Texas added 40,000 jobs in September and set a new employment high for the eleventh consecutive month.
Texas added 40,000 jobs in September, with leisure and hospitality businesses leading the way.Texas employers added 40,000 jobs in September, more than doubling the number added the previous month when hiring slowed to its lowest rate since early 2021.
In the last year, Texas led all states by adding 721,800 jobs — a 5.6% increase over September 2021. The state’s labor force participation rate of 63.6% last month also exceeded the national mark. “Despite a steady stream of anxious headlines about the broader economy, the Texas labor market continues to show strength and resilience, outperforming the national economy by a wide margin this year,” said Taner Osman, research manager at Beacon Economics.“We’re still slowing, but it’s very gently slowing and we’re still showing strong growth overall,” Orrenius said.
Trade, transportation and utilities also had a good month, adding 7,600 jobs. Health care and social assistance added 6,200 jobs, pushing it to 1.8% over its pre-pandemic peak. Real estate and rental leasing created 5,800 jobs, a 2.2% increase from August and a nearly 20% increase from a year ago. Other sectors with notable declines included administrative support, which shed 7,000 jobs, and government, which lost 3,100 jobs.
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