TLMR December 2012

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A MONTHLY NEWSLETTEROFTHE TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION

L A B O R M A R K E T R E V I E W

IN THIS ISSUE

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . .

Texas & U.S. Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . .

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . .

MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary

Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . .

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force . . . . . . . . .

County Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

City & WDA Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . .

Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Happenings Around the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment

(Seasonally Adjusted)and Hospitality edged up to 4.7 percent in November, representing addition of 49,900 jobs in the industry over the past year.

Employment in Education and Health Services ticked upward for tthird consecutive month as the series added 4,700 jobs in NovembEducation and Health Services has added a total of 22,100 jobs ov

that span, which nearly doubled the average gain of 12,000 positiofor the period of September through November seen over the prior thyears. The annual growth rate in Education and Health Services roby three-tenths of a percentage point for the second straight monthreach 3.2 percent in November, its highest level since July.

Other Services employment continued a recent string of small monthincreases with an estimated gain of 2,500 positions in November. Tindustry added 5,200 jobs over the past three months, nearly matchithe 7,400 jobs added over the same time period in 2011. Employmin Other Services grew by 9,000 positions over the year, which causits annual growth rate to tick up to 2.4 percent in November from 2percent in October.

After declining by a revised 10,300 jobs in October, Professional aBusiness Services employment grew by 1,700 jobs in November. Tindustry has expanded in 20 of the past 25 months. Annual growremained positive for the 32nd straight month as Professional aBusiness Services employment expanded by 2.8 percent over the yeAdministrative, Support, and Waste Management Remediation Servicaccounted for the overwhelming majority of the industrys yearly gawith the addition of 37,500 jobs.

Employment in Government rose for the second straight monthNovember as the industry added an estimated 1,300 jobs over tmonth. Local Government employment expanded by 2,400 jobs othe month, while employment in State Government edged down 100 positions and Federal Government shed 1,000 jobs. Governmemployment was up 12,400 jobs over the year for an annual grow

rate of 0.7 percent, which marked the highest annualized growth in tseries since December 2010.

Financial Activities added jobs for the third time in four monthsNovember as the industry added an estimated 900 positions, bringiyear-to-date growth in the industry to 4,100 jobs. Employment in REstate, Rental, and Leasing increased by 600 positions in Novembwhile Finance and Insurance recorded a gain of 300 jobs over the monDespite this monthly growth, the annual growth rate for employmein Financial Activities fell to 1.4 percent in November, its lowest levsince October 2011.

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TotalNonagriculturalEmploymentinTexas(Statewide,SeasonallyAdjusted,inMillionsofJobs)

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Total Nonagricultural Employment in Texas climbed by an estimated22,100 positions in November on the heels of a revised gain of28,800 jobs in October. This series has now added 60,900 jobs over thelast three months combined, a figure that nearly doubled the 32,600 jobsadded over the same period in 2011. Eight of the 11 major industriesshowed employment gains over the month, with Trade, Transportation,

and Utilities greatly outpacing any other major industry in Texas witha gain of 20,600 jobs in November. Total Nonagricultural Employmentended November at an estimated level of 10,897,500 jobs, an increase of278,800 jobs over the year. The annual growth rate for the employmentseries edged up 0.1 percentage points for the second straight monthand ended November at 2.6 percent after having dipped as low as 2.1percent as recently as July.

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment experienced its largestover-the-month gain in series history in November with the addition of

20,600 jobs. Retail Trade overwhelmingly drove the industrys growthwith the addition of 18,600 jobs. The November year-to-date job growthfor Trade, Transportation, and Utilities of 39,900 positions representedthe industrys strongest year since 2007. The industry added 69,600

jobs over the year for a 3.3 percent annual growth rate.

Leisure and Hospitality employment grew by an estimated 6,500positions in November, extending the string of growth in the industry tofour straight months. Accommodations and Food Services added 4,800

jobs over the month, while Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation notchedan increase of 1,700 positions. The annualized growth rate in Leisure


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Note: The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Total Nonagricultural employment is additive by summing the individual sectors.

*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in

cooperation with the TWC.**Total Nongovernment number is derived by subtracting the Government estimate from the Total Nonagricultural estimate.

Note: Only the actual series estimates for Texas and the U.S. are comparable to sub-state estimates. All estimates are subject to revision.

In seasonally adjusted estimates, all elements of seasonality are factored out to achieve an estimate which reflects the basic underlying trend.

*Source - Labor Market and Career Information Department, Texas Workforce Commission (model-based methodology)

**Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (Current Population Survey)

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TexasandU.S.UnemploymentRates(SeasonallyAdjusted)

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TEXASANDU.S.CIVILIANLABORFORCEESTIMATESTEXAS* UNITEDSTATES**

NotSeasonallyAdjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateNovember 2012 12,628,800 11,891,300 737,500 5.8 154,953,000 143,549,000 11,404,000 7.4October 2012 12,671,600 11,879,700 791,900 6.2 155,779,000 144,039,000 11,741,000 7.5November 2011 12,503,700 11,600,600 903,100 7.2 153,683,000 141,070,000 12,613,000 8.2

SeasonallyAdjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateNovember 2012 12,634,400 11,852,300 782,100 6.2 155,291,000 143,262,000 12,029,000 7.7October 2012 12,644,100 11,811,800 832,300 6.6 155,641,000 143,384,000 12,258,000 7.9November 2011 12,502,300 11,556,200 946,100 7.6 153,937,000 140,614,000 13,323,000 8.7

INDUSTRYTITLE Nov.2012* Oct.2012 Nov.2011 Absolute Percent Absolute Percent

Change Change Change Change

TotalNonagricultural 10,897,500 10,875,400 10,618,700 22,100 0.2 278,800 2.6

TotalNongovernment** 9,108,400 9,087,600 8,842,000 20,800 0.2 266,400 3.0

GoodsProducing

MiningandLogging 257,500 257,300 248,600 200 0.1 8,900 3.6

Construction 594,400 602,700 557,000 8,300 1.4 37,400 6.7

Manufacturing 847,000 853,900 844,400 6,900 0.8 2,600 0.3

ServiceProviding

Trade,Transportation,andUtilities 2,183,200 2,162,600 2,113,600 20,600 1.0 69,600 3.3

Information 191,000 192,100 194,400 1,100 0.6 3,400 1.7

FinancialActivities 652,700 651,800 643,400 900 0.1 9,300 1.4

ProfessionalandBusinessServices 1,393,200 1,391,500 1,355,800 1,700 0.1 37,400 2.8

EducationandHealthServices 1,490,000 1,485,300 1,444,300 4,700 0.3 45,700 3.2

LeisureandHospitality 1,112,300 1,105,800 1,062,400 6,500 0.6 49,900 4.7

OtherServices 387,100 384,600 378,100 2,500 0.7 9,000 2.4

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Te number of nonagricultural jobs in exas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates prodby the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the WC.

Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'11 Change %Change Change %Chang

TOTALNONFARM 10,971,600 10,922,300 10,697,800 49,300 0.5% 273,800 2.6

TOTALPRIVATE(totalnonfarmlessgovernment) 9,150,100 9,114,300 8,888,100 35,800 0.4% 262,000 3.0

GOODSPRODUCING 1,703,700 1,723,400 1,654,100 19,700 1.1% 49,600 3.0

MiningandLogging(NAICS21,1133) 257,100 259,500 249,700 2,400 0.9% 7,400 3.0

OilandGasExtraction(NAICS211) 104,500 103,400 94,100 1,100 1.1% 10,400 11.1

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213) 142,900 146,800 145,100

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ConstructionofBuildings(NAICS236) 144,700 148,300 133,100 3,600 2.4% 11,600 8.7HeavyandCivilEngineeringConstruction(NAICS237) 133,700 142,000 112,000 8,300 5.9% 21,700 19.4SpecialtyTradeContractors(NAICS238) 318,200 316,300 313,000 1,900 0.6% 5,200 1.7Manufacturing(NAICS3133) 850,000 857,300 846,300 7,300 0.9% 3,700 0.4

DurableGoods 556,400 558,700 548,800 2,300 0.4% 7,600 1.4

WoodProductManufacturing(NAICS321) 17,400 17,400 18,400 0 0.0% 1,000 5.4NonmetallicMineralProductManufacturing(NAICS327) 30,600 30,900 31,700 300 1.0% 1,100 3.5PrimaryMetalManufacturing(NAICS331) 21,800 21,800 22,200 0 0.0% 400 1.8FabricatedMetalProductManufacturing(NAICS332) 130,600 130,300 124,200 300 0.2% 6,400 5.2MachineryManufacturing(NAICS333) 102,200 101,700 98,700 500 0.5% 3,500 3.6ComputerandElectronicProductManufacturing(NAICS334) 95,000 95,700 97,700 700 0.7% 2,700 2.8ElectricEquipment,Appliance,andComponentMfg(NAICS335) 18,400 18,100 17,700 300 1.7% 700 4.0TransportationEquipmentManufacturing(NAICS336) 91,700 93,900 89,200 2,200 2.3% 2,500 2.8FurnitureandRelatedProductManufacturing(NAICS337) 21,600 21,900 21,100 300 1.4% 500 2.4MiscellaneousManufacturing(NAICS339) 27,100 27,000 27,900 100 0.4% 800 2.9NondurableGoods 293,600 298,600 297,500 5,000 1.7% 3,900 1.3

FoodManufacturing(NAICS311) 86,500 86,300 88,500 200 0.2% 2,000 2.3BeverageandTobaccoProductManufacturing(NAICS312) 11,600 11,600 11,400 0 0.0% 200 1.8PaperManufacturing(NAICS322) 17,100 17,200 17,400 100 0.6% 300 1.7PrintingandRelatedSupportManufacturing(NAICS323) 25,500 25,600 27,000 100 0.4% 1,500 5.6PetroleumandCoalProductsManufacturing(NAICS324) 25,200 25,200 24,600 0 0.0% 600 2.4ChemicalManufacturing(NAICS325) 73,000 73,100 71,300 100 0.1% 1,700 2.4PlasticsandRubberManufacturing(NAICS326) 37,300 37,200 37,200 100 0.3% 100 0.3

TexasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimproduced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'11 Change %Change Change %Chang

SERVICEPROVIDING 9,267,900 9,198,900 9,043,700 69,000 0.8% 224,200 2.5

PrivateServiceProviding 7,446,400 7,390,900 7,234,000 55,500 0.8% 212,400 2.9Trade,Transportation,andUtilities(NAICS42,44,45,48,49,22) 2,213,500 2,166,900 2,147,000 46,600 2.2% 66,500 3.1

