Table Data - Information Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Information Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOUINFOA158MFRBDAL |
| 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 3:23 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 | 16.9540169817 |
| 1990-03-01 | -6.8552712712 |
| 1990-04-01 | -2.7643762311 |
| 1990-05-01 | 16.1370396324 |
| 1990-06-01 | 2.4101536006 |
| 1990-07-01 | 1.3198460866 |
| 1990-08-01 | -0.8320309703 |
| 1990-09-01 | -4.0379619912 |
| 1990-10-01 | -10.3565560920 |
| 1990-11-01 | 4.5865005959 |
| 1990-12-01 | -3.7331152844 |
| 1991-01-01 | -26.1869763080 |
| 1991-02-01 | -7.8857898141 |
| 1991-03-01 | 0.8690550452 |
| 1991-04-01 | -6.5965365223 |
| 1991-05-01 | -4.7287382079 |
| 1991-06-01 | -3.2150003885 |
| 1991-07-01 | 24.3887050565 |
| 1991-08-01 | -3.7309355554 |
| 1991-09-01 | -8.4345502204 |
| 1991-10-01 | 4.9859880004 |
| 1991-11-01 | -5.6177170952 |
| 1991-12-01 | 4.0135018737 |
| 1992-01-01 | -1.3470604818 |
| 1992-02-01 | -4.9898045146 |
| 1992-03-01 | -4.3045229959 |
| 1992-04-01 | 22.1743857153 |
| 1992-05-01 | 14.6388460071 |
| 1992-06-01 | -12.2236028850 |
| 1992-07-01 | -11.5790913807 |
| 1992-08-01 | -9.9429506180 |
| 1992-09-01 | -2.9459313882 |
| 1992-10-01 | -4.4184696483 |
| 1992-11-01 | -2.2946992008 |
| 1992-12-01 | -5.7872892848 |
| 1993-01-01 | -4.9772387932 |
| 1993-02-01 | -5.9764619503 |
| 1993-03-01 | 1.7076619241 |
| 1993-04-01 | 2.0543923033 |
| 1993-05-01 | -3.0725316059 |
| 1993-06-01 | 2.3499619857 |
| 1993-07-01 | 1.3495245538 |
| 1993-08-01 | -3.4266058404 |
| 1993-09-01 | 10.8667758593 |
| 1993-10-01 | -12.7811203172 |
| 1993-11-01 | -6.8572183312 |
| 1993-12-01 | -14.8337224781 |
| 1994-01-01 | 31.9477365378 |
| 1994-02-01 | 0.3793683056 |
| 1994-03-01 | -10.2233734436 |
| 1994-04-01 | -1.7797077554 |
| 1994-05-01 | 0.0183869882 |
| 1994-06-01 | 0.1652832534 |
| 1994-07-01 | 71.3644731792 |
| 1994-08-01 | -0.1102112881 |
| 1994-09-01 | 2.6691621666 |
| 1994-10-01 | 10.8030327730 |
| 1994-11-01 | 1.4991422151 |
| 1994-12-01 | -9.3235001811 |
| 1995-01-01 | -3.7491518703 |
| 1995-02-01 | 10.3041365460 |
| 1995-03-01 | 4.2137345217 |
| 1995-04-01 | -16.5234330727 |
| 1995-05-01 | -23.2155526377 |
| 1995-06-01 | 1.0742089985 |
| 1995-07-01 | 16.3216676109 |
| 1995-08-01 | 10.6655098687 |
| 1995-09-01 | 9.8647291475 |
| 1995-10-01 | 20.2319077248 |
| 1995-11-01 | 5.2799505146 |
| 1995-12-01 | 7.7277591248 |
| 1996-01-01 | -0.8024342604 |
| 1996-02-01 | 2.3856565821 |
| 1996-03-01 | -15.8719138719 |
| 1996-04-01 | 18.8079344641 |
| 1996-05-01 | 2.5066574661 |
| 1996-06-01 | -2.2860738582 |
| 1996-07-01 | 12.0941187066 |
| 1996-08-01 | 6.1445754733 |
| 1996-09-01 | -3.5366591992 |
| 1996-10-01 | 3.0905254252 |
| 1996-11-01 | 13.7926498157 |
