+ All Categories
Home > Documents > Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

Date post: 03-Apr-2018
Category:
Upload: coy-davidson
View: 215 times
Download: 0 times
Share this document with a friend

of 16

Transcript
  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    1/16

    M A R C H 2013

    T E X A S

    A M ONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF THE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION

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

    I N THI S I SSUE

    Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

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

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

    Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

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

    MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment(Seasonally Adjusted)

    which marked the highest rate seen in the series since December 201

    Construction employment jumped in February with the addition of 15,jobs for its largest monthly gain in series history. February markedseventh consecutive month of job growth, and the industry has ad22,800 jobs over the past three months. Construction employmexpanded by 43,300 jobs over the year for a 7.5 percent annual growrate, marking the industrys largest over-the-year net employment incresince February 2008.

    Employment in Leisure and Hospitality swelled by an estimated 8,positions in February after having recorded a revised gain of 7,000 jobJanuary. This major industry has added jobs over the month in 23 ofpast 24 months. Accommodations and Food Services employment rby 7,600 positions in February, while Arts, Entertainment, and Recreatadded 1,200 jobs. Employment in Leisure and Hospitality grew by 65,6positions over the year, which pushed its annual growth rate to a serhigh 6.2 percent.

    Other Services employment continued to climb in February wthe addition of an estimated 3,800 jobs. This major industry has

    experienced an over-the-month decline in employment since Janu2011. Annualized growth in Other Services climbed from 3.9 percenJanuary to 4.7 percent in February, afigure that nearly tripled the averaannual growth recorded in the series in February of 1.6 percent. TOther Services industry includes automotive repair along with compuand office machine repair and appliance repair and maintenance. Barshops, funeral homes and business associations are also listed in major industry.

    Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment marked its 38th stramonth of expansion with the addition of 3,600 jobs in February. ReTrade added 6,900 jobs, while Wholesale Trade contracted by 3,2positions and Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities shaved off 1jobs. Positive annual growth continued for the 32nd straight month

    Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment gained 65,800 jobs othe year for a 3.1 percent annual growth rate. Retail Trade accountedthe majority of the yearly gains with the addition of 36,300 positions

    Following a revised January gain of 1,700 jobs, Mining and Loggemployment added 3,000 jobs in February. This marked the strongFebruary increase in series history and the largest over-the-momovement since March 2012. The industry has added 6,100 jobs overpast three months, indicating a slower pace of growth over this timefraas compared to the past two years. Mining and Logging expanded19,700 jobs over the year as the annual growth rate ticked up to 7.5 percin February.

    0.0%

    0.5%

    1.0%

    1.5%

    2.0%

    2.5%

    3.0%

    3.5%

    4.0%

    4.5%

    8.2

    8.4

    8.6

    8.8

    9.0

    9.2

    9.4

    Feb'11 Jun'11 Oct'11 Feb'12 Jun'12 Oct'12 Feb'13

    TotalPrivateEmploymentinTexasEmployment LevelandAnnualGrowthRate(SeasonallyAdjusted,inMillionsofJobs)

    E mp lo ym en t A nn ua lGrowthRate

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

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

    Total Nonagricultural Employment in Texas expanded by an estimated80,600 positions in February on the heels of a revised gain of 13,800jobs in January. The Total Nonfarm series added 125,500 jobs over thepast three months, afigure that comfortably outpaced growth seen over thesame period a year ago of 94,100 positions. All 11 major industries showedemployment increases over the month, led by growth of 25,400 jobs inProfessional and Business Services and 16,700 positions in Government.Total Nonagricultural Employment ended February at an estimated levelof 11,119,100 jobs, an increase of 359,800 jobs over the year. The annualgrowth rate for the employment series rebounded to 3.3 percent in Februaryafter having dipped to 2.9 percent in January.

    Following a revised loss of 9,000 jobs in January, Professional and BusinessServices employment reversed course in February with the addition of25,400 jobs. February marked the strongest monthly gain in series historyand was primarily driven by the expansion of 16,700 jobs in Administrative

    and Support and Waste Management Remediation Services. Over the pastthree months, the industry added 28,700 jobs, marking the fastest paceof job growth during that timeframe in series history. Annual growthaccelerated in February as Professional and Business Services gained66,000 jobs over the year for a 4.8 percent annualized growth rate.

    Employment in Government climbed by an estimated 16,700 positions inFebruary, reversing a revised drop of 10,100 positions in January. LocalGovernment accounted for 10,600 jobs added over the month, StateGovernment employment moved up by 5,400 positions, and employmentin Federal Government edged up by 700 jobs. Government employmentrose by 12,600 jobs over the year for an annual growth rate of 0.7 percent,

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    2/16

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

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

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

    2

    MA R C H 2 0 1 3

    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 secto*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 disseminatein 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 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)

    5.0%

    4.0%

    3.0%

    2.0%

    1.0%

    0.0%

    1.0%

    2.0%

    3.0%

    4.0%

    5.0%

    6.0%

    Jan95

    Jan96

    Jan97

    Jan98

    Jan99

    Jan00

    Jan01

    Jan02

    Jan03

    Jan04

    Jan05

    Jan06

    Jan07

    Jan08

    Jan09

    Jan10

    Jan11

    Jan12

    Jan13

    OvertheYearPercentChange

    TotalNonagriculturalJobsvs.CivilianLaborForce(SeasonallyAdjusted)

    NonagriculturalJobs

    CivilianLaborForce

    0.0%

    2.0%

    4.0%

    6.0%

    8.0%

    10.0%

    12.0%

    Jan95

    Jan96

    Jan97

    Jan98

    Jan99

    Jan00

    Jan01

    Jan02

    Jan03

    Jan04

    Jan05

    Jan06

    Jan07

    Jan08

    Jan09

    Jan10

    Jan11

    Jan12

    3

    TexasandU.S.UnemploymentRates(SeasonallyAdjusted)

    Texas

    U.S.

    TEXASANDU.S.CIVILIANLABORFORCEESTIMATESTEXAS* UNITEDSTATES**

    NotSeasonallyAdjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateFebruary 2013 12,662,600 11,845,600 817,000 6.5 154,727,000 142,228,000 12,500,000 8.1January 2013 12,655,100 11,782,500 872,600 6.9 154,794,000 141,614,000 13,181,000 8.5February 2012 12,520,800 11,613,100 907,700 7.2 154,114,000 140,684,000 13,430,000 8.7

    SeasonallyAdjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateFebruary 2013 12,707,200 11,898,700 808,500 6.4 155,524,000 143,492,000 12,032,000 7.7January 2013 12,680,500 11,881,100 799,400 6.3 155,654,000 143,322,000 12,332,000 7.9February 2012 12,574,800 11,682,400 892,400 7.1 154,825,000 142,019,000 12,806,000 8.3

    INDUSTRYTITLE Feb.2013* Jan.2013 Feb.2012 Absolute Percent Absolute Percent Change Change Change ChangeTotalNonagricultural 11,119,100 11,038,500 10,759,300 80,600 0.7 359,800 3.3TotalPrivate 9,312,500 9,248,600 8,965,300 63,900 0.7 347,200 3.9GoodsProducing 1,765,900 1,744,700 1,692,400 21,200 1.2 73,500 4.3MiningandLogging 281,500 278,500 261,800 3,000 1.1 19,700 7.5Construction 617,400 601,700 574,100 15,700 2.6 43,300 7.5Manufacturing 867,000 864,500 856,500 2,500 0.3 10,500 1.2ServiceProviding 9,353,200 9,293,800 9,066,900 59,400 0.6 286,300 3.2Trade,Transportation,andUtilities 2,220,400 2,216,800 2,154,600 3,600 0.2 65,800 3.1Information 198,500 198,400 196,500 100 0.1 2,000 1.0FinancialActivities 665,000 664,900 652,800 100 0.0 12,200 1.9ProfessionalandBusinessServices 1,448,300 1,422,900 1,382,300 25,400 1.8 66,000 4.8EducationandHealthServices 1,490,700 1,489,800 1,446,200 900 0.1 44,500 3.1LeisureandHospitality 1,130,700 1,121,900 1,065,100 8,800 0.8 65,600 6.2OtherServices 393,000 389,200 375,400 3,800 1.0 17,600 4.7Government 1,806,600 1,789,900 1,794,000 16,700 0.9 12,600 0.7

    TEXASNONAGRICULTURALWAGEANDSALARYEMPLOYMENTSEASONALLYADJUSTED

    Jan.'13toFeb.'13 Feb.'12toFeb.'13

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    3/16

    T E X A S L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

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

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

    Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Change %Change Change %Chang

    TOTALNONFARM 11,043,700 10,925,700 10,688,100 118,000 1.1% 355,600 3.3

    TOTALPRIVATE 9,208,500 9,136,700 8,871,700 71,800 0.8% 336,800 3.8

    GOODSPRODUCING 1,747,700 1,721,500 1,677,800 26,200 1.5% 69,900 4.2

    MiningandLogging(NAICS21,1133) 279,300 277,400 260,400 1,900 0.7% 18,900 7.3

    OilandGasExtraction(NAICS211) 101,400 100,900 93,600 500 0.5% 7,800 8.3

    SupportActivities

    for

    Mining

    (NAICS

    213) 168,900 166,700 155,500 2,200 1.3% 13,400 8.6

    Construction(NAICS23) 605,900 585,300 564,400 20,600 3.5% 41,500 7.4

    ConstructionofBuildings(NAICS236) 135,400 132,400 126,700 3,000 2.3% 8,700 6.9HeavyandCivilEngineeringConstruction(NAICS237) 128,400 123,500 119,500 4,900 4.0% 8,900 7.5SpecialtyTradeContractors(NAICS238) 342,100 329,400 318,200 12,700 3.9% 23,900 7.5Manufacturing(NAICS3133) 862,500 858,800 853,000 3,700 0 .4% 9,500 1.1

    DurableGoods 571,400 568,200 560,300 3,200 0.6% 11,100 2.0

    WoodProductManufacturing(NAICS321) 19,700 19,400 19,000 300 1.6% 700 3.7NonmetallicMineralProductManufacturing(NAICS327) 32,200 32,200 31,700 0 0.0% 500 1.6PrimaryMetalManufacturing(NAICS331) 22,300 22,400 21,700 100 0.5% 600 2.8FabricatedMetalProductManufacturing(NAICS332) 134,900 134,700 129,400 200 0.2% 5,500 4.3MachineryManufacturing(NAICS333) 105,600 104,700 101,500 900 0.9% 4,100 4.0ComputerandElectronicProductManufacturing(NAICS334) 95,500 94,700 97,900 800 0.8% 2,400 2.5ElectricEquipment,Appliance,andComponentMfg(NAICS335) 19,300 19,200 18,300 100 0.5% 1,000 5.5TransportationEquipmentManufacturing(NAICS336) 91,900 91,200 90,900 700 0.8% 1,000 1.1FurnitureandRelatedProductManufacturing(NAICS337) 21,500 21,300 21,200 200 0.9% 300 1.4MiscellaneousManufacturing(NAICS339) 28,500 28,400 28,700 100 0.4% 200 0.7NondurableGoods 291,100 290,600 292,700 500 0.2% 1,600 0.6

    FoodManufacturing(NAICS311) 84,100 84,700 85,800 600 0.7% 1,700 2.0BeverageandTobaccoProductManufacturing(NAICS312) 11,800 11,800 11,200 0 0.0% 600 5.4PaperManufacturing(NAICS322) 16,700 16,700 17,400 0 0.0% 700 4.0PrintingandRelatedSupportManufacturing(NAICS323) 25,500 25,500 26,400 0 0.0% 900 3.4PetroleumandCoalProductsManufacturing(NAICS324) 24,900 24,800 24,600 100 0.4% 300 1.2ChemicalManufacturing(NAICS325) 75,300 74,900 72,500 400 0.5% 2,800 3.9PlasticsandRubberManufacturing(NAICS326) 37,700 37,900 37,700 200 0.5% 0 0.0

    TexasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

    Jan'13toFeb'13 Feb'12toFeb'1

    6.0%

    4.0%

    2.0%

    0.0%

    2.0%

    4.0%

    6.0%

    Jan93

    Jan94

    Jan95

    Jan96

    Jan97

    Jan98

    Jan99

    Jan00

    Jan01

    Jan02

    Jan03

    Jan04

    Jan05

    Jan06

    Jan07

    Jan08

    Jan09

    Jan10

    Jan11

    Jan12

    Jan13

    AnnualGrowthRate

    Mining

    &

    Logging

    Construction Manufacturing Wholesale

    Trade

    Retail

    TradeTransportation,

    Warehousing,

    &

    Utilities

    Information Financial

    Activities

    Professional

    &

    Business

    Services

    Education

    &

    Health

    Services

    Leisure

    &

    Hospitality

    Other

    Services

    Government10,000

    0

    10,000

    20,000

    30,000

    40,000

    50,000

    StatewideOvertheMonthChange(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

    January2013toFebruary2013

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    4/16

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

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

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

    4

    MA R C H 2 0 1 3

    *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.

    Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Change %Change Change %Chang

    SERVICEPROVIDING 9,296,000 9,204,200 9,010,300 91,800 1.0% 285,700 3.2

    PrivateServiceProviding 7,460,800 7,415,200 7,193,900 45,600 0.6% 266,900 3.7

    Trade,Transportation,andUtilities(NAICS42,44,45,48,49,22) 2,194,800 2,205,400 2,126,900 10,600 0.5% 67,900 3.2

    WholesaleTrade(NAICS42) 549,300 551,000 530,200 1,700 0.3% 19,100 3.6MerchantWholesalers,DurableGoods(NAICS423) 314,100 313,100 301,600 1,000 0.3% 12,500 4.1Merchant

    Wholesalers,

    Nondurable

    Goods

    (NAICS

    424) 164,100 165,400 160,700

    1,300

    0.8% 3,400 2.1WholesaleElectronicMarketsandAgentsandBrokers(NAICS425) 71,100 72,500 67,900 1,400 1.9% 3,200 4.7RetailTrade(NAICS4445) 1,197,000 1,203,300 1,155,500 6,300 0.5% 41,500 3.6MotorVehicleandPartsDealers(NAICS441) 157,700 155,100 149,500 2,600 1.7% 8,200 5.5FurnitureandHomeFurnishingsStores(NAICS442) 36,600 37,100 36,600 500 1.4% 0 0.0ElectronicsandApplianceStores(NAICS443) 41,800 43,300 42,000 1,500 3.5% 200 0.5BuildingMaterialandGardenEquipmentandSupplies (NAICS444) 92,100 88,900 89,700 3,200 3.6% 2,400 2.7FoodandBeverageStores(NAICS445) 210,100 210,000 208,500 100 0.1% 1,600 0.8HealthandPersonalCareStores(NAICS446) 69,500 71,200 67,300 1,700 2.4% 2,200 3.3GasolineStations(NAICS447) 79,400 77,600 71,100 1,800 2.3% 8,300 11.7ClothingandClothingAccessoriesStores(NAICS448) 123,500 128,100 116,900 4,600 3.6% 6,600 5.7SportingGoods,Hobby,Book,andMusicStores(NAICS451) 37,500 39,100 37,700 1,600 4.1% 200 0.5GeneralMerchandiseStores(NAICS452) 262,400 269,000 258,700 6,600 2.5% 3,700 1.4MiscellaneousStoreRetailers(NAICS453) 66,000 63,400 57,700 2,600 4.1% 8,300 14.4NonstoreRetailers(NAICS454) 20,400 20,500 19,800 100 0.5% 600 3.0Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities(NAICS4849,22) 448,500 451,100 441,200 2,600 0.6% 7,300 1.7TransportationandWarehousing(NAICS48,49) 400,800 403,600 392,900 2,800 0.7% 7,900 2.0AirTransportation(NAICS481) 59,000 59,700 61,000 700 1.2% 2,000 3.3TruckTransportation(NAICS484) 126,200 125,000 122,300 1,200 1.0% 3,900 3.2PipelineTransportation(NAICS486) 16,300 16,300 16,100 0 0.0% 200 1.2SupportActivitiesforTransportation(NAICS488) 73,700 74,900 71,700 1,200 1.6% 2,000 2.8CouriersandMessengers (NAICS492) 36,200 38,400 34,800 2,200 5.7% 1,400 4.0WarehousingandStorage(NAICS493) 46,600 46,900 46,800 300 0.6% 200 0.4Utilities(NAICS22) 47,700 47,500 48,300 200 0.4% 600 1.2Information(NAICS51) 197,600 197,700 196,100 100 0.1% 1,500 0.8PublishingIndustries(ExceptInternet)(NAICS511) 39,400 39,400 40,200 0 0.0% 800 2.0Telecommunications(NAICS517) 84,900 84,900 86,800 0 0.0% 1,900 2.2DataProcessing,Hosting,andRelatedServices(NAICS518) 29,600 29,800 28,700 200 0.7% 900 3.1FinancialActivities(NAICS52,53) 661,000 661,200 650,000 200 0.0% 11,000 1.7FinanceandInsurance(NAICS52) 484,000 486,200 474,600 2,200 0.5% 9,400 2.0CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities(NAICS522) 252,300 254,300 247,900 2,000 0.8% 4,400 1.8Securities,CommoditiesContracts,andOtherFinancial(NAICS523) 52,100 52,000 50,600 100 0.2% 1,500 3.0InsuranceCarriersandRelatedActivities(NAICS524) 169,100 168,600 166,300 500 0.3% 2,800 1.7RealEstateandRentalandLeasing(NAICS53) 177,000 175,000 175,400 2,000 1.1% 1,600 0.9RealEstate(NAICS531) 119,400 116,700 119,200 2,700 2.3% 200 0.2RentalandLeasingServices(NAICS532) 56,100 55,900 54,000 200 0.4% 2,100 3.9ProfessionalandBusinessServices(NAICS54,55,56) 1,430,300 1,402,400 1,369,900 27,900 2.0% 60,400 4.4Professional,ScientificandTechnicalServices(NAICS54) 636,100 625,400 614,600 10,700 1.7% 21,500 3.5Management ofCompaniesandEnterprises(NAICS55) 87,200 87,900 86,600 700 0.8% 600 0.7AdminandSupportandWasteMgmtandRemediation(NAICS56) 707,000 689,100 668,700 17,900 2.6% 38,300 5.7AdministrativeandSupportServices(NAICS561) 678,600 660,800 641,300 17,800 2.7% 37,300 5.8EducationandHealthServices(NAICS61,62) 1,488,600 1,482,300 1,441,100 6,300 0.4% 47,500 3.3EducationalServices(NAICS61) 173,300 170,100 167,800 3,200 1.9% 5,500 3.3HealthCareandSocialAssistance(NAICS62) 1,315,300 1,312,200 1,273,300 3,100 0.2% 42,000 3.3AmbulatoryHealthCareServices(NAICS621) 639,000 639,200 613,700 200 0.0% 25,300 4.1Hospitals(NAICS622) 304,600 303,100 298,700 1,500 0.5% 5,900 2.0NursingandResidentialCareFacilities(NAICS623) 176,200 177,100 171,900 900 0.5% 4,300 2.5SocialAssistance(NAICS624) 195,500 192,800 189,000 2,700 1.4% 6,500 3.4LeisureandHospitality(NAICS71,72) 1,098,900 1,081,600 1,038,100 17,300 1.6% 60,800 5.9Arts,Entertainment,andRecreation(NAICS71) 110,800 107,300 101,200 3,500 3.3% 9,600 9.5Amusement,Gambling,andRecreation(NAICS713) 78,900 76,800 70,600 2,100 2.7% 8,300 11.8Accommodation andFoodServices(NAICS72) 988,100 974,300 936,900 13,800 1.4% 51,200 5.5Accommodation(NAICS721) 108,900 106,500 103,100 2,400 2.3% 5,800 5.6FoodServicesandDrinkingPlaces(NAICS722) 879,200 867,800 833,800 11,400 1.3% 45,400 5.4OtherServices(NAICS81) 389,600 384,600 371,800 5,000 1.3% 17,800 4.8RepairandMaintenance (NAICS811) 118,700 114,700 111,700 4,000 3.5% 7,000 6.3PersonalandLaundryServices(NAICS812) 99,200 99,000 94,200 200 0.2% 5,000 5.3Religious,Grantmaking,Civic,ProfOrganizations(NAICS813) 171,700 170,900 165,900 800 0.5% 5,800 3.5Government 1,835,200 1,789,000 1,816,400 46,200 2.6% 18,800 1.0FederalGovernment 197,900 197,200 199,600 700 0.4% 1,700 0.9StateGovernment 374,000 356,400 367,300 17,600 4.9% 6,700 1.8LocalGovernment 1,263,300 1,235,400 1,249,500 27,900 2.3% 13,800 1.1

    Feb'12toFeb'1Jan'13toFeb'13

    TexasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    5/16

    T E X A S L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

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

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

    Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment within the MetropolitanStatistical Areas rebounded by adding an estimated 91,700 jobs in Februaryafter a revised seasonal drop of -150,300 jobs for J anuary. This rise inemployment was the largest increase for February in the recorded seriesand bested the next largest February gain of 91,600 jobs in 2007 by 100

    positions. Consequently, the current three-month total loss of -20,600 jobswas also the smallest three-month total loss in the last seven years for thistime period. All areas added employment for the month and were led by theHouston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA with a 28,200-job increase. Two otherareas added 10,000 or more jobs including the Dallas-Plano-Irving area with14,500 jobs and the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA with 10,000 jobs.The top-three MSAs in terms of percentage gains were the College Station-Bryan MSA at 5.1 percent followed by the Corpus Christi and the Beaumont-Port Arthur MSAs at 1.7 percent and 1.4 percent, respectively. The annualgrowth rate for Total Nonagricultural Employment, at 3.5 percent, markedthe 34th consecutive month of positive rates and was the highest growthrate since an equal mark was set in July 2007. Over the year, 334,200 jobswere added to the series, bringing employment to a total of 9,893,200 jobs.By far, the two areas that experienced the highest annual growth rates werethe Odessa and Midland MSAs, each at 8.1 percent. The Houston-SugarLand-Baytown MSA was third for the year with a 4.5 percent growth rate.

    Due to seasonal factors, the Government sector added the most jobs ofany industry for the month. The 33,300 jobs gained in February could belargely attributed to the seasonal hiring occurring in many area colleges andschool districts. The upward movement in employment was also the largestFebruary increase in the recorded series. The biggest percentage gain for anyarea was recorded by the College Station-Bryan MSA with a 12.0 percentincrease. This was more than three times the size of the next largest increase,which was seen in the Tyler MSAs 3.9 percent jump in employment. TheAmarillo MSA and Dallas-Plano-Irving area rounded out the top four areaswith employment increases of 2.9 and 2.6 percent, respectively. The 11,800jobs gained throughout all the MSAs over the year was in direct contrast tothe 36,600 jobs lost over the 12-month period ending in February 2012. Theannual growth rate for February 2013 recorded thefifth consecutive monthof positive marks. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA led all areas intotal amount of jobs added over the year at 8,100 positions. The area alsotied for first in percentage terms with the San Angelo MSA at a 2.2 percentincrease. For the state, Government employment grew 1.0 percent for the year.

