricated Metal Product Mfg $658.75 $675.90 $605.88 43.8 45.7 44.0 $15.04 $14.79 $13

Nondurable Goods $617.01 $651.87 $647.45 40.7 41.6 40.9 $15.16 $15.67 $15

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities

Wholesale Trade $676.03 $650.23 $648.83 40.7 39.6 40.2 $16.61 $16.42 $16

Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies $628.00 $600.66 $577.60 43.4 42.3 40.0 $14.47 $14.20 $14

Retail Trade

Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers $636.34 $677.28 $631.10 37.9 39.7 37.7 $16.79 $17.06 $16

Bldg. Material and Garden Equipment $420.91 $415.36 $430.34 34.7 34.7 36.5 $12.13 $11.97 $1

Food and Beverage Stores $327.93 $326.98 $332.80 32.5 31.9 32.5 $10.09 $10.25 $10

Gasoline Stations $347.48 $348.97 $340.01 36.5 36.2 36.6 $9.52 $9.64 $

Clothing and Accessories Stores $219.42 $222.80 $213.21 20.7 21.3 20.7 $10.60 $10.46 $10

Information

Telecommunications $816.96 $733.20 $637.23 38.7 36.9 35.9 $21.11 $19.87 $17

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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.

Chip Center to OpenAUSTIN, TX (Austin American-Statesman--Kirk Ladendorf)AlteraCorporation said that it is setting up a semiconductor design center in Austinthat it expects will employ several hundred engineers within the next fewyears. The well-established Silicon Valley company makes customizablechips called programmable logic devices, which are used in communicationsequipment, industrial equipment, computer and storage equipment, broadcastequipment, medical equipment and other markets.

The expansion into Austin follows the companys decision to create a newfamily of customizable system chips that couple Alteras programmable logictechnology with processing cores derived from basic low-power designscreated by ARM Ltd. According to Misha Burich, senior vice president forresearch and development, We didnt pick Austin lightly. We did a worldwidestudy, and Austin was ranked No. 1. Altera expects to sign a lease soon ona space in Southwest Austin and begin recruiting senior management andbuilding a design team. Austin will be the companysfirst U.S. design centeroutside of Silicon Valley.

South Carolina Company Expands to San AntonioSAN ANTONIO, TX (San Antonio Express-News)A South Carolina-basedonline marketing and sales company plans to open a San Antonio sales centerthat will employ 360 people within a year. Red Ventures, which bills itselfas one of the fastest-growing marketing and sales companies, said the annualcompensation for the inside-sales agent positions would range from about$35,000 to $65,000. Were really excited about what San Antonio canrepresent for us, said Red Ventures co-founder and owner, Dan Feldstein.

Health Company Opens Service CenterRICHARDSON, TX (Business Wire)Extend Health, Inc., which operathe largest private Medicare exchange in the country, announced that it wopen a second service center that will employ up to 250 people in RichardsThe new service center is expected to open in July. Extend Health wcontinue to operate its service center located in Salt Lake City, Utah temploys more than 650 benefit advisors.

According to Bryce Williams, CEO of Extend Health, We were drato Richardson based on the concentration and demographics of potentemployees with service center experience and the skills required to becolicensed benefit advisors. The greater Dallas-Fort Worth area is the foulargest metropolitan area in the country and home to major U.S. corporatioincluding 24 of the Fortune 500, and many others that have service centhere.

Affiliated Foods ExpandsAMARILLO, TX (Amarillo Globe-News--Karen Smith Welch)TAmarillo City Commission unanimously approved an Amarillo EconomDevelopment Corporation grant to Affiliated Foods that will support creation of 84 new jobs. The regional grocery distributor recently signedagreement to provide services to a 53-store Super S Food Stores chain in SoTexas, Economic Development Corporation President and CEO Buzz Dasaid. Affiliated expects to create at least 84 full-time jobs to accommodthe additional business and will use the grant to expand its plant and purchnecessary equipment.

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UNEMPLOYMENT RATESBY WDA

MAY 2011

Actual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Seasonally Adjusted

MAY 2011 7.9% MAY 2011 8.0%

APR 2011 7.7% APR 2011 8.0%

MAY 2010 7.9% MAY 2010 8.1%

Actual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Seasonally Adjusted

MAY 2011 8.7% MAY 2011 9.1%

APR 2011 8.7% APR 2011 9.0%

MAY 2010 9.3% MAY 2010 9.6%

Not Seasonally Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted

MAY 2011 10,593,800 MAY 2011 10,563,300

APR 2011 10,564,500 APR 2011 10,554,500

MAY 2010 10,395,400 MAY 2010 10,357,900

OTM Change 29,300 OTM Change 8,800

OTY Change 198,400 OTY Change 205,400

Initial Claims Continued Claims

MAY 2011 87,531 MAY 2011 859,172

APR 2011 85,301 APR 2011 736,646

MAY 2010 88,051 MAY 2010 1,004,012

Personnel Supply

Annual ChangeU.S. MAY 2011 3.6% MAY 2011 249,500

Dallas-Fort Worth MAY 2011 3.3% APR 2011 241,800

Houston-Galveston APR 2011 3.9% MAY 2010 218,500

OTM Change 7,700

OTY Change 31,000

MAY 2011 $ 101.33 OTM Change -$ 8.71

APR 2011 $ 110.04 OTY Change $ 27.49

MAY 2010 $ 73.84

West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil ($/barrel)

Texas Unemployment Rate

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

Unemployment Insurance Claims Filed

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment

U.S. Unemployment Rate

UNEMPLOYMENT RATESBY COUNTIES

MAY 2011

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