Table Data - Wholesale Trade Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Wholesale Trade Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOLWTRDA158MFRBDAL |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| Release | Texas Employment Data |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Units | Percent Change at Annual Rate |
| Date Range | 1990-02-01 to 2026-08-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-16 3:04 PM CDT |
| Notes | The Dallas Fed has improved the quality of the payroll employment estimates for Metropolitan Areas of Texas using early benchmarking and two-step seasonal adjustment. More information regarding the early benchmarking technique can be found at https://www.dallasfed.org/research/basics/benchmark. More information pertaining to two-step seasonal adjustment can be found at https://www.dallasfed.org/research/basics/twostep. |
| DATE | VALUE |
|---|---|
| 1990-02-01 | 13.8226284182 |
| 1990-03-01 | 7.1661093743 |
| 1990-04-01 | 4.2856783096 |
| 1990-05-01 | 0.8911532610 |
| 1990-06-01 | -5.5701046708 |
| 1990-07-01 | -0.6378303061 |
| 1990-08-01 | 1.7675844635 |
| 1990-09-01 | 4.0715960388 |
| 1990-10-01 | 1.7451451738 |
| 1990-11-01 | -2.8927618828 |
| 1990-12-01 | -1.5543304605 |
| 1991-01-01 | -26.7289046187 |
| 1991-02-01 | -0.1096018596 |
| 1991-03-01 | 1.1976925584 |
| 1991-04-01 | 1.8922315189 |
| 1991-05-01 | 3.8071121952 |
| 1991-06-01 | 3.4719215743 |
| 1991-07-01 | 0.5588215405 |
| 1991-08-01 | -0.2448164753 |
| 1991-09-01 | -4.2843780530 |
| 1991-10-01 | -5.3329361639 |
| 1991-11-01 | -0.9212610998 |
| 1991-12-01 | -6.1732840255 |
| 1992-01-01 | 11.8994085287 |
| 1992-02-01 | -7.3271159011 |
| 1992-03-01 | -2.1051199530 |
| 1992-04-01 | -2.4447734165 |
| 1992-05-01 | 1.9808776182 |
| 1992-06-01 | 1.5687512486 |
| 1992-07-01 | -17.9851805005 |
| 1992-08-01 | 1.6228026911 |
| 1992-09-01 | -3.4069953748 |
| 1992-10-01 | 9.0907416472 |
| 1992-11-01 | 3.3251739457 |
| 1992-12-01 | 3.1700474363 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.8960289661 |
| 1993-02-01 | 1.2513477828 |
| 1993-03-01 | 1.9189288745 |
| 1993-04-01 | 3.9630347684 |
| 1993-05-01 | -3.3615197928 |
| 1993-06-01 | -1.5439890854 |
| 1993-07-01 | -5.3489590934 |
| 1993-08-01 | -3.5021443719 |
| 1993-09-01 | 6.0955717043 |
| 1993-10-01 | 5.0403887112 |
| 1993-11-01 | 0.1975742533 |
| 1993-12-01 | -0.3531818411 |
| 1994-01-01 | -2.4153525575 |
| 1994-02-01 | -6.6332362086 |
| 1994-03-01 | 6.1713035215 |
| 1994-04-01 | 11.0129884058 |
| 1994-05-01 | -7.4072095376 |
| 1994-06-01 | 2.4716750812 |
| 1994-07-01 | 5.3433678326 |
| 1994-08-01 | 0.4752495939 |
| 1994-09-01 | 5.7728379882 |
| 1994-10-01 | 1.5021039399 |
| 1994-11-01 | 4.7504920693 |
| 1994-12-01 | 4.5769393803 |
| 1995-01-01 | 5.9230270430 |
| 1995-02-01 | 5.5681094182 |
| 1995-03-01 | 4.1461492740 |
| 1995-04-01 | -4.6326801615 |
| 1995-05-01 | 4.2367497001 |
| 1995-06-01 | 3.5967589339 |
