Table Data - Government Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Government Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOUGOVTA158MFRBDAL |
| 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 3:07 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 | 7.2025396400 |
| 1990-03-01 | 4.3140152063 |
| 1990-04-01 | 2.6030617547 |
| 1990-05-01 | 26.0726661267 |
| 1990-06-01 | 0.7903136001 |
| 1990-07-01 | 12.0546988366 |
| 1990-08-01 | -9.0903810334 |
| 1990-09-01 | -16.3135148181 |
| 1990-10-01 | 7.3081997225 |
| 1990-11-01 | 4.0722147055 |
| 1990-12-01 | 5.0502413853 |
| 1991-01-01 | 18.7005343832 |
| 1991-02-01 | -6.5481157201 |
| 1991-03-01 | 6.2025058582 |
| 1991-04-01 | 1.9973868827 |
| 1991-05-01 | 2.4230770117 |
| 1991-06-01 | 14.6209537524 |
| 1991-07-01 | -11.1129289176 |
| 1991-08-01 | 1.9935493917 |
| 1991-09-01 | 16.5583322316 |
| 1991-10-01 | -0.0478322523 |
| 1991-11-01 | 3.7984115791 |
| 1991-12-01 | 4.7141388528 |
| 1992-01-01 | -2.4803637099 |
| 1992-02-01 | 2.3622072770 |
| 1992-03-01 | 2.7657426122 |
| 1992-04-01 | 6.9241982811 |
| 1992-05-01 | 3.2862078759 |
| 1992-06-01 | 12.5475009908 |
| 1992-07-01 | -2.0325701516 |
| 1992-08-01 | 5.1655530968 |
| 1992-09-01 | 0.6633333165 |
| 1992-10-01 | 12.3772624537 |
| 1992-11-01 | -1.0077974915 |
| 1992-12-01 | -6.6338155815 |
| 1993-01-01 | 11.1461787826 |
| 1993-02-01 | 4.5728217596 |
| 1993-03-01 | 1.7961492951 |
| 1993-04-01 | 4.1101834288 |
| 1993-05-01 | 0.8649027559 |
| 1993-06-01 | 8.6489759197 |
| 1993-07-01 | -3.1847068716 |
| 1993-08-01 | -2.9993516254 |
| 1993-09-01 | -0.4092001742 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.8627950964 |
| 1993-11-01 | -0.0132547181 |
| 1993-12-01 | 6.7395470224 |
| 1994-01-01 | 11.3219304937 |
| 1994-02-01 | 3.2347017334 |
| 1994-03-01 | 8.7825140719 |
| 1994-04-01 | -1.4293284045 |
| 1994-05-01 | 4.8527733336 |
| 1994-06-01 | 5.0195005635 |
| 1994-07-01 | 1.0278042146 |
| 1994-08-01 | 4.6271369881 |
| 1994-09-01 | -16.4460248134 |
| 1994-10-01 | 21.9558580884 |
| 1994-11-01 | 2.6488910284 |
| 1994-12-01 | -0.0458265770 |
| 1995-01-01 | 9.6216902435 |
| 1995-02-01 | -1.0401160532 |
| 1995-03-01 | -1.5968993429 |
| 1995-04-01 | 3.6385857683 |
| 1995-05-01 | 4.4611365775 |
| 1995-06-01 | 9.6213799448 |
| 1995-07-01 | 8.4761620484 |
| 1995-08-01 | -0.3637255548 |
| 1995-09-01 | -13.7852133773 |
| 1995-10-01 | 10.7272619494 |
| 1995-11-01 | 3.0978865966 |
| 1995-12-01 | 2.4977937125 |
| 1996-01-01 | -4.5652100924 |
| 1996-02-01 | 0.9189559079 |
| 1996-03-01 | -3.7253140240 |
| 1996-04-01 | 10.5198411942 |
| 1996-05-01 | -1.7313568678 |
| 1996-06-01 | -5.4065125022 |
| 1996-07-01 | 8.4245412573 |
| 1996-08-01 | 0.0947072520 |
| 1996-09-01 | -11.5187617336 |
| 1996-10-01 | 24.2395208155 |
| 1996-11-01 | -2.5813814512 |
