Table Data - Professional and Business Services Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Professional and Business Services Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOUPBSVA158MFRBDAL |
| 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 3:05 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 | 24.4337085192 |
| 1990-03-01 | 11.0371309746 |
| 1990-04-01 | 18.9255633900 |
| 1990-05-01 | 16.0541634785 |
| 1990-06-01 | 25.7533768224 |
| 1990-07-01 | -1.9438921616 |
| 1990-08-01 | 4.8846890131 |
| 1990-09-01 | 12.0732674472 |
| 1990-10-01 | 8.3953350722 |
| 1990-11-01 | 10.8501275202 |
| 1990-12-01 | 14.5084323077 |
| 1991-01-01 | 4.3235592967 |
| 1991-02-01 | 2.1898822051 |
| 1991-03-01 | 9.4522950259 |
| 1991-04-01 | 4.3361283947 |
| 1991-05-01 | 8.4992762428 |
| 1991-06-01 | 6.8930874083 |
| 1991-07-01 | -12.9821764060 |
| 1991-08-01 | 1.2969560082 |
| 1991-09-01 | 2.7087884305 |
| 1991-10-01 | -17.0417361026 |
| 1991-11-01 | 16.7264608491 |
| 1991-12-01 | -7.1234079618 |
| 1992-01-01 | 3.4918168779 |
| 1992-02-01 | -0.1772862862 |
| 1992-03-01 | 0.8220586239 |
| 1992-04-01 | -19.3102496863 |
| 1992-05-01 | 2.5423165011 |
| 1992-06-01 | -2.2075863471 |
| 1992-07-01 | 13.9222429811 |
| 1992-08-01 | -4.1689305798 |
| 1992-09-01 | -2.2129800128 |
| 1992-10-01 | 9.7891522474 |
| 1992-11-01 | 0.6736699931 |
| 1992-12-01 | 15.4846684014 |
| 1993-01-01 | -6.8259501418 |
| 1993-02-01 | -1.6995477686 |
| 1993-03-01 | 8.8232459566 |
| 1993-04-01 | 8.2807630914 |
| 1993-05-01 | 2.2624871387 |
| 1993-06-01 | 0.4175682868 |
| 1993-07-01 | 19.1715161422 |
| 1993-08-01 | 5.7434437848 |
| 1993-09-01 | 7.0549288865 |
| 1993-10-01 | -7.4491644132 |
| 1993-11-01 | 2.2173053428 |
| 1993-12-01 | -0.9328821537 |
| 1994-01-01 | 7.4641972291 |
| 1994-02-01 | -5.9988117580 |
| 1994-03-01 | 2.4532717732 |
| 1994-04-01 | 5.4070410034 |
| 1994-05-01 | -3.6599170887 |
| 1994-06-01 | 9.9775740391 |
| 1994-07-01 | 2.0538408926 |
| 1994-08-01 | 3.5408589726 |
| 1994-09-01 | -0.7757859114 |
| 1994-10-01 | 1.8350010829 |
| 1994-11-01 | 6.7986181927 |
| 1994-12-01 | 5.2174134228 |
| 1995-01-01 | 10.3618771486 |
| 1995-02-01 | 14.9263268626 |
| 1995-03-01 | 9.1078295893 |
| 1995-04-01 | 3.7485025140 |
| 1995-05-01 | 6.4745783126 |
| 1995-06-01 | 7.8501554819 |
| 1995-07-01 | -7.3780237901 |
| 1995-08-01 | 15.2777516121 |
| 1995-09-01 | 11.8608474861 |
| 1995-10-01 | 11.9848387323 |
| 1995-11-01 | 3.9061986618 |
| 1995-12-01 | 4.6164620169 |
| 1996-01-01 | -19.9133891413 |
| 1996-02-01 | 8.7968238013 |
| 1996-03-01 | 2.3934717119 |
| 1996-04-01 | 1.3030085966 |
| 1996-05-01 | 6.4136134474 |
| 1996-06-01 | -1.4612588890 |
| 1996-07-01 | 9.5857055619 |
| 1996-08-01 | 10.2502895947 |
| 1996-09-01 | 6.3889812281 |
| 1996-10-01 | 19.4106633145 |