    Employment in Professional and Business Services expanded by 23,400jobs for February after seasonal forces in that industry led to a revised dropof 26,300 jobs for January. This was the largest February over-the-monthemployment gain in the recorded series. The gain also contributed to thethird consecutive year of positive three-month employment increases forthis time-span with 3,800 jobs added. The Fort Worth-Arlington area ledall areas concerning percentage change with a 3.7 percent increase over themonth. The Beaumont-Port Arthur MSA had the second highest percentage

    -15,000

    -10,000

    -5,000

    0

    5,000

    10,000

    15,000

    20,000

    25,000

    30,000

    35,000

    40,000

    Mining,Logging,&Construction Manufacturing WholesaleTrade RetailTrade Transportation,Warehousing,&

    Utilities

    Information Financial

    Activities

    Professional&Business

    Services

    Education&HealthServices Leisure&Hospitality OtherServices Government

    MetropolitanStatisticalAreaOvertheMonthEmploymentChange

    January2013toFebruary2013(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

    change with 3.0 percent, which was also 1.0 percentage point higher ththe overall statewide increase of 2.0 percent. No areas lost employment the month. The annual growth rate for Professional and Business Serviremained positive for the 35th consecutive month with a 4.5 percent raAlthough the Abilene MSA ranked sixth in number of jobs created the year, it ranked first in percentage terms with a 10.0 percent increaAnother area that grew at least twice as fast as the statewide rate of percent was the Victoria MSA with an annual growth rate of 8.8 perce

    Mining, Logging, and Construction added the third most jobs of all industries wa 17,200 jobs uptick in employment. The group also added more employmover the month than any other February increase for the recorded series. Tmonths swelling in employment had 2,800 more jobs than the previous highgrowth mark of February 2008 with 14,400 jobs. The current three-mogain for the industry continued the employment growth experienced last yfor this time frame and surpassed the total employment level accrued over previous six years beginning in 2007. The 7,400-job growth for the HoustSugar Land-Baytown MSA accounted for nearly one-third of the 22,500 growth statewide. The Corpus Christi and Sherman-Denison MSAs ledareas with 4.1 and 4.0 monthly percentage growth, respectively. No MSlost employment for the month. Mining, Logging, and Construction tall59,100 jobs for the year ending in February, setting the annual growth rate of percent as the highest rate since November 2006. Seven areas posted doubdigit growth over the year, led by the Odessa MSA with a 17.9 percent increa

    17.9%

    15.8% 15.6% 15.5%

    12.8%12.5%

    10.4%

    7.3%

    0.0%

    2.0%

    4.0%

    6.0%

    8.0%

    10.0%

    12.0%

    14.0%

    16.0%

    18.0%

    20.0%

    HighestAnnualGrowthRatesforMining,Logging,andConstructionNotSeasonallyAdjusted

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    6/16

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

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

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

    6

    MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

    Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb

    TOTALNONFARM 2,752,100 2,723,900 2,633,400 2,148,600 2,134,100 2,076,400 915,700 906,800 879,0

    GOODSPRODUCING 540,100 530,400 506,300 276,300 275,200 269,700 157,500 155,300 147,5

    Mining,Logging,&Construction 290,300 282,900 269,300 113,700 111,900 103,000 64,900 62,800 57,7

    Manufacturing 249,800 247,500 237,000 162,600 163,300 166,700 92,600 92,500 89,8DurableGoods 170,100 168,000 158,800 115,300 116,100 118,100 67,200 67,100 64,8FabricatedMetalProductManufacturing 57,800 57,800 53,800 ComputerandElectronicProductManufacturing 18,800 18,600 18,700 38,100 38,000 39,400 2,500 2,500 2,6NondurableGoods 79,700 79,500 78,200 47,300 47,200 48,600 25,400 25,400 25,0SERVICEPROVIDING 2,212,000 2,193,500 2,127,100 1,872,300 1,858,900 1,806,700 758,200 751,500 731,5

    PrivateServiceProviding 1,835,700 1,826,500 1,758,900 1,603,500 1,596,900 1,541,300 632,100 627,500 606,7

    WholesaleTrade 148,700 147,900 141,200 125,500 125,400 121,000 42,800 43,500 40,0MerchantWholesalers,DurableGoods 87,900 86,800 83,500 72,600 71,800 69,000 25,100 25,100 24,1MerchantWholesalers,NondurableGoods 40,600 40,600 39,700 37,100 36,900 36,500 12,300 12,300 11,9RetailTrade 279,900 283,200 268,000 217,600 217,900 209,900 98,900 99,400 96,8MotorVehicleandPartsDealers 34,600 34,400 33,200 27,100 26,800 26,500 Bldng.MaterialandGardenEqpmnt.andSuppliesDlrs. 19,700 18,900 19,200 16,700 15,400 15,800 8,000 7,600 7,8FoodandBeverageStores 57,400 57,500 56,300 34,900 34,800 34,400 15,100 15,100 15,1ClothingandClothingAccessoriesStores 31,000 32,000 29,000 23,600 24,600 23,000 GeneralMerchandiseStores 59,400 61,600 59,300 46,400 47,800 45,900 22,600 23,400 23,1Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities 130,900 131,100 125,900 76,800 77,200 74,500 64,600 64,800 65,3Utilities 16,400 16,200 16,600 6,000 5,900 5,900 Information 31,800 31,800 31,200 62,500 63,800 64,300 13,300 13,300 13,6Telecommunications 15,300 15,100 15,400 30,500 30,300 30,400 7,000 6,900 7,2FinancialActivities 139,200 139,900 138,000 193,000 192,200 185,700 55,400 55,200 54,7FinanceandInsurance 89,000 90,100 89,000 148,500 148,000 142,500 43,100 42,900 42,2CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities 42,800 43,000 42,400 75,500 76,200 73,300 26,200 26,400 26,4InsuranceCarriersandRelatedActivities 28,900 28,800 29,500 51,600 51,400 50,000 RealEstateandRentalandLeasing 50,200 49,800 49,000 44,500 44,200 43,200 ProfessionalandBusinessServices 409,900 401,900 394,900 378,400 373,000 359,300 105,500 101,700 97,5Professional,Scientific,andTechnicalServices 198,000 193,800 191,500 166,900 166,100 161,100 38,000 37,600 35,8Admin.SupportandWasteMgmt.andRemediation 188,800 185,000 180,900 180,900 175,900 167,900 61,700 58,400 55,9EducationandHealthServices 338,500 336,300 321,100 266,500 268,400 259,200 118,900 118,100 113,0HealthCareandSocialAssistance 291,200 289,800 275,700 226,600 229,100 220,900 105,000 104,400 98,6AmbulatoryHealthCareServices 139,800 138,700 130,200 117,700 120,400 114,100 Hospitals 76,100 75,700 73,800 50,800 50,600 50,000 27,400 27,300 26,9LeisureandHospitality 261,100 258,200 245,500 207,000 204,600 194,800 99,400 98,400 93,0Arts,Entertainment,andRecreation 26,300 25,600 25,500 22,400 21,800 21,100 AccommodationandFoodServices 234,800 232,600 220,000 184,600 182,800 173,700 84,400 83,600 80,6FoodServicesandDrinkingPlaces 213,000 211,100 198,800 163,100 161,700 153,000 76,100 75,000 72,0OtherServices 95,700 96,200 93,100 76,200 74,400 72,600 33,300 33,100 32,8

    Government 376,300 367,000 368,200 268,800 262,000 265,400 126,100 124,000 124,8Federal 27,600 27,200 27,300 30,000 30,100 30,100 15,700 15,700 15,0State 72,300 71,400 71,600 35,700 35,500 36,600 12,800 12,400 12,5Local 276,400 268,400 269,300 203,100 196,400 198,700 97,600 95,900 97,3Feb

    '13* Jan

    '13 Feb

    '12 Feb

    '13* Jan

    '13 Feb

    '12 Feb

    '13* Jan

    '13 Feb

    TOTALNONFARM 881,400 872,400 863,800 840,100 830,100 807,900 284,700 283,700 280,5

    GOODSPRODUCING 92,800 91,000 89,800 94,300 93,600 90,200 30,500 30,400 30,2

    Mining,Logging,&Construction 46,200 45,000 43,500 43,600 42,900 40,000 12,700 12,600 12,7

    Manufacturing 46,600 46,000 46,300 50,700 5 0,700 5 0,200 17,800 17,800 17,5

    SERVICEPROVIDING 788,600 781,400 774,000 745,800 736,500 717,700 254,200 253,300 250,3

    PrivateServiceProviding 625,600 622,300 612,400 575,700 568,900 549,500 185,300 184,500 180,8

    WholesaleTrade 30,100 30,100 29,400 45,000 45,100 43,700 9,700 9,600 9,8

    RetailTrade 96,900 98,900 95,500 90,600 91,500 85,400 35,700 36,000 34,6FoodandBeverageStores 18,000 18,100 18,400 17,400 17,400 17,000 GeneralMerchandiseStores 19,700 20,400 19,200 15,500 16,000 15,300 9,400 9,600 9,4Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities 22,300 22,100 21,200 14,100 14,000 13,800 13,100 13,100 12,7

    Information 20,300 20,300 19,400 22,100 22,100 21,400 4,900 5,000 5,0Telecommunications 5,300 5,300 5,300 7,000 6,900 6,700 FinancialActivities 72,700 71,900 71,000 45,400 44,400 45,100 12,700 12,600 12,4FinanceandInsurance 58,200 57,600 57,300 32,300 32,300 31,400 CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities 26,000 25,800 25,200 13,100 13,200 12,700 ProfessionalandBusinessServices 110,100 107,600 104,400 127,300 126,000 120,900 28,900 28,600 29,2Professional,Scientific,andTechnicalServices 41,900 42,400 42,400 67,400 67,500 65,500 AdminSupportandWasteMgmtandRemediationSvcs 55,200 54,200 52,600 52,500 51,400 50,500 19,600 19,500 20,3EducationandHealthServices 134,600 134,200 134,000 101,600 97,300 95,700 39,600 39,200 38,2HealthCareandSocialAssistance 118,600 118,700 117,700 84,400 82,200 81,600 Hospitals 23,000 22,900 23,200 22,300 22,200 21,300 LeisureandHospitality 105,400 104,300 105,500 93,900 93,200 89,400 30,500 30,400 29,4AccommodationandFoodServices 95,100 94,400 94,800 84,100 83,300 80,500 OtherServices 33,200 32,900 32,000 35,700 35,300 34,100 10,200 10,000 9,5

    Government 163,000 159,100 161,600 170,100 167,600 168,200 68,900 68,800 69,5Federal 34,800 34,700 35,000 12,500 11,200 12,500 13,200 13,100 12,9State 20,600 20,500 20,500 75,100 74,200 72,400 10,400 10,300 10,2Local 107,600 103,900 106,100 82,500 82,200 83,300 45,300 45,400 46,4

    TexasMetropolitanStatisticalAreasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)DALLASPLANOIRVINGMD** FORTWORTHARLINGTONMD**

    SANANTONIONEWBRAUNFELS AUSTINROUNDROCKSANMARCOS ELPASO

    HOUSTONSUGARLANDBAYTOWN

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    7/16

    T E X A S L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

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

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

    Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb

    TOTALNONFARM 67,100 66,800 65,800 112,600 112,000 111,800 161,500 159,300 161,200 133,000 132,200 130,3

    Mining,Logging,&Constr. 5,300 5,300 5,000 5,900 5,800 5,500 20,300 19,900 20,900 3,700 3,700 3,2

    Manufacturing 2,700 2,700 2,700 13, 200 13, 200 13,4 00 22,500 21,800 22,200 5,800 5,800 5,8

    WholesaleTrade 2,600 2,600 2,500 5,200 5,300 5,200 5,200 5,200 4,800 3,700 3,600 3,6

    RetailTrade 8,100 8,200 7,900 14, 500 14, 500 13,8 00 19,300 19,500 19,200 16,800 17,300 16,2

    Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 1,700 1,700 1,600 4,800 4,800 4,700 6,100 6,000 5,800 4,700 4,700 4,8

    Information 1,100 1,100 1,100

    1,400 1,400 1,500

    1,300 1,300 1,400

    1,200 1,200 1,8

    FinancialActivities 3,800 3 ,800 3,800 6,000 6,100 6,200 5,800 5,700 5,700 5,500 5,500 5,3

    Prof.&BusinessServices 5,500 5,500 5,000 8,200 8,100 8,100 13,700 13,300 14,100 10,000 10,000 10,3