| 1996-12-01 | -1.8923969979 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1.9771427797 |
| 1997-02-01 | 1.1689480047 |
| 1997-03-01 | 5.4547321967 |
| 1997-04-01 | -1.3070547733 |
| 1997-05-01 | 3.0498579005 |
| 1997-06-01 | -0.3489695993 |
| 1997-07-01 | -7.1875394044 |
| 1997-08-01 | 14.5899361452 |
| 1997-09-01 | 5.7048116408 |
| 1997-10-01 | 3.0677499735 |
| 1997-11-01 | 2.5709366122 |
| 1997-12-01 | -1.9823668026 |
| 1998-01-01 | 3.3233510796 |
| 1998-02-01 | 2.1220971329 |
| 1998-03-01 | 0.7554709079 |
| 1998-04-01 | -2.0030614036 |
| 1998-05-01 | 3.5674898359 |
| 1998-06-01 | 4.1792426518 |
| 1998-07-01 | -6.6529762856 |
| 1998-08-01 | 12.1624087889 |
| 1998-09-01 | -1.8139665455 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.0228730588 |
| 1998-11-01 | 4.9607494523 |
| 1998-12-01 | 6.2464800005 |
| 1999-01-01 | 1.8971513352 |
| 1999-02-01 | -3.2161209776 |
| 1999-03-01 | 1.6938926964 |
| 1999-04-01 | 1.4824409982 |
| 1999-05-01 | -0.6852348111 |
| 1999-06-01 | 10.2183860007 |
| 1999-07-01 | -10.5244421488 |
| 1999-08-01 | 6.8021894640 |
| 1999-09-01 | 0.6320434894 |
| 1999-10-01 | 3.3119634378 |
| 1999-11-01 | -0.2348787152 |
| 1999-12-01 | 2.5407669190 |
| 2000-01-01 | 2.0034876551 |
| 2000-02-01 | 2.2496138821 |
| 2000-03-01 | 1.5309358997 |
| 2000-04-01 | 4.1937358147 |
| 2000-05-01 | 27.6326229983 |
| 2000-06-01 | -18.2951324802 |
| 2000-07-01 | -1.8175476065 |
| 2000-08-01 | -5.9226669010 |
| 2000-09-01 | 16.5506222337 |
| 2000-10-01 | -10.7282741564 |
| 2000-11-01 | -1.3635233882 |
| 2000-12-01 | 3.3886226846 |
| 2001-01-01 | -4.3518560369 |
| 2001-02-01 | 2.4124028580 |
| 2001-03-01 | 3.1612130518 |
| 2001-04-01 | 6.7087992129 |
| 2001-05-01 | 1.6181471448 |
| 2001-06-01 | -3.4414001252 |
| 2001-07-01 | 13.6368287555 |
| 2001-08-01 | 15.5876041209 |
| 2001-09-01 | 5.0572760006 |
| 2001-10-01 | -3.7580336217 |
| 2001-11-01 | 6.1231395242 |
| 2001-12-01 | 1.0288387759 |
| 2002-01-01 | 4.3826090813 |
| 2002-02-01 | 5.4226132912 |
| 2002-03-01 | 2.3920376694 |
| 2002-04-01 | 1.1557984754 |
| 2002-05-01 | 4.9647995109 |
| 2002-06-01 | 1.8185495870 |
| 2002-07-01 | 4.3687031531 |
| 2002-08-01 | 2.8019351178 |
| 2002-09-01 | 4.3280072239 |
| 2002-10-01 | 16.6502527312 |
| 2002-11-01 | -1.1570729937 |
| 2002-12-01 | 2.6346844469 |
| 2003-01-01 | -2.2783554476 |
| 2003-02-01 | 3.9822816172 |
| 2003-03-01 | -0.6405223628 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.7406532124 |
| 2003-05-01 | 0.1018412905 |
| 2003-06-01 | 3.2748657306 |
| 2003-07-01 | -8.8523838692 |
| 2003-08-01 | 8.3441220422 |
| 2003-09-01 | -5.5314852523 |
| 2003-10-01 | 3.6804721706 |
| 2003-11-01 | 0.5871140700 |
| 2003-12-01 | 0.6237120953 |
| 2004-01-01 | 7.7848166083 |
| 2004-02-01 | -4.1827232849 |
| 2004-03-01 | -0.2666312009 |
| 2004-04-01 | -1.8863716999 |
| 2004-05-01 | -0.0192104416 |
| 2004-06-01 | 9.3793664564 |
