Regional Unemployment Rate: 3.6% (September 2019)
- Represents 124,714 individuals looking for a new job
- DOWN from 3.9% last month
- DOWN from 4.1% from last year
- HIGHER than the statewide rate of 3.3%
- HIGHER than the national rate of 3.3%
Monthly Change
Employers in the Houston-Galveston region added 6,400 jobs in September 2019.
- September historically shows an average monthly gain of 6,000 jobs
- Gains in Government and Construction
- Losses in Trade, Transportation, and Utilities; Leisure and Hospitality; and Educational and Health Services
Year-over-Year Change
Total Nonfarm employment was UP 2.7%
- This represents an increase of 82,800 jobs from September 2018 to September 2019
- Professional and Business Services leads year-over-year growth with an increase of 26,300 jobs
- Currently, 10 out of 11 sectors show year-over-year growth
| More local workforce economy statistics can be found at Workforce Solutions. |
Updated: 2019-10-30