    Educ.&HealthServices 13,600 13,400 13,600 16, 300 16, 300 16,2 00 22,300 22,100 22,000 33,900 33,400 33,2

    Leisure&Hospitality 7,400 7,300 7,100 11, 300 11, 300 11,7 00 14,700 14,400 14,000 13,200 12,900 12,2

    OtherServices 2,600 2,600 2,500 4,800 4,800 4,600 5,600 5,600 5,500 3,600 3,700 3,4

    Government 12,700 12,600 13,000 21, 000 20, 400 20,9 00 24,700 24,500 25,600 30,900 30,400 30,5

    Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb

    TOTALNONFARM 98,800 94,000 96,200 188,500 185,300 181,000 130,800 129,100 127,200 95,300 95,100 91,9

    Mining,Logging,&Constr. 6,800 6,600 6,600 25, 600 24, 600 22,1 00 5,400 5,300 5,000 4,400 4,300 3,9

    Manufacturing 5,600 5,600 5,300 9,800 9,800 9,800 7,100 7,100 7,000 700 700 8

    WholesaleTrade 1,900 1,900 1,800 5,800 5,700 5,600 3,900 3,900 3,800 2,700 2,700 2,7

    RetailTrade 11,000 11,000 10,500 19, 900 20, 200 19,7 00 15,300 15,500 14,900 12,600 12,900 12,2

    Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 1,400 1,400 1,300 6,800 6,800 6,400 4,500 4,500 4,500 13,100 13,200 12,5

    Information 1,300 1,300 1,200 2,000 1,900 2,000 2,200 2,300 2,300 600 600 6

    FinancialActivities 3,600 3 ,500 3,500 7,600 7,600 7,400 5,900 6,000 5,400 3,800 3,800 3,8

    Prof.&BusinessServices 6,600 6,500 6,200 15, 300 15, 100 1 5,1 00 9,300 9,300 8,900 7,500 7,500 7,5

    Educ.

    &

    Health

    Services 10,300 10,200 10,100

    31, 200 30, 800 30,3 00

    22,000 21,600 20,600 15,000 14,900 14,6

    Leisure&Hospitality 12,400 11,900 10,000 23, 200 22, 300 21,3 00 13,500 12,800 12,100 10,100 9,900 8,9

    OtherServices 3,400 3,300 3,200 8,000 7,900 7,300 4,900 4,800 4,900 2,500 2,500 2,3

    Government 34,500 30,800 36,500 33, 300 32, 600 34,0 00 36,800 36,000 37,800 22,300 22,100 22,1

    Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb

    TOTALNONFARM 102,100 101,100 99,800 130,400 129,500 127,600 232,400 232,300 227,800 84,000 83,400 77,7

    Mining,Logging,&Constr. 17,500 16,900 16,500 5,600 5,500 5,400 9,100 9,000 8,900 23,900 23,600 20,7

    Manufacturing 11,400 11,400 11,800 5,000 5,000 4,900 6,300 6,400 6,200 3,500 3,500 3,2

    WholesaleTrade 4,900 4,800 4,700 6,200 6,100 6,100 6,900 7,000 6,600 4,500 4,500 4,2

    RetailTrade 11,100 11,200 10,600 16, 500 16, 600 15,8 00 34,900 35,400 33,300 7,800 7,900 7,2

    Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 3,800 3,900 3,700 4,300 4,300 4,100 7,800 7,800 7,600 4,100 4,100 3,5

    Information 1,400 1,400 1,300 3,800 3,800 3,900 1,900 1,900 2,000 1,000 1,000 1,1

    FinancialActivities 4,100 4 ,000 3,900 6,900 6,900 6,800 8,800 8,900 8,700 4,200 4,200 3,7

    Prof.&BusinessServices 8,900 8,800 8,400 11, 100 10, 900 10,7 00 15,200 15,000 15,000 8,800 8,700 8,7

    Educ.&HealthServices 15,500 15,400 15,800 21, 800 21, 500 21,5 00 59,700 59,900 59,700 7,200 7,100 7,2

    Leisure&Hospitality 8,400 8,300 8,100 16, 400 16, 000 15,8 00 20,500 20,300 19,600 7,600 7,600 7,0

    OtherServices 3,600 3,600 3,500 5,400 5,400 5,200 5,900 5,800 5,600 2,900 2,900 2,8

    Government 11,500 11,400 11,500

    27, 400 27, 500 27,4 00

    55,400

    54,900

    54,600

    8,500 8,300 8,4

    Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb

    TOTALNONFARM 74,600 73,900 69,000 46, 900 46, 700 45,3 00 43,100 42,900 42,100 56,400 56,300 56,4

    Mining,Logging,&Constr. 19,100 18,800 16,200 3,500 3,400 3,300 2,600 2,500 2,500 2,200 2,200 2,1

    Manufacturing 5,700 5,700 5,300 3,800 3,900 3,800 5,300 5,300 5,400 4,100 4,100 4,0

    WholesaleTrade 5,900 5,900 5,400 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,100 1,100 1,000 2,500 2,500 2,4

    RetailTrade 7,100 7,100 6,700 5,500 5,600 5,400 5,400 5,500 5,300 6,900 7,000 6,9

    Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 2,800 2,800 2,500 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,100 3,000 3,000 3,1

    Information 600 600 600 1,000 1,000 1,000 400 400 500 500 500 5

    FinancialActivities 3,000 3 ,000 2,800 2,100 2,100 2,000 2,900 2,900 2,700 2,600 2,600 2,6

    Prof.&BusinessServices 4,400 4,400 4,300 3,600 3,500 3,700 2,600 2,600 2,500 4,100 4,000 4,2

    Educ.&HealthServices 5,800 5,800 5,800 8,000 8,000 7,700 9,100 9,000 8,800 9,200 9,200 9,2

    Leisure&Hospitality 7,300 7,100 6,700 5,500 5,400 4,800 4,700 4,600 4,500 5,600 5,600 5,6

    OtherServices 3,400 3,400 3,300 2,000 2,000 1,900 1,500 1,500 1,400 2,200 2,200 2,2

    Government 9,500 9,300 9,400 9,200 9,100 9,000 6,300 6,300 6,400 13,500 13,400 13,6

    Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb'12 Feb'13* Jan'13 Feb

    TOTALNONFARM 94,100 93,300 92,700 52, 400 52, 300 50,9 00 107,900 106,900 104,800 58,700 58,100 58,5

    Mining,

    Logging,

    &

    Constr. 5,500 5,400 5,400

    7,300 7,200 6,900

    6,100 5,900 5,800

    3,400 3,400 3,4

    Manufacturing 5,300 5,200 5,300 5,900 6,000 5,900 14,600 14,600 14,300 5,200 5,200 5,4

    WholesaleTrade 3,300 3,300 3,200 2,100 2,100 1,900 4,000 4,000 3,900 1,900 1,800 1,8

    RetailTrade 11,900 12,200 11,800 6,500 6,700 6,300 10,800 10,900 10,600 7,600 7,600 7,6

    Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 3,600 3,700 3,700 1,500 1,500 1,400 2,800 2,800 2,800 1,900 1,900 1,8

    Information 2,400 2,400 2,300 400 500 500 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,000 1,000 1,1

    FinancialActivities 4,200 4 ,200 4,200 2,300 2,300 2,200 6,200 6,200 6,100 2,800 2,800 2,6

    Prof.&BusinessServices 8,300 8,200 8,200 3,700 3,600 3,400 9,200 9,000 8,900 4,200 4,100 4,1

    Educ.&HealthServices 22,200 22,100 21,500 7,200 7,100 7,200 20,500 20,300 19,800 9,600 9,500 9,5

    Leisure&Hospitality 9,700 9,500 9,500 4,700 4,700 4,400 10,900 10,400 9,900 6,000 5,800 6,0

    OtherServices 4,300 4,200 4,000 1,900 1,900 1,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 2,700 2,600 2,5

    Government 13,400 12,900 13,600 8,900 8,700 9,000 17,700 17,700 17,600 12,400 12,400 12,7

    INDUSTRY

    INDUSTRY

    LONGVIEW LUBBOCK

    TYLER VICTORIA

    MCALLENEDINBURGMISSION

    TexasMetropolitanStatisticalAreasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment (NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

    BROWNSVILLEHARLINGEN

    COLLEGESTATIONBRYAN CORPUSCHRISTI KILLEENTEMPLEFORTHOOD

    ABILENEINDUSTRY

    INDUSTRY

    INDUSTRY

    AMARILLO BEAUMONTPORTARTHUR

    LAREDO

    MIDLAND

    WACO

    ODESSA SANANGELO SHERMANDENISON TEXARKANA

    WICHITAFALLS

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    8/16

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

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

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

    8

    MA R C H 2 0 1 3

    Houston-Sugar L and-

    Baytown

    Beaumont-PortArthur

    TylerLongview

    Sherman-Denison

    Texarkana

    Killeen-Temple-

    Fort Hood

    CollegeStation-Bryan

    Austin-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

    J ob Growth RatesTexas: 3.3%

    4.0%and above (5)3.0%to3.9% (4)2.3%to2.9% (5)2.0%to2.2% (5)0.0%to1.9% (6)

    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. (3/29/2013)

    0.7%

    2.2%0.3%

    2.0%

    3.7%

    8.1%8.1%

    1.5%

    0.0%

    2.3%1.5%

    2.7%

    3.0%

    2.8%

    4.0%

    0.2%

    4.5%2.0%

    4.1%

    3.7%

    2.0%2.1%

    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 HoodLaredoLongview

    LubbockMcAllen-Edinburg-MissionMidlandOdessaSan AngeloSan Antonio-New BraunfelsSherman-DenisonTexarkanaTylerVictoriaWacoWichita Falls

