Table Data - Change in Government Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Change in Government Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOUGOVTA175MCFRBDAL |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| Release | Texas Employment Data |
| Seasonal Adjustment | Seasonally Adjusted |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Units | Thousands of Persons |
| Date Range | 1990-02-01 to 2026-08-01 |
| Last Updated | 2026-10-16 3:06 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 | 1.42834527 |
| 1990-03-01 | 0.87144124 |
| 1990-04-01 | 0.53171824 |
| 1990-05-01 | 4.84571044 |
| 1990-06-01 | 0.16629171 |
| 1990-07-01 | 2.41653037 |
| 1990-08-01 | -2.02503554 |
| 1990-09-01 | -3.74129092 |
| 1990-10-01 | 1.47512775 |
| 1990-11-01 | 0.83860679 |
| 1990-12-01 | 1.03898087 |
| 1991-01-01 | 3.64863973 |
| 1991-02-01 | -1.44759774 |
| 1991-03-01 | 1.28589698 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.42401275 |
| 1991-05-01 | 0.51424183 |
| 1991-06-01 | 2.95067305 |
| 1991-07-01 | -2.54923261 |
| 1991-08-01 | 0.42541098 |
| 1991-09-01 | 3.32604422 |
| 1991-10-01 | -0.01045186 |
| 1991-11-01 | 0.81567380 |
| 1991-12-01 | 1.01135719 |
| 1992-01-01 | -0.55192497 |
| 1992-02-01 | 0.51301306 |
| 1992-03-01 | 0.60073150 |
| 1992-04-01 | 1.48000211 |
| 1992-05-01 | 0.71773324 |
| 1992-06-01 | 2.64040367 |
| 1992-07-01 | -0.46057099 |
| 1992-08-01 | 1.13102906 |
| 1992-09-01 | 0.14882150 |
| 1992-10-01 | 2.64023300 |
| 1992-11-01 | -0.23019760 |
| 1992-12-01 | -1.55484961 |
| 1993-01-01 | 2.39746742 |
| 1993-02-01 | 1.02078660 |
| 1993-03-01 | 0.40747254 |
| 1993-04-01 | 0.92419529 |
| 1993-05-01 | 0.19799715 |
| 1993-06-01 | 1.91446820 |
| 1993-07-01 | -0.74853824 |
| 1993-08-01 | -0.70246066 |
| 1993-09-01 | -0.09444941 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.19792263 |
| 1993-11-01 | -0.00305497 |
| 1993-12-01 | 1.50722152 |
| 1994-01-01 | 2.49649096 |
| 1994-02-01 | 0.74529240 |
| 1994-03-01 | 1.98031765 |
| 1994-04-01 | -0.33965664 |
| 1994-05-01 | 1.11954704 |
| 1994-06-01 | 1.16173969 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.24315642 |
| 1994-08-01 | 1.07808910 |
| 1994-09-01 | -4.25858949 |
| 1994-10-01 | 4.70814820 |
| 1994-11-01 | 0.62596253 |
| 1994-12-01 | -0.01098640 |
| 1995-01-01 | 2.21026324 |
| 1995-02-01 | -0.25241544 |
| 1995-03-01 | -0.38819833 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.86256041 |
| 1995-05-01 | 1.05684433 |
| 1995-06-01 | 2.23700673 |
| 1995-07-01 | 1.99561567 |
| 1995-08-01 | -0.08966747 |
| 1995-09-01 | -3.62699847 |
| 1995-10-01 | 2.48688054 |
| 1995-11-01 | 0.74868618 |
| 1995-12-01 | 0.60682406 |
| 1996-01-01 | -1.14826857 |
| 1996-02-01 | 0.22444094 |