| 1996-12-01 | 22.6392591887 |
| 1997-01-01 | 19.3552896556 |
| 1997-02-01 | 5.1559253377 |
| 1997-03-01 | 0.2576875464 |
| 1997-04-01 | 42.9353866778 |
| 1997-05-01 | 20.1103874648 |
| 1997-06-01 | 16.0267981738 |
| 1997-07-01 | 4.7733325449 |
| 1997-08-01 | 2.5410175034 |
| 1997-09-01 | 6.6599203485 |
| 1997-10-01 | -7.2001483855 |
| 1997-11-01 | 10.3776053734 |
| 1997-12-01 | 11.3753326550 |
| 1998-01-01 | -7.5631401050 |
| 1998-02-01 | 4.3880391978 |
| 1998-03-01 | 12.7810368967 |
| 1998-04-01 | -8.8045364302 |
| 1998-05-01 | 21.4329177674 |
| 1998-06-01 | 7.4784160794 |
| 1998-07-01 | 5.4373372175 |
| 1998-08-01 | 5.5533063945 |
| 1998-09-01 | 9.5846827182 |
| 1998-10-01 | 5.4398270690 |
| 1998-11-01 | 9.9565535399 |
| 1998-12-01 | -4.1648136403 |
| 1999-01-01 | 2.6566042643 |
| 1999-02-01 | 6.3307039256 |
| 1999-03-01 | 4.2327612843 |
| 1999-04-01 | 2.8012739915 |
| 1999-05-01 | 7.6410069030 |
| 1999-06-01 | 2.6357135617 |
| 1999-07-01 | 3.0975994113 |
| 1999-08-01 | 5.7455750781 |
| 1999-09-01 | 6.6079240470 |
| 1999-10-01 | 13.9398866311 |
| 1999-11-01 | 2.5722551339 |
| 1999-12-01 | 6.8109827923 |
| 2000-01-01 | 25.6713262977 |
| 2000-02-01 | 2.2516068985 |
| 2000-03-01 | -1.6906080515 |
| 2000-04-01 | 19.8907193637 |
| 2000-05-01 | 7.5425227970 |
| 2000-06-01 | 3.2022979567 |
| 2000-07-01 | 8.8624342897 |
| 2000-08-01 | 5.5884676052 |
| 2000-09-01 | 9.6765185951 |
| 2000-10-01 | 1.7012136632 |
| 2000-11-01 | 1.8829837678 |
| 2000-12-01 | 0.7950376548 |
| 2001-01-01 | -2.2944590615 |
| 2001-02-01 | 1.9239473845 |
| 2001-03-01 | -3.2343062566 |
| 2001-04-01 | -2.4262383151 |
| 2001-05-01 | -13.8713884342 |
| 2001-06-01 | -13.6306876537 |
| 2001-07-01 | -32.6588242764 |
| 2001-08-01 | -4.4486414443 |
| 2001-09-01 | -15.1845008997 |
| 2001-10-01 | -5.1428833485 |
| 2001-11-01 | -8.6023601999 |
| 2001-12-01 | -15.2553173800 |
| 2002-01-01 | -17.6659287828 |
| 2002-02-01 | -14.6094554230 |
| 2002-03-01 | -9.2743477187 |
| 2002-04-01 | -19.1780153114 |
| 2002-05-01 | -2.4954196943 |
| 2002-06-01 | -6.5601519499 |
| 2002-07-01 | -9.5599911146 |
| 2002-08-01 | -8.1517448042 |
| 2002-09-01 | -3.6805500170 |
| 2002-10-01 | -3.8047802638 |
| 2002-11-01 | -11.5624411423 |
| 2002-12-01 | -6.0134983650 |
| 2003-01-01 | 3.1434777154 |
| 2003-02-01 | -6.7056020214 |
| 2003-03-01 | -2.5134293874 |
| 2003-04-01 | -4.7968296176 |
| 2003-05-01 | -6.5555808969 |
| 2003-06-01 | -11.6572808539 |
| 2003-07-01 | 8.6461590766 |
| 2003-08-01 | -8.6813606274 |
| 2003-09-01 | -3.6518658537 |
| 2003-10-01 | -8.0940808151 |
| 2003-11-01 | -3.5419562857 |
| 2003-12-01 | -3.1668764338 |
| 2004-01-01 | 2.4544640831 |
| 2004-02-01 | -3.6494993906 |
| 2004-03-01 | -4.0373929335 |
| 2004-04-01 | 1.3474064995 |
| 2004-05-01 | -2.3288281752 |
| 2004-06-01 | 0.9775457091 |