    67.1112.6840.1161.5133.098.8

    188.53,064.3

    284.72,752.1

    130.895.3

    102.1

    130.4232.484.074.646.9

    881.443.156.494.152.4

    107.958.7

    2.0%0.7%4.0%0.2%2.1%2.7%4.1%3.7%1.5%4.5%2.8%3.7%2.3%

    2.2%2.0%8.1%8.1%3.5%2.0%2.4%0.0%1.5%2.9%3.0%0.3%

    MSAFeb.2013

    Feb.2012

    % AnnualJ ob Growth

    65.8111.8807.9161.2130.396.2

    181.02,955.4

    280.52,633.4

    127.291.999.8

    127.6227.877.769.045.3

    863.842.156.492.750.9

    104.858.5

    3.5%

    2.4%

    2.9%

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    9/16

    T E X A S L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

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

    Newton

    Sabine

    J asperTyler

    Orange

    Shelby

    SanAugustine

    PanolaRusk

    Harrison

    Angelina

    Nacog-doches

    Polk

    Cass

    Morris

    MarionUpshur

    Camp

    Titus

    Bowie

    Red River

    Cherokee

    Smith Gregg

    SanJ acinto

    Walker

    Houston

    Trinity

    Franklin

    Wood

    Hopkins

    Rains

    Delta

    Lamar

    VanZandt

    Anderson

    Henderson

    Freestone

    Leon

    Madison

    Fannin

    Rockwall

    Hunt

    Hardin

    J efferson

    Liberty

    Galveston

    Chambers

    Harris

    Waller

    Montgomery

    Austin

    Fort Bend

    Matagorda

    BrazoriaWharton

    Colorado

    Lavaca

    J ackson

    Refugio

    Calhoun

    Victoria

    Aransas

    Fayette

    Lee

    Bastrop

    Gonzales

    DeWitt

    Goliad

    Kenedy

    Kleberg

    Nueces

    SanPatricio

    Caldwell

    Guadalupe

    Hays

    Travis

    Karnes

    Wilson

    Bee

    Hidalgo

    Cameron

    Willacy

    DuvalJ imWells

    LiveOak

    Kendall

    Comal

    Bexar

    BrooksJ imHogg

    Starr

    LaSalle

    Atascosa

    Frio

    McMullen

    Medina

    Bandera

    Zapata

    Webb

    KerrEdwards

    Kinney Uvalde

    Real

    ZavalaMaverick

    Dimmit

    Washington

    GrimesBurleson

    Brazos

    Navarro

    Kaufman

    Lime-stone

    Robertson

    CollinDenton

    Grayson

    DallasTarrant

    J ohnson

    Hill

    Ellis

    McLennan

    Milam

    Falls

    Williamson

    Bell

    Montague

    Wise

    Cooke

    J ack

    Somervell

    Bosque

    Hood

    Parker

    Hamilton

    Coryell

    Comanche

    Burnet

    Lampasas

    Blanco

    SanSaba

    Llano

    Brown

    Erath

    Mills

    PaloPinto

    Stephens

    Eastland

    Gillespie

    McCulloch

    Mason

    Callahan

    Coleman

    Shackel-ford

    J ones

    Taylor

    Runnels

    Concho

    Stonewall Haskell

    Fisher

    Kimble

    Schleicher

    Sutton

    Menard

    Nolan

    Scurry

    Mitchell

    Tom Green

    Coke

    Irion

    Sterling

    Borden

    Howard

    Glasscock

    Upton

    Midland

    Reagan

    Crockett

    Terrell

    Val Verde

    Martin

    Dawson

    Young

    Wichita

    Archer

    Clay

    Wilbarger

    Baylor

    Throck-morton

    Childress

    CottleHardeman

    Collings-worth

    King

    Foard

    Knox

    Wheeler

    Hemphill

    Gray

    LipscombOchiltree

    Roberts

    Garza

    Crosby Dickens

    Kent

    Floyd Motley

    Donley

    Hall

    Armstrong

    BriscoeSwisher

    Hansford

    Hutchinson

    Carson

    Moore

    Sherman

    Potter

    Hale

    Deaf Smith Randall

    CastroParmer

    Lubbock

    LynnTerry

    Lamb

    Hockley

    Bailey

    Cochran

    Hartley

    Oldham

    Dallam

    Andrews

    Gaines

    Yoakum

    EctorLoving Winkler

    CraneWard

    Pecos

    Brewster

    Reeves

    J eff Davis

    Presidio

    Culberson

    El PasoHudspeth

    Unemployment RatesTexas: 6.5%*

    0.0% to 4.9% (69)

    5.0% to 5.9% (65)

    6.0% to 6.9% (55)

    7.0% to 7.9% (29)

    8.0% and above (36)

    Unemployment Rates by CountyFebruary 2013

    Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally AdjustedPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (3/29/2013)

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    10/16

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

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

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

    10

    MA R C H 2 0 1 3

    The February unemployment rate declined four-tenths of a percentage point to 6.5 percent. This followedthe average January-to-February rate drop of 0.3 percentage points seen during the last three years. This

    was also the lowest February unemployment rate since 2008. Over the prior three months, the unemploymentrate has shown an average increase of two-tenths of a percentage point. The unemployment rate has contractedseven-tenths of a percentage point over the year. The national rate also dropped four-tenths of a percentagepoint over the month to 8.1 percent. The Texas unemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points below thenational rate and has remained at or below the national unemployment rate for 75 consecutive months.

    The Civilian Labor Force (CLF) grew by 7,500 individuals to 12,662,600 Texans. This was the smallestover-the-month increase since December. This was the third consecutive month of growth for the

    Texas CLF. The prior three months have shown an average increase of 11,100 persons joining the Texaslabor force. The labor force has increased by 141,800 Texans over the year, bringing the annual growthrate to 1.1 percent.

    The number of employed persons increased from January to February by 63,100 individuals to 11,845,600Texans. This was the largest over-the-month increase since September 2012. Over the last three months,

    Texas has shown an average decrease of 9,600 employed Texans. Over the year, the number of jobholdershas expanded by 232,500 people. Unemployed persons decreased by 55,600 individuals over the month.This was the most significant decrease in jobseekers since September 2012. The number of unemployedTexans has decreased by 90,700 individuals over the year.

    The number of jobseekers continuing tofile for unemployment insurance benefits decreased by 9,300persons over the month to a total of 127,700 Texans. Over the year, the number of claimants has

    decreased by 8,300 individuals. Of the 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), five showed an increasein unemployment claim activity with the Midland MSA leading the way at 9.2 percent. A decrease inunemployment claim activity was experienced in 20 MSAs with the Beaumont-Port Arthur MSA leadingwith a decline of 23.6 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, domesticprivate households, agricultural workers, workers involved in labor disputes and the unemployed, all by place of residence. Employment and Unemployment data arefirst rounded then added togeto 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 unrounLabor 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 estimadefinitions 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 comprof 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 RateFebruary 2013 (Not Seasonally Adjusted

    1 Midland 3

    2 Odessa 3

    3 Amarillo 4

    4(tie) Abilene 5

    Lubbock 5

    San

    Angelo 57 CollegeStationBryan 5

    8(tie) Aus tinRoundRockSanMarcos 5

    Victoria 5

    10 Longview 5

    11 CorpusChristi 5

    12 WichitaFalls 6

    13( tie) SanAntonioNewBraunfels 6

    Waco 6

    15(tie) DallasFortWorthArlington 6

    HoustonSugarLandBaytown 6

    Texas 6

    17 Tyler 6

    18 Texarkana 6

    19 Laredo 6

    20 ShermanDenison 7

    21 Killeen

    Temple

    Fort

    Hood 7

    UnitedStates 822 ElPaso 9

    23 BeaumontPortArthur 9

    24 BrownsvilleHarlingen 10

    25 McAllenEdinburgMission 11

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

    UnitedStates 154,727.0 142,228.0 12,500.0 8.1 154,794.0 141,614.0 13,181.0 8.5 154,114.0 140,684.0 13,430.0 8

    Texas 12,662.6 11,845.6 817.0 6.5 12,655.1 11,782.5 872.6 6.9 12,520.8 11,613.1 907.7 7

    Abilene 84.7 80.4 4.3 5.1 84.8 80.2 4.6 5.4 84.3 79.5 4.8 5

    Amarillo 133.7 127.6 6.1 4.6 133.8 127.2 6.6 4.9 134.2 127.5 6.7 5

    AustinRoundRockSanMarcos 978.5 925.9 52.6 5.4 974.4 918.0 56.4 5.8 955.1 896.2 58.9 6

    BeaumontPortArthur 189.3 170.6 18.7 9.9 189.7 169.1 20.6 10.9 191.5 172.4 19.1 10

    BrownsvilleHarlingen 164.4 147.3 17.1 10.4 164.7 146.6 18.1 11.0 163.4 145.3 18.1 11

    CollegeStationBryan 115.3 109.2 6.1 5.3 111.2 104.6 6.6 5.9 115.0 108.3 6.7 5

    CorpusChristi 218.6 205.7 12.9 5.9 216.9 202.9 14.0 6.5 215.5 200.6 14.9 6

    DallasFortWorthArlington 3,370.6 3,158.0 212.6 6.3 3,372.8 3,145.6 227.2 6.7 3,310.0 3,072.6 237.4 7

    DallasPlanoIrvingMD 2,245.5 2,102.3 143.2 6.4 2,246.6 2,095.4 151.2 6.7 2,203.7 2,044.1 159.6 7

    FortWorthArlingtonMD 1,125.1 1,055.7 69.4 6.2 1,126.4 1,050.3 76.1 6.8 1,106.1 1,028.4 77.7 7

    ElPaso 323.6 294.1 29.5 9.1 324.7 293.9 30.8 9.5 325.7 293.7 32.0 9

    HoustonSugarLandBaytown 3,069.7 2,877.3 192.4 6.3 3,066.5 2,860.2 206.3 6.7 3,011.1 2,791.4 219.7 7

    KilleenTempleFortHood 171.3 159.2 12.1 7.1 170.2 157.4 12.8 7.5 169.4 156.1 13.3 7

    Laredo 101.1 94.1 7.0 6.9 101.8 94.5 7.3 7.2 100.1 92.5 7.6 7

    Longview 115.9 109.3 6.6 5.7 115.8 108.7 7.1 6.2 115.8 108.9 6.9 6

    Lubbock 146.6 139.1 7.5 5.1 146.7 138.7 8.0 5.5 145.5 137.2 8.3 5

    McAllenEdinburgMission 316.9 282.1 34.8 11.0 319.9 282.8 37.1 11.6 318.1 281.8 36.3 11

    Midland 93.3 90.3 3.0 3.2 93.1 89.9 3.2 3.4 87.3 84.0 3.3 3

    Odessa 86.3 83.0 3.3 3.8 86.1 82.5 3.6 4.1 81.3 77.6 3.7 4

    San

    Angelo 56.8 53.9 2.9 5.1

    56.8 53.7 3.1 5.4

    55.6 52.5 3.1 5

    SanAntonioNewBraunfels 1,019.3 957.0 62.3 6.1 1,017.8 951.1 66.7 6.6 1,021.2 950.9 70.3 6

