Table Data - Change in Professional and Business Services Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Change in Professional and Business Services Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOUPBSVA175MCFRBDAL |
| 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 3:05 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 | 3.70580226 |
| 1990-03-01 | 1.79885293 |
| 1990-04-01 | 3.01281862 |
| 1990-05-01 | 2.62295727 |
| 1990-06-01 | 4.10113599 |
| 1990-07-01 | -0.35439890 |
| 1990-08-01 | 0.86200985 |
| 1990-09-01 | 2.07414054 |
| 1990-10-01 | 1.47888750 |
| 1990-11-01 | 1.90422404 |
| 1990-12-01 | 2.52946984 |
| 1991-01-01 | 0.79614661 |
| 1991-02-01 | 0.40854634 |
| 1991-03-01 | 1.71134500 |
| 1991-04-01 | 0.80874982 |
| 1991-05-01 | 1.56226602 |
| 1991-06-01 | 1.28453965 |
| 1991-07-01 | -2.67161741 |
| 1991-08-01 | 0.24627437 |
| 1991-09-01 | 0.51164700 |
| 1991-10-01 | -3.55280781 |
| 1991-11-01 | 2.93712409 |
| 1991-12-01 | -1.40809092 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.65291294 |
| 1992-02-01 | -0.03380083 |
| 1992-03-01 | 0.15599361 |
| 1992-04-01 | -4.05322165 |
| 1992-05-01 | 0.47052970 |
| 1992-06-01 | -0.41843386 |
| 1992-07-01 | 2.45428546 |
| 1992-08-01 | -0.80473414 |
| 1992-09-01 | -0.42176048 |
| 1992-10-01 | 1.76535344 |
| 1992-11-01 | 0.12744504 |
| 1992-12-01 | 2.74997359 |
| 1993-01-01 | -1.35460533 |
| 1993-02-01 | -0.32722596 |
| 1993-03-01 | 1.61866276 |
| 1993-04-01 | 1.53344420 |
| 1993-05-01 | 0.43306236 |
| 1993-06-01 | 0.08074843 |
| 1993-07-01 | 3.42435326 |
| 1993-08-01 | 1.10086742 |
| 1993-09-01 | 1.35081346 |
| 1993-10-01 | -1.53331746 |
| 1993-11-01 | 0.43338418 |
| 1993-12-01 | -0.18531309 |
| 1994-01-01 | 1.42704214 |
| 1994-02-01 | -1.22685071 |
| 1994-03-01 | 0.47990276 |
| 1994-04-01 | 1.04603823 |
| 1994-05-01 | -0.74112845 |
| 1994-06-01 | 1.89499203 |
| 1994-07-01 | 0.40703393 |
| 1994-08-01 | 0.69825565 |
| 1994-09-01 | -0.15646030 |
| 1994-10-01 | 0.36546194 |
| 1994-11-01 | 1.32659905 |
| 1994-12-01 | 1.03075417 |
| 1995-01-01 | 2.01070712 |
| 1995-02-01 | 2.86544207 |
| 1995-03-01 | 1.81234726 |
| 1995-04-01 | 0.76908935 |
| 1995-05-01 | 1.31659803 |
| 1995-06-01 | 1.59515697 |
| 1995-07-01 | -1.61769362 |
| 1995-08-01 | 3.00904120 |
| 1995-09-01 | 2.39748848 |
| 1995-10-01 | 2.44401863 |
| 1995-11-01 | 0.83258975 |
| 1995-12-01 | 0.98402597 |
| 1996-01-01 | -4.80630921 |
| 1996-02-01 | 1.81438577 |
| 1996-03-01 | 0.51129951 |
| 1996-04-01 | 0.28027776 |
| 1996-05-01 | 1.35004870 |
| 1996-06-01 | -0.32032657 |
| 1996-07-01 | 1.99829594 |
| 1996-08-01 | 2.14714133 |
| 1996-09-01 | 1.37178595 |
| 1996-10-01 | 3.96877303 |
| 1996-11-01 | 1.87780240 |