| 1996-03-01 | -0.93036797 |
| 1996-04-01 | 2.45757125 |
| 1996-05-01 | -0.43059049 |
| 1996-06-01 | -1.36615525 |
| 1996-07-01 | 1.99017722 |
| 1996-08-01 | 0.02337143 |
| 1996-09-01 | -3.00622388 |
| 1996-10-01 | 5.35267838 |
| 1996-11-01 | -0.65012419 |
| 1996-12-01 | -0.47403761 |
| 1997-01-01 | 0.48578794 |
| 1997-02-01 | 0.28873587 |
| 1997-03-01 | 1.32310005 |
| 1997-04-01 | -0.32830206 |
| 1997-05-01 | 0.75018994 |
| 1997-06-01 | -0.08738933 |
| 1997-07-01 | -1.85855774 |
| 1997-08-01 | 3.40220546 |
| 1997-09-01 | 1.39707795 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.76361580 |
| 1997-11-01 | 0.64299339 |
| 1997-12-01 | -0.50729503 |
| 1998-01-01 | 0.82874888 |
| 1998-02-01 | 0.53349978 |
| 1998-03-01 | 0.19144118 |
| 1998-04-01 | -0.51440319 |
| 1998-05-01 | 0.89170275 |
| 1998-06-01 | 1.04482421 |
| 1998-07-01 | -1.75485807 |
| 1998-08-01 | 2.93124293 |
| 1998-09-01 | -0.46939309 |
| 1998-10-01 | 0.00585984 |
| 1998-11-01 | 1.24303439 |
| 1998-12-01 | 1.56270177 |
| 1999-01-01 | 0.48631216 |
| 1999-02-01 | -0.84539705 |
| 1999-03-01 | 0.43410508 |
| 1999-04-01 | 0.38081127 |
| 1999-05-01 | -0.17799395 |
| 1999-06-01 | 2.52810399 |
| 1999-07-01 | -2.88790358 |
| 1999-08-01 | 1.70575779 |
| 1999-09-01 | 0.16380211 |
| 1999-10-01 | 0.84846935 |
| 1999-11-01 | -0.06131211 |
| 1999-12-01 | 0.65480015 |
| 2000-01-01 | 0.51866699 |
| 2000-02-01 | 0.58270172 |
| 2000-03-01 | 0.39857423 |
| 2000-04-01 | 1.08024887 |
| 2000-05-01 | 6.49238731 |
| 2000-06-01 | -5.38603633 |
| 2000-07-01 | -0.48446861 |
| 2000-08-01 | -1.60721489 |
| 2000-09-01 | 4.04732766 |
| 2000-10-01 | -3.00394594 |
| 2000-11-01 | -0.36148396 |
| 2000-12-01 | 0.87815278 |
| 2001-01-01 | -1.17193023 |
| 2001-02-01 | 0.62732218 |
| 2001-03-01 | 0.82091838 |
| 2001-04-01 | 1.71960598 |
| 2001-05-01 | 0.42653361 |
| 2001-06-01 | -0.92982223 |
| 2001-07-01 | 3.40739170 |
| 2001-08-01 | 3.90519909 |
| 2001-09-01 | 1.34081965 |
| 2001-10-01 | -1.04150696 |
| 2001-11-01 | 1.61732777 |
| 2001-12-01 | 0.27936745 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1.17327560 |
| 2002-02-01 | 1.45023313 |
| 2002-03-01 | 0.65125999 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.31706593 |
| 2002-05-01 | 1.34025575 |
| 2002-06-01 | 0.49987198 |
| 2002-07-01 | 1.18901506 |
| 2002-08-01 | 0.77067335 |
| 2002-09-01 | 1.18508269 |
| 2002-10-01 | 4.34309014 |
| 2002-11-01 | -0.33014812 |
| 2002-12-01 | 0.73816368 |
| 2003-01-01 | -0.65426454 |
| 2003-02-01 | 1.10930588 |
| 2003-03-01 | -0.18278716 |
| 2003-04-01 | 0.20991602 |
| 2003-05-01 | 0.02896602 |
| 2003-06-01 | 0.91825866 |
| 2003-07-01 | -2.63467196 |
| 2003-08-01 | 2.27682079 |
| 2003-09-01 | -1.61818003 |
| 2003-10-01 | 1.02693445 |
| 2003-11-01 | 0.16661796 |