    ShermanDenison 57.3 53.3 4.0 7.0 57.6 53.3 4.3 7.5 57.5 53.0 4.5 7

    Texarkana 63.7 5 9.3 4.4 6.8 63.8 59.2 4.6 7.2 65.2 60.4 4.8 7

    Tyler 101.5 94.8 6.7 6.6 101.8 94.4 7.4 7.2 102.5 94.9 7.6 7

    Victoria 61.6 58.3 3.3 5.4 61.7 58.1 3.6 5.8 60.7 57.0 3.7 6

    Waco 116.0 109.0 7.0 6.1 116.1 108.6 7.5 6.5 115.7 107.7 8.0 6

    WichitaFalls 72.0 67.7 4.3 6.0 72.3 67.7 4.6 6.3 72.8 68.2 4.6 6

    February2013 January 2013 February 2012

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    11/16

    1

    T E X A S L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

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

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

    CountyFeb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearAgo

    ChangeCounty

    Feb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearAgo

    Change

    Anderson 7.3 8.0 7.8 0.7 0.5 Donley 6.0 6.0 5.5 0.0 0.5

    Andrews 3.5 3.8 4.0 0.3 0.5 Duval 6.2 6.4 7.1 0.2 0.9

    Angelina 6.6 7.1 7.0 0.5 0.4 Eastland 5.9 6.3 6.6 0.4 0.7

    Aransas 6.1 6.7 7.1 0.6 1.0 Ector 3.8 4.1 4.6 0.3 0.8

    Archer 4.9 5.1 5.6 0.2 0.7 Edwards 7.7 8.3 6.7 0.6 1.0

    Armstrong 4.4 4.8 5.4 0.4 1.0 Ellis 6.5 7.0 7.3 0.5 0.8

    Atascosa 6.3 6.8 7.0 0.5 0.7 ElPaso 9.1 9.5 9.8 0.4 0.7

    Austin 6.1 6.6 6.2 0.5 0.1 Erath 5.5 6.1 5.6 0.6 0.1

    Bailey 7.6 7.9 7.4 0.3 0.2 Falls 8.1 8.9 9.1 0.8 1.0

    Bandera 5.6 6.0 6.5 0.4 0.9 Fannin 9.2 9.9 9.0 0.7 0.2

    Bastrop 6.0 6.4 6.7 0.4 0.7 Fayette 4.5 5.0 5.0 0.5 0.5

    Baylor 4.4 4.6 4.6 0.2 0.2 Fisher 5.1 5.5 5.3 0.4 0.2

    Bee 6.8 7.3 7.3 0.5 0.5 Floyd 9.4 8.0 8.0 1.4 1.4

    Bell 6.9 7.3 7.8 0.4 0.9 Foard 5.6 6.3 5.6 0.7 0.0

    Bexar 6.2 6.6 7.0 0.4 0.8 FortBend 5.8 6.1 6.5 0.3 0.7

    Blanco 5.2 5.7 5.9 0.5 0.7 Franklin 6.3 6.8 6.9 0.5 0.6

    Borden 2.5 3.3 3.3 0.8 0.8 Freestone 5.5 6.1 5.7 0.6 0.2

    Bosque 7.0 7.5 7.9 0.5 0.9 Frio 5.3 5.6 6.0 0.3 0.7

    Bowie 7.0 6.7 7.7 0.3 0.7 Gaines 4.5 4.7 5.0 0.2 0.5

    Brazoria 6.4 6.9 7.8 0.5 1.4 Galveston 6.7 7.5 8.1 0.8 1.4

    Brazos 5.1 5.7 5.6 0.6 0.5 Garza 5.7 6.4 6.6 0.7 0.9

    Brewster 4.8 5.0 4.9 0.2 0.1 Gillespie 4.1 4.5 4.5 0.4 0.4

    Briscoe 8.1 8.1 6.8 0.0 1.3 Glasscock 3.9 4.3 4.6 0.4 0.7

    Brooks 7.0 7.2 7.3 0.2 0.3 Goliad 5.1 6.1 5.4 1.0 0.3

    Brown 5.9 6.3 6.3 0.4 0.4 Gonzales 4.8 4.9 4.9 0.1 0.1

    Burleson 6.4 6.9 5.7 0.5 0.7 Gray 4.7 4.9 5.1 0.2 0.4

    Burnet 5.4 5.7 5.8 0.3 0.4 Grayson 7.0 7.5 7.8 0.5 0.8

    Caldwell 6.7 7.0 7.3 0.3 0.6 Gregg 5.6 6.0 5.9 0.4 0.3

    Calhoun 5.7 6.3 8.4 0.6 2.7 Grimes 5.9 6.6 7.0 0.7 1.1

    Callahan 5.2 5.3 5.3 0.1 0.1 Guadalupe 5.9 6.3 6.0 0.4 0.1

    Cameron 10.4 11.0 11.1 0.6 0.7 Hale 11.2 6.9 6.8 4.3 4.4

    Camp 7.0 7.8 8.2 0.8 1.2 Hall 7.8 8.4 8.7 0.6 0.9

    Carson 4.5 4.5 4.8 0.0 0.3 Hamilton 5.3 5.8 5.5 0.5 0.2

    Cass 9.2 9.6 9.8 0.4 0.6 Hansford 4.2 4.4 3.9 0.2 0.3

    Castro 5.4 5.4 5.4 0.0 0.0 Hardeman 5.5 5.7 5.4 0.2 0.1

    Chambers 6.7 7.9 7.5 1.2 0.8 Hardin 8.0 8.5 7.9 0.5 0.1

    Cherokee 7.7 8.2 8.0 0.5 0.3 Harris 6.3 6.8 7.4 0.5 1.1

    Childress 5.3

    5.7

    5.5

    0.4

    0.2

    Harrison 6.8

    7.1

    7.2

    0.3

    0.4

    Clay 5.0 5.4 5.2 0.4 0.2 Hartley 4.2 4.6 4.6 0.4 0.4

    Cochran 7.7 7.9 8.4 0.2 0.7 Haskell 5.8 6.2 6.2 0.4 0.4

    Coke 5.8 6.7 6.0 0.9 0.2 Hays 5.2 5.7 6.0 0.5 0.8

    Coleman 6.1 6.6 6.4 0.5 0.3 Hemphill 2.2 2.5 2.4 0.3 0.2

    Collin 5.7 6.0 6.4 0.3 0.7 Henderson 7.1 7.7 7.8 0.6 0.7

    Collingsworth 5.0 5.0 4.8 0.0 0.2 Hidalgo 11.0 11.6 11.4 0.6 0.4

    Colorado 5.4 5.6 6.1 0.2 0.7 Hill 6.6 7.1 7.5 0.5 0.9

    Comal 6.0 6.3 6.4 0.3 0.4 Hockley 4.5 4.9 5.2 0.4 0.7

    Comanche 5.7 6.1 6.1 0.4 0.4 Hood 5.5 5.9 6.1 0.4 0.6

    Concho 7.1 7.4 7.3 0.3 0.2 Hopkins 5.7 6.0 6.3 0.3 0.6

    Cooke 4.4 4.7 4.6 0.3 0.2 Houston 9.1 9.6 10.4 0.5 1.3

    Coryell 8.0 8.8 8.7 0.8 0.7 Howard 5.8 6.2 6.2 0.4 0.4

    Cottle 6.0 6.1 7.0 0.1 1.0 Hudspeth 5.6 6.2 5.7 0.6 0.1

    Crane 4.8 5.1 5.7 0.3 0.9 Hunt 6.3 6.9 7.6 0.6 1.3

    Crockett 3.8 4.2 4.3 0.4 0.5 Hutchinson 5.6 5.9 5.7 0.3 0.1

    Crosby 6.9

    6.9

    8.6

    0.0

    1.7

    Irion 4.0

    4.0

    4.6

    0.0

    0.6

    Culberson 3.3 3.7 3.6 0.4 0.3 Jack 4.5 4.9 4.5 0.4 0.0

    Dallam 3.9 4.2 4.2 0.3 0.3 Jackson 4.8 5.3 5.7 0.5 0.9

    Dallas 6.9 7.3 7.9 0.4 1.0 Jasper 9.8 10.8 10.4 1.0 0.6

    Dawson 6.9 7.2 7.7 0.3 0.8 JeffDavis 5.1 5.7 6.3 0.6 1.2

    DeafSmith 4.9 5.2 5.4 0.3 0.5 Jefferson 10.2 11.3 10.6 1.1 0.4

    Delta 7.7 8.4 8.2 0.7 0.5 JimHogg 4.9 5.5 5.2 0.6 0.3

    Denton 5.5 5.9 6.3 0.4 0.8 JimWells 4.7 4.9 5.4 0.2 0.7

    DeWitt 4.7 5.1 5.3 0.4 0.6 Johnson 6.0 6.6 7.1 0.6 1.1

    Dickens 9.1 9.5 11.3 0.4 2.2 Jones 5.9 6.5 6.8 0.6 0.9

    Dimmit 4.9 5.2 5.3 0.3 0.4 Karnes 6.4 6.9 7.2 0.5 0.8

    UnemploymentRatesforTexasCounties

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    12/16

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

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

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

    12

    MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

    CountyFeb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearAgo

    ChangeCounty

    Feb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearAgo

    Change

    Kaufman 6.6 7.1 7.5 0.5 0.9 Real 7.0 7.7 7.8 0.7 0.8

    Kendall 5.3 5.7 5.8 0.4 0.5 RedRiver 10.2 10.8 11.0 0.6 0.8

    Kenedy 2.9 3.0 2.9 0.1 0.0 Reeves 9.2 9.9 10.1 0.7 0.9

    Kent 4.6 4.6 5.4 0.0 0.8 Refugio 4.5 4.7 5.1 0.2 0.6

    Kerr 5.4 5.9 5.8 0.5 0.4 Roberts 3.3 3.8 4.3 0.5 1.0

    Kimble 5.6 5.9 5.8 0.3 0.2 Robertson 7.3 7.9 8.4 0.6 1.1

    King 7.3 7.6 8.8 0.3 1.5 Rockwall 5.8 6.3 6.6 0.5 0.8

    Kinney 8.4 8.8 8.5 0.4 0.1 Runnels 5.8 6.0 6.8 0.2 1.0

    Kleberg 5.6 6.1 6.1 0.5 0.5 Rusk 6.0 6.5 6.3 0.5 0.3

    Knox 6.0 6.8 5.7 0.8 0.3 Sabine 15.9 16.6 15.8 0.7 0.1

    Lamar 8.7 9.2 9.8 0.5 1.1 SanAugustine 10.5 11.2 11.1 0.7 0.6

    Lamb 7.2 7.4 12.7 0.2 5.5 SanJacinto 7.4 8.2 8.6 0.8 1.2

    Lampasas 7.0 7.3 7.0 0.3 0.0 SanPatricio 7.4 8.0 8.1 0.6 0.7

    LaSalle 3.9 4.1 4.9 0.2 1.0 SanSaba 7.8 8.4 8.6 0.6 0.8

    Lavaca 4.3 4.8 4.7 0.5 0.4 Schleicher 3.6 4.0 4.8 0.4 1.2

    Lee 4.9 5.0 5.5 0.1 0.6 Scurry 4.1 4.2 4.6 0.1 0.5

    Leon 6.8 7.3 7.1 0.5 0.3 Shackelford 2.7 3.0 3.0 0.3 0.3

    Liberty 8.2 9.0 9.4 0.8 1.2 Shelby 6.8 7.1 6.4 0.3 0.4

    Limestone 5.6 6.1 6.5 0.5 0.9 Sherman 4.8 5.4 4.5 0.6 0.3

    Lipscomb 3.5 3.8 3.8 0.3 0.3 Smith 6.6 7.2 7.4 0.6 0.8

    LiveOak 4.0 4.2 4.6 0.2 0.6 Somervell 5.3 6.4 6.4 1.1 1.1