| 2004-07-01 | -12.3837379645 |
| 2004-08-01 | -3.3335098766 |
| 2004-09-01 | -3.4651410251 |
| 2004-10-01 | -7.1866077381 |
| 2004-11-01 | -4.1208212858 |
| 2004-12-01 | -3.1862816833 |
| 2005-01-01 | 18.3895216203 |
| 2005-02-01 | -4.0472155159 |
| 2005-03-01 | 6.8740151930 |
| 2005-04-01 | -21.4862283974 |
| 2005-05-01 | -7.1967306110 |
| 2005-06-01 | -0.1723201367 |
| 2005-07-01 | -7.5458796063 |
| 2005-08-01 | 3.2209915420 |
| 2005-09-01 | -3.3618122634 |
| 2005-10-01 | -10.4180420536 |
| 2005-11-01 | 5.3782061484 |
| 2005-12-01 | -3.1441255460 |
| 2006-01-01 | -5.8618813690 |
| 2006-02-01 | 1.7807720634 |
| 2006-03-01 | 0.6858435369 |
| 2006-04-01 | 20.7118064474 |
| 2006-05-01 | 1.7370878417 |
| 2006-06-01 | 0.9564101398 |
| 2006-07-01 | 4.6726842994 |
| 2006-08-01 | -0.2598965268 |
| 2006-09-01 | 0.4222445670 |
| 2006-10-01 | 8.1689391741 |
| 2006-11-01 | 0.9839709479 |
| 2006-12-01 | 0.4608488722 |
| 2007-01-01 | 5.6255393659 |
| 2007-02-01 | 1.2731883651 |
| 2007-03-01 | 0.3196060613 |
| 2007-04-01 | -4.0341624594 |
| 2007-05-01 | 5.1989725304 |
| 2007-06-01 | 1.3832857097 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.4903323306 |
| 2007-08-01 | 3.5642344519 |
| 2007-09-01 | 4.0859465591 |
| 2007-10-01 | -7.0498973747 |
| 2007-11-01 | -2.3690858123 |
| 2007-12-01 | 1.1082785379 |
| 2008-01-01 | -3.0406972363 |
| 2008-02-01 | 1.6261132536 |
| 2008-03-01 | 0.1683295154 |
| 2008-04-01 | -4.4630430142 |
| 2008-05-01 | -0.6144562011 |
| 2008-06-01 | -7.8003893656 |
| 2008-07-01 | 6.5469056017 |
| 2008-08-01 | -8.5488752992 |
| 2008-09-01 | -9.4996318138 |
| 2008-10-01 | -2.2943875604 |
| 2008-11-01 | -5.3560750249 |
| 2008-12-01 | 4.8660393310 |
| 2009-01-01 | -17.3502949333 |
| 2009-02-01 | -3.6571003190 |
| 2009-03-01 | -2.9966052522 |
| 2009-04-01 | -9.3372618453 |
| 2009-05-01 | -12.2817149819 |
| 2009-06-01 | -7.9402717582 |
| 2009-07-01 | -10.9612257803 |
| 2009-08-01 | -5.4741118371 |
| 2009-09-01 | -10.9968231196 |
| 2009-10-01 | 7.6994393034 |
| 2009-11-01 | -5.5861560040 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1.6427619854 |
| 2010-01-01 | -18.0362908261 |
| 2010-02-01 | -12.6629517123 |
| 2010-03-01 | -6.7761515634 |
| 2010-04-01 | -0.9924330695 |
| 2010-05-01 | -12.1756199027 |
| 2010-06-01 | 13.5467079987 |
| 2010-07-01 | -14.9296252453 |
| 2010-08-01 | -2.2961131907 |
| 2010-09-01 | -1.3722809739 |
| 2010-10-01 | 0.3774022360 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1.0384691624 |
| 2010-12-01 | 1.4142872725 |
| 2011-01-01 | 10.8919062239 |
| 2011-02-01 | -5.0696219433 |
| 2011-03-01 | -7.4042913982 |
| 2011-04-01 | 1.0607609809 |
| 2011-05-01 | 2.4059337457 |
| 2011-06-01 | -6.5272387099 |
| 2011-07-01 | -5.6331096497 |
| 2011-08-01 | -1.7635375107 |
| 2011-09-01 | 3.9563644249 |
