| 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 |
September Unemployment Rates
Actual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) |
| U.
S. |
9.5% |
| Texas |
8.3% |
| Gulf
Coast Region |
8.5% |
| Houston-Sugar
Land-Baytown MSA |
8.5% |
| Other
Local Rates |
| September
Over-the-Year Industry Job Count Change |
| Houston-Sugar
Land-Baytown MSA |
-76,700 |
| 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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SEPTEMBER 2009 UPDATE:
NEXT UPDATE: WEEK OF NOVEMBER 30
September 2009 employment data was released on October 16, 2009, for the Gulf Coast region.
The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA’s over-the-year job growth was -3.0 percent in September, declining by 76,700 jobs since September 2008. Last year at this time, the area added 34,100 jobs, or 1.3 percent over the previous year. If it wasn’t for Hurricane Ike, last September’s job count would have been bigger and the over-the-year job loss would have been greater this year. Educational & Health Services and Leisure & Hospitality were the two major industry groups adding the most positions, up 7,100 and 4,300 jobs respectively from September 2008. Construction was down 19,400 jobs from this time last year. Professional & Business Services and Manufacturing were also down considerably from September 2008.
The thirteen county region’s unemployment rate was 8.5 percent, up from the 5.1 percent rate of September 2008.
If you have any questions please contact one
of our Business Consultants at your nearest career
office, or email joel.wagher@wrksolutions.com. |
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For information on other areas in
the state visit
Bureau
of Labor Statistics or Texas
Workforce Commission |