    Llano 6.5 7.1 6.9 0.6 0.4 Starr 16.4 16.9 16.5 0.5 0.1

    Loving 8.9 9.3 9.1 0.4 0.2 Stephens 5.4 5.7 6.1 0.3 0.7

    Lubbock 5.1 5.4 5.7 0.3 0.6 Sterling 3.5 3.5 3.1 0.0 0.4

    Lynn 6.5 6.9 7.7 0.4 1.2 Stonewall 4.0 4.1 4.2 0.1 0.2

    McCulloch 4.9 5.5 5.4 0.6 0.5 Sutton 3.4 3.6 3.3 0.2 0.1

    McLennan 6.1 6.5 6.9 0.4 0.8 Swisher 7.9 6.6 5.8 1.3 2.1

    McMullen 3.2 3.0 3.1 0.2 0.1 Tarrant 6.2 6.8 7.1 0.6 0.9

    Madison 6.8 7.4 7.1 0.6 0.3 Taylor 5.0 5.3 5.5 0.3 0.5

    Marion 7.8 8.4 8.4 0.6 0.6 Terrell 6.9 6.9 7.0 0.0 0.1

    Martin 3.9 4.3 4.6 0.4 0.7 Terry 6.5 7.1 7.2 0.6 0.7

    Mason 4.2 4.3 4.5 0.1 0.3 Throckmorton 4.9 5.0 4.6 0.1 0.3

    Matagorda 9.1 10.1 10.8 1.0 1.7 Titus 7.0 7.3 7.3 0.3 0.3

    Maverick 14.2 14.8 14.6 0.6 0.4 TomGreen 5.1 5.4 5.6 0.3 0.5

    Medina 6.3 6.8 6.8 0.5 0.5 Travis 5.3 5.7 6.1 0.4 0.8

    Menard 5.6 7.1 6.3 1.5 0.7 Trinity 7.4 8.2 8.5 0.8 1.1

    Midland 3.2 3.4 3.7 0.2 0.5 Tyler 10.0 10.9 10.1 0.9 0.1

    Milam 8.0

    8.5

    8.7

    0.5

    0.7

    Upshur 5.9

    6.3

    6.0

    0.4

    0.1

    Mills 5.0 5.6 5.4 0.6 0.4 Upton 3.3 3.7 3.7 0.4 0.4

    Mitchell 6.4 7.0 7.1 0.6 0.7 Uvalde 7.8 8.3 8.5 0.5 0.7

    Montague 4.8 5.1 5.3 0.3 0.5 ValVerde 7.8 8.2 8.2 0.4 0.4

    Montgomery 5.5 5.9 6.4 0.4 0.9 VanZandt 6.1 6.6 6.7 0.5 0.6

    Moore 4.1 4.4 4.2 0.3 0.1 Victoria 5.3 5.7 5.7 0.4 0.4

    Morris 9.1 9.5 10.3 0.4 1.2 Walker 6.3 7.0 6.9 0.7 0.6

    Motley 6.0 6.3 6.2 0.3 0.2 Waller 6.5 6.9 7.0 0.4 0.5

    Nacogdoches 6.1 6.6 6.3 0.5 0.2 Ward 4.3 4.6 4.9 0.3 0.6

    Navarro 8.0 8.1 8.6 0.1 0.6 Washington 4.9 5.3 5.2 0.4 0.3

    Newton 11.7 12.9 12.0 1.2 0.3 Webb 6.9 7.2 7.6 0.3 0.7

    Nolan 5.7 5.9 6.0 0.2 0.3 Wharton 6.3 6.8 7.6 0.5 1.3

    Nueces 5.7 6.2 6.7 0.5 1.0 Wheeler 3.9 4.1 3.7 0.2 0.2

    Ochiltree 3.4 3.6 3.5 0.2 0.1 Wichita 6.1 6.5 6.4 0.4 0.3

    Oldham 4.7 4.8 4.6 0.1 0.1 Wilbarger 4.6 4.8 4.8 0.2 0.2

    Orange 10.2 11.1 9.6 0.9 0.6 Willacy 14.6 15.0 15.4 0.4 0.8

    PaloPinto 6.5

    6.5

    6.6

    0.0

    0.1

    Williamson 5.5

    5.8

    6.3

    0.3

    0.8

    Panola 5.6 6.0 5.9 0.4 0.3 Wilson 5.6 6.2 6.0 0.6 0.4

    Parker 5.8 6.0 6.5 0.2 0.7 Winkler 4.4 4.8 4.7 0.4 0.3

    Parmer 4.8 5.3 4.7 0.5 0.1 Wise 5.9 6.2 6.7 0.3 0.8

    Pecos 4.4 5.0 4.8 0.6 0.4 Wood 7.1 7.6 7.7 0.5 0.6

    Polk 8.3 8.8 8.9 0.5 0.6 Yoakum 3.2 3.5 3.7 0.3 0.5

    Potter 5.3 5.7 5.8 0.4 0.5 Young 4.8 5.2 5.4 0.4 0.6

    Presidio 11.8 12.8 12.0 1.0 0.2 Zapata 6.4 6.9 7.0 0.5 0.6

    Rains 6.7 7.3 7.8 0.6 1.1 Zavala 13.9 14.7 14.9 0.8 1.0

    Randall 4.0 4.3 4.4 0.3 0.4

    Reagan 2.3 2.5 2.4 0.2 0.1

    UnemploymentRatesforTexasCounties(continued)

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    13/16

    1

    T E X A S L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

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

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

    CityFeb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearAgo

    ChangeCity

    Feb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearAgo

    ChangeCity

    Feb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearA

    Chan

    Abilene 5.1 5.5 5.7 0.4 0.6 Garland 6.7 7.1 7.4 0.4 0.7 Paris 10.1 10.4 11.1 0.3 1

    Allen 5.5 5.8 6.2 0.3 0.7 Georgetown 5.3 5.9 6.1 0.6 0.8 Pasadena 7.0 8.2 8.8 1.2 1

    Amarillo 4.6 4.9 5.0 0.3 0.4 GrandPrairie 6.4 7.3 7.3 0.9 0.9 Pearland 4.8 5.3 5.8 0.5 1

    Arlington 6.0 7.2 6.9 1.2 0.9 Grapevine 5.0 5.3 5.6 0.3 0.6 Pflugerville 4.5 4.8 5.2 0.3 0

    Austin 5.0

    5.5

    5.7

    0.5

    0.7

    Greenville 6.7

    7.1

    8.1

    0.4

    1.4

    Pharr 9.1

    9.9

    9.1

    0.8

    0Baytown 9.1 10.5 10.4 1.4 1.3 HaltomCity 5.8 6.2 6.9 0.4 1.1 Plano 5.8 6.0 6.3 0.2 0

    Beaumont 9.1 9.4 9.4 0.3 0.3 HarkerHeights 6.8 6.9 7.2 0.1 0.4 PortArthur 14.9 17.8 15.8 2.9 0

    Bedford 5.5 5.8 6.2 0.3 0.7 Harlingen 8.8 9.0 9.8 0.2 1.0 Richardson 5.7 5.9 6.4 0.2 0

    BigSpring 6.3 6.5 6.6 0.2 0.3 Houston 6.4 6.9 7.4 0.5 1.0 Rockwall 5.3 5.7 5.8 0.4 0

    Brownsville 10.3 11.1 11.3 0.8 1.0 Huntsville 6.5 7.1 6.8 0.6 0.3 Rosenberg 6.3 6.7 6.3 0.4 0

    Bryan 5.3 6.0 5.8 0.7 0.5 Hurst 5.7 6.2 6.7 0.5 1.0 RoundRock 5.2 5.7 6.0 0.5 0

    Burleson 5.1 5.5 5.9 0.4 0.8 Irving 6.0 6.3 6.8 0.3 0.8 Rowlett 6.1 6.7 7.7 0.6 1

    Carrollton 5.7 6.0 6.4 0.3 0.7 Keller 5.5 5.5 5.8 0.0 0.3 SanAngelo 5.1 5.4 5.6 0.3 0

    CedarHill 7.4 7.7 7.9 0.3 0.5 Killeen 7.5 8.1 8.8 0.6 1.3 SanAntonio 6.0 6.5 6.9 0.5 0

    CedarPark 5.3 5.5 6.0 0.2 0.7 Kingsville 5.3 5.8 5.8 0.5 0.5 SanBenito 10.1 10.6 10.2 0.5 0

    Cleburne 6.3 6.5 7.0 0.2 0.7 Kyle 4.2 4.7 4.9 0.5 0.7 SanJuan 10.6 12.0 12.2 1.4 1

    CollegeStation 5.0 5.5 5.6 0.5 0.6 LakeJackson 6.0 6.6 7.2 0.6 1.2 SanMarcos 4.7 5.1 5.4 0.4 0

    Conroe 5.1 5.6 5.5 0.5 0.4 Lancaster 9.0 9.4 9.6 0.4 0.6 Schertz 5.3 5.7 5.4 0.4 0

    Coppell 5.7 5.9 6.3 0.2 0.6 LaPorte 6.3 7.1 8.4 0.8 2.1 Seguin 6.7 7.1 6.4 0.4 0

    CopperasCove 6.8

    7.6

    7.6

    0.8

    0.8

    Laredo 6.5

    6.8

    7.2

    0.3

    0.7

    Sherman 7.0

    7.4

    7.8

    0.4

    0

    CorpusChristi 5.5 6.0 6.4 0.5 0.9 LeagueCity 5.3 5.9 6.3 0.6 1.0 Socorro 10.7 10.5 11.7 0.2 1

    Corsicana 9.2 9.0 9.3 0.2 0.1 Leander 4.3 4.8 4.7 0.5 0.4 Southlake 5.2 5.4 6.0 0.2 0

    Dallas 7.0 7.3 8.0 0.3 1.0 Lewisville 5.1 5.5 6.1 0.4 1.0 SugarLand 4.9 5.0 5.5 0.1 0

    DeerPark 5.9 6.5 6.9 0.6 1.0 LittleElm 3.8 4.1 4.9 0.3 1.1 Temple 5.5 5.9 6.0 0.4 0

    DelRio 7.6 7.9 7.9 0.3 0.3 Longview 5.6 6.1 6.0 0.5 0.4 Texarkana 7.5 7.1 8.3 0.4 0

    Denton 5.0 5.4 5.7 0.4 0.7 Lubbock 5.0 5.4 5.6 0.4 0.6 TexasCity 8.2 9.3 9.6 1.1 1

    DeSoto 7.2 7.7 8.3 0.5 1.1 Lufkin 6.4 6.7 7.3 0.3 0.9 TheColony 6.0 6.4 7.1 0.4 1

    Duncanville 6.9 7.7 8.5 0.8 1.6 McAllen 7.3 7.6 7.5 0.3 0.2 Tyler 6.6 7.3 7.4 0.7 0

    EaglePass 15.3 15.8 16.2 0.5 0.9 McKinney 5.8 6.2 6.6 0.4 0.8 UniversityPark 5.6 5.7 6.1 0.1 0

    Edinburg 7.4 7.6 7.9 0.2 0.5 Mansfield 5.4 6.5 6.2 1.1 0.8 Victoria 5.3 5.7 5.6 0.4 0

    ElPaso 8.3 8.7 9.1 0.4 0.8 Mesquite 6.7 6.8 7.5 0.1 0.8 Waco 6.6 7.0 7.6 0.4 1

    Euless 5.6 6.1 6.7 0.5 1.1 Midland 3.2 3.4 3.7 0.2 0.5 Waxahachie 6.0 6.8 6.9 0.8 0

    FarmersBranch 6.1 6.4 6.5 0.3 0.4 Mission 8.5 8.8 8.8 0.3 0.3 Weatherford 5.8 5.9 6.3 0.1 0

    FlowerMound 5.2 5.4 5.9 0.2 0.7 MissouriCity 5.8 6.2 7.0 0.4 1.2 Weslaco 10.9 11.5 11.4 0.6 0

    FortWorth 6.3 6.7 7.2 0.4 0.9 Nacogdoches 6.3 6.9 6.4 0.6 0.1 WichitaFalls 6.3 6.6 6.6 0.3 0

    Fr ie nd swoo d 5.4 5.6 6.7 0.2 1.3 NewBraunfels 5.5 5.7 5.5 0.2 0.0 Wylie 5.3 5.8 6.4 0.5 1