WholesaleTrade(NAICS42) 536,600 536,300 514,300 300 0.1% 22,300 4.3MerchantWholesalers,DurableGoods(NAICS423) 293,300 293,900 294,100 600 0.2% 800 0.3MerchantWholesalers,NondurableGoods(NAICS424) 163,400 161,000 156,900 2,400 1.5% 6,500 4.1RetailTrade(NAICS4445) 1,228,800 1,184,200 1,192,600 44,600 3.8% 36,200 3.0MotorVehicleandPartsDealers(NAICS441) 162,600 160,600 153,200 2,000 1.3% 9,400 6.1FurnitureandHomeFurnishingsStores(NAICS442) 38,400 37,100 36,400 1,300 3.5% 2,000 5.5ElectronicsandApplianceStores(NAICS443) 46,100 43,900 45,900 2,200 5.0% 200 0.4BuildingMaterialandGardenEquipmentandSupplies(NAICS444) 88,800 88,000 86,400 800 0.9% 2,400 2.8FoodandBeverageStores(NAICS445) 213,800 212,900 207,300 900 0.4% 6,500 3.1HealthandPersonalCareStores(NAICS446) 69,000 67,500 68,500 1,500 2.2% 500 0.7GasolineStations(NAICS447) 73,600 71,700 71,700 1,900 2.7% 1,900 2.7ClothingandClothingAccessoriesStores(NAICS448) 139,600 123,800 127,600 15,800 12.8% 12,000 9.4SportingGoods,Hobby,Book,andMusicStores(NAICS451) 41,000 38,900 40,600 2,100 5.4% 400 1.0GeneralMerchandiseStores(NAICS452) 276,100 260,600 274,500 15,500 6.0% 1,600 0.6MiscellaneousStoreRetailers(NAICS453) 59,800 59,400 60,200 400 0.7% 400 0.7NonstoreRetailers(NAICS454) 20,000 19,800 20,300 200 1.0% 300 1.5Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities(NAICS4849,22) 448,100 446,400 440,100 1,700 0.4% 8,000 1.8TransportationandWarehousing(NAICS48,49) 395,400 393,600 389,900 1,800 0.5% 5,500 1.4AirTransportation(NAICS481) 56,700 56,700 57,800 0 0.0% 1,100 1.9TruckTransportation(NAICS484) 121,700 122,000 116,600 300 0.3% 5,100 4.4PipelineTransportation(NAICS486) 16,300 16,200 16,000 100 0.6% 300 1.9SupportActivitiesforTransportation(NAICS488) 75,000 75,100 72,500 100 0.1% 2,500 3.5CouriersandMessengers(NAICS492) 37,100 35,100 36,100 2,000 5.7% 1,000 2.8WarehousingandStorage(NAICS493) 47,400 47,200 47,200 200 0.4% 200 0.4Utilities(NAICS22) 52,700 52,800 50,200 100 0.2% 2,500 5.0Information(NAICS51) 192,200 191,700 196,200 500 0.3% 4,000 2.0PublishingIndustries(ExceptInternet)(NAICS511) 40,100 40,100 40,500 0 0.0% 400 1.0Telecommunications(NAICS517) 83,500 83,100 85,300 400 0.5% 1,800 2.1DataProcessing,Hosting,andRelatedServices(NAICS518) 27,400 27,200 27,000 200 0.7% 400 1.5FinancialActivities(NAICS52,53) 653,600 654,500 645,500 900 0.1% 8,100 1.3FinanceandInsurance(NAICS52) 468,700 469,200 463,100 500 0.1% 5,600 1.2CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities(NAICS522) 242,000 242,100 241,100 100 0.0% 900 0.4Securities,CommoditiesContracts,andOtherFinancial(NAICS523) 50,700 50,600 48,400 100 0.2% 2,300 4.8InsuranceCarriersandRelatedActivities(NAICS524) 169,000 169,700 163,300 700 0.4% 5,700 3.5RealEstateandRentalandLeasing(NAICS53) 184,900 185,300 182,400 400 0.2% 2,500 1.4RealEstate(NAICS531) 120,100 121,100 121,700 1,000 0.8% 1,600 1.3RentalandLeasingServices(NAICS532) 52,100 52,100 51,600 0 0.0% 500 1.0ProfessionalandBusinessServices(NAICS54,55,56) 1,403,500 1,406,900 1,366,000 3,400 0.2% 37,500 2.8Professional,ScientificandTechnicalServices(NAICS54) 594,800 600,300 594,800 5,500 0.9% 0 0.0ManagementofCompaniesandEnterprises(NAICS55) 83,400 82,700 84,400 700 0.9% 1,000 1.2AdminandSupportandWasteMgmtandRemediation(NAICS56) 725,300 723,900 686,800 1,400 0.2% 38,500 5.6AdministrativeandSupportServices(NAICS561) 697,400 695,900 659,600 1,500 0.2% 37,800 5.7EducationandHealthServices(NAICS61,62) 1,497,400 1,492,000 1,452,600 5,400 0.4% 44,800 3.1EducationalServices(NAICS61) 176,400 176,100 177,600 300 0.2% 1,200 0.7HealthCareandSocialAssistance(NAICS62) 1,321,000 1,315,900 1,275,000 5,100 0.4% 46,000 3.6AmbulatoryHealthCareServices(NAICS621) 641,800 638,600 622,000 3,200 0.5% 19,800 3.2Hospitals(NAICS622) 301,400 301,000 293,800 400 0.1% 7,600 2.6NursingandResidentialCareFacilities(NAICS623) 174,600 175,600 170,100 1,000 0.6% 4,500 2.7SocialAssistance(NAICS624) 203,200 200,700 189,100 2,500 1.3% 14,100 7.5LeisureandHospitality(NAICS71,72) 1,099,900 1,094,900 1,049,900 5,000 0.5% 50,000 4.8Arts,Entertainment,andRecreation(NAICS71) 110,300 109,400 105,500 900 0.8% 4,800 4.6Amusement,Gambling,andRecreation(NAICS713) 77,700 77,900 76,600 200 0.3% 1,100 1.4AccommodationandFoodServices(NAICS72) 989,600 985,500 944,400 4,100 0.4% 45,200 4.8Accommodation(NAICS721) 109,000 107,800 106,000 1,200 1.1% 3,000 2.8FoodServicesandDrinkingPlaces(NAICS722) 880,600 877,700 838,400 2,900 0.3% 42,200 5.0OtherServices(NAICS81) 386,300 384,000 376,800 2,300 0.6% 9,500 2.5RepairandMaintenance(NAICS811) 125,600 125,100 117,400 500 0.4% 8,200 7.0PersonalandLaundryServices(NAICS812) 98,800 97,100 97,300 1,700 1.8% 1,500 1.5Religious,Grantmaking,Civic,ProfOrganizations(NAICS813) 161,900 161,800 162,100 100 0.1% 200 0.1Government 1,821,500 1,808,000 1,809,700 13,500 0.8% 11,800 0.7FederalGovernment 197,800 198,200 200,400 400 0.2% 2,600 1.3StateGovernment 370,800 368,900 364,400 1,900 0.5% 6,400 1.8LocalGovernment 1,252,900 1,240,900 1,244,900 12,000 1.0% 8,000 0.6

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Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Within the Metropolitan Statistical Areas, Total Nonagricultural Wage

and Salary employment increased 58,300 jobs in November, a gain

of 9,400 jobs over last years increase of 48,900 jobs for November. This

months increase also marked the fourth consecutive monthly gain. The

total change for the last three months showed an addition of 153,500 jobs.

Despite a larger November boost for 2012, total job growth from January toNovember of 331,300 jobs was slightly behind last years total of 340,100

jobs for the same time period. In November, 20 areas added employment

with 10 areas estimated to have gains of 1,000 jobs or more. The areas that

grew the most percentage-wise were the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood MSA

at 1.5 percent, followed by the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, the Waco, and

the Wichita Falls MSAs, each at 1.4 percent. In the Total Nonagricultural

Wage and Salary series, the annual growth rate was at or above 2.0 percent

for 18 consecutive months with a 2.5 percent growth rate recorded for

November. Over the year, 21 areas added employment while seven areas

outperformed the statewide annual growth rate of 2.6 percent. The areas

were the Odessa MSA at 5.9 percent, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

MSA at 4.4 percent, the Texarkana MSA at 4.3 percent, the Houston-Sugar

Land-Baytown and Midland MSAs, each at 3.2 percent, followed by

the Fort Worth-Arlington area and Abilene MSA, each with 3.1 percent.

Retail Trade added 41,300 jobs in November as stores increased staff

for the holiday shopping season. This months gain was the largest

over-the-month boost in series history. Novembers addition brought

the three-month gain to 39,500 jobs, the largest for this time period since

2007. As expected, all areas added employment for the month, with

five areas adding 5.0 percent or more. The Victoria MSA led with 6.3

percent, followed by the Waco MSA at 5.7 percent. Since November

2011, 21,300 jobs were added reflecting a 2.0 percent annual growth

rate. For the year, nine MSAs added employment at a rate better than

the statewide level of 3.0 percent. These were the Odessa MSA with

a 9.2 percent increase, followed by the Texarkana MSA at 5.6 percent,

the Abilene MSA at 4.9 percent, the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood MSA

at 4.6 percent, and the Amarillo MSA at 4.1 percent. The remaining

MSAs of Midland, Waco, Corpus Christi and Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown had annual growth rates ranging from 3.9 percent to 3.2 percent.

Wholesale Trade rose by 1,800 jobs over the month for the second

consecutive month of employment increases. Since January, the industry

had nine over-the-month increases; two more than by this time last year. For

the same time period, 13,600 jobs were added for 2012, 2,300 jobs less than

in 2011. For November, three areas increased more than 1.0 percent. The

Wichita Falls MSA tallied the highest growth with a 5.6 percent increase, the

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MetropolitanStatisticalAreaOvertheMonthEmploymentChange

October2012toNovember2012(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

Texarkana MSA showed the second-highest at 3.8 percent, with

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA third at 1.6 percent. The annual grow

rate for this industry rose from 2.3 percent in October to 2.9 percent

November and has remained positive for 29 consecutive months. Sin

last year, eight areas had growth rates larger than 5.0 percent. The Ode

MSA experienced a rate more than triple the statewide growth rate of

percent with 14.0 percent. The Texarkana MSA was second at 8.0 perce

Education and Health Services grew by 6,500 jobs in what was the larg

over-the-month November gain in the recorded series. Consequen

this growth was larger than the five-year-average increase of 3,0

jobs. Since January, this industry added 58,300 jobs and outpaced l

years growth of 48,300 jobs for the same time period. The Dall

Plano-Irving area led all areas with an increase of 2,400 jobs for

month, followed by the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA and Fort Worth-Arlington area with 1,900 jobs and 1,500 jobs, respective

The Victoria MSA reported the largest monthly percentage increase w

2.9 percent. The positive growth in Education and Health Services w

also reflected in the annual growth rate for November of 3.9 perce

which is 0.4 percentage points higher than the rate recorded in Octob

In the past 12 months, five areas had an annual growth rate greater th

5.0 percent. The Odessa MSA held the top spot with a 10.0 perc

increase, followed by the Fort Worth-Arlington area at 7.2 perce

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estim

produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC. **Metropolitan Division (MD). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MS

comprised of the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'11 Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'11 Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'1

TOTALNONFARM 2,728,200 2,717,000 2,642,900 2,132,200 2,116,200 2,086,800 901,700 891,400 874,5

GOODSPRODUCING 520,100 521,800 492,900 269,600 269,700 268,400 151,100 150,000 142,5

Mining,Logging,&Construction 282,400 285,500 262,500 106,600 105,100 99,700 58,500 58,300 53,9