| 1995-07-01 | 2.4138347369 |
| 1995-08-01 | 1.7940276494 |
| 1995-09-01 | 3.7913667968 |
| 1995-10-01 | 6.1461385945 |
| 1995-11-01 | 3.2590601854 |
| 1995-12-01 | 3.2375924122 |
| 1996-01-01 | 0.5591365876 |
| 1996-02-01 | 3.6496015527 |
| 1996-03-01 | 2.2375029596 |
| 1996-04-01 | 11.3766213388 |
| 1996-05-01 | 3.5692265076 |
| 1996-06-01 | 4.9060995455 |
| 1996-07-01 | 1.6481708729 |
| 1996-08-01 | 2.6781288486 |
| 1996-09-01 | -1.2995279720 |
| 1996-10-01 | 7.4184283817 |
| 1996-11-01 | 5.8015365767 |
| 1996-12-01 | 1.6088826833 |
| 1997-01-01 | 4.3907590302 |
| 1997-02-01 | 6.7439623213 |
| 1997-03-01 | 9.4925204698 |
| 1997-04-01 | -1.3313261446 |
| 1997-05-01 | 6.3666083950 |
| 1997-06-01 | 8.7229040543 |
| 1997-07-01 | 7.5395333538 |
| 1997-08-01 | 7.8694831720 |
| 1997-09-01 | 4.5961206645 |
| 1997-10-01 | 2.3282997815 |
| 1997-11-01 | 1.4008357098 |
| 1997-12-01 | 3.1167497307 |
| 1998-01-01 | 13.4357284089 |
| 1998-02-01 | 3.2112092472 |
| 1998-03-01 | 4.6100235381 |
| 1998-04-01 | 9.9955459533 |
| 1998-05-01 | 4.6854073204 |
| 1998-06-01 | -0.6680911932 |
| 1998-07-01 | 0.0646689473 |
| 1998-08-01 | 2.9199718758 |
| 1998-09-01 | 5.0863343749 |
| 1998-10-01 | 1.4365542230 |
| 1998-11-01 | 6.2002111475 |
| 1998-12-01 | 3.6312296923 |
| 1999-01-01 | -3.7326861601 |
| 1999-02-01 | 1.4657492477 |
| 1999-03-01 | -7.7074522642 |
| 1999-04-01 | -8.1430168076 |
| 1999-05-01 | 0.3328253553 |
| 1999-06-01 | -0.8952667726 |
| 1999-07-01 | 4.7867558175 |
| 1999-08-01 | 0.5559000805 |
| 1999-09-01 | 0.4722743451 |
| 1999-10-01 | 2.5287245408 |
| 1999-11-01 | -2.9185571978 |
| 1999-12-01 | 0.8162637780 |
| 2000-01-01 | -1.8177743071 |
| 2000-02-01 | 0.7664450517 |
| 2000-03-01 | 2.5129243607 |
| 2000-04-01 | 5.6262027180 |
| 2000-05-01 | -1.1121873179 |
| 2000-06-01 | 2.6745443525 |
| 2000-07-01 | -1.6772941411 |
| 2000-08-01 | -1.5094396061 |
| 2000-09-01 | 1.0243522072 |
| 2000-10-01 | -5.1295540563 |
| 2000-11-01 | 2.2325289933 |
| 2000-12-01 | 0.6883365611 |
| 2001-01-01 | 12.1297572561 |
| 2001-02-01 | 2.0771217972 |
| 2001-03-01 | 6.1215464742 |
| 2001-04-01 | -4.6098882007 |
| 2001-05-01 | -0.3020553216 |
| 2001-06-01 | 0.8977312631 |
| 2001-07-01 | 3.7368155460 |
| 2001-08-01 | 0.6548510287 |
| 2001-09-01 | -3.3260627836 |
| 2001-10-01 | 0.6695041781 |
| 2001-11-01 | -3.9516362334 |
| 2001-12-01 | -2.0713709726 |
| 2002-01-01 | -2.2768925133 |
| 2002-02-01 | -0.5812617922 |
| 2002-03-01 | 2.6809170156 |
| 2002-04-01 | -3.9479511041 |
| 2002-05-01 | 0.4338946641 |
| 2002-06-01 | -4.0158725343 |
| 2002-07-01 | -2.7165932080 |
| 2002-08-01 | 2.1183022735 |
| 2002-09-01 | -0.8637392854 |
| 2002-10-01 | 1.1479442445 |
| 2002-11-01 | 4.2876626775 |
| 2002-12-01 | -3.1041870698 |
| 2003-01-01 | 6.3679574367 |
| 2003-02-01 | -4.3077990531 |
| 2003-03-01 | -3.4180351478 |
| 2003-04-01 | -1.8420493533 |
| 2003-05-01 | 2.3263593610 |
| 2003-06-01 | 1.7865826123 |