| 2011-10-01 | -6.9991579625 |
| 2011-11-01 | -6.7015821631 |
| 2011-12-01 | 0.8792948000 |
| 2012-01-01 | 4.3016135319 |
| 2012-02-01 | -0.9095944488 |
| 2012-03-01 | -0.8339624816 |
| 2012-04-01 | -0.4596935100 |
| 2012-05-01 | 6.3995392900 |
| 2012-06-01 | 3.8045381002 |
| 2012-07-01 | 13.1034129207 |
| 2012-08-01 | 10.5160008669 |
| 2012-09-01 | 10.1547669344 |
| 2012-10-01 | -16.3627573157 |
| 2012-11-01 | 4.2984390921 |
| 2012-12-01 | -0.5528929420 |
| 2013-01-01 | -2.1484963375 |
| 2013-02-01 | 2.9029901754 |
| 2013-03-01 | 10.5372447690 |
| 2013-04-01 | -2.3802311460 |
| 2013-05-01 | 2.3234287253 |
| 2013-06-01 | 6.9425895277 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.2430973107 |
| 2013-08-01 | 4.3308189652 |
| 2013-09-01 | 1.4041860487 |
| 2013-10-01 | 20.8726083093 |
| 2013-11-01 | -3.0684549478 |
| 2013-12-01 | -2.5391941476 |
| 2014-01-01 | -11.5260095127 |
| 2014-02-01 | -4.5744126092 |
| 2014-03-01 | -1.9032016865 |
| 2014-04-01 | -3.8259754137 |
| 2014-05-01 | -7.9239255244 |
| 2014-06-01 | -3.8103624439 |
| 2014-07-01 | -7.3649692073 |
| 2014-08-01 | -4.8738881147 |
| 2014-09-01 | -4.1898602424 |
| 2014-10-01 | 0.8410606168 |
| 2014-11-01 | -2.3979408179 |
| 2014-12-01 | -1.1255888058 |
| 2015-01-01 | 5.4565156561 |
| 2015-02-01 | -1.2105431337 |
| 2015-03-01 | -2.4396807224 |
| 2015-04-01 | 10.6522976426 |
| 2015-05-01 | -7.5729342740 |
| 2015-06-01 | -3.5656366629 |
| 2015-07-01 | 3.0416420853 |
| 2015-08-01 | 0.9325511499 |
| 2015-09-01 | -3.4369692934 |
| 2015-10-01 | -9.9354581474 |
| 2015-11-01 | 1.5729520118 |
| 2015-12-01 | 4.8194465518 |
| 2016-01-01 | 21.4332768526 |
| 2016-02-01 | -4.8726117866 |
| 2016-03-01 | -6.1686273846 |
| 2016-04-01 | 10.5215933367 |
| 2016-05-01 | 3.3037918927 |
| 2016-06-01 | 3.9402352682 |
| 2016-07-01 | -0.7907397237 |
| 2016-08-01 | -0.6275429864 |
| 2016-09-01 | 0.1869744946 |
| 2016-10-01 | -2.9530091398 |
| 2016-11-01 | -2.3154827353 |
| 2016-12-01 | 3.6100777388 |
| 2017-01-01 | -3.7810859936 |
| 2017-02-01 | -4.6658851248 |
| 2017-03-01 | 9.3374004190 |
| 2017-04-01 | -3.4246326778 |
| 2017-05-01 | -4.6186366045 |
| 2017-06-01 | -7.0922353479 |
| 2017-07-01 | -0.9233525890 |
| 2017-08-01 | -3.2331740307 |
| 2017-09-01 | -15.4374094551 |
| 2017-10-01 | -3.1014856421 |
| 2017-11-01 | 5.1181834809 |
| 2017-12-01 | 8.6247905335 |
| 2018-01-01 | -1.3248257982 |
| 2018-02-01 | 0.4373653837 |
| 2018-03-01 | -3.0425201326 |
| 2018-04-01 | -8.4619230130 |
| 2018-05-01 | 2.8451899187 |
| 2018-06-01 | -0.8954144125 |
| 2018-07-01 | 2.4647780591 |
| 2018-08-01 | -3.3392918012 |
| 2018-09-01 | 9.2784252327 |
| 2018-10-01 | -0.6043313564 |
| 2018-11-01 | 8.7944194632 |
| 2018-12-01 | -4.8943140781 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1.6224051293 |
| 2019-02-01 | 10.3309320574 |