Manufacturing 237,700 236,300 230,400 163,000 164,600 168,700 92,600 91,700 88,6DurableGoods 161,000 159,200 152,700 114,500 115,800 118,900 68,100 67,300 64,6FabricatedMetalProductManufacturing 55,900 55,600 51,800 ComputerandElectronicProductManufacturing 19,000 19,200 19,400 38,200 38,400 39,200 2,500 2,500 2,6NondurableGoods 76,700 77,100 77,700 48,500 48,800 49,800 24,500 24,400 24,0SERVICEPROVIDING 2,208,100 2,195,200 2,150,000 1,862,600 1,846,500 1,818,400 750,600 741,400 732,0

PrivateServiceProviding 1,832,400 1,821,800 1,773,000 1,586,200 1,571,200 1,544,300 629,800 621,900 612,8

WholesaleTrade 142,300 141,700 137,000 121,800 120,800 121,000 42,100 42,000 40,4MerchantWholesalers,DurableGoods 83,500 84,000 81,000 68,300 67,900 68,800 24,500 24,500 24,3MerchantWholesalers,NondurableGoods 39,500 39,300 39,100 36,500 36,400 36,300 12,200 12,100 11,9RetailTrade 289,700 278,200 280,700 216,700 211,300 214,100 104,000 99,000 103,1MotorVehicleandPartsDealers 33,500 33,400 32,700 27,600 27,600 26,500 Bldng.MaterialandGardenEqpmnt.andSuppliesDlrs. 19,700 19,600 18,700 15,600 15,600 15,300 7,300 7,300 7,4FoodandBeverageStores 57,500 57,200 56,400 33,400 33,400 32,700 15,400 15,200 15,1ClothingandClothingAccessoriesStores 35,500 31,600 32,900 26,800 24,200 25,300 GeneralMerchandiseStores 62,900 58,900 63,200 49,200 46,500 48,900 24,800 22,700 24,3Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities 127,400 126,400 122,300 80,800 80,500 77,900 62,800 62,700 62,4Utilities 17,300 17,400 16,400 7,700 7,700 7,100 Information 31,400 31,400 31,500 64,900 64,600 65,200 13,400 13,400 13,9Telecommunications 15,700 15,600 15,900 29,400 29,300 30,300 6,500 6,500 6,9FinancialActivities 140,600 141,700 139,500 187,100 186,200 184,200 55,500 55,800 54,9FinanceandInsurance 91,800 92,800 90,700 142,500 141,700 139,800 41,700 41,700 40,9CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities

42,400 42,500 42,700 72,500 72,300 71,900 25,500 25,500 25,4InsuranceCarriersandRelatedActivities 30,000 30,100 30,000 50,800 50,700 50,100 RealEstateandRentalandLeasing 48,800 48,900 48,800 44,600 44,500 44,400 ProfessionalandBusinessServices 384,700 388,400 388,500 368,000 366,200 357,500 105,800 104,700 99,2Professional,Scientific,andTechnicalServices 182,600 185,700 187,800 156,800 155,200 156,700 39,200 38,700 36,4Admin.SupportandWasteMgmt.andRemediation 181,100 181,400 179,500 187,500 187,400 171,000 65,000 64,300 59,4EducationandHealthServices 351,400 349,500 330,100 265,800 263,400 254,100 118,000 116,500 110,1HealthCareandSocialAssistance 306,800 304,900 285,800 225,500 223,400 216,400 104,000 102,100 95,8AmbulatoryHealthCareServices 148,000 146,400 137,000 115,900 113,900 110,900 Hospitals 78,200 78,200 75,400 50,600 50,400 49,400 26,900 26,800 26,4LeisureandHospitality 263,900 263,600 247,900 209,000 206,500 199,100 96,400 96,100 97,3Arts,Entertainment,andRecreation 27,600 27,500 25,700 23,700 24,300 23,000 AccommodationandFoodServices 236,300 236,100 222,200 185,300 182,200 176,100 82,000 81,500 82,0FoodServicesandDrinkingPlaces 214,900 214,800 201,300 163,800 160,700 154,800 74,000 73,500 73,1OtherServices 101,000 100,900 95,500 72,100 71,700 71,200 31,800 31,700 31,5

Government 375,700 373,400 377,000 276,400 275,300 274,100 120,800 119,500 119,2Federal 27,200 27,400 27,500 29,900 30,100 30,400 15,300 15,000 15,1State 73,900 73,700 72,800 39,600 39,400 38,500 13,300 13,300 12,9Local 274,600 272,300 276,700 206,900 205,800 205,200 92,200 91,200 91,2Nov

'12* Oct

'12 Nov

'11

Nov

'12* Oct

'12 Nov

'11

Nov

'12* Oct

'12 Nov

'1

TOTALNONFARM 877,100 875,400 856,100 834,200 828,400 798,900 287,600 287,000 283,0

GOODSPRODUCING 94,200 94,800 92,100 91,800 92,300 90,400 31,400 31,800 31,2

Mining,Logging,&Construction 47,500 47,900 45,700 40,600 40,800 39,500 14,100 14,300 13,6

Manufacturing 46,700 46,900 46,400 51,200 5 1,500 5 0,900 17,300 17,500 17,6

SERVICEPROVIDING 782,900 780,600 764,000 742,400 736,100 708,500 256,200 255,200 251,8

PrivateServiceProviding 621,200 620,000 604,300 565,900 561,800 538,600 188,100 187,100 185,0

WholesaleTrade 29,600 29,600 28,900 44,500 44,400 42,300 10,100 10,100 9,9

RetailTrade 100,000 95,300 98,800 88,000 83,800 85,700 36,900 35,600 36,1FoodandBeverageStores 19,200 19,100 18,900 17,300 17,100 16,700 GeneralMerchandiseStores 20,600 19,600 20,100 16,700 15,300 16,300 10,300 9,400 10,1Transportation,Warehousing,andUtilities 21,200 21,200 20,800 13,700 13,600 13,400 12,700 12,800 12,8

Information 17,900 17,900 18,200 20,400 20,400 20,300 4,800 4,800 4,8Telecommunications 4,400 4,400 4,700 6,400 6,400 6,600 FinancialActivities 70,200 71,600 71,000 46,600 46,900 45,300 12,600 12,700 12,5FinanceandInsurance 56,400 57,400 57,400 31,500 31,500 31,200 CreditIntermediationandRelatedActivities 24,500 25,000 25,100 13,000 13,100 12,800 ProfessionalandBusinessServices 102,400 102,800 97,800 128,700 128,900 115,100 31,500 31,700 31,2Professional,Scientific,andTechnicalServices 40,200 40,700 39,700 66,800 68,100 61,700 AdminSupportandWasteMgmtandRemediationSvcs 54,100 54,000 53,100 54,000 53,600 51,300 23,100 23,200 22,4EducationandHealthServices 135,300 135,600 133,000 94,100 95,100 92,900 39,700 39,600 38,7HealthCareandSocialAssistance 119,000 119,400 116,100 79,400 81,000 76,100 Hospitals 23,500 23,500 23,000 20,200 20,100 19,800 LeisureandHospitality 112,200 113,900 103,900 95,300 94,200 89,900 30,000 30,000 29,3AccommodationandFoodServices 102,400 103,200 94,200 82,300 82,700 79,000 OtherServices 32,400 32,100 31,900 34,600 34,500 33,700 9,800 9,800 9,7

Government 161,700 160,600 159,700 176,500 174,300 169,900 68,100 68,100 66,8Federal 35,800 35,800 35,500 11,400 11,300 10,700 13,600 13,600 13,0State 19,200 19,000 19,300 75,000 74,800 72,800 10,100 10,100 10,0Local 106,700 105,800 104,900 90,100 88,200 86,400 44,400 44,400 43,8

TexasMetropolitanStatisticalAreasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment(NotSeasonallyAdjusted)HOUSTONSUGARLANDBAYTOWN DALLASPLANOIRVINGMD** FORTWORTHARLINGTONMD**

SANANTONIONEWBRAUNFELS AUSTINROUNDROCKSANMARCOS ELPASO


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Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in each MSA is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estima

produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'11 Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'11 Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'11 Nov'12* Oct'12 Nov'

TOTAL 66,700 66,300 64,700 115,700 115,000 113,900 160,000 158,800 158,400 126,200 126,300 129,4

Mining,Logging,&Constr. 5,000 5,100 4,800 6,500 6,600 6,100 21,200 21,400 19,900 3,100 3,200 2,9

Manufacturing 2,600 2,600 2,600 13,500 13,600 13,400 21,000 21,100 20,900 5,400 5,500 5,5

WholesaleTrade 2,400 2,400 2,300 5,300 5,300 5,100 4,900 4,900 4,700 3,200 3,200 3,3

RetailTrade 8,500 8,200 8,100 15,200 14,600 14,600 19,800 19,000 19,600 15,800 15,500 16,6

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 1,700 1,700 1,600 4,700 4,700 4,600 5,900 5,800 5,700 4,600 4,700 4,9

Information 1,100 1,100 1,100

1,400 1,400 1,500

1,300 1,300 1,300

1,700 1,700 1,9

FinancialActivities 3,700 3 ,700 3,600 6,500 6,500 6,300 5,700 5,600 5,500 5,000 5,000 5,3

Prof.&BusinessServices 5,400 5,400 5,100 8,500 8,500 8,500 14,600 14,600 14,400 8,800 8,900 9,2

Educ.&HealthServices 13,700 13,600 13,100 16,800 16,700 16,300 22,800 22,600 22,500 31,600 31,900 32,8

Leisure&Hospitality 7,400 7,300 6,900 13,000 12,900 12,300 14,800 14,700 14,300 12,100 12,200 12,5

OtherServices 2,500 2,400 2,400 4,900 4,900 4,700 5,400 5,400 5,300 3,400 3,400 3,5

Government 12,700 12,800 13,100 19,400 19,300 20,500 22,600 22,400 24,300 31,500 31,100 31,0


TOTAL 96,800 97,200 98,000 187,900 187,200 184,400 132,200 130,200 129,600 94,800 93,800 95,2Mining,Logging,&Constr. 6,800 6,900 6,500 22,000 22,200 21,100 5,600 5,700 5,400 4,000 4,000 3,8Manufacturing 5,200 5,300 5,300 9,500 9,500 9,600 7,200 7,200 7,200 900 900 9WholesaleTrade 1,700 1,700 1,700 5,900 6,000 5,800 4,000 4,000 3,800 2,900 2,900 2,9RetailTrade 10,300 10,100 10,400 23,500 22,900 22,700 15,800 15,000 15,100 13,400 12,900 13,3

Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 1,400 1,400 1,400 6,300 6,400 6,400 4,700 4,600 4,700 13,000 13,000 13,1Information 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,900 1,900 1,900 2,300 2,300 2,300 600 600 6FinancialActivities 3,500 3 ,500 3,600 7,400 7,400 7,400 5,100 5,100 5,200 3,900 3,800 3,9Prof.&BusinessServices 6,100 6,300 6,200 15,500 15,500 15,200 10,500 10,400 10,000 6,700 6,700 7,1

Educ.

