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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Texas > Houston

Houston

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Houston Area Economic Summary
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Jan 2022
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Sep 2014
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table Jan 2022
Consumer Price Index Overview Table – Southwest Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2022
Consumer Price Index, Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – December 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2022
Consumer Expenditures for the Houston Metropolitan Area — 2019–20 Consumer spending News Release Nov 2021
Consumer Expenditures for the U.S., regions, and selected metropolitan areas Consumer spending Table Nov 2021
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Dec 2020
Industry employment and annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston Employment Table Dec 2021
Consumer Price Index, South Region – December 2021 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2022
Consumer Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Historical (1967=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2022
Consumer Price Index for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Histroical (1982-84=100) Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2022
Consumer Price Index, Calendar Year Historical, 2017-2021 Consumer price indexes Table Jan 2022
Changing Compensation Costs in the Houston Metropolitan Area – September 2021 Benefits, Pay News Release Nov 2021
Houston Area Employment — October 2021 Employment News Release Dec 2021
Southwest Consumer Price Index Indicators (PDF) Consumer price indexes CPI Summary Jan 2022
Occupational Employment and Wages in Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land – May 2020 Employment, Pay News Release May 2021

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Economy at a Glance:

Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 July
2021		 Aug
2021		 Sept
2021		 Oct
2021		 Nov
2021		 Dec
2021

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 3,440.6 3,431.6 3,438.1 3,449.8 (p)3,480.0  

Employment(1)

 3,206.9 3,222.3 3,246.7 3,264.9 (p)3,301.8  

Unemployment(1)

 233.7 209.4 191.4 184.9 (p)178.2  

Unemployment Rate(2)

 6.8 6.1 5.6 5.4 (p)5.1  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(3)

 3,047.5 3,049.1 3,066.7 3,095.2 (p)3,128.3  

12-month % change

 4.9 4.7 4.7 4.4 (p)4.8  

Mining and Logging(3)

 68.5 69.6 71.0 71.9 (p)76.2  

12-month % change

 8.0 11.2 14.5 11.5 (p)15.5  

Construction(3)

 202.7 204.3 203.7 206.3 (p)204.9  

12-month % change

 -3.1 -1.4 -0.4 -0.4 (p)-1.3  

Manufacturing(3)

 209.5 210.9 211.0 211.3 (p)213.4  

12-month % change

 -1.5 0.0 0.4 0.8 (p)2.4  

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)

 629.3 631.1 630.5 639.0 (p)655.8  

12-month % change

 4.8 4.0 3.9 3.8 (p)4.2  

Information(3)

 29.0 29.0 28.9 28.8 (p)29.2  

12-month % change

 3.9 5.5 2.5 2.1 (p)1.4  

Financial Activities(3)

 163.4 164.2 165.5 165.6 (p)166.1  

12-month % change

 -0.1 0.4 1.8 0.2 (p)1.5  

Professional and Business Services(3)

 501.5 504.4 511.7 515.1 (p)513.7  

12-month % change

 4.2 4.6 6.9 6.6 (p)7.0  

Education and Health Services(3)

 405.2 407.9 407.5 418.2 (p)422.3  

12-month % change

 4.2 3.8 3.7 6.0 (p)6.2  

Leisure and Hospitality(3)

 328.5 322.9 312.6 306.8 (p)308.4  

12-month % change

 23.6 20.0 14.6 9.7 (p)9.1  

Other Services(3)

 114.9 115.9 117.6 119.4 (p)121.5  

12-month % change

 14.2 15.2 17.4 14.7 (p)16.8  

Government(3)

 395.0 388.9 406.7 412.8 (p)416.8  

12-month % change

 1.2 -0.2 -0.6 0.2 (p)-0.1  

Consumer Price Index: Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX

CPI-U, All items(4)

   241.088   243.813   245.509

CPI-U, All items, 12-month % change(4)

     5.3   6.1   6.6

CPI-W, All items(5)

   237.097   239.911   241.517

CPI-W, All items, 12-month % change(5)

     6.0   6.7   7.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(4) All Urban Consumers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(5) Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, base: 1982-84=100, not seasonally adjusted.
(p) Preliminary