| 2004-07-01 | -5.1209356561 |
| 2004-08-01 | 3.0265606036 |
| 2004-09-01 | -0.2635908611 |
| 2004-10-01 | -3.9183375612 |
| 2004-11-01 | -1.6634226707 |
| 2004-12-01 | 5.2333551399 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1.3636024286 |
| 2005-02-01 | -0.2293880359 |
| 2005-03-01 | 2.7445372986 |
| 2005-04-01 | 2.8741417671 |
| 2005-05-01 | 0.6231453862 |
| 2005-06-01 | -8.6730842123 |
| 2005-07-01 | 24.6459071006 |
| 2005-08-01 | 8.1285464944 |
| 2005-09-01 | -9.7425871743 |
| 2005-10-01 | 2.3627839913 |
| 2005-11-01 | 5.7872854481 |
| 2005-12-01 | 2.0334980534 |
| 2006-01-01 | 2.8660583798 |
| 2006-02-01 | -0.6762726654 |
| 2006-03-01 | -0.2696319907 |
| 2006-04-01 | -9.1555074810 |
| 2006-05-01 | 2.3069220563 |
| 2006-06-01 | 0.1001798592 |
| 2006-07-01 | 2.1699888830 |
| 2006-08-01 | 16.8817734792 |
| 2006-09-01 | -0.4958312293 |
| 2006-10-01 | 3.3589519317 |
| 2006-11-01 | 0.4775194099 |
| 2006-12-01 | -0.5362996142 |
| 2007-01-01 | -0.6447329373 |
| 2007-02-01 | 2.7783620922 |
| 2007-03-01 | 2.7294147823 |
| 2007-04-01 | 4.1312239307 |
| 2007-05-01 | 1.3962388509 |
| 2007-06-01 | -0.9019641895 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.0744865707 |
| 2007-08-01 | 7.6635602664 |
| 2007-09-01 | 1.4882756634 |
| 2007-10-01 | 9.3709914918 |
| 2007-11-01 | 6.9621741376 |
| 2007-12-01 | 2.3666030713 |
| 2008-01-01 | 14.5324955627 |
| 2008-02-01 | -8.2456385137 |
| 2008-03-01 | 1.6076270922 |
| 2008-04-01 | -4.6291492112 |
| 2008-05-01 | 0.1516991573 |
| 2008-06-01 | 2.0483880055 |
| 2008-07-01 | 15.1254235829 |
| 2008-08-01 | -0.7782043295 |
| 2008-09-01 | 0.8856433365 |
| 2008-10-01 | -9.2441440423 |
| 2008-11-01 | 10.7524053572 |
| 2008-12-01 | 0.7660342505 |
| 2009-01-01 | 13.1826549839 |
| 2009-02-01 | -6.5520610757 |
| 2009-03-01 | 1.1908701086 |
| 2009-04-01 | 7.9386005967 |
| 2009-05-01 | -1.3475188654 |
| 2009-06-01 | 2.6178416651 |
| 2009-07-01 | -2.7556465510 |
| 2009-08-01 | -6.6731505220 |
| 2009-09-01 | 10.4103600322 |
| 2009-10-01 | 17.4954233652 |
| 2009-11-01 | 1.8190645242 |
| 2009-12-01 | 0.4764653356 |
| 2010-01-01 | -1.4124413996 |
| 2010-02-01 | 3.4238296268 |
| 2010-03-01 | 2.5229836116 |
| 2010-04-01 | 5.9654639002 |
| 2010-05-01 | 32.5666713246 |
| 2010-06-01 | -12.8288257653 |
| 2010-07-01 | -7.7059430537 |
| 2010-08-01 | -5.3428470367 |
| 2010-09-01 | -5.0704791245 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.4427773866 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1.0934703622 |
| 2010-12-01 | -5.3630732106 |
| 2011-01-01 | 15.8943481298 |
| 2011-02-01 | -12.0463270324 |
| 2011-03-01 | -0.8683812329 |
| 2011-04-01 | -0.4589622409 |
| 2011-05-01 | -7.5219369620 |
| 2011-06-01 | -0.9668671972 |
| 2011-07-01 | -2.6257560291 |
| 2011-08-01 | -11.9582312531 |
| 2011-09-01 | -4.3775043053 |
| 2011-10-01 | -8.0197009262 |