&

Health

Services 9,800 9,900 10,100

33,200 33,100 32,100

21,400 21,100 20,100 15,300 15,200 15,5

Leisure&Hospitality 11,700 11,800 10,400 22,100 21,900 21,100 13,100 12,800 12,500 8,700 8,600 8,7OtherServices 3,000 3,100 3,000 7,200 7,200 7,100 4,800 4,800 4,700 2,400 2,300 2,4Government 36,200 36,100 38,300 33,400 33,200 34,000 37,700 37,200 38,600 23,000 22,900 23,0


TOTAL 98,800 99,000 97,600 130,500 130,400 132,500 232,600 229,300 232,600 77,900 78,300 75,5Mining,Logging,&Constr. 15,400 15,600 14,600 6,200 6,300 5,900 9,000 9,100 8,600 19,800 20,000 19,0Manufacturing 11,800 11,900 11,800 5,000 5,100 5,100 5,800 5,900 5,900 3,100 3,100 3,1WholesaleTrade 4,400 4,500 4,500 6,200 6,200 6,200 6,300 6,200 6,200 4,100 4,200 3,9RetailTrade 10,900 10,600 10,700 16,600 16,200 16,600 34,600 33,100 34,600 8,000 7,700 7,7Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 3,500 3,500 3,500 4,000 4,000 4,000 7,200 7,200 7,400 3,100 3,100 3,0Information 1,200 1,200 1,300 4,000 4,000 4,200 2,000 1,900 2,100 1,100 1,100 1,1FinancialActivities 3,800 3 ,800 3,800 6,700 6,700 6,800 8,500 8,400 8,600 3,400 3,400 3,4Prof.&BusinessServices 8,300 8,400 8,400 10,700 10,800 10,800 15,000 14,900 15,600 8,700 8,900 8,5Educ.&HealthServices 15,600 15,600 15,400 22,100 22,200 22,000 60,200 59,500 60,400 7,500 7,600 7,2Leisure&Hospitality 8,300 8,300 8,100 16,600 16,800 16,600 19,800 19,600 20,300 7,900 7,900 7,5OtherServices 3,200 3,200 3,200 5,100 5,200 5,200 5,700 5,600 5,700 2,800 2,800 2,8

Government 12,400 12,400 12,300

27,300 26,900 29,100

58,500

57,900

57,200

8,400 8,500 8,3


TOTAL 71,700 71,700 67,700 47,400 47,400 46,800 44,500 44,400 43,800 60,600 59,800 58,1Mining,Logging,&Constr. 15,100 15,500 14,800 3,400 3,400 3,200 2,500 2,500 2,300 2,500 2,600 2,4Manufacturing 4,900 4,900 4,900 3,700 3,700 3,700 5,300 5,400 5,300 4,000 4,000 4,0WholesaleTrade 5,700 5,700 5,000 1,800 1,800 1,800 1,100 1,100 1,100 2,700 2,600 2,5

RetailTrade 7,100 6,900 6,500 5,900 5,700 5,800 6,100 5,900 6,000 7,600 7,300 7,2Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 2,600 2,600 2,400 1,100 1,100 1,000 1,100 1,100 1,100 3,100 3,100 3,0Information 600 600 600 1,000 1,000 1,100 500 500 500 600 600 5FinancialActivities 2,800 2 ,800 2,800 1,900 2,000 2,000 2,800 2,800 2,800 2,700 2,700 2,6Prof.&BusinessServices 4,700 4,700 4,300 3,800 3,800 3,700 2,700 2,700 2,700 4,500 4,400 4,3Educ.&HealthServices 6,600 6,600 6,000 8,200 8,300 8,100 9,400 9,400 9,400 10,100 9,900 9,5Leisure&Hospitality 7,700 7,600 6,900 5,100 5,200 5,000 4,800 4,800 4,800 6,200 6,100 5,8OtherServices 3,800 3,800 3,400 2,000 2,000 1,900 1,400 1,400 1,400 2,300 2,200 2,1Government 10,100 10,000 10,100 9,500 9,400 9,500 6,800 6,800 6,400 14,300 14,300 14,2


TOTAL 98,400 97,800 96,300 51,500 50,900 51,400 107,700 106,200 105,100 59,500 58,700 58,3

Mining,

Logging,

&

Constr. 6,200 6,200 5,900

7,700 7,800 7,400

6,400 6,400 6,000

3,800 3,800 3,6

Manufacturing 6,200 6,300 6,200 5,800 5,800 5,900 14,400 14,600 14,500 5,100 5,100 5,1WholesaleTrade 3,100 3,100 3,000 1,800 1,800 1,700 3,800 3,800 3,600 1,900 1,800 1,8RetailTrade 12,700 12,300 12,400 6,700 6,300 6,600 11,100 10,500 10,700 7,900 7,600 7,8Trans.,Ware.,&Util. 3,900 3,900 3,800 1,400 1,400 1,400 2,800 2,700 2,800 1,900 1,800 1,8Information 2,100 2,100 2,100 500 500 500 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,100 1,100 1,1FinancialActivities 4,100 4 ,100 4,200 2,100 2,100 2,200 6,300 6,100 6,100 2,600 2,600 2,6Prof.&BusinessServices 9,200 9,200 9,000 3,000 3,000 3,000 8,700 8,600 8,700 3,700 3,700 3,6Educ.&HealthServices 22,200 22,200 21,400 7,100 6,900 7,000 20,200 19,800 19,500 9,400 9,200 9,2Leisure&Hospitality 10,300 10,300 9,900 4,600 4,600 4,600 9,800 9,700 9,800 6,000 5,900 5,8

OtherServices 4,300 4,200 4,200 1,700 1,600 1,800 3,800 3,700 3,700 2,600 2,600 2,6Government 14,100 13,900 14,200 9,100 9,100 9,300 19,100 19,000 18,400 13,500 13,500 13,3

TexasMetropolitanStatisticalAreasNonagriculturalWageandSalaryEmployment (NotSeasonallyAdjusted)

INDUSTRY ABILENE AMARILLO BEAUMONTPORTARTHUR BROWNSVILLEHARLINGEN

INDUSTRY COLLEGESTATIONBRYAN CORPUSCHRISTI KILLEENTEMPLEFORTHOOD LAREDO

INDUSTRY LONGVIEW LUBBOCK MCALLENEDINBURGMISSION MIDLAND

INDUSTRY ODESSA SANANGELO SHERMANDENISON TEXARKANA

INDUSTRY TYLER VICTORIA WACO WICHITAFALLS


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8

D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 2

Houston-

Sugar Land-Baytown

Beaumont-PortArthur

TylerLongview

Sherman-Denison

Texarkana

Killeen-Temple-

Fort Hood

CollegeStation-

BryanAustin-

Round Rock-San Marcos

San Antonio-New Braunfels

Victoria

Dallas-

Fort Worth-

Arlington

WichitaFalls

Waco

Abilene

Brownsville-Harlingen

McAllen-

Edinburg-Mission

Laredo CorpusChristi

San

Angelo

Odessa

Midland

Lubbock

Amarillo

El Paso

Job Growth RatesTexas: 2.6%

2.6% and above (6)

2.1% to 2.5% (5)

1.6% to 2.0% (5)

0.0% to 1.5% (5)

negative growth (4)

CES - A Bureau of Labor Statistics program that relies on employer

surveys to estimate monthly, nonagricultural payroll employment.

Source: Current Employment Statistics. Estimates produced by the

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated

in cooperation with the TWC. Prepared by the Labor Market and Career

Information Department, TWC. (12/21/2012)

1.6%

-1.5%2.1%

3.1%

2.5%

3.2%5.9%

1.6%

4.3%

1.2%2.2%

-1.2%

2.5%

2.0%

4.4%

1.0%

3.2%2.5%

1.9%

-0.4%

0.0%-2.5%

Total Nonagricultural Employment by MSA (In Thousands)

Abilene

Amarillo

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

Beaumont-Port Arthur


College Station-Bryan

Corpus Christi

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington

El Paso

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood

Laredo

Longview

Lubbock

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission

Midland

Odessa

San Angelo

San Antonio-New Braunfels

Sherman-Denison

Texarkana

Tyler

Victoria

Waco

Wichita Falls

66.7

115.7

834.2

160.0

126.2

96.8

187.9

3,033.9

287.6

2,728.2

132.2

94.8

98.8

130.5

232.6

77.9

71.7

47.4

877.1

44.5

60.6

98.4

51.5

107.7

59.5

3.1%

1.6%

4.4%

1.0%

-2.5%

-1.2%

1.9%

2.5%

1.6%

3.2%

2.0%

-0.4%

1.2%

-1.5%

0.0%

3.2%

5.9%

1.3%

2.5%

1.6%

4.3%

2.2%

0.2%

2.5%

2.1%

MSANov.

2012

Nov.

2011

% Annual

Job Growth

64.7

113.9

798.9

158.4

129.4

98.0

184.4

2,961.3

283.0

2,642.9

129.6

95.2

97.6

132.5

232.6

75.5

67.7

46.8

856.1

43.8

58.1

96.3

51.4

105.1

58.3

1.3%

1.6%

0.2%


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Newton

Sabine

JasperTyler

Orange

Shelby

SanAugustine

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Angelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Cass

Morris

MarionUpshur

Camp

Titus

Bowie

Red River

Cherokee

Smith Gregg

SanJacinto

Walker

Houston

Trinity

Franklin

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Delta

Lamar

VanZandt

Anderson

Henderson

Freestone

Leon

Madison

Fannin

Rockwall

Hunt

Hardin

Jefferson

Liberty

Galveston

Chambers

Harris

Waller

Montgomery

Austin

Fort Bend

Matagorda

BrazoriaWharton

Colorado

Lavaca

Jackson

Refugio

Calhoun

Victoria

Aransas

Fayette

Lee

Bastrop

Gonzales

DeWitt

Goliad

Kenedy

Kleberg

Nueces

SanPatricio

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Hays

Travis

Karnes

Wilson

Bee

Hidalgo

Cameron

Willacy

DuvalJimWells

LiveOak

Kendall

Comal

Bexar

BrooksJimHogg

Starr

LaSalle

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Medina

Bandera

Zapata

Webb

KerrEdwards

Kinney Uvalde

Real

ZavalaMaverick

Dimmit

Washington

GrimesBurleson

Brazos

Navarro

Kaufman

Lime-stone

Robertson

CollinDenton

Grayson

DallasTarrant

Johnson

Hill

Ellis

McLennan

Milam

Falls

Williamson

Bell

Montague

Wise

Cooke

Jack

Somervell

Bosque

Hood

Parker

Hamilton

Coryell

Comanche

Burnet

Lampasas

Blanco

SanSaba

Llano

Brown

Erath

Mills

PaloPinto

Stephens

Eastland

Gillespie

McCulloch

Mason

Callahan

Coleman

Shackel-ford

Jones

Taylor

Runnels

Concho

Stonewall Haskell

Fisher

Kimble

Schleicher

Sutton

Menard

Nolan

Scurry

Mitchell

Tom Green

Coke

Irion

Sterling

Borden

Howard

Glasscock

Upton

Midland

Reagan

Crockett

Terrell

Val Verde

Martin

Dawson

Young

Wichita

Archer

Clay

Wilbarger

Baylor

Throck-morton

Childress

CottleHardeman

Collings-worth

King

Foard

Knox

Wheeler

Hemphill

Gray

LipscombOchiltree

Roberts

Garza

Crosby Dickens

Kent

Floyd Motley

Donley

Hall

Armstrong

BriscoeSwisher

Hansford

Hutchinson

Carson

Moore

Sherman

Potter

Hale

Deaf Smith Randall

CastroParmer

Lubbock

LynnTerry

Lamb

Hockley

Bailey

Cochran

Hartley

Oldham

Dallam

Andrews

Gaines

Yoakum

EctorLoving Winkler

CraneWard

Pecos

Brewster

Reeves

Jeff Davis

Presidio

Culberson

El PasoHudspeth

Unemployment Rates

Texas: 5.8%*

0.0% to 4.0% (51)