| 2019-03-01 | 3.1942169951 |
| 2019-04-01 | 14.0033881454 |
| 2019-05-01 | 2.0200124216 |
| 2019-06-01 | 5.1501644342 |
| 2019-07-01 | -18.6879618575 |
| 2019-08-01 | 12.0257079937 |
| 2019-09-01 | 0.7151450605 |
| 2019-10-01 | 5.7773471322 |
| 2019-11-01 | 3.9654154578 |
| 2019-12-01 | 1.7427964846 |
| 2020-01-01 | -3.2451578635 |
| 2020-02-01 | 4.4918236185 |
| 2020-03-01 | -23.9424047944 |
| 2020-04-01 | -77.0381374068 |
| 2020-05-01 | -1.3582497176 |
| 2020-06-01 | -8.9601682412 |
| 2020-07-01 | -22.1130265425 |
| 2020-08-01 | -17.9679723182 |
| 2020-09-01 | 56.9011695100 |
| 2020-10-01 | -7.1612518592 |
| 2020-11-01 | -6.4713106296 |
| 2020-12-01 | 1.1514734063 |
| 2021-01-01 | 6.4149362600 |
| 2021-02-01 | 1.9675492054 |
| 2021-03-01 | -5.2000289355 |
| 2021-04-01 | 42.2979634828 |
| 2021-05-01 | 11.4066450272 |
| 2021-06-01 | 25.5355286466 |
| 2021-07-01 | 31.5167610071 |
| 2021-08-01 | 9.9653326837 |
| 2021-09-01 | 9.4716089175 |
| 2021-10-01 | 22.3917904653 |
| 2021-11-01 | 5.6409160373 |
| 2021-12-01 | 1.5108100317 |
| 2022-01-01 | 9.9730043344 |
| 2022-02-01 | 8.0183865481 |
| 2022-03-01 | 14.7366370936 |
| 2022-04-01 | -1.7738981678 |
| 2022-05-01 | 9.6868652319 |
| 2022-06-01 | -3.0858017356 |
| 2022-07-01 | 14.8111898225 |
| 2022-08-01 | 1.1522165583 |
| 2022-09-01 | 0.9701056860 |
| 2022-10-01 | 3.8127662628 |
| 2022-11-01 | 14.0357659549 |
| 2022-12-01 | 0.9124058555 |
| 2023-01-01 | 6.6281248162 |
| 2023-02-01 | 1.1294966174 |
| 2023-03-01 | -7.2998235120 |
| 2023-04-01 | -5.2958421081 |
| 2023-05-01 | -5.8285919019 |
| 2023-06-01 | -13.3040696246 |
| 2023-07-01 | -11.0022967519 |
| 2023-08-01 | -10.2659776503 |
| 2023-09-01 | -4.1248412662 |
| 2023-10-01 | -10.2474107395 |
| 2023-11-01 | -18.2782556387 |
| 2023-12-01 | -3.3257071618 |
| 2024-01-01 | -7.0542233404 |
| 2024-02-01 | -11.1092425681 |
| 2024-03-01 | -1.6074482496 |
| 2024-04-01 | -3.9877914118 |
| 2024-05-01 | -13.3654251714 |
| 2024-06-01 | 1.3950128571 |
| 2024-07-01 | -14.4413311648 |
| 2024-08-01 | -4.9126145977 |
| 2024-09-01 | 2.0058291620 |
| 2024-10-01 | -10.9696871114 |
| 2024-11-01 | -4.4311433547 |
| 2024-12-01 | 8.0410182609 |
| 2025-01-01 | -13.3562084462 |
| 2025-02-01 | -0.7349602232 |
| 2025-03-01 | -7.6986838081 |
| 2025-04-01 | -6.0091782301 |
| 2025-05-01 | 1.9411183148 |
| 2025-06-01 | -2.7807928083 |
| 2025-07-01 | 1.4922602857 |
| 2025-08-01 | -2.0050896413 |
| 2025-09-01 | -10.8948217307 |
| 2025-10-01 | 3.0958405147 |
| 2025-11-01 | -4.0420090244 |
| 2025-12-01 | 3.8463894976 |
| 2026-01-01 | -26.8674472330 |
| 2026-02-01 | -6.9794064158 |
| 2026-03-01 | -0.2585259783 |
| 2026-04-01 | -8.4822411526 |
| 2026-05-01 | -8.2093668384 |
| 2026-06-01 | -0.0512569108 |
| 2026-07-01 | -1.0639720684 |
| 2026-08-01 | -3.6425914490 |