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Current Employment Statistics Metro Areas ( Seasonally Adjusted )

Metro Areas
Mar 2024
Monthly Change
Annual Change
Annual % Change
Abilene MSA
77,400
100
900
1.2
Amarillo MSA
128,600
-100
1,400
1.1
Austin-Round Rock MSA
1,352,600
-1,600
32,000
2.4
Beaumont-Port Arthur MSA
164,400
0
3,200
2.0
Brownsville-Harlingen MSA
163,000
100
2,800
1.7
College Station-Bryan MSA
142,000
0
3,900
2.8
Corpus Christi MSA
200,000
-300
3,800
1.9
Dallas-FW-Arlington MSA
4,273,800
4,000
75,600
1.8
Dallas-Plano-Irving MD
3,061,100
1,800
49,000
1.6
Fort Worth-Arlington MD
1,210,400
500
19,400
1.6
El Paso MSA
346,400
-300
6,600
1.9
Houston MSA
3,430,300
300
72,700
2.2
Killeen-Temple MSA
155,100
-200
2,600
1.7
Laredo MSA
113,000
200
2,400
2.2
Longview MSA
100,900
0
-100
-0.1
Lubbock MSA
161,300
200
3,100
2.0
McAllen MSA
299,500
-500
3,500
1.2
Midland MSA
122,100
600
2,300
1.9
Odessa MSA
81,700
500
1,300
1.6
San Angelo MSA
52,900
200
1,000
1.9
San Antonio MSA
1,179,700
2,300
25,500
2.2
Sherman-Denison MSA
53,900
200
1,400
2.7
Texarkana MSA
59,600
100
-100
-0.2
Tyler MSA
116,500
0
500
0.4
Victoria MSA
40,300
0
0
0.0
Waco MSA
138,000
0
3,900
2.9
Wichita Falls MSA
59,700
200
300
0.5
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Consumer Price Index Annual Growth ( Not Seasonally Adjusted )
Dallas- Fort Worth : 4.9 % Houston : 3.5 %
Average Hourly Earnings ( Total Private , Not Seasonally Adjusted )
Texas : $ 32.54 U . S .: $ 34.64
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington CPI annual growth rate decreased 0.4 percentage points from the previous reading to 4.9 percent in March , 1.4 percentage points higher than the U . S . city average of 3.5 percent .
Source : Bureau of Labor Statistics
In March , AHE ( Average Hourly Earnings ) for Texas employees on private nonfarm payrolls increased by $ 1.39 over the year to $ 32.54 , an increase of 4.5 percent .