4.1% to 5.0% (61)

5.1% to 5.5% (42)

5.6% to 6.5% (55)

6.6% and above (45)

Unemployment Rates by County

November 2012

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally Adjusted

Prepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (12/19/2012)


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10

D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 2

The Texas unemployment rate fell four-tenths of a percentage point in November to a rate of 5.8percent. This was the lowest unemployment rate since December 2008. The unemployment ratehas averaged a decline of 0.4 percentage points over each of the past three months. The rate alsomirrored the October-to-November drop of 0.4 percentage points seen in 2011. Since November2011, the unemployment rate fell by 1.4 percentage points. The national unemployment rate dropped

one-tenth of a percentage point over the month for an unemployment rate of 7.4 percent. The Texasunemployment rate was 1.6 percentage points below the national rate. The last time Texas fell 1.6percentage points below the national unemployment rate was in April 2010.

The Civilian Labor Force decreased by 42,800 individuals over the month for a total of 12,628,800Texans. This was the third monthly Civilian Labor Force decline in 2012. From last year, the

Civilian Labor Force grew by 125,100 persons for an annual growth rate of 1.0 percent.

The number of jobholders increased for the third consecutive month, adding 11,600 individualsin November for an estimated level of 11,891,300 Texans. Since November 2011, the number of

jobholders expanded by 290,700 persons. The number of jobseekers fell by 54,400 persons over themonth for an estimate of 737,500 Texans. Over the past three months, the average decline for jobseekerswas 49,900 individuals. Since January 2012, the number of jobseekers declined by 209,100 persons.

The number of Texans continuing to file for unemployment insurance benefits remained basicallyunchanged in November, adding 100 persons for a total of 123,300 claimants. Since January 2012,the number of individuals continuing to file unemployment insurance benefits decreased by 23,000claimants. The Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) unemployment claim activity increased in 13areas and declined in 12 areas in November. The Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, the Lubbock, andthe Midland MSAs experienced declines of 6.4 percent, 5.8 percent, and 4.3 percent, respectively.

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates reflect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. Civilian Labor Force (C.L.F.) includes wage and salary workers, self-employed, unpaid family, domestic

private households, agricultural workers, workers involved in labor disputes and the unemployed, all by place of residence. Employment and Unemployment data are first rounded then added toge

to derive the rounded CLF total. Because of this rounding technique, this rounded total of the CLF may not agree with a rounding of the CLF total itself. Percent Unemployed is based upon unroun

Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment numbers. Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Beginning with January 2005 estima

definitions of the MSAs were updated to reflect the 2000 Census-based configurations. Please see www.tracer2.com for details on these changes. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is compr

of the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division (MD) and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Civilian Labor Force Estimates for Texas Metropolitan Statistical AreasNot Seasonally Adjusted (In Thousands)

MSAs Ranked by Unemployment Rate

November 2012 (Not Seasonally Adjusted

1 Midland 3

2 Odessa 3

3 Amarillo 4

4 SanAngelo 4

5(tie) Abilene 4

Lubbock 47 AustinRoundRockSanMarcos 4

8(tie) CollegeStationBryan 5

Victoria 5

10 Longview 5

11(tie) CorpusChristi 5

WichitaFalls 5

13(t ie ) SanAntonioNewBraunfels 5

Texarkana 5

Waco 5

16 DallasFortWorthArlington 5

17 HoustonSugarLandBaytown 5

Texas 5

18 Laredo 6

19(tie) ShermanDenison 6

Tyler 6

21 Killeen

Temple

Fort

Hood 6

UnitedStates 722 ElPaso 8

23 BeaumontPortArthur 9

24 McAllenEdinburgMission 9

25 BrownsvilleHarlingen 9

C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Ra

UnitedStates 154,953.0 143,549.0 11,404.0 7.4 155,779.0 144,039.0 11,741.0 7.5 153,683.0 141,070.0 12,613.0 8

Texas 12,628.8 11,891.3 737.5 5.8 12,671.6 11,879.7 791.9 6.2 12,503.7 11,600.6 903.1 7

Abilene 84.6 80.7 3.9 4.6 84.7 80.5 4.2 4.9 82.8 78.0 4.8 5

Amarillo 137.9 132.3 5.6 4.1 137.9 131.9 6.0 4.3 136.2 129.5 6.7 4

Austin

Round

Rock

San

Marcos 973.8 926.5 47.3 4.9

974.5 922.9 51.6 5.3

941.6 882.6 59.0 6

BeaumontPortArthur 188.0 170.7 17.3 9.2 188.9 170.4 18.5 9.8 188.3 169.1 19.2 10

BrownsvilleHarlingen 156.4 141.2 15.2 9.7 157.9 141.9 16.0 10.1 161.9 144.1 17.8 11

CollegeStationBryan 114.3 108.5 5.8 5.1 115.6 109.4 6.2 5.3 116.6 109.8 6.8 5

CorpusChristi 219.1 207.2 11.9 5.4 220.4 207.6 12.8 5.8 219.1 203.8 15.3 7

DallasFortWorthArlington 3,344.4 3,153.0 191.4 5.7 3,343.9 3,137.3 206.6 6.2 3,301.3 3,066.9 234.4 7

DallasPlanoIrvingMD 2,229.8 2,101.0 128.8 5.8 2,231.0 2,092.0 139.0 6.2 2,202.5 2,044.9 157.6 7

FortWorthArlingtonMD 1,114.6 1,052.0 62.6 5.6 1,112.8 1,045.3 67.5 6.1 1,098.7 1,022.0 76.7 7

ElPaso 326.7 300.0 26.7 8.2 329.0 300.5 28.5 8.7 327.0 295.6 31.4 9

HoustonSugarLandBaytown 3,058.3 2,882.4 175.9 5.8 3,072.2 2,883.2 189.0 6.2 3,013.7 2,792.7 221.0 7

KilleenTempleFortHood 173.2 162.0 11.2 6.5 172.3 160.2 12.1 7.0 171.2 157.9 13.3 7

Laredo 100.9 94.8 6.1 6.0 100.8 94.4 6.4 6.3 102.8 95.6 7.2

Longview 113.9 107.9 6.0 5.3 115.2 108.7 6.5 5.7 113.6 106.4 7.2 6

Lubbock 147.1 140.4 6.7 4.6 148.2 140.9 7.3 4.9 150.1 141.9 8.2 5

McAllenEdinburgMission 316.1 285.7 30.4 9.6 315.4 283.5 31.9 10.1 322.6 287.3 35.3 10

Midland 87.5 84.8 2.7 3.0 88.3 85.4 2.9 3.2 84.7 81.5 3.2 3

Odessa 83.1 80.1 3.0 3.6 83.8 80.6 3.2 3.9 79.7 75.8 3.9 4

San

Angelo 57.5 54.9 2.6 4.5

57.8 55.0 2.8 4.8

57.2 54.0 3.2 5

SanAntonioNewBraunfels 1,019.8 962.7 57.1 5.6 1,026.5 965.1 61.4 6.0 1,009.3 940.0 69.3 6

ShermanDenison 58.9 55.3 3.6 6.1 59.4 55.5 3.9 6.5 59.0 54.5 4.5 7

Texarkana 68.3 64.5 3.8 5.6 68.5 64.4 4.1 6.0 67.1 62.5 4.6 6

Tyler 106.4 99.9 6.5 6.1 107.0 100.1 6.9 6.5 106.4 98.0 8.4

Victoria 61.0 57.9 3.1 5.1 60.4 57.2 3.2 5.3 61.0 57.2 3.8 6

Waco 116.7 110.2 6.5 5.6 116.2 109.3 6.9 5.9 115.7 107.8 7.9 6

WichitaFalls 73.4 69.4 4.0 5.4 73.1 68.9 4.2 5.8 72.4 67.7 4.7 6

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Anderson 6.8 7.3 8.1 0.5 1.3 Donley 4.9 4.9 5.3 0.0 0.4

Andrews 3.3 3.4 4.2 0.1 0.9 Duval 5.9 6.3 8.0 0.4 2.1Angelina 5.9 6.2 7.0 0.3 1.1 Eastland 5.3 5.4 6.2 0.1 0.9Aransas 5.2 5.4 7.4 0.2 2.2 Ector 3.6 3.9 4.9 0.3 1.3

Archer 4.3

4.2

5.6

0.1

1.3

Edwards 6.6

6.9

6.3

0.3

0.3Armstrong 3.5 3.5 4.7 0.0 1.2 Ellis 6.0 6.4 7.1 0.4 1.1Atascosa 5.7 6.1 7.0 0.4 1.3 ElPaso 8.2 8.7 9.6 0.5 1.4Austin 5.2 5.4 7.5 0.2 2.3 Erath 4.9 5.1 5.4 0.2 0.5Bailey 5.4 5.6 6.5 0.2 1.1 Falls 7.6 7.9 9.1 0.3 1.5Bandera 5.0 5.4 6.4 0.4 1.4 Fannin 7.4 8.0 9.1 0.6 1.7Bastrop 5.1 5.6 7.1 0.5 2.0 Fayette 4.2 4.5 5.2 0.3 1.0Baylor 3.7 4.3 5.3 0.6 1.6 Fisher 4.4 4.7 5.4 0.3 1.0Bee 6.4 6.5 7.7 0.1 1.3 Floyd 5.5 5.8 6.9 0.3 1.4Bell 6.3 6.8 7.7 0.5 1.4 Foard 4.9 5.0 6.3 0.1 1.4Bexar 5.7 6.1 7.0 0.4 1.3 FortBend 5.3 5.7 6.6 0.4 1.3Blanco 4.7 5.2 5.6 0.5 0.9 Franklin 6.0 6.3 6.7 0.3 0.7Borden 2.7 3.1 3.3 0.4 0.6 Freestone 4.9 5.1 5.8 0.2 0.9Bosque 6.3 7.0 7.6 0.7 1.3 Frio 4.9 5.1 6.5 0.2 1.6Bowie 5.2 5.9 6.8 0.7 1.6 Gaines 3.9 4.1 5.0 0.2 1.1Brazoria 5.7 6.1 8.1 0.4 2.4 Galveston 6.4 6.9 8.6 0.5 2.2