| 2011-11-01 | -3.8898856402 |
| 2011-12-01 | -1.5598750234 |
| 2012-01-01 | 3.6382783245 |
| 2012-02-01 | -3.3958030420 |
| 2012-03-01 | 0.4390647695 |
| 2012-04-01 | -0.9870444906 |
| 2012-05-01 | 1.7964166454 |
| 2012-06-01 | -4.4976797723 |
| 2012-07-01 | 8.5757195811 |
| 2012-08-01 | 2.5644224873 |
| 2012-09-01 | -0.8783900019 |
| 2012-10-01 | -1.8152987982 |
| 2012-11-01 | 1.4592499475 |
| 2012-12-01 | 3.1415171086 |
| 2013-01-01 | -2.1086958898 |
| 2013-02-01 | 3.0634412301 |
| 2013-03-01 | 0.1052821368 |
| 2013-04-01 | 3.8374247543 |
| 2013-05-01 | 1.2012579659 |
| 2013-06-01 | -2.8170048827 |
| 2013-07-01 | 6.4659108598 |
| 2013-08-01 | -6.3065668070 |
| 2013-09-01 | 17.2543360171 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.9994072093 |
| 2013-11-01 | 0.6228114071 |
| 2013-12-01 | 0.6246252387 |
| 2014-01-01 | 1.0020447042 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1.9392854825 |
| 2014-03-01 | 0.7300316957 |
| 2014-04-01 | 1.2342465046 |
| 2014-05-01 | 0.3816694019 |
| 2014-06-01 | 5.9057935416 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.4237558275 |
| 2014-08-01 | -2.4223608864 |
| 2014-09-01 | 6.4435465594 |
| 2014-10-01 | 2.6190123460 |
| 2014-11-01 | 2.6905752897 |
| 2014-12-01 | -0.9658739504 |
| 2015-01-01 | 2.8069062380 |
| 2015-02-01 | -0.2914842224 |
| 2015-03-01 | 1.4339911386 |
| 2015-04-01 | -0.5710862554 |
| 2015-05-01 | 0.6357783723 |
| 2015-06-01 | 1.9265670262 |
| 2015-07-01 | 2.9667878915 |
| 2015-08-01 | 2.8444154280 |
| 2015-09-01 | 3.8972771187 |
| 2015-10-01 | 5.4586020376 |
| 2015-11-01 | 0.5042697768 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1.5583287143 |
| 2016-01-01 | 8.1625515762 |
| 2016-02-01 | -1.8729208162 |
| 2016-03-01 | 1.6445252490 |
| 2016-04-01 | 9.4674137860 |
| 2016-05-01 | 1.8055576443 |
| 2016-06-01 | 3.4845437147 |
| 2016-07-01 | 3.0908958154 |
| 2016-08-01 | 1.2168901941 |
| 2016-09-01 | 0.7134594812 |
| 2016-10-01 | 1.2229061927 |
| 2016-11-01 | 1.1145221904 |
| 2016-12-01 | 5.8279852289 |
| 2017-01-01 | -5.6323108536 |
| 2017-02-01 | 4.4603892011 |
| 2017-03-01 | 5.6155073064 |
| 2017-04-01 | 1.8324537306 |
| 2017-05-01 | -0.6481114547 |
| 2017-06-01 | 1.0752208437 |
| 2017-07-01 | -5.1506503456 |
| 2017-08-01 | 2.0449075478 |
| 2017-09-01 | -0.3357304489 |
| 2017-10-01 | 4.0542621338 |
| 2017-11-01 | 2.0735578790 |
| 2017-12-01 | 1.7766145747 |
| 2018-01-01 | -4.6488380074 |
| 2018-02-01 | 6.8738125583 |
| 2018-03-01 | 1.9008924917 |
| 2018-04-01 | -2.0151958131 |
| 2018-05-01 | 2.1870714820 |
| 2018-06-01 | -0.3244398910 |
| 2018-07-01 | -0.5268021657 |
| 2018-08-01 | 0.3654179188 |
| 2018-09-01 | -0.9805723143 |
| 2018-10-01 | -0.1557783782 |
| 2018-11-01 | 4.1065976594 |
| 2018-12-01 | 1.6442356477 |
| 2019-01-01 | -0.7946939369 |
| 2019-02-01 | 4.4921126334 |