| 2003-12-01 | 0.17706098 |
| 2004-01-01 | 2.14203837 |
| 2004-02-01 | -1.22249319 |
| 2004-03-01 | -0.07624496 |
| 2004-04-01 | -0.54335505 |
| 2004-05-01 | -0.00547720 |
| 2004-06-01 | 2.56542749 |
| 2004-07-01 | -1.50655124 |
| 2004-08-01 | 0.85372216 |
| 2004-09-01 | -0.07565766 |
| 2004-10-01 | -1.14375065 |
| 2004-11-01 | -0.47884134 |
| 2004-12-01 | 1.45823623 |
| 2005-01-01 | 0.38822432 |
| 2005-02-01 | -0.06585855 |
| 2005-03-01 | 0.77726265 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.81533213 |
| 2005-05-01 | 0.17900239 |
| 2005-06-01 | -2.60504990 |
| 2005-07-01 | 6.36016854 |
| 2005-08-01 | 2.28438015 |
| 2005-09-01 | -2.99322096 |
| 2005-10-01 | 0.67968173 |
| 2005-11-01 | 1.64287439 |
| 2005-12-01 | 0.58972631 |
| 2006-01-01 | 0.82946042 |
| 2006-02-01 | -0.19936278 |
| 2006-03-01 | -0.07929312 |
| 2006-04-01 | -2.80840000 |
| 2006-05-01 | 0.66502463 |
| 2006-06-01 | 0.02922540 |
| 2006-07-01 | 0.62717919 |
| 2006-08-01 | 4.59116422 |
| 2006-09-01 | -0.14721802 |
| 2006-10-01 | 0.97963929 |
| 2006-11-01 | 0.14148040 |
| 2006-12-01 | -0.15969954 |
| 2007-01-01 | -0.19199871 |
| 2007-02-01 | 0.81417547 |
| 2007-03-01 | 0.80183646 |
| 2007-04-01 | 1.20880243 |
| 2007-05-01 | 0.41497823 |
| 2007-06-01 | -0.27122032 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.02228090 |
| 2007-08-01 | 2.21648271 |
| 2007-09-01 | 0.44508316 |
| 2007-10-01 | 2.71049234 |
| 2007-11-01 | 2.04995870 |
| 2007-12-01 | 0.71511251 |
| 2008-01-01 | 4.17601060 |
| 2008-02-01 | -2.65394894 |
| 2008-03-01 | 0.49041491 |
| 2008-04-01 | -1.45555953 |
| 2008-05-01 | 0.04646230 |
| 2008-06-01 | 0.62207515 |
| 2008-07-01 | 4.35033088 |
| 2008-08-01 | -0.24263489 |
| 2008-09-01 | 0.27385786 |
| 2008-10-01 | -3.00156039 |
| 2008-11-01 | 3.16097622 |
| 2008-12-01 | 0.23727708 |
| 2009-01-01 | 3.87152503 |
| 2009-02-01 | -2.12358560 |
| 2009-03-01 | 0.37011645 |
| 2009-04-01 | 2.39714587 |
| 2009-05-01 | -0.42683318 |
| 2009-06-01 | 0.81343469 |
| 2009-07-01 | -0.87951248 |
| 2009-08-01 | -2.16496689 |
| 2009-09-01 | 3.10839574 |
| 2009-10-01 | 5.11573772 |
| 2009-11-01 | 0.57627898 |
| 2009-12-01 | 0.15209538 |
| 2010-01-01 | -0.45498978 |
| 2010-02-01 | 1.07765351 |
| 2010-03-01 | 0.79955880 |
| 2010-04-01 | 1.86577329 |
| 2010-05-01 | 9.20737982 |
| 2010-06-01 | -4.51113516 |
| 2010-07-01 | -2.61103015 |
| 2010-08-01 | -1.77781126 |
| 2010-09-01 | -1.67729050 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.14212571 |
| 2010-11-01 | 0.35007976 |
| 2010-12-01 | -1.77113554 |
| 2011-01-01 | 4.75790134 |
| 2011-02-01 | -4.14355307 |
| 2011-03-01 | -0.27993917 |
| 2011-04-01 | -0.14756900 |
| 2011-05-01 | -2.49989512 |
| 2011-06-01 | -0.30946059 |
| 2011-07-01 | -0.84623848 |