| 1996-11-01 | 8.6574109004 |
| 1996-12-01 | 6.8542984384 |
| 1997-01-01 | 5.1247924405 |
| 1997-02-01 | 6.9964202399 |
| 1997-03-01 | 6.8367637572 |
| 1997-04-01 | 12.1813175696 |
| 1997-05-01 | 15.5146091663 |
| 1997-06-01 | 10.0058254953 |
| 1997-07-01 | -1.7087637279 |
| 1997-08-01 | 10.4981652072 |
| 1997-09-01 | 10.2594296124 |
| 1997-10-01 | 3.2656811305 |
| 1997-11-01 | 12.4311436050 |
| 1997-12-01 | 14.3872302968 |
| 1998-01-01 | 12.1820499275 |
| 1998-02-01 | 12.5185171460 |
| 1998-03-01 | 11.1240791488 |
| 1998-04-01 | -1.1314476786 |
| 1998-05-01 | 0.9899420575 |
| 1998-06-01 | 12.6782903701 |
| 1998-07-01 | 10.8193471884 |
| 1998-08-01 | 7.9805179630 |
| 1998-09-01 | 1.2342281393 |
| 1998-10-01 | 9.9745120249 |
| 1998-11-01 | 7.6609965611 |
| 1998-12-01 | -3.6914640055 |
| 1999-01-01 | -2.5557448345 |
| 1999-02-01 | -4.1642968705 |
| 1999-03-01 | 3.8464289411 |
| 1999-04-01 | -14.5281844757 |
| 1999-05-01 | -1.7166557369 |
| 1999-06-01 | 3.6693102942 |
| 1999-07-01 | 8.7014559331 |
| 1999-08-01 | -0.4082227950 |
| 1999-09-01 | 4.4783959382 |
| 1999-10-01 | -4.4306011642 |
| 1999-11-01 | 4.7695818119 |
| 1999-12-01 | 10.8436622600 |
| 2000-01-01 | -6.6218823051 |
| 2000-02-01 | 4.1676406450 |
| 2000-03-01 | 5.6210081527 |
| 2000-04-01 | 3.8205548649 |
| 2000-05-01 | 5.1552069540 |
| 2000-06-01 | 15.1571332225 |
| 2000-07-01 | 4.3876235185 |
| 2000-08-01 | 8.2750046065 |
| 2000-09-01 | 8.8798051033 |
| 2000-10-01 | 3.9298306627 |
| 2000-11-01 | -2.0069286600 |
| 2000-12-01 | 4.1514571135 |
| 2001-01-01 | -0.9817898618 |
| 2001-02-01 | 2.4754515750 |
| 2001-03-01 | -1.9866162052 |
| 2001-04-01 | -3.5131610698 |
| 2001-05-01 | -1.3337158539 |
| 2001-06-01 | -2.5848583901 |
| 2001-07-01 | -6.4399579944 |
| 2001-08-01 | -5.2690791123 |
| 2001-09-01 | -5.4314387840 |
| 2001-10-01 | -6.2471467914 |
| 2001-11-01 | 0.8795495820 |
| 2001-12-01 | -4.4008104718 |
| 2002-01-01 | -3.0504253280 |
| 2002-02-01 | -3.9615334332 |
| 2002-03-01 | 0.9930164139 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.6772901734 |
| 2002-05-01 | 5.6790437711 |
| 2002-06-01 | -6.8271696225 |
| 2002-07-01 | -4.0472937559 |
| 2002-08-01 | 6.1802186609 |
| 2002-09-01 | -5.4527456729 |
| 2002-10-01 | -3.2845326125 |
| 2002-11-01 | -1.2883562877 |
| 2002-12-01 | -3.3797671274 |
| 2003-01-01 | 7.5066100357 |
| 2003-02-01 | -3.4531021659 |
| 2003-03-01 | -2.6320870383 |
| 2003-04-01 | -2.0275703748 |
| 2003-05-01 | -2.6739665428 |
| 2003-06-01 | -7.6969751916 |
| 2003-07-01 | -6.9237163364 |
| 2003-08-01 | 3.6037433846 |
| 2003-09-01 | 5.0723767886 |
| 2003-10-01 | 1.2101373636 |
| 2003-11-01 | -1.5038024958 |
| 2003-12-01 | 12.3147609209 |
| 2004-01-01 | 2.9434272146 |
| 2004-02-01 | 3.4818473543 |
| 2004-03-01 | 1.3024777421 |
| 2004-04-01 | 10.3267114174 |