| 2019-03-01 | 1.0224428733 |
| 2019-04-01 | -1.5170947132 |
| 2019-05-01 | 3.2351548362 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1.1508564567 |
| 2019-07-01 | 4.4151208255 |
| 2019-08-01 | 3.4814434447 |
| 2019-09-01 | 0.1609522221 |
| 2019-10-01 | 7.1941174041 |
| 2019-11-01 | 2.2767906301 |
| 2019-12-01 | 1.1280460251 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1.9044705823 |
| 2020-02-01 | 4.1080909623 |
| 2020-03-01 | 2.3547048773 |
| 2020-04-01 | -18.5427522212 |
| 2020-05-01 | -12.2723356029 |
| 2020-06-01 | -2.7783197700 |
| 2020-07-01 | 14.8179095599 |
| 2020-08-01 | 19.3932122452 |
| 2020-09-01 | 9.0589356010 |
| 2020-10-01 | -17.7034223535 |
| 2020-11-01 | -1.1884166761 |
| 2020-12-01 | 0.9110694467 |
| 2021-01-01 | 2.0576217365 |
| 2021-02-01 | -5.1071332281 |
| 2021-03-01 | 0.7058657057 |
| 2021-04-01 | 4.3293089556 |
| 2021-05-01 | 1.1155783823 |
| 2021-06-01 | 2.6154529311 |
| 2021-07-01 | 19.7900877858 |
| 2021-08-01 | -3.1546251710 |
| 2021-09-01 | 3.0104056790 |
| 2021-10-01 | -1.0362300855 |
| 2021-11-01 | 0.0763908613 |
| 2021-12-01 | 1.9967257605 |
| 2022-01-01 | -1.1223152862 |
| 2022-02-01 | -0.7184363341 |
| 2022-03-01 | 1.3385390428 |
| 2022-04-01 | 1.9502383945 |
| 2022-05-01 | -2.8514986318 |
| 2022-06-01 | 6.2867320183 |
| 2022-07-01 | 15.2422871496 |
| 2022-08-01 | 1.4364027534 |
| 2022-09-01 | 2.3498542388 |
| 2022-10-01 | -1.0498308948 |
| 2022-11-01 | -0.6352306952 |
| 2022-12-01 | 0.4636099771 |
| 2023-01-01 | 6.8800563806 |
| 2023-02-01 | 1.0109292154 |
| 2023-03-01 | 2.3303418981 |
| 2023-04-01 | 4.3317013716 |
| 2023-05-01 | 3.4658845575 |
| 2023-06-01 | 1.8170408964 |
| 2023-07-01 | -4.6087250542 |
| 2023-08-01 | 12.9633856524 |
| 2023-09-01 | 21.3033311083 |
| 2023-10-01 | 1.5364004078 |
| 2023-11-01 | 2.4722037355 |
| 2023-12-01 | 1.0948962393 |
| 2024-01-01 | 1.0182080178 |
| 2024-02-01 | 3.6854826893 |
| 2024-03-01 | 3.2147446406 |
| 2024-04-01 | 4.9193003053 |
| 2024-05-01 | 3.6697623661 |
| 2024-06-01 | -2.1862983043 |
| 2024-07-01 | -2.3984775125 |
| 2024-08-01 | 7.6045827608 |
| 2024-09-01 | 1.4599930123 |
| 2024-10-01 | 1.1807077643 |
| 2024-11-01 | 6.2787776090 |
| 2024-12-01 | -3.3420911715 |
| 2025-01-01 | 3.1281209817 |
| 2025-02-01 | 0.9708480041 |
| 2025-03-01 | 0.4737071643 |
| 2025-04-01 | -0.8846420591 |
| 2025-05-01 | -2.4716042056 |
| 2025-06-01 | -1.0927822122 |
| 2025-07-01 | -12.2990714065 |
| 2025-08-01 | 1.6727659837 |
| 2025-09-01 | 16.6958908899 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.3923173819 |
| 2025-11-01 | -0.6496058239 |
| 2025-12-01 | 0.7779689379 |
| 2026-01-01 | -1.9966411729 |
| 2026-02-01 | -0.1228519273 |
| 2026-03-01 | -1.7378366542 |
| 2026-04-01 | 2.1202773994 |
| 2026-05-01 | 3.0623512250 |
| 2026-06-01 | 1.3409196112 |
| 2026-07-01 | -4.7993556253 |
| 2026-08-01 | 14.8531308983 |