Brazos 4.9

5.2

5.7

0.3

0.8

Garza 5.1

5.6

6.5

0.5

1.4Brewster 3.8 4.3 4.6 0.5 0.8 Gillespie 3.6 3.8 4.2 0.2 0.6Briscoe 5.1 5.0 6.4 0.1 1.3 Glasscock 3.6 3.6 3.8 0.0 0.2Brooks 6.0 6.5 8.2 0.5 2.2 Goliad 4.8 5.0 6.2 0.2 1.4Brown 5.3 5.9 6.6 0.6 1.3 Gonzales 4.0 4.3 4.9 0.3 0.9Burleson 5.3 5.7 6.1 0.4 0.8 Gray 4.1 4.6 5.2 0.5 1.1Burnet 4.7 4.9 5.7 0.2 1.0 Grayson 6.1 6.5 7.7 0.4 1.6Caldwell 6.0 6.4 7.5 0.4 1.5 Gregg 5.2 5.6 6.2 0.4 1.0Calhoun 5.3 6.1 8.9 0.8 3.6 Grimes 5.5 5.8 7.1 0.3 1.6Callahan 4.4 4.9 5.4 0.5 1.0 Guadalupe 5.3 5.7 6.4 0.4 1.1Cameron 9.7 10.1 11.0 0.4 1.3 Hale 5.4 5.6 6.6 0.2 1.2Camp 6.7 7.3 7.9 0.6 1.2 Hall 7.4 7.6 8.7 0.2 1.3Carson 3.8 3.9 4.1 0.1 0.3 Hamilton 4.9 5.2 5.3 0.3 0.4Cass 8.0 8.3 9.8 0.3 1.8 Hansford 3.5 3.6 4.0 0.1 0.5Castro 4.3 4.6 5.1 0.3 0.8 Hardeman 4.3 4.6 4.9 0.3 0.6Chambers 6.4 6.5 7.9 0.1 1.5 Hardin 7.6 7.9 8.5 0.3 0.9Cherokee 7.0 7.3 8.5 0.3 1.5 Harris 5.8 6.2 7.3 0.4 1.5Childress 4.6 4.8 5.3 0.2 0.7 Harrison 6.1 6.6 7.1 0.5 1.0Clay 4.4 5.0 5.5 0.6 1.1 Hartley 3.6 3.9 4.1 0.3 0.5Cochran 7.0 7.4 8.3 0.4 1.3 Haskell 4.5 4.7 4.8 0.2 0.3Coke 5.4 5.7 5.7 0.3 0.3 Hays 4.8 5.2 6.3 0.4 1.5Coleman 5.1 6.0 6.3 0.9 1.2 Hemphill 2.0 2.1 2.4 0.1 0.4Collin 5.2 5.6 6.3 0.4 1.1 Henderson 6.4 6.8 7.9 0.4 1.5Collingsworth 4.0 4.2 4.5 0.2 0.5 Hidalgo 9.6 10.1 10.9 0.5 1.3Colorado 5.0 5.5 6.6 0.5 1.6 Hill 5.8 6.1 7.6 0.3 1.8Comal 5.4 5.8 6.4 0.4 1.0 Hockley 4.1 4.3 5.0 0.2 0.9Comanche 4.9 5.1 5.9 0.2 1.0 Hood 4.9 5.3 6.4 0.4 1.5Concho 6.1 6.6 7.1 0.5 1.0 Hopkins 5.2 5.7 6.2 0.5 1.0Cooke 3.8 4.0 4.8 0.2 1.0 Houston 8.3 8.8 10.2 0.5 1.9Coryell 7.6 8.2 8.8 0.6 1.2 Howard 5.2 5.6 6.5 0.4 1.3Cottle 5.7 6.8 7.6 1.1 1.9 Hudspeth 4.7 4.9 5.5 0.2 0.8Crane 4.4 4.8 6.3 0.4 1.9 Hunt 6.0 6.9 7.6 0.9 1.6Crockett 3.5 3.9 4.6 0.4 1.1 Hutchinson 4.6 4.9 5.9 0.3 1.3Crosby 5.2

5.5

8.9

0.3

3.7

Irion 3.3

3.3

5.0

0.0

1.7

Culberson 2.9 3.1 4.0 0.2 1.1 Jack 3.9 4.1 4.7 0.2 0.8Dallam 3.4 3.6 4.2 0.2 0.8 Jackson 4.5 4.8 5.9 0.3 1.4Dallas 6.2 6.6 7.8 0.4 1.6 Jasper 8.8 9.2 10.7 0.4 1.9Dawson 5.7 5.9 7.1 0.2 1.4 JeffDavis 5.0 4.9 5.7 0.1 0.7DeafSmith 4.2 4.4 5.0 0.2 0.8 Jefferson 9.5 10.3 10.6 0.8 1.1Delta 7.5 7.8 7.2 0.3 0.3 JimHogg 4.5 4.5 5.5 0.0 1.0Denton 5.2 5.5 6.3 0.3 1.1 JimWells 4.3 4.5 5.8 0.2 1.5DeWitt 4.2 4.5 6.0 0.3 1.8 Johnson 5.6 6.0 6.8 0.4 1.2Dickens 8.1 8.1 12.1 0.0 4.0 Jones 5.2 5.5 7.2 0.3 2.0Dimmit 4.4 4.5 5.7 0.1 1.3 Karnes 6.1 6.6 7.5 0.5 1.4

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Kaufman 6.1 6.5 7.3 0.4 1.2 Real 6.1 6.3 6.8 0.2 0.7

Kendall 4.6 5.3 5.9 0.7 1.3 RedRiver 9.1 9.6 11.0 0.5 1.9Kenedy 2.7 2.7 5.4 0.0 2.7 Reeves 8.4 9.0 10.2 0.6 1.8Kent 3.8 4.2 5.9 0.4 2.1 Refugio 4.0 4.2 5.3 0.2 1.3

Kerr 4.9

5.2

5.8

0.3

0.9

Roberts 3.0

2.7

3.6

0.3

0.6Kimble 4.8 5.1 5.7 0.3 0.9 Robertson 6.8 7.2 8.2 0.4 1.4King 6.0 5.4 5.1 0.6 0.9 Rockwall 5.4 5.7 6.3 0.3 0.9Kinney 6.2 6.4 7.3 0.2 1.1 Runnels 5.0 5.4 7.0 0.4 2.0Kleberg 5.0 5.3 6.2 0.3 1.2 Rusk 5.5 5.8 6.4 0.3 0.9Knox 4.8 5.2 5.3 0.4 0.5 Sabine 13.8 14.2 15.0 0.4 1.2Lamar 7.9 8.5 8.9 0.6 1.0 SanAugustine 9.3 9.8 11.5 0.5 2.2Lamb 5.7 5.9 6.6 0.2 0.9 SanJacinto 6.9 7.2 8.5 0.3 1.6Lampasas 6.2 6.5 6.7 0.3 0.5 SanPatricio 6.5 6.8 8.5 0.3 2.0LaSalle 3.6 3.8 5.4 0.2 1.8 SanSaba 6.0 6.7 7.2 0.7 1.2Lavaca 3.9 4.2 4.9 0.3 1.0 Schleicher 3.8 4.1 4.9 0.3 1.1Lee 4.2 4.4 5.3 0.2 1.1 Scurry 3.6 3.9 4.8 0.3 1.2Leon 5.8 5.9 7.0 0.1 1.2 Shackelford 2.5 2.7 3.6 0.2 1.1Liberty 7.2 7.6 9.7 0.4 2.5 Shelby 5.9 6.2 6.7 0.3 0.8Limestone 5.3 5.7 6.6 0.4 1.3 Sherman 4.0 4.4 4.8 0.4 0.8Lipscomb 3.1 3.3 4.2 0.2 1.1 Smith 6.1 6.5 7.9 0.4 1.8

Live

Oak 3.7

3.9

4.8

0.2

1.1

Somervell 5.1

5.1

7.2

0.0

2.1Llano 5.8 6.1 6.9 0.3 1.1 Starr 13.2 13.4 15.4 0.2 2.2Loving 9.8 9.8 9.8 0.0 0.0 Stephens 4.8 5.4 6.5 0.6 1.7Lubbock 4.6 4.9 5.4 0.3 0.8 Sterling 2.7 2.8 3.8 0.1 1.1Lynn 5.5 5.8 6.4 0.3 0.9 Stonewall 3.3 3.5 4.7 0.2 1.4McCulloch 4.6 5.1 5.4 0.5 0.8 Sutton 3.2 2.9 3.8 0.3 0.6McLennan 5.6 5.9 6.8 0.3 1.2 Swisher 5.0 5.2 5.8 0.2 0.8McMullen 2.2 2.2 3.4 0.0 1.2 Tarrant 5.6 6.1 7.1 0.5 1.5Madison 6.1 6.4 7.4 0.3 1.3 Taylor 4.5 4.8 5.7 0.3 1.2Marion 7.1 7.2 8.6 0.1 1.5 Terrell 5.9 6.4 7.9 0.5 2.0Martin 3.6 3.9 4.8 0.3 1.2 Terry 5.7 6.1 6.7 0.4 1.0Mason 3.7 3.9 4.4 0.2 0.7 Throckmorton 3.8 3.9 5.0 0.1 1.2Matagorda 8.3 8.7 10.8 0.4 2.5 Titus 6.2 6.7 7.2 0.5 1.0Maverick 10.5 10.9 12.0 0.4 1.5 TomGreen 4.5 4.8 5.5 0.3 1.0Medina 5.6 5.9 6.9 0.3 1.3 Travis 4.8 5.2 6.1 0.4 1.3Menard 5.3 5.8 6.6 0.5 1.3 Trinity 6.7 7.2 8.8 0.5 2.1Midland 3.0 3.2 3.8 0.2 0.8 Tyler 9.1 9.6 10.7 0.5 1.6Milam 7.5 7.2 8.6 0.3 1.1 Upshur 5.4 5.5 6.6 0.1 1.2Mills 4.5 4.6 5.5 0.1 1.0 Upton 3.2 3.3 4.0 0.1 0.8Mitchell 5.3 5.5 7.2 0.2 1.9 Uvalde 6.8 7.0 8.3 0.2 1.5Montague 4.4 4.7 5.3 0.3 0.9 ValVerde 6.6 6.9 8.0 0.3 1.4Montgomery 5.1 5.6 6.4 0.5 1.3 VanZandt 5.6 6.0 6.9 0.4 1.3Moore 3.6 3.8 4.2 0.2 0.6 Victoria 5.1 5.1 5.6 0.0 0.5Morris 7.7 8.4 10.7 0.7 3.0 Walker 6.0 6.3 7.1 0.3 1.1Motley 4.4 4.7 6.3 0.3 1.9 Waller 6.0 6.5 7.3 0.5 1.3Nacogdoches 5.4 5.7 6.3 0.3 0.9 Ward 3.9 4.2 5.3 0.3 1.4Navarro 6.6 7.3 7.8 0.7 1.2 Washington 4.4 4.7 5.4 0.3 1.0Newton 10.7 11.2 13.3 0.5 2.6 Webb 6.0 6.3 7.0 0.3 1.0Nolan 4.7 5.0 5.9 0.3 1.2 Wharton 5.7 6.1 7.8 0.4 2.1Nueces 5.3 5.6 6.7 0.3 1.4 Wheeler 3.2 3.4 3.5 0.2 0.3Ochiltree 2.9 3.0 3.6 0.1 0.7 Wichita 5.6 6.0 6.6 0.4 1.0Oldham 4.7 4.8 4.3 0.1 0.4 Wilbarger 3.8 4.2 4.8 0.4 1.0Orange 9.3 9.6 10.2 0.3 0.9 Willacy 12.5 13.0 13.7 0.5 1.2Palo