| 2004-05-01 | 5.8322332303 |
| 2004-06-01 | 5.5912680077 |
| 2004-07-01 | 9.1409331798 |
| 2004-08-01 | 2.5972479530 |
| 2004-09-01 | 4.8851036585 |
| 2004-10-01 | 9.5517481164 |
| 2004-11-01 | 5.2122939250 |
| 2004-12-01 | 4.8861450798 |
| 2005-01-01 | 13.3497025237 |
| 2005-02-01 | 7.6295806375 |
| 2005-03-01 | 7.0383484979 |
| 2005-04-01 | 3.4674051750 |
| 2005-05-01 | 4.0603300370 |
| 2005-06-01 | 1.6065764573 |
| 2005-07-01 | 8.3051585163 |
| 2005-08-01 | 4.6630949341 |
| 2005-09-01 | 15.8136921862 |
| 2005-10-01 | 15.8503747064 |
| 2005-11-01 | 4.3997354807 |
| 2005-12-01 | 4.9875275134 |
| 2006-01-01 | 3.5591578717 |
| 2006-02-01 | 8.0845022451 |
| 2006-03-01 | 12.0803265281 |
| 2006-04-01 | -6.1336242131 |
| 2006-05-01 | 12.7355282842 |
| 2006-06-01 | 9.5519148812 |
| 2006-07-01 | 5.5368780740 |
| 2006-08-01 | 5.2557923350 |
| 2006-09-01 | 6.5169028368 |
| 2006-10-01 | -1.1762850889 |
| 2006-11-01 | 12.6709673300 |
| 2006-12-01 | 7.8375285755 |
| 2007-01-01 | 1.4449600198 |
| 2007-02-01 | 6.0565878210 |
| 2007-03-01 | 7.9169089857 |
| 2007-04-01 | 6.8106566681 |
| 2007-05-01 | 7.5252819526 |
| 2007-06-01 | 6.8967742719 |
| 2007-07-01 | 2.1762471148 |
| 2007-08-01 | -0.8399913364 |
| 2007-09-01 | -2.5500075521 |
| 2007-10-01 | -0.5590535773 |
| 2007-11-01 | 0.0007774186 |
| 2007-12-01 | 3.6591733971 |
| 2008-01-01 | 7.9648235668 |
| 2008-02-01 | 9.6691682159 |
| 2008-03-01 | -1.2559790291 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.1962739872 |
| 2008-05-01 | 1.1390647028 |
| 2008-06-01 | 1.9918500127 |
| 2008-07-01 | -1.9273294803 |
| 2008-08-01 | 3.2824888913 |
| 2008-09-01 | -15.0690690252 |
| 2008-10-01 | 20.0288021705 |
| 2008-11-01 | -6.9025857191 |
| 2008-12-01 | -8.7264413572 |
| 2009-01-01 | -14.4418555228 |
| 2009-02-01 | -12.6637491208 |
| 2009-03-01 | -11.6267067207 |
| 2009-04-01 | -17.1832374376 |
| 2009-05-01 | -4.9544610053 |
| 2009-06-01 | -9.2926626381 |
| 2009-07-01 | -6.1333917013 |
| 2009-08-01 | -6.7591533933 |
| 2009-09-01 | -2.8812591320 |
| 2009-10-01 | -0.4456497207 |
| 2009-11-01 | 3.3594889299 |
| 2009-12-01 | 0.1370280097 |
| 2010-01-01 | 1.0997369115 |
| 2010-02-01 | 2.2708826850 |
| 2010-03-01 | 3.2563665913 |
| 2010-04-01 | 12.4991839574 |
| 2010-05-01 | 3.3197644845 |
| 2010-06-01 | 2.8705479448 |
| 2010-07-01 | 7.1601146611 |
| 2010-08-01 | 1.2509518809 |
| 2010-09-01 | 3.2598703074 |
| 2010-10-01 | 4.0051018427 |
| 2010-11-01 | 3.1629412543 |
| 2010-12-01 | 7.1730804406 |
| 2011-01-01 | 7.5888076142 |
| 2011-02-01 | 6.7563835156 |
| 2011-03-01 | 8.6884742176 |
| 2011-04-01 | 15.9894815083 |
| 2011-05-01 | -0.0226963432 |
| 2011-06-01 | 7.1094418186 |
| 2011-07-01 | 7.1547690834 |
| 2011-08-01 | 6.4295594580 |
| 2011-09-01 | 8.3439679702 |
| 2011-10-01 | -5.2446973442 |
| 2011-11-01 | 5.9932060992 |