| 2003-07-01 | 1.4678120864 |
| 2003-08-01 | 1.4895045275 |
| 2003-09-01 | 4.7303219162 |
| 2003-10-01 | -1.3105307403 |
| 2003-11-01 | 2.3534454167 |
| 2003-12-01 | 3.3403028044 |
| 2004-01-01 | -6.9112669269 |
| 2004-02-01 | 0.5664371460 |
| 2004-03-01 | 1.7502423362 |
| 2004-04-01 | 7.8991911566 |
| 2004-05-01 | 1.1773158585 |
| 2004-06-01 | 2.3127162276 |
| 2004-07-01 | 3.5945210946 |
| 2004-08-01 | -0.1996954349 |
| 2004-09-01 | 1.4111503859 |
| 2004-10-01 | 6.2191692062 |
| 2004-11-01 | 2.7785702817 |
| 2004-12-01 | 4.1426850396 |
| 2005-01-01 | 5.7358825546 |
| 2005-02-01 | -1.8273225485 |
| 2005-03-01 | 2.2110621066 |
| 2005-04-01 | 13.2509071476 |
| 2005-05-01 | 0.5107884042 |
| 2005-06-01 | 2.5391555411 |
| 2005-07-01 | 3.6849439414 |
| 2005-08-01 | 2.6614239420 |
| 2005-09-01 | 6.7791514639 |
| 2005-10-01 | 4.5973689075 |
| 2005-11-01 | 2.9090735469 |
| 2005-12-01 | 9.5390128678 |
| 2006-01-01 | 6.9068092249 |
| 2006-02-01 | 7.3598195007 |
| 2006-03-01 | 8.4515917072 |
| 2006-04-01 | -0.9912569161 |
| 2006-05-01 | 2.5255024093 |
| 2006-06-01 | 5.7186606504 |
| 2006-07-01 | 2.5208595961 |
| 2006-08-01 | 4.9930975786 |
| 2006-09-01 | 7.2778884385 |
| 2006-10-01 | 3.1214893436 |
| 2006-11-01 | 3.0192377298 |
| 2006-12-01 | 2.8039833692 |
| 2007-01-01 | -1.3259350011 |
| 2007-02-01 | 8.5778632082 |
| 2007-03-01 | 5.7854673217 |
| 2007-04-01 | 4.6733437293 |
| 2007-05-01 | 5.3360012235 |
| 2007-06-01 | 6.2412200009 |
| 2007-07-01 | 5.5908096401 |
| 2007-08-01 | 6.0550868129 |
| 2007-09-01 | 2.4205826018 |
| 2007-10-01 | 5.6104484496 |
| 2007-11-01 | 3.6438599813 |
| 2007-12-01 | 3.3612553592 |
| 2008-01-01 | 2.0743946380 |
| 2008-02-01 | 8.1164295381 |
| 2008-03-01 | 0.6515569800 |
| 2008-04-01 | 5.8101930998 |
| 2008-05-01 | 3.1630955857 |
| 2008-06-01 | 2.8610920929 |
| 2008-07-01 | 0.0837112293 |
| 2008-08-01 | 1.1762381133 |
| 2008-09-01 | -4.6690441281 |
| 2008-10-01 | -1.1599354138 |
| 2008-11-01 | -0.0884434197 |
| 2008-12-01 | -3.5855363261 |
| 2009-01-01 | -17.1887181019 |
| 2009-02-01 | -4.8281752648 |
| 2009-03-01 | -8.9924739522 |
| 2009-04-01 | -11.6142336385 |
| 2009-05-01 | -7.2078762886 |
| 2009-06-01 | -6.7485325183 |
| 2009-07-01 | -9.0568409513 |
| 2009-08-01 | -3.3672994268 |
| 2009-09-01 | -0.9999615761 |
| 2009-10-01 | -0.1045093421 |
| 2009-11-01 | -1.4580836915 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1.6335405881 |
| 2010-01-01 | 2.3243512470 |
| 2010-02-01 | -2.4341906446 |
| 2010-03-01 | 2.8035363109 |
| 2010-04-01 | 3.9961826011 |
| 2010-05-01 | 0.9759809370 |
| 2010-06-01 | 2.5646122802 |
| 2010-07-01 | 5.0583385856 |
| 2010-08-01 | 0.9597693055 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1.7268541616 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.1742421357 |
| 2010-11-01 | 0.9558861988 |
| 2010-12-01 | 2.3561835001 |
| 2011-01-01 | 9.1680183345 |
| 2011-02-01 | 2.5773968463 |
| 2011-03-01 | 6.3846588672 |