    Frisco 4.8 5.1 5.5 0.3 0.7 NorthRichlandHills 5.8 6.0 6.2 0.2 0.4

    Galveston 7.2 8.0 8.3 0.8 1.1 Odessa 3.8 4.1 4.5 0.3 0.7

    UnemploymentRatesforTexasCities

    WDAFeb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearAgo

    ChangeWDA

    Feb

    2013

    Jan

    2013

    Feb

    2012

    Monthly

    Change

    YearAg

    Chang

    Alamo 6.1 6.5 6.8 0.4 0.7 MiddleRioGrande 9.7 10.1 10.2 0.4 0.5

    BrazosValley 5.4 6.0 5.9 0.6 0.5 NorthCentralTexas 5.8 6.2 6.6 0.4 0.8

    CameronCounty 10.4 11.0 11.1 0.6 0.7 NorthEastTexas 7.5 7.7 8.3 0.2 0.8

    CapitalArea 5.3 5.7 6.1 0.4 0.8 NorthTexas 5.5 5.9 5.9 0.4 0.4

    CentralTexas 7.1 7.6 7.8 0.5 0.7 Panhandle 4.6 4.9 4.9 0.3 0.3

    CoastalBend 5.8 6.3 6.7 0.5 0.9 PermianBasin 3.9 4.2 4.6 0.3 0.7

    ConchoValley 4.8 5.2 5.3 0.4 0.5 RuralCapital 5.5 5.9 6.2 0.4 0.7

    Dallas 6.9 7.3 7.9 0.4 1.0 SouthEastTexas 9.9 10.9 10.0 1.0 0.1

    DeepEastTexas 7.8 8.4 8.3 0.6 0.5 SouthPlains 5.8 5.7 6.2 0.1 0.4

    EastTexas 6.5 7.0 7.0 0.5 0.5 SouthTexas 6.8 7.1 7.5 0.3 0.7

    GoldenCrescent 5.1 5.5 5.7 0.4 0.6 TarrantCounty 6.2 6.8 7.1 0.6 0.9

    GulfCoast 6.3 6.7 7.3 0.4 1.0 Texoma 6.7 7.2 7.2 0.5 0.5

    HeartOfTexas 6.2 6.6 7.0 0.4 0.8 UpperRioGrande 9.0 9.4 9.7 0.4 0.7

    LowerRioGrandeValley 11.5 12.1 11.9 0.6 0.4 WestCentralTexas 5.3 5.6 5.8 0.3 0.5

    UnemploymentRatesforTexasWDAs

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    14/16

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

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

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

    14

    MA R C H 2 0 1 3

    SanAugustine

    Newton

    Sabine

    Shelby

    J asperTyler

    Morris

    Cass

    Marion

    Titus

    Bowie

    Upshur

    Red River

    Camp

    Smith

    PanolaRusk

    Harrison

    Cherokee

    Gregg

    Trinity

    Angelina

    Nacog-doches

    Polk

    Houston

    Delta

    Wood

    Hopkins

    Rains

    Franklin

    Lamar

    Fannin

    Rockwall

    Hunt

    Navarro

    Freestone

    Anderson

    Henderson

    Kaufman

    VanZandt

    Montague

    Wise Denton Collin

    CookeGrayson

    Lime-stone

    Hill

    McLennan

    Bosque

    Somervell

    Parker

    EllisJ ohnson

    Tarrant Dallas

    Comanche

    Coryell

    Burnet

    Lampasas

    Hamilton

    Erath Hood

    Mills

    Chambers

    Hardin

    Orange

    J efferson

    Montgomery Liberty

    Harris

    SanJ acinto

    Waller

    Grimes

    Walker

    Brazoria

    Galveston

    Matagorda

    Wharton

    Fort Bend

    Brazos

    Leon

    Madison

    Burleson

    Robertson

    Washington

    Colorado

    Austin

    Goliad

    Victoria

    Refugio

    Calhoun

    J ackson

    Williamson

    Bell

    Milam

    Falls

    LeeTravis

    Hays

    Guadalupe

    Fayette

    Bastrop

    Gonzales

    Caldwell

    Lavaca

    Wilson

    DeWitt

    J imWells

    Kleberg

    Nueces

    SanPatricio

    Aransas

    Brooks

    LiveOak

    Duval

    Hidalgo

    Cameron

    Willacy

    KenedyZapata J im

    Hogg

    Starr

    Kendall

    Comal

    BlancoGillespie

    MedinaBexar

    Bandera

    LaSalle

    Karnes

    Bee

    Atascosa

    Frio

    McMullen

    Webb

    Zavala

    Dimmit

    Uvalde

    KerrEdwards

    Kinney

    Real

    Maverick

    Kimble

    Wichita

    YoungJack

    Wilbarger

    ArcherBaylor

    Clay

    Throck-morton

    J ones PaloPinto

    Stephens

    Eastland

    Shackel-ford

    Taylor

    Coleman

    McCulloch

    Callahan

    Brown

    SanSaba

    Mason Llano

    King

    Cottle

    Foard

    Hardeman

    Knox

    Stonewall Haskell

    Hemphill

    Ochiltree Lipscomb

    Roberts

    Gray

    Sutton

    Concho

    Schleicher Menard

    Tom Green

    Coke Runnels

    Hall

    Collings-worth

    Childress

    Wheeler

    Donley

    Briscoe

    FisherScurry

    Mitchell

    Borden

    Howard Nolan

    Crosby

    Floyd Motley

    Dickens

    Garza Kent

    Sherman Hansford

    Hutchinson

    Carson

    Moore

    Potter

    Glasscock

    Upton

    Midland

    Reagan

    Irion

    Sterling

    Crockett

    Terrell

    Val Verde

    Castro

    Armstrong

    Swisher

    Randall

    Parmer

    Hockley Lubbock

    Hale

    Lynn

    Bailey Lamb

    Terry

    Cochran

    Yoakum

    Andrews

    Dawson

    Martin

    Gaines

    Hartley

    Dallam

    Oldham

    Deaf Smith

    Loving

    Crane

    WinklerEctor

    Ward

    Pecos

    BrewsterPresidio

    Reeves

    J eff Davis

    Culberson

    El PasoHudspeth

    Unemployment RatesTexas: 6.5%*

    0.0% to 5.3% (6)

    5.4% to 5.9% (6)

    6.0% to 6.5% (5)

    6.6% to 7.9% (6)

    8.0% and over (5)

    Unemployment Rates by WDAFebruary 2013

    Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally AdjustedPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (3/29/2013)

    1

    23

    4

    5 6

    725

    89

    10

    11

    12

    27 20

    21 22

    19

    28

    14

    15

    26

    13

    1617

    18

    2324

    Alamo-20Brazos Valley-16Cameron County-24Capital Area-14Central Texas-26Coastal Bend-22Concho Valley-12Dallas-6Deep East Texas-17

    East 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-2

    South Texas-21Tarrant County-5Texoma-25Upper Rio Grande-10West Central Texas-9

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    15/16

    1

    T E X A S L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W MA R C H 2 0 1 3

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

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

    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 andFort Worth-Arlington MD, which combine to form the Dallas-Fort WoArlington 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 urarea. An MSA in Texas is made up of one or more counties. The U.S. Offiof Management and Budget defines metropolitan areas according to publisstandards that are applied to Census Bureau data. Texas has 25 MSAs two 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 tofind 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 blooking for work to be classified as unemployed.

    HAPPENINGS AROUNDTHE STATEUSAA to Add 1,000 J obsSAN ANTONIO, TX (San Antonio Express-News)USAA, San Antonioslargest private-sector employer, is about to get bigger. Thefinancial servicesand insurance company announced it plans to add as many as 3,500 jobsover the next three years, including up to 1,000 in San Antonio, where italready employs 16,400.

    Demand has never been stronger for all that USAA offers, and we need tocontinue to have the best employees in sufficient numbers, USAA CEO JoeRobles said in a statement. To accommodate its growth, USAA intends tolease additional space in San Antonio because it currently occupies about 90percent of the 5-million square feet in its 280-acre campus on the Northwestside of San Antonio. Shon Manasco, USAAs chief administrative officer,said the company has identified a location in San Antonio where it wantsto expand, but he declined to say where.

    National Instruments Plans More JobsAUSTIN, TX (Austin American-Statesman--K irk Ladendorf)NationalInstruments Corporation won approval for $1.7 million in city of Austinincentives to support the companys proposed expansion of 1,000 Austin

    jobs over the next 10 years. The Texas Governors Office already has saidit has agreed to back National Instruments expansion with $4.4 millionfrom the Texas Enterprise Fund.

    The pioneering Austin tech company is proposing to invest $80 millionto build and equip a new 300,000-square-foot office building next to its

    existing campus in North Austin. The average annual wage for the njobs it creates is estimated to be $72,223. National Instruments planscontinue its development of test and development of hardware and softwsystems to assist the worlds scientists and engineers.

    Power Plant Planned for Mitchell CountyABILENE, TX (KTXS TV ABC 12)FGF Power, LLC presideEmerson Farrell announced they are building a natural gas powered elecplant in Mitchell County. Farrell said, We strongly feel that at this time country and the state of Texas need clean affordable power and this is way you do it. Mitchell County officials said this will have a big impon the county. The new plant will cost more than half a billion dollarswill create up to 1,000 temporary jobs at the height of construction. It walso generate 22 permanent jobs. Construction will begin in late Augor early September with expected completion in 2016.

    Mortgage Lender to ExpandDALLAS, TX (Dallas Business Journal)California-based onlmortgage lender, loanDepot.com, LLC, is expanding its operations to Plaand plans to add 500 new jobs in the next three years. The Plano locatwill serve as the dual-headquarters for the mortgage lender. The site is companys fourth location. The company decided to expand in North Tebecause of the strong labor pool. The expansion advances loanDepostrategic growth plans, said Anthony Hsieh, founder and CEO of the wbased lender. loanDepot has already begun hiring corporate positions amortgage sales and fulfillment teams for the Plano headquarters office

  • 7/29/2019 Texas Labor Market Review - March 2013

    16/16

    16T E X A S W O R K F O R C E C O M M I S S I O N

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

    The Texas Labor Market Review (TLMR) is published monthly bythe Labor Market & Career Information Department of the TexaWorkforce Commission. Material in the TLMR is not copyrightedand may be reproduced. The TWC would appreciate credit fothe material used and a copy of the reprint. For assistance infinding this publication on our website, please contact us at thenumbers below.

    Phone (512) 936-3278 Toll Free 1-866-938-4444Fax (512) 936-3208Website www.tracer2.comE-mail [email protected]

    You can view the TLMR on-line by going to www.tracer2.comand selecting LMCI Publications.

    Richard Froeschle, LMCI Director

    TLMR Staff:Veronica Sanchez Downey, EditorSpencer Franklin, Layout and DesignContributors: Phil Arnold, Gabriel Guzman, David Jesus, RoberLuttner, Lindsey Shirocky, and Daniel Yen.

    Equal Opportunity Employer/Programs. Auxil iary aidand services are available, on request, to individuals withdisabilities.

    Contact Relay Texas @ 7-1-1

    Please recycle

    Texas Labor Market Review

    Labor Market & Career InformationINDICATORS

    FEB 2013 6.5% FEB 2013 6.4%

    JAN 2013 6.9% JAN 2013 6.3%

    FEB 2012 7.2% FEB 2012 7.1%

    FEB 2013 8.1% FEB 2013 7.7%

    JAN 2013 8.5% JAN 2013 7.9%

    FEB 2012 8.7% FEB 2012 8.3%

    FEB 2013 11,043,700 FEB 2013 11,119,100

    JAN 2013 10,925,700 JAN 2013 11,038,500

    FEB 2012 10,688,100 FEB 2012 10,759,300

    OTMChange 118,000 OTMChange 80,600

    OTYChange 355,600 OTYChange 359,800

    FEB 2013 69,615 FEB 2013 667,025

    JAN 2013 102,392 JAN 2013 780,471

    FEB 2012 69,955 FEB 2012 734,728

    AnnualChange

    U.S. FEB

    2013 2.0%

    FEB 2013 270,600

    DallasFortWorth JAN2013 2.1% JAN 2013 258,700

    HoustonGalveston FEB2013 1.6% FEB 2012 249,800

    OTMChange 11,900

    OTYChange 20,800

    FEB 2013 $95.32 OTMChange $0.63

    JAN 2013 $94.69 OTYChange $6.93

    FEB 2012 $102.25

    TexasUnemploymentRate

    Actual(NotSeasonallyAdjusted) SeasonallyAdjusted

    U.S.UnemploymentRate

    Actual(NotSeasonallyAdjusted) SeasonallyAdjusted

    ConsumerPriceIndex(CPI) PersonnelSupply

    WestTexasIntermediateCrudeOil($/barrel)

    TexasNonagriculturalWage&SalaryEmployment

    NotSeasonallyAdjusted SeasonallyAdjusted

    UnemploymentInsuranceClaimsFiled

    InitialClaims ContinuedClaims

    SanAugustine

    Newton

    Sabine

    Jasper

    Orange

    Shelby

    Panola

    Harrison

    Tyler

    Angelina

    Nacog-doches

    Polk

    Cass

    Morris

    MarionUpshur

    Camp

    Titus

    Bowie

    RedRiver

    Cherokee

    Rusk

    SmithGregg

    Trinity

    Houston

    SanJacinto

    Walker

    Franklin

    Wood

    Hopkins

    Rains

    Delta

    Lamar

    VanZandt

    Anderson

    Henderson

    Freestone

    Leon

    Madison

    Fannin

    Rockwall

    Hunt

    Grimes

    Burleson

    Brazos

    Navarro

    Kaufman

    Lime-stone

    Robertson

    Denton Collin

    Grayson

    DallasTarrant

    McLennan

    Milam

    Falls

    Johnson

    Hill

    Ellis

    Montague

    Wise

    Cooke

    Somervell

    Bosque

    Parker

    Williamson

    Bell

    SanSaba

    Llano

    Stephens

    Jefferson

    Hardin

    Liberty

    Galveston

    Chambers

    Matagorda

    BrazoriaWharton

    FortBend

    Waller

    Washington

    Harris

    Montgomery

    Austin

    Colorado

    Lavaca

    Jackson

    Refugio

    Calhoun

    Victoria

    Lee

    Bastrop

    Fayette

    Nueces

    SanPatricio

    Aransas

    Gonzales

    Wilson

    DeWitt

    Karnes

    Goliad

    Bee

    Hays

    Caldwell

    Guadalupe

    Kenedy

    Kleberg

    Hidalgo

    Cameron

    Willacy

    Duval JimWells

    LiveOak

    Blanco

    Kendall

    Comal

    Bexar

    BrooksJimHogg

    Starr

    LaSalle

    AtascosaFrio

    McMullen

    Gillespie

    Medina

    Bandera

    Zapata

    Webb

    Kerr

    Uvalde

    Edwards


Recommended