| 2011-08-01 | -4.02455781 |
| 2011-09-01 | -1.40437454 |
| 2011-10-01 | -2.60876457 |
| 2011-11-01 | -1.23180801 |
| 2011-12-01 | -0.48698531 |
| 2012-01-01 | 1.10787722 |
| 2012-02-01 | -1.07108346 |
| 2012-03-01 | 0.13565359 |
| 2012-04-01 | -0.30707404 |
| 2012-05-01 | 0.55135583 |
| 2012-06-01 | -1.42340927 |
| 2012-07-01 | 2.54873661 |
| 2012-08-01 | 0.78789643 |
| 2012-09-01 | -0.27471970 |
| 2012-10-01 | -0.56979287 |
| 2012-11-01 | 0.45051325 |
| 2012-12-01 | 0.96372880 |
| 2013-01-01 | -0.66428915 |
| 2013-02-01 | 0.94085926 |
| 2013-03-01 | 0.03285300 |
| 2013-04-01 | 1.17757005 |
| 2013-05-01 | 0.37418603 |
| 2013-06-01 | -0.89479511 |
| 2013-07-01 | 1.96479119 |
| 2013-08-01 | -2.04258283 |
| 2013-09-01 | 5.01069172 |
| 2013-10-01 | 0.31525407 |
| 2013-11-01 | 0.19696060 |
| 2013-12-01 | 0.19763481 |
| 2014-01-01 | 0.31667230 |
| 2014-02-01 | 0.61077628 |
| 2014-03-01 | 0.23155721 |
| 2014-04-01 | 0.39082839 |
| 2014-05-01 | 0.12145109 |
| 2014-06-01 | 1.83403675 |
| 2014-07-01 | 0.13550670 |
| 2014-08-01 | -0.78514398 |
| 2014-09-01 | 2.00252473 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.83213171 |
| 2014-11-01 | 0.85643796 |
| 2014-12-01 | -0.31329961 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.89425591 |
| 2015-02-01 | -0.09439646 |
| 2015-03-01 | 0.46064125 |
| 2015-04-01 | -0.18535766 |
| 2015-05-01 | 0.20511888 |
| 2015-06-01 | 0.61825934 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.94914752 |
| 2015-08-01 | 0.91271728 |
| 2015-09-01 | 1.24761345 |
| 2015-10-01 | 1.74096632 |
| 2015-11-01 | 0.16516716 |
| 2015-12-01 | 0.50818438 |
| 2016-01-01 | 2.58881395 |
| 2016-02-01 | -0.62534588 |
| 2016-03-01 | 0.53944670 |
| 2016-04-01 | 3.00489091 |
| 2016-05-01 | 0.59712788 |
| 2016-06-01 | 1.14545545 |
| 2016-07-01 | 1.02074986 |
| 2016-08-01 | 0.40630649 |
| 2016-09-01 | 0.23900317 |
| 2016-10-01 | 0.40895799 |
| 2016-11-01 | 0.37327411 |
| 2016-12-01 | 1.91308484 |
| 2017-01-01 | -1.95778172 |
| 2017-02-01 | 1.47283143 |
| 2017-03-01 | 1.85157004 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.61726246 |
| 2017-05-01 | -0.22113510 |
| 2017-06-01 | 0.36378597 |
| 2017-07-01 | -1.79557663 |
| 2017-08-01 | 0.68641909 |
| 2017-09-01 | -0.11411558 |
| 2017-10-01 | 1.35062869 |
| 2017-11-01 | 0.69923793 |
| 2017-12-01 | 0.60093391 |
| 2018-01-01 | -1.62241148 |
| 2018-02-01 | 2.26748534 |
| 2018-03-01 | 0.64456657 |
| 2018-04-01 | -0.69680040 |
| 2018-05-01 | 0.74055557 |
| 2018-06-01 | -0.11132007 |
| 2018-07-01 | -0.18087285 |
| 2018-08-01 | 0.12489566 |
| 2018-09-01 | -0.33733015 |
| 2018-10-01 | -0.05334290 |
| 2018-11-01 | 1.37925615 |
| 2018-12-01 | 0.56023764 |
| 2019-01-01 | -0.27418041 |
| 2019-02-01 | 1.51227255 |