Pinto 5.6

5.9

6.7

0.3

1.1

Williamson 5.0

5.3

6.4

0.3

1.4

Panola 5.1 5.3 6.4 0.2 1.3 Wilson 5.3 5.4 6.2 0.1 0.9Parker 5.4 5.6 6.2 0.2 0.8 Winkler 4.1 4.3 5.0 0.2 0.9Parmer 4.2 4.4 4.6 0.2 0.4 Wise 5.2 5.5 6.4 0.3 1.2Pecos 3.9 4.2 4.5 0.3 0.6 Wood 6.4 6.8 7.6 0.4 1.2Polk 7.1 7.5 8.9 0.4 1.8 Yoakum 3.0 3.3 4.0 0.3 1.0Potter 4.8 5.1 5.8 0.3 1.0 Young 4.3 4.7 5.6 0.4 1.3Presidio 10.7 12.3 11.9 1.6 1.2 Zapata 5.8 5.9 7.2 0.1 1.4Rains 6.5 7.1 8.2 0.6 1.7 Zavala 11.9 12.6 13.8 0.7 1.9Randall 3.5 3.8 4.2 0.3 0.7Reagan 2.1 2.2 2.6 0.1 0.5

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Abilene 4.7 5.0 5.9 0.3 1.2 Garland 6.1 6.3 7.4 0.2 1.3 Paris 9.2 9.7 10.0 0.5 0

Allen 4.9 5.4 6.1 0.5 1.2 Georgetown 4.9 5.3 6.3 0.4 1.4 Pasadena 6.6 6.6 8.8 0.0 2

Amarillo 4.1 4.3 4.9 0.2 0.8 GrandPrairie 5.8 6.2 7.1 0.4 1.3 Pearland 4.4 4.7 6.0 0.3 1

Arlington 5.4 5.9 6.9 0.5 1.5 Grapevine 4.7 5.3 5.9 0.6 1.2 Pflugerville 4.1 4.5 5.4 0.4 1

Austin 4.5

5.0

5.7

0.5

1.2 Greenville

6.2

7.6

8.0

1.4

1.8 Pharr

8.4

9.0

9.4

0.6

1Baytown 7.8 8.1 9.9 0.3 2.1 HaltomCity 5.4 6.0 6.2 0.6 0.8 Plano 5.2 5.6 6.2 0.4 1

Beaumont 8.4 9.0 9.6 0.6 1.2 HarkerHeights 5.9 6.3 7.0 0.4 1.1 PortArthur 13.7 14.9 15.0 1.2 1

Bedford 5.0 5.3 5.9 0.3 0.9 Harlingen 8.1 8.7 9.8 0.6 1.7 Richardson 5.0 5.4 6.2 0.4 1

BigSpring 5.6 6.0 7.1 0.4 1.5 Houston 5.9 6.3 7.4 0.4 1.5 Rockwall 4.9 5.1 6.0 0.2 1

Brownsville 9.9 10.3 11.2 0.4 1.3 Huntsville 6.0 6.3 7.3 0.3 1.3 Rosenberg 5.3 5.6 7.1 0.3 1

Bryan 4.9 5.2 5.9 0.3 1.0 Hurst 5.2 5.6 6.7 0.4 1.5 RoundRock 4.8 5.1 5.9 0.3 1

Burleson 4.7 5.2 5.9 0.5 1.2 Irving 5.3 5.8 6.5 0.5 1.2 Rowlett 5.9 6.4 7.2 0.5 1

Carrollton 5.1 5.6 6.7 0.5 1.6 Keller 4.7 5.2 5.8 0.5 1.1 SanAngelo 4.6 4.9 5.5 0.3 0

CedarHill 6.3 7.0 7.7 0.7 1.4 Killeen 6.8 7.6 8.4 0.8 1.6 SanAntonio 5.5 5.9 6.8 0.4 1

CedarPark 4.7 5.0 5.8 0.3 1.1 Kingsville 4.9 5.2 5.8 0.3 0.9 SanBenito 9.5 9.5 10.3 0.0 0

Cleburne 5.6 5.9 6.7 0.3 1.1 Kyle 3.8 4.3 5.1 0.5 1.3 SanJuan 9.4 9.5 11.2 0.1 1

CollegeS ta tio n 4 .9 5.2 5.6 0.3 0.7 LakeJackson 5.5 5.9 7.9 0.4 2.4 SanMarcos 4.4 4.7 5.2 0.3 0

Conroe 4.8 5.0 5.8 0.2 1.0 Lancaster 8.2 8.8 9.7 0.6 1.5 Schertz 5.0 5.5 6.1 0.5 1

Coppell 5.0 5.5 6.0 0.5 1.0 LaPorte 6.0 6.1 8.1 0.1 2.1 Seguin 5.8 6.0 6.8 0.2 1

Copperas

Cove 6.6

7.0

7.4

0.4

0.8

Laredo 5.6

6.0

6.7

0.4

1.1

Sherman 6.0

6.6

7.6

0.6

1

CorpusChristi 5.1 5.4 6.4 0.3 1.3 LeagueCity 5.1 5.4 6.8 0.3 1.7 Socorro 9.5 10.0 11.1 0.5 1

Corsicana 7.4 8.0 7.7 0.6 0.3 Leander 4.0 4.3 5.0 0.3 1.0 Southlake 4.8 5.2 6.0 0.4 1

Dallas 6.3 6.8 8.0 0.5 1.7 Lewisville 4.6 5.0 6.0 0.4 1.4 SugarLand 4.2 4.5 5.6 0.3 1

DeerPark 5.7 5.8 6.9 0.1 1.2 LittleElm 3.5 3.8 4.5 0.3 1.0 Temple 5.1 5.5 6.2 0.4 1

DelRio 6.3 6.7 7.8 0.4 1.5 Longview 5.3 5.7 6.2 0.4 0.9 Texarkana 5.8 6.4 6.7 0.6 0

Denton 4.8 5.0 5.6 0.2 0.8 Lubbock 4.6 4.9 5.4 0.3 0.8 TexasCity 7.8 8.4 10.4 0.6 2

DeSoto 6.4 7.0 8.7 0.6 2.3 Lufkin 5.7 6.0 7.6 0.3 1.9 TheColony 5.8 5.9 6.9 0.1 1

Dunca nville 6.8 7.3 8.3 0.5 1.5 McAllen 6.5 7.1 7.3 0.6 0.8 Tyler 6.0 6.5 8.0 0.5 2

EaglePass 10.5 10.9 12.1 0.4 1.6 McKinney 5.2 5.9 6.5 0.7 1.3 UniversityPark 5.0 5.3 5.9 0.3 0

Edinburg 6.6 7.3 7.9 0.7 1.3 Mansfield 4.7 5.3 6.1 0.6 1.4 Victoria 5.0 4.9 5.8 0.1 0

ElPaso 7.5 7.9 8.8 0.4 1.3 Mesquite 6.0 6.3 7.4 0.3 1.4 Waco 6.1 6.5 7.4 0.4 1

Euless 5.4 5.7 6.5 0.3 1.1 Midland 3.0 3.2 3.8 0.2 0.8 Waxahachie 5.8 6.2 6.8 0.4 1

FarmersBranch 5.5 6.0 6.9 0.5 1.4 Mission 7.2 7.7 8.4 0.5 1.2 Weatherford 5.4 5.8 6.6 0.4 1

FlowerMound 4.7 5.1 5.7 0.4 1.0 MissouriCity 5.7 6.3 7.1 0.6 1.4 Weslaco 9.6 10.2 12.0 0.6 2

FortWorth 5.8

6.3

7.2

0.5

1.4

Nacogdoches 5.6

6.0

6.4

0.4

0.8

Wichita

Falls 5.7

6.3

6.9

0.6

1

F ri end sw oo d 5 .0 5.4 7.0 0.4 2.0 NewBraunfels 4.8 5.2 5.7 0.4 0.9 Wylie 5.1 5.7 6.4 0.6 1

Frisco 4.5 4.8 5.2 0.3 0.7 NorthRichlandHills 5.0 5.5 6.5 0.5 1.5

Galveston 7.0 7.5 8.9 0.5 1.9 Odessa 3.6 3.8 4.8 0.2 1.2

UnemploymentRatesforTexasCities

WDANov

2012

Oct

2012

Nov

2011

Monthly

Change

YearAgo

ChangeWDA

Nov

2012

Oct

2012

Nov

2011

Monthly

Change

YearAg

Chang

Alamo 5.6 5.9 6.8 0.3 1.2 MiddleRioGrande 7.8 8.1 9.3 0.3 1.5

BrazosValley 5.1 5.4 6.0 0.3 0.9 NorthCentralTexas 5.4 5.8 6.5 0.4 1.1

CameronCounty 9.7 10.1 11.0 0.4 1.3 NorthEastTexas 6.4 7.0 7.8 0.6 1.4

CapitalArea 4.8 5.2 6.1 0.4 1.3 NorthTexas 5.0 5.4 6.0 0.4 1.0

CentralTexas 6.4 6.9 7.7 0.5 1.3 Panhandle 4.0 4.3 4.8 0.3 0.8

CoastalBend 5.3

5.6

6.8

0.3

1.5

Permian

Basin 3.7

3.9

4.7

0.2

1.0

ConchoValley 4.3 4.6 5.3 0.3 1.0 RuralCapital 4.9 5.3 6.4 0.4 1.5

Dallas 6.2 6.6 7.8 0.4 1.6 SouthEastTexas 9.2 9.8 10.2 0.6 1.0

DeepEastTexas 7.0 7.3 8.4 0.3 1.4 SouthPlains 4.7 5.0 5.7 0.3 1.0

EastTexas 5.9 6.3 7.3 0.4 1.4 SouthTexas 5.9 6.3 7.0 0.4 1.1

GoldenCrescent 4.7 4.9 5.9 0.2 1.2 TarrantCounty 5.6 6.1 7.1 0.5 1.5

GulfCoast 5.8 6.2 7.3 0.4 1.5 Texoma 5.7 6.1 7.2 0.4 1.5

HeartOfTexas 5.6 6.0 6.9 0.4 1.3 UpperRioGrande 8.1 8.6 9.5 0.5 1.4

LowerRioGrandeValley 10.0 10.4 11.3 0.4 1.3 WestCentralTexas 4.6 5.0 5.9 0.4 1.3

UnemploymentRatesforTexasWDAs


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D E C E M B E R 2 0 1 2

Beaumont-

Port

Arthur

Texarkana

Tyler

Long-view

Houston-

Sugar Land-

Baytown

College

Station-

Bryan

Sherman-

Denison

Waco

Dallas-Fort Worth-

Arlington

Corpus

Christi


Killeen-

Temple-

Fort Hood

Austin-

Round Rock-

San Marcos

Victoria

San Antonio-

New Braunfels

McAllen-Edinburg-

Mission

Abilene

Wichita

Falls

Laredo

San Angelo

Lubbock

Amarillo

Odessa

Midland

El Paso

Unemployment RatesTexas: 5.8%*

0.0% to 4.6% (6)

4.7% to 5.4% (6)

5.5% to 5.9% (5)

6.0% to 6.5% (4)6.6% and above (4)

LAUS - A Bureau of Labor Statistics program that estimates the labor force status

of employed and unemployed persons.