| 1996-12-01 | 1.50870936 |
| 1997-01-01 | 1.14287944 |
| 1997-02-01 | 1.55402781 |
| 1997-03-01 | 1.52820543 |
| 1997-04-01 | 2.67635320 |
| 1997-05-01 | 3.39457475 |
| 1997-06-01 | 2.26701256 |
| 1997-07-01 | -0.41106008 |
| 1997-08-01 | 2.38911690 |
| 1997-09-01 | 2.35666762 |
| 1997-10-01 | 0.77961542 |
| 1997-11-01 | 2.86039541 |
| 1997-12-01 | 3.31605282 |
| 1998-01-01 | 2.86544089 |
| 1998-02-01 | 2.96876346 |
| 1998-03-01 | 2.67970974 |
| 1998-04-01 | -0.29022412 |
| 1998-05-01 | 0.25123015 |
| 1998-06-01 | 3.06073416 |
| 1998-07-01 | 2.65866536 |
| 1998-08-01 | 2.00198521 |
| 1998-09-01 | 0.32103238 |
| 1998-10-01 | 2.49945582 |
| 1998-11-01 | 1.95423455 |
| 1998-12-01 | -0.99727398 |
| 1999-01-01 | -0.68462360 |
| 1999-02-01 | -1.12158414 |
| 1999-03-01 | 0.99502954 |
| 1999-04-01 | -4.11812038 |
| 1999-05-01 | -0.45094723 |
| 1999-06-01 | 0.93920981 |
| 1999-07-01 | 2.18543390 |
| 1999-08-01 | -0.10750026 |
| 1999-09-01 | 1.15323497 |
| 1999-10-01 | -1.19283975 |
| 1999-11-01 | 1.22648587 |
| 1999-12-01 | 2.72693669 |
| 2000-01-01 | -1.81736712 |
| 2000-02-01 | 1.08183515 |
| 2000-03-01 | 1.45472526 |
| 2000-04-01 | 1.00120552 |
| 2000-05-01 | 1.34721567 |
| 2000-06-01 | 3.81266825 |
| 2000-07-01 | 1.16900875 |
| 2000-08-01 | 2.17546611 |
| 2000-09-01 | 2.34390295 |
| 2000-10-01 | 1.06746568 |
| 2000-11-01 | -0.56186814 |
| 2000-12-01 | 1.12827480 |
| 2001-01-01 | -0.27402710 |
| 2001-02-01 | 0.67956653 |
| 2001-03-01 | -0.55775265 |
| 2001-04-01 | -0.99176405 |
| 2001-05-01 | -0.37158047 |
| 2001-06-01 | -0.72355496 |
| 2001-07-01 | -1.83206159 |
| 2001-08-01 | -1.48229272 |
| 2001-09-01 | -1.52227524 |
| 2001-10-01 | -1.74962329 |
| 2001-11-01 | 0.23696183 |
| 2001-12-01 | -1.21600184 |
| 2002-01-01 | -0.83437306 |
| 2002-02-01 | -1.08544893 |
| 2002-03-01 | 0.26500520 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.18115676 |
| 2002-05-01 | 1.48625724 |
| 2002-06-01 | -1.90149045 |
| 2002-07-01 | -1.10577347 |
| 2002-08-01 | 1.60625937 |
| 2002-09-01 | -1.50211461 |
| 2002-10-01 | -0.89136461 |
| 2002-11-01 | -0.34542964 |
| 2002-12-01 | -0.91408275 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1.92740855 |
| 2003-02-01 | -0.93720290 |
| 2003-03-01 | -0.70953938 |
| 2003-04-01 | -0.54382615 |
| 2003-05-01 | -0.71814271 |
| 2003-06-01 | -2.11270839 |
| 2003-07-01 | -1.88071175 |
| 2003-08-01 | 0.92657564 |
| 2003-09-01 | 1.29956050 |
| 2003-10-01 | 0.31674251 |
| 2003-11-01 | -0.39893920 |
| 2003-12-01 | 3.07059361 |
| 2004-01-01 | 0.77165373 |
| 2004-02-01 | 0.91281857 |
| 2004-03-01 | 0.34581088 |
| 2004-04-01 | 2.63840875 |
| 2004-05-01 | 1.53167347 |
| 2004-06-01 | 1.47690103 |
| 2004-07-01 | 2.38855265 |