| 2011-04-01 | 12.9001502922 |
| 2011-05-01 | 4.3691439697 |
| 2011-06-01 | 3.6548900013 |
| 2011-07-01 | 7.8511204778 |
| 2011-08-01 | 5.0877279131 |
| 2011-09-01 | 8.8128749100 |
| 2011-10-01 | 5.4567152093 |
| 2011-11-01 | 6.6682838823 |
| 2011-12-01 | 7.3596265699 |
| 2012-01-01 | 3.8515135155 |
| 2012-02-01 | 5.2244221674 |
| 2012-03-01 | 6.2061687894 |
| 2012-04-01 | 4.6984833148 |
| 2012-05-01 | 6.9010167529 |
| 2012-06-01 | 8.7151667558 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1.2755595937 |
| 2012-08-01 | 5.1681780787 |
| 2012-09-01 | 2.6596191997 |
| 2012-10-01 | 4.8460911025 |
| 2012-11-01 | 6.3201022658 |
| 2012-12-01 | 0.9863702272 |
| 2013-01-01 | 2.4787326672 |
| 2013-02-01 | 6.7659415848 |
| 2013-03-01 | 5.6483740598 |
| 2013-04-01 | 4.0444425634 |
| 2013-05-01 | 4.4601469248 |
| 2013-06-01 | 6.7724453194 |
| 2013-07-01 | 4.9987684634 |
| 2013-08-01 | 5.2491749321 |
| 2013-09-01 | 5.3631385690 |
| 2013-10-01 | 2.5265336412 |
| 2013-11-01 | 7.7060937416 |
| 2013-12-01 | 0.0740134155 |
| 2014-01-01 | 3.1266461113 |
| 2014-02-01 | 5.1975277135 |
| 2014-03-01 | 5.3073265427 |
| 2014-04-01 | 3.5943940527 |
| 2014-05-01 | 7.8772722938 |
| 2014-06-01 | 8.1558911230 |
| 2014-07-01 | 2.5793031876 |
| 2014-08-01 | 10.8959603011 |
| 2014-09-01 | 6.4238353714 |
| 2014-10-01 | 6.2687441370 |
| 2014-11-01 | 5.9490653156 |
| 2014-12-01 | 4.9847046481 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1.1781511059 |
| 2015-02-01 | 2.1021549408 |
| 2015-03-01 | -1.0925351030 |
| 2015-04-01 | -1.4781555443 |
| 2015-05-01 | -4.9700026468 |
| 2015-06-01 | -3.7025718597 |
| 2015-07-01 | -4.6049444413 |
| 2015-08-01 | -0.5124866253 |
| 2015-09-01 | -3.2617432497 |
| 2015-10-01 | -0.4216812951 |
| 2015-11-01 | -3.2892587919 |
| 2015-12-01 | -4.4042125001 |
| 2016-01-01 | 2.7911812889 |
| 2016-02-01 | -3.9173677584 |
| 2016-03-01 | -7.1045710252 |
| 2016-04-01 | -8.7886564032 |
| 2016-05-01 | -4.6499401434 |
| 2016-06-01 | -5.9221729259 |
| 2016-07-01 | 0.2299640143 |
| 2016-08-01 | -3.1895348625 |
| 2016-09-01 | 1.0525484870 |
| 2016-10-01 | -9.7971996272 |
| 2016-11-01 | 2.7346300238 |
| 2016-12-01 | -0.6434233498 |
| 2017-01-01 | -0.1041310789 |
| 2017-02-01 | 1.6863200509 |
| 2017-03-01 | 4.8752821127 |
| 2017-04-01 | 12.2913720273 |
| 2017-05-01 | 8.2194986892 |
| 2017-06-01 | 8.8625772095 |
| 2017-07-01 | -6.4245766552 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1.7330913035 |
| 2017-09-01 | -2.1734637394 |
| 2017-10-01 | 0.3475856135 |
| 2017-11-01 | 5.6955483943 |
| 2017-12-01 | 2.7728785781 |
| 2018-01-01 | -1.8469127784 |
| 2018-02-01 | 6.5883009711 |
| 2018-03-01 | 7.4791150331 |
| 2018-04-01 | 3.9525209867 |
| 2018-05-01 | 2.7921971637 |
| 2018-06-01 | 4.6152224125 |
| 2018-07-01 | 0.9513439490 |
| 2018-08-01 | 2.1256994203 |
| 2018-09-01 | 3.4437123616 |
| 2018-10-01 | 5.6846758176 |
| 2018-11-01 | 2.2583102764 |
| 2018-12-01 | 1.7701626556 |