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally Adjusted

Prepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC. (12/21/2012)

Unemployment Rates for Texas MSAs

(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

Abilene

Amarillo

Austin-Round Rock-

San Marcos

Beaumont-Port Arthur


College Station-Bryan

Corpus Christi

Dallas-Ft Worth-ArlingtonEl Paso

Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown

Killeen-Temple-Ft Hood

Laredo

Longview

Lubbock

McAllen-Edinburg-

Mission

Midland

Odessa

San Angelo

San Antonio-

New Braunfels

Sherman-DenisonTexarkana

Tyler

Victoria

Waco

Wichita Falls

4.6 5.8

4.1 4.9

4.9 6.3

9.2 10.2

9.7 11.0

5.1 5.9

5.4 7.0

5.7 7.18.2 9.6

5.8 7.3

6.5 7.8

6.0 7.0

5.3 6.3

4.6 5.5

9.6 10.9

3.0 3.8

3.6 4.9

4.5 5.5

5.6 6.9

6.1 7.75.6 6.8

6.1 7.9

5.1 6.2

5.6 6.8

5.4 6.5

AreaNov.

2012

Nov.

2011 AreaNov.

2012

Nov.

2011

8.2%

4.1%

4.6%

3.0%

3.6%

4.5%

4.6%

5.4%

5.7%

5.6%

6.5%

4.9%

5.6%

6.0%

5.4%

9.7%9.6%

5.8%

5.3%6.1%

5.6%

6.1%

5.1%

5.1%

9.2%


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GLOSSARYOF LABOR MARKET TERMSActual or Not Seasonally Adjusted - This term is used to describe data seriesnot subject to the seasonal adjustment process. In other words, the effects ofregular, or seasonal, patterns have not been removed from these series.

Civilian Labor Force (CLF) - Is that portion of the population age 16 andolder who are employed or unemployed. To be considered unemployed,

a person has to be not working but willing and able to work and activelyseeking work.

Consumer Price Index(CPI) - Is a measure of the average change overtime in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumergoods and services. The CPI provides a way for consumers to compare whatthe market basket of goods and services costs this month with what the samemarket basket cost a month or a year ago.

Current Employment Statistics (CES) - A monthly survey of nonfarmbusiness establishments used to collect wage and salary employment,workers hours, and payroll, by industry and area. It is sometimes known asNonagricultural Employment.

Employed (Emp) - Persons 16 years and over in the civilian noninstitutionalpopulation who, during the reference week, (a) did any work at all (at least1 hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business, profession, or ontheir own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterpriseoperated by a member of the family, and (b) all those who were not workingbut who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absentbecause of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternityor paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other familyor personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or wereseeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if heor she holds more than one job.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) - The Federal/Statecooperative program which produces employment and unemployment

estimates for states and local areas. These estimates are developed by StEmployment Security Agencies in accordance with Bureau of Labor Statist(BLS) definitions and procedures. Data is used for planning and budgetpurposes as an indication of need for employment and training servicprograms. Estimates are also used to allocate Federal funds.

Metropolitan Division (MD) - A Metropolitan Statistical Area which contaa single core with a population of 2.5 million or more may be subdividinto smaller groupings of counties referred to as Metropolitan DivisioTitles of Metropolitan Divisions are typically based on principal city namTexas has two Metropolitan Divisions, the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and Fort Worth-Arlington MD, which combine to form the Dallas-Fort WorArlington MSA.

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - A geographic area that containleast one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population plus adjacent territthat has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core urbarea. An MSA in Texas is made up of one or more counties. The U.S. Offiof Management and Budget defines metropolitan areas according to publishstandards that are applied to Census Bureau data. Texas has 25 MSAs atwo Metropolitan Divisions (MD).

Seasonally Adjusted (SA) - Seasonal adjustment removes the effectsevents that follow a more or less regular pattern each year. These adjustmemake it easier to observe the cyclical and other non-seasonal movementa data series.

Unemployed(Unemp) - Persons 16 years and over who had no employmduring the reference week, were available for work, except for temporillness, and had made specific efforts to find employment sometime durthe 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waitto be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have belooking for work to be classified as unemployed.

HAPPENINGS AROUNDTHE STATEVisa Plans New Austin OfficesAUSTIN, TX (Austin American-Statesman--Kirk Ladendorf)Visa Inc.confirmed that it will build a global information technology center in Austinwith at least 794 new full-time workers. The company told the Greater AustinChamber of Commerce that it will move forward with the project proposedin Northwest Austin. Dave Porter, the chambers senior vice president foreconomic development, said, This is another great corporate citizen andworld-renowned company that has selected Austin. It is a great way to enda really good year for Austin.

The decision to build the new center came a few days after the Austin CityCouncil voted 7-0 to give the company a $1.6 million incentives package.The State of Texas already offered $7.9 million in incentives from the TexasEnterprise Fund. The companys wages for permanent workers at its IT centerwill be an average salary of more than $113,000 a year, according to Visa.

Construction Firm Heads to Houston AreaHOUSTON, TX (Houston Chronicle)Mission Woods, Kansas-based LayneChristenson Co., said it will move its headquarters and bring more than 100

jobs to a master-planned community in The Woodlands. Over the next fiveyears, it expects to have 210 employees at the new location. Layne, whichprovides services to the water, mineral and energy industries, plans to occupyabout 50,000 square feet in a new building in Hughes Landing on the eastshore of Lake Woodlands.

A $1.3 million Texas Enterprise Fund incentive was offered to attract LayneChristenson. Governor Rick Perry said, The Lone Star State continues tofuel the nation, providing the oil and gas products that keep America running

and the job creation that has helped strengthen our economy. Frank LaRosenior vice president and chief administrative officer, stated, We found TWoodlands to be the most attractive for the business and what were tryto create. The moves will involve most of Laynes leadership positionswell as other managers and staff. The company currently has about 5,0employees worldwide.

Academy Adds Garland StoreGARLAND, TX (Dallas Morning News)Academy Sports and Outdowill soon have a new store that could add 125 jobs to north Garland. TGarland City Council unanimously approved a location for the Katy-bacompany. The store will open on North Garland Avenue at Naaman ForBoulevard. It is estimated to bring $200,000 in sales tax revenue and addmillion in real estate value to Garland. This is another big-box store weadding to the city of Garland, and Im looking forward to seeing it ther

said council member Tim Campbell.

Solar Tracker Plant PlannedSAN ANTONIO, TX (San Antonio Express-News)OCI Enterprises finalized a joint venture with ERCAM Energy of Spain to create a dual-asolar tracker manufacturing facility in San Antonio. The business venture wcreate about 130 jobspart of the more than 800 permanent jobs expecto be created in San Antonio under a deal to supply CPS Energy with 4megawatts of solar energy. Under the terms of the deal with CPSit wobe one of the largest solar projects in the worldOCI Solar guaranteed 8permanent jobs. The first facility, a 50-megawatt plant, will be built in SAntonio and should come online next year.


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INDICATORS

NOV 2012 5.8% NOV 2012 6.2%

OCT 2012 6.2% OCT 2012 6.6%

NOV 2011 7.2% NOV 2011 7.6%

NOV 2012 7.4% NOV 2012 7.7%

OCT 2012 7.5% OCT 2012 7.9%

NOV 2011 8.2% NOV 2011 8.7%

NOV 2012 10,971,600 NOV 2012 10,897,500

OCT 2012 10,922,300 OCT 2012 10,875,400

NOV 2011 10,697,800 NOV 2011 10,618,700

OTMChange 49,300 OTMChange 22,100

OTYChange 273,800 OTYChange 278,800

NOV 2012 85,030 NOV 2012 659,845

OCT 2012 86,281 OCT 2012 704,504

NOV 2011 86,141 NOV 2011 785,704

AnnualChange

U.S. NOV

2012 1.8%

NOV 2012 282,300

DallasFortWorth NOV2012 1.7% OCT 2012 281,300

HoustonGalveston OCT2012 1.4% NOV 2011 261,400

OTMChange 1,000

OTYChange 20,900

NOV 2012 $86.66 OTMChange $2.91

OCT 2012 $89.57 OTYChange $10.55

NOV 2011 $97.21

TexasUnemploymentRate

Actual(NotSeasonallyAdjusted) SeasonallyAdjusted

U.S.UnemploymentRate

Actual(NotSeasonallyAdjusted) SeasonallyAdjusted

ConsumerPriceIndex(CPI) PersonnelSupply

WestTexasIntermediateCrudeOil($/barrel)

TexasNonagriculturalWage&SalaryEmployment

NotSeasonallyAdjusted SeasonallyAdjusted

UnemploymentInsuranceClaimsFiled

InitialClaims ContinuedClaims

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

Mining Construction Manufacturing WholesaleTrade RetailTrade Transportationand

Warehousing

Information FinanceandInsurance

NumberofInitialUIClaims

Industry

InitialUIClaimsbyTwoDigitIndustryTexasStatewide(20072011)

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

TEXAS STATEWIDE MASS LAYOFF STATISTICS (MLS)INITIAL UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) CLAIMSBY TWO-DIGIT INDUSTRY

0

20,000

40,000

60,000

80,000

100,000

120,000

140,000

160,000

RealEstateandRentaland

Leasing

Professional,

ScientificandTechnical

Services

Admin&Support,WasteMgmt.&Remed

Svs.

Educational

Services

HealthCareandSocialAssistanceAccommodationandFood

Services

OtherS er v ic es P ub li cAdministratio

NumberofInitialUIClaims

Industry

InitialUIClaimsbyTwoDigitIndustryTexasStatewide(20072011)

20 07 20 08 2 00 9 2 010 2 01 1

The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) Initial Unemployment Insurance (UI) Claims file is a weekly file that lists the first time filers of unemploymen

insurance due to their loss of jobs through no fault of their own. The potential mass layoff events for all the calendar weeks are added up to ma

the number of potential mass layoff events in a calendar year. The bar graphs above show the number of MLS Initial UI claims grouped by some o

the major industries in the State of Texas from the years 2007 to 2011. The number of the MLS Initial UI claims are counted whether or not the U

claims are attached to a mass layoff event.

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