| 2011-12-01 | 11.7285592927 |
| 2012-01-01 | 16.1146412127 |
| 2012-02-01 | 6.4969239947 |
| 2012-03-01 | 10.0011750358 |
| 2012-04-01 | 5.0051596537 |
| 2012-05-01 | 7.4435143018 |
| 2012-06-01 | 9.5190611288 |
| 2012-07-01 | 3.9119789484 |
| 2012-08-01 | 8.9955794965 |
| 2012-09-01 | 6.1860516116 |
| 2012-10-01 | -4.0502661435 |
| 2012-11-01 | 10.7903384215 |
| 2012-12-01 | 6.0190124946 |
| 2013-01-01 | 3.0468266838 |
| 2013-02-01 | 8.8884740964 |
| 2013-03-01 | 9.4877070858 |
| 2013-04-01 | -4.0936094535 |
| 2013-05-01 | 1.5289604062 |
| 2013-06-01 | 5.1367526546 |
| 2013-07-01 | 2.3135372054 |
| 2013-08-01 | 2.9168319232 |
| 2013-09-01 | 2.7381193261 |
| 2013-10-01 | 4.9154417825 |
| 2013-11-01 | 5.6606191050 |
| 2013-12-01 | 0.4652679733 |
| 2014-01-01 | -1.7057677907 |
| 2014-02-01 | 3.5310108436 |
| 2014-03-01 | 9.8267735980 |
| 2014-04-01 | 6.4609567576 |
| 2014-05-01 | 8.9686188712 |
| 2014-06-01 | 0.0728009154 |
| 2014-07-01 | 5.0611395468 |
| 2014-08-01 | 8.8141777658 |
| 2014-09-01 | 3.7598248731 |
| 2014-10-01 | 6.2540348280 |
| 2014-11-01 | 2.1520859602 |
| 2014-12-01 | 3.6935107345 |
| 2015-01-01 | 2.8198189668 |
| 2015-02-01 | -1.9943767359 |
| 2015-03-01 | -3.3822721262 |
| 2015-04-01 | -0.9568542475 |
| 2015-05-01 | -1.4738485451 |
| 2015-06-01 | -0.8952331673 |
| 2015-07-01 | 3.0336580856 |
| 2015-08-01 | -0.7916788405 |
| 2015-09-01 | -1.4285873767 |
| 2015-10-01 | 3.3121284419 |
| 2015-11-01 | -1.2233725168 |
| 2015-12-01 | 4.2546003687 |
| 2016-01-01 | 4.0266481333 |
| 2016-02-01 | -7.0945010098 |
| 2016-03-01 | -2.8513109590 |
| 2016-04-01 | 4.5355724942 |
| 2016-05-01 | -5.0273359973 |
| 2016-06-01 | -8.9648817701 |
| 2016-07-01 | 8.9295960990 |
| 2016-08-01 | -1.1024536942 |
| 2016-09-01 | 5.8440556595 |
| 2016-10-01 | -4.0442815026 |
| 2016-11-01 | -0.5288231553 |
| 2016-12-01 | -3.3125748054 |
| 2017-01-01 | 9.6588796591 |
| 2017-02-01 | 2.3883394360 |
| 2017-03-01 | 12.4257481817 |
| 2017-04-01 | -2.4103126838 |
| 2017-05-01 | 1.6251556929 |
| 2017-06-01 | 4.1906411406 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.4192477834 |
| 2017-08-01 | 0.8904431240 |
| 2017-09-01 | 10.3276785600 |
| 2017-10-01 | -3.5893617511 |
| 2017-11-01 | 1.1546495122 |
| 2017-12-01 | 1.9155443143 |
| 2018-01-01 | 1.6936119537 |
| 2018-02-01 | 6.3826327746 |
| 2018-03-01 | 8.6533524812 |
| 2018-04-01 | -7.9237430231 |
| 2018-05-01 | 3.6145727351 |
| 2018-06-01 | 9.2839840488 |
| 2018-07-01 | 3.3525327525 |
| 2018-08-01 | 5.7957226994 |
| 2018-09-01 | -2.4384053786 |
| 2018-10-01 | -0.0159876297 |
| 2018-11-01 | 0.0689921860 |
| 2018-12-01 | 4.6654173189 |
| 2019-01-01 | 3.9229562373 |
| 2019-02-01 | 5.1210129236 |
| 2019-03-01 | 0.7495486217 |
| 2019-04-01 | 6.1239868409 |
| 2019-05-01 | 3.6077739271 |