| 2019-01-01 | 7.1026716197 |
| 2019-02-01 | 2.0637557058 |
| 2019-03-01 | -0.3622839091 |
| 2019-04-01 | -7.1128994995 |
| 2019-05-01 | 1.9792282258 |
| 2019-06-01 | 0.5515710902 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1.9892638437 |
| 2019-08-01 | 0.5328710944 |
| 2019-09-01 | -0.0234978316 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.2173202438 |
| 2019-11-01 | -0.8336563546 |
| 2019-12-01 | -1.9194384846 |
| 2020-01-01 | -0.6713238143 |
| 2020-02-01 | -1.5727944817 |
| 2020-03-01 | -2.7384609549 |
| 2020-04-01 | -44.9521971265 |
| 2020-05-01 | -6.5250923199 |
| 2020-06-01 | -6.8875967894 |
| 2020-07-01 | -14.5060520300 |
| 2020-08-01 | -1.2681369815 |
| 2020-09-01 | -2.9134504096 |
| 2020-10-01 | -1.4827863064 |
| 2020-11-01 | 2.6731386024 |
| 2020-12-01 | 3.8234086635 |
| 2021-01-01 | 1.8950377438 |
| 2021-02-01 | -0.6621219927 |
| 2021-03-01 | 6.6731808701 |
| 2021-04-01 | 5.5258916257 |
| 2021-05-01 | 3.7930449670 |
| 2021-06-01 | 2.6300851797 |
| 2021-07-01 | 7.9676401193 |
| 2021-08-01 | 4.4125959253 |
| 2021-09-01 | -0.2832320793 |
| 2021-10-01 | 11.2661140242 |
| 2021-11-01 | 4.7395652735 |
| 2021-12-01 | 3.9168407345 |
| 2022-01-01 | 1.3507324789 |
| 2022-02-01 | 6.2338538291 |
| 2022-03-01 | 6.4681596639 |
| 2022-04-01 | 10.0662462544 |
| 2022-05-01 | 7.4988535222 |
| 2022-06-01 | -6.3165636320 |
| 2022-07-01 | 21.5134769180 |
| 2022-08-01 | 4.3088705477 |
| 2022-09-01 | 6.0533159988 |
| 2022-10-01 | 7.2652858594 |
| 2022-11-01 | 6.4638039057 |
| 2022-12-01 | 3.6890050014 |
| 2023-01-01 | 8.7975225120 |
| 2023-02-01 | 1.6438432941 |
| 2023-03-01 | 6.6369628185 |
| 2023-04-01 | -3.4063067368 |
| 2023-05-01 | 0.8288164239 |
| 2023-06-01 | 5.6434947462 |
| 2023-07-01 | -3.2081759866 |
| 2023-08-01 | 0.7597939247 |
| 2023-09-01 | 0.7126660406 |
| 2023-10-01 | -0.2175375825 |
| 2023-11-01 | 1.3879077628 |
| 2023-12-01 | 2.1437837968 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.0212271682 |
| 2024-02-01 | 3.2919202040 |
| 2024-03-01 | 2.0775296977 |
| 2024-04-01 | 1.4210098104 |
| 2024-05-01 | 0.1731263310 |
| 2024-06-01 | 0.1879076527 |
| 2024-07-01 | 0.5395454281 |
| 2024-08-01 | 0.6919626240 |
| 2024-09-01 | 4.6846393258 |
| 2024-10-01 | 1.5648485186 |
| 2024-11-01 | -0.6727729676 |
| 2024-12-01 | -0.8141653153 |
| 2025-01-01 | -1.4242101212 |
| 2025-02-01 | 1.5865933705 |
| 2025-03-01 | -0.1040737308 |
| 2025-04-01 | 0.3407564853 |
| 2025-05-01 | -1.2762838721 |
| 2025-06-01 | -6.2534570008 |
| 2025-07-01 | 2.3168456186 |
| 2025-08-01 | -2.1456480210 |
| 2025-09-01 | -2.9615406995 |
| 2025-10-01 | -3.1172842114 |
| 2025-11-01 | -0.5371365163 |
| 2025-12-01 | 0.3009320436 |
| 2026-01-01 | -11.8233771623 |
| 2026-02-01 | -1.6362439425 |
| 2026-03-01 | -2.0182680016 |
| 2026-04-01 | -6.2860115902 |
| 2026-05-01 | 1.1217137681 |
| 2026-06-01 | 4.2072623651 |
| 2026-07-01 | -4.6810511256 |
| 2026-08-01 | -7.8815434008 |