| 2019-03-01 | 0.35088384 |
| 2019-04-01 | -0.52719420 |
| 2019-05-01 | 1.09876577 |
| 2019-06-01 | 0.39560276 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1.49706796 |
| 2019-08-01 | 1.18965847 |
| 2019-09-01 | 0.05599011 |
| 2019-10-01 | 2.42580093 |
| 2019-11-01 | 0.78911406 |
| 2019-12-01 | 0.39374355 |
| 2020-01-01 | 0.66304091 |
| 2020-02-01 | 1.41842919 |
| 2020-03-01 | 0.82216976 |
| 2020-04-01 | -7.19038731 |
| 2020-05-01 | -4.52656644 |
| 2020-06-01 | -0.96766538 |
| 2020-07-01 | 4.76725531 |
| 2020-08-01 | 6.19630398 |
| 2020-09-01 | 3.06496375 |
| 2020-10-01 | -6.85554132 |
| 2020-11-01 | -0.41703982 |
| 2020-12-01 | 0.31633239 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.71126445 |
| 2021-02-01 | -1.82821270 |
| 2021-03-01 | 0.24484328 |
| 2021-04-01 | 1.47833115 |
| 2021-05-01 | 0.38783332 |
| 2021-06-01 | 0.90396741 |
| 2021-07-01 | 6.37691278 |
| 2021-08-01 | -1.13903301 |
| 2021-09-01 | 1.05383298 |
| 2021-10-01 | -0.37039701 |
| 2021-11-01 | 0.02714265 |
| 2021-12-01 | 0.70334196 |
| 2022-01-01 | -0.40166613 |
| 2022-02-01 | -0.25640123 |
| 2022-03-01 | 0.47295273 |
| 2022-04-01 | 0.68794574 |
| 2022-05-01 | -1.02999093 |
| 2022-06-01 | 2.17366066 |
| 2022-07-01 | 5.10065769 |
| 2022-08-01 | 0.51611261 |
| 2022-09-01 | 0.84185018 |
| 2022-10-01 | -0.38272391 |
| 2022-11-01 | -0.23093234 |
| 2022-12-01 | 0.16760486 |
| 2023-01-01 | 2.41819012 |
| 2023-02-01 | 0.36673058 |
| 2023-03-01 | 0.84104482 |
| 2023-04-01 | 1.55243524 |
| 2023-05-01 | 1.25133612 |
| 2023-06-01 | 0.66278150 |
| 2023-07-01 | -1.73452376 |
| 2023-08-01 | 4.49498599 |
| 2023-09-01 | 7.21584658 |
| 2023-10-01 | 0.57465357 |
| 2023-11-01 | 0.92194515 |
| 2023-12-01 | 0.41169896 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.38334408 |
| 2024-02-01 | 1.37215767 |
| 2024-03-01 | 1.20303223 |
| 2024-04-01 | 1.83187314 |
| 2024-05-01 | 1.37965623 |
| 2024-06-01 | -0.84671116 |
| 2024-07-01 | -0.92809394 |
| 2024-08-01 | 2.80766718 |
| 2024-09-01 | 0.55727595 |
| 2024-10-01 | 0.45178987 |
| 2024-11-01 | 2.35095836 |
| 2024-12-01 | -1.31378836 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.19032838 |
| 2025-02-01 | 0.37400088 |
| 2025-03-01 | 0.18304790 |
| 2025-04-01 | -0.34411359 |
| 2025-05-01 | -0.96782002 |
| 2025-06-01 | -0.42428553 |
| 2025-07-01 | -5.03764867 |
| 2025-08-01 | 0.63375354 |
| 2025-09-01 | 5.94073463 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.15164864 |
| 2025-11-01 | -0.25238803 |
| 2025-12-01 | 0.30012701 |
| 2026-01-01 | -0.78068208 |
| 2026-02-01 | -0.04754049 |
| 2026-03-01 | -0.67746297 |
| 2026-04-01 | 0.81089851 |
| 2026-05-01 | 1.16829320 |
| 2026-06-01 | 0.51684132 |
| 2026-07-01 | -1.90555129 |
| 2026-08-01 | 5.38541395 |