The omicron effect could be short-lived, though. TWC is scheduled to report March 25 on February’s jobs picture. Cases of the highly-contagious COVID-19...
Texas employers’ hiring pace slowed in January as the omicron wave worked its way through the region.
Nearly half of those added jobs came in Dallas-Plano-Irving, where 13,800 new positions were created to lead all Texas metros, according to research firm Beacon Economics. The state also eclipsed a one-month-old employment record with 13,084,400 Texans holding jobs in January. The unemployment rate remained unchanged from December’s revised rate of 4.8%.
“While we can’t predict the future, job activity and hiring efforts by Texas employers continue to grow,” TWC Chairman Bryan Daniel saidIn January, the trade, transportation and utilities sector led the way with 12,000 added jobs. Leisure and hospitality, which includes the still recovering restaurant and hotel industries, added 5,700 positions.
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