| The
Labor Market Information on this site is focused on the thirteen
counties within the Gulf Coast Workforce Board region. These
counties are: Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Chambers, Fort Bend,
Galveston, Harris, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Walker,
Waller and Wharton.
The source of most of the data is the Bureau
of Labor Statistics employment numbers produced by the Texas
Workforce Commission. The different data found at this site
comes in a variety of time series: monthly, quarterly, yearly,
and |
| Current
Data |
March
Unemployment Rates
Actual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) |
| U.
S. |
5.2% |
| Texas |
4.2% |
| Gulf
Coast Region |
4.1% |
| Houston-Sugar
Land-Baytown MSA |
4.1% |
| Other
Local Rates |
| March
Over-the-Year Industry Job Count Change |
| Houston-Sugar
Land-Baytown MSA |
80,100 |
| Detail
Information |
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biennially. There is also a variety
of geographic coverage for the data: city, county, metropolitan,
and region. Some data is produced only at the regional level,
while some of the timeliest data is produced only at the metropolitan
statistical area level.
There is industry employment and wage data that
businesses can review to see how their industries are performing
in the economy – is your business shrinking while others
are growing?
There is occupational wage data that businesses
can review to see if their wages are too low, which could
cause higher than average turnover for the occupation.To go
to the LMI page click here: LABOR
MARKET INFORMATION |
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MARCH 2008 UPDATE:
NEXT UPDATE: WEEK OF May 19
March 2008 employment data was released on April 18, 2008, for the Gulf Coast region.
The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA added 80,100 jobs in March, for an over-the-year growth rate of 3.2 percent. This was the lowest rate of growth for the month of March since 2005 when the rate was 1.9 percent. Last year at this time the area added 100,100 jobs, or 4.1 percent over the previous year. Professional & Business Services and Educational & Health Services are the two major industry groups adding the most positions, up 17,900 and 14,500 jobs respectively from March 2007. Construction added 9,300 jobs from March 2007.
The thirteen county region’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent, the same rate as March 2007, no change.
If you have any questions please contact one
of our Business Consultants at your nearest career
office, or email joel.wagher@theworksource.org. |
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For information on other areas in
the state visit
Bureau
of Labor Statistics or Texas
Workforce Commission |
