Regional Unemployment Rate: 3.6% (December 2019)
- Represents 126,011 individuals looking for a new job
- UNCHANGED from 3.6% last month
- DOWN from 3.9% from last year
- HIGHER than the statewide rate of 3.3%
- HIGHER than the national rate of 3.4%
Monthly Change
Employers in the Houston-Galveston region added 2,500 jobs in December 2019.
- December historically shows an average monthly gain of 10,700 jobs
- Gains in Trade, Transportation, and Utilities; Other Services; and Leisure and Hospitality
- Losses in Professional and Business Services, Mining and Logging, and Manufacturing reflect the current weakness in the oil and gas industry
Year-over-Year Change
Total Nonfarm employment was UP 2.8%
- This represents an increase of 88,000 jobs from December 2018 to December 2019
- Professional and Business Services leads year-over-year growth with an increase of 26,300 jobs
| More local workforce economy statistics can be found at Workforce Solutions. |
Updated: 2019-10-30