| 2019-06-01 | 3.9090752950 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.3010393106 |
| 2019-08-01 | 1.3297656502 |
| 2019-09-01 | -1.8675139367 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.6286677680 |
| 2019-11-01 | 1.7476852731 |
| 2019-12-01 | -0.2756963758 |
| 2020-01-01 | 7.4350000287 |
| 2020-02-01 | 7.5711135921 |
| 2020-03-01 | -5.9711558264 |
| 2020-04-01 | -63.0461402455 |
| 2020-05-01 | -2.6715920764 |
| 2020-06-01 | 5.0356801082 |
| 2020-07-01 | 14.4258474257 |
| 2020-08-01 | 1.4942342205 |
| 2020-09-01 | -0.6758366768 |
| 2020-10-01 | 14.4935178774 |
| 2020-11-01 | 11.5840356045 |
| 2020-12-01 | 4.3080617575 |
| 2021-01-01 | 1.1452610204 |
| 2021-02-01 | -2.8868889452 |
| 2021-03-01 | 14.3713772337 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.1803337109 |
| 2021-05-01 | 3.6824510480 |
| 2021-06-01 | 2.5447120200 |
| 2021-07-01 | 14.2633638878 |
| 2021-08-01 | 5.2660765938 |
| 2021-09-01 | 9.3103497810 |
| 2021-10-01 | 23.9094928658 |
| 2021-11-01 | 5.1407773397 |
| 2021-12-01 | -0.6236360715 |
| 2022-01-01 | -4.7466109014 |
| 2022-02-01 | 15.5755320981 |
| 2022-03-01 | 6.0488890571 |
| 2022-04-01 | 11.8027317918 |
| 2022-05-01 | 9.5578651684 |
| 2022-06-01 | -1.7460795132 |
| 2022-07-01 | 12.2215026838 |
| 2022-08-01 | 6.9458178173 |
| 2022-09-01 | 3.5043870844 |
| 2022-10-01 | -0.6308708210 |
| 2022-11-01 | 4.8362013300 |
| 2022-12-01 | -1.3930145551 |
| 2023-01-01 | 11.0337348382 |
| 2023-02-01 | 2.9694341271 |
| 2023-03-01 | 3.8170915730 |
| 2023-04-01 | 1.3838481536 |
| 2023-05-01 | 0.7050845981 |
| 2023-06-01 | 2.2484831172 |
| 2023-07-01 | 1.5297654730 |
| 2023-08-01 | 0.8024246929 |
| 2023-09-01 | -0.3154293035 |
| 2023-10-01 | -5.2596189907 |
| 2023-11-01 | 1.3205520581 |
| 2023-12-01 | 2.1839546064 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.4688065153 |
| 2024-02-01 | 2.1418757490 |
| 2024-03-01 | 11.0844148655 |
| 2024-04-01 | -5.3772081126 |
| 2024-05-01 | 1.4315400987 |
| 2024-06-01 | 2.0164546537 |
| 2024-07-01 | -16.5080346573 |
| 2024-08-01 | 17.0989076129 |
| 2024-09-01 | 4.0284994539 |
| 2024-10-01 | 3.4884753902 |
| 2024-11-01 | 1.0352513211 |
| 2024-12-01 | 0.9683935166 |
| 2025-01-01 | -1.2547777823 |
| 2025-02-01 | -1.4316050086 |
| 2025-03-01 | -0.6907540051 |
| 2025-04-01 | 3.5536848533 |
| 2025-05-01 | 0.9987229892 |
| 2025-06-01 | -1.3702251604 |
| 2025-07-01 | -5.9382348698 |
| 2025-08-01 | 2.2470004526 |
| 2025-09-01 | -2.2936620649 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.8187389811 |
| 2025-11-01 | -2.6776891947 |
| 2025-12-01 | 0.8691325064 |
| 2026-01-01 | -2.5654111487 |
| 2026-02-01 | 1.0159081013 |
| 2026-03-01 | -2.5247736919 |
| 2026-04-01 | 3.2761101242 |
| 2026-05-01 | 1.9718143223 |
| 2026-06-01 | 8.1666117621 |
| 2026-07-01 | 4.2679860007 |
| 2026-08-01 | 2.6818274881 |