| 2004-08-01 | 0.70348711 |
| 2004-09-01 | 1.31257904 |
| 2004-10-01 | 2.52514900 |
| 2004-11-01 | 1.41476025 |
| 2004-12-01 | 1.33377533 |
| 2005-01-01 | 3.52879411 |
| 2005-02-01 | 2.08777049 |
| 2005-03-01 | 1.94278294 |
| 2005-04-01 | 0.97776819 |
| 2005-05-01 | 1.14519982 |
| 2005-06-01 | 0.45965877 |
| 2005-07-01 | 2.31015291 |
| 2005-08-01 | 1.32660106 |
| 2005-09-01 | 4.30772197 |
| 2005-10-01 | 4.37021229 |
| 2005-11-01 | 1.28909741 |
| 2005-12-01 | 1.46276966 |
| 2006-01-01 | 1.05474305 |
| 2006-02-01 | 2.35569080 |
| 2006-03-01 | 3.48342234 |
| 2006-04-01 | -1.93746696 |
| 2006-05-01 | 3.67786950 |
| 2006-06-01 | 2.82370219 |
| 2006-07-01 | 1.67812629 |
| 2006-08-01 | 1.60207974 |
| 2006-09-01 | 1.98401886 |
| 2006-10-01 | -0.37264324 |
| 2006-11-01 | 3.77404003 |
| 2006-12-01 | 2.40643752 |
| 2007-01-01 | 0.45924521 |
| 2007-02-01 | 1.88811513 |
| 2007-03-01 | 2.46025884 |
| 2007-04-01 | 2.14017310 |
| 2007-05-01 | 2.37040915 |
| 2007-06-01 | 2.19156327 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.71005432 |
| 2007-08-01 | -0.27836130 |
| 2007-09-01 | -0.85118137 |
| 2007-10-01 | -0.18449513 |
| 2007-11-01 | 0.00025578 |
| 2007-12-01 | 1.18418548 |
| 2008-01-01 | 2.53705799 |
| 2008-02-01 | 3.07717095 |
| 2008-03-01 | -0.42278877 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.06556061 |
| 2008-05-01 | 0.37890746 |
| 2008-06-01 | 0.66065586 |
| 2008-07-01 | -0.65191094 |
| 2008-08-01 | 1.08247173 |
| 2008-09-01 | -5.44438020 |
| 2008-10-01 | 6.09025833 |
| 2008-11-01 | -2.39708035 |
| 2008-12-01 | -3.03948378 |
| 2009-01-01 | -5.13884429 |
| 2009-02-01 | -4.40730555 |
| 2009-03-01 | -3.97990226 |
| 2009-04-01 | -5.99252168 |
| 2009-05-01 | -1.59902493 |
| 2009-06-01 | -3.05024493 |
| 2009-07-01 | -1.96629899 |
| 2009-08-01 | -2.16205043 |
| 2009-09-01 | -0.89946573 |
| 2009-10-01 | -0.13722160 |
| 2009-11-01 | 1.01637704 |
| 2009-12-01 | 0.04218044 |
| 2010-01-01 | 0.33708038 |
| 2010-02-01 | 0.69300397 |
| 2010-03-01 | 0.99121692 |
| 2010-04-01 | 3.66590427 |
| 2010-05-01 | 1.02292074 |
| 2010-06-01 | 0.88869670 |
| 2010-07-01 | 2.18036725 |
| 2010-08-01 | 0.39330259 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1.01674027 |
| 2010-10-01 | 1.24837081 |
| 2010-11-01 | 0.99282114 |
| 2010-12-01 | 2.21795557 |
| 2011-01-01 | 2.35584811 |
| 2011-02-01 | 2.11787682 |
| 2011-03-01 | 2.71567567 |
| 2011-04-01 | 4.88171475 |
| 2011-05-01 | -0.00751671 |
| 2011-06-01 | 2.28085773 |
| 2011-07-01 | 2.30812165 |
| 2011-08-01 | 2.09272913 |
| 2011-09-01 | 2.70748060 |
| 2011-10-01 | -1.82201674 |
| 2011-11-01 | 1.96889957 |
| 2011-12-01 | 3.77803441 |
| 2012-01-01 | 5.14530220 |
| 2012-02-01 | 2.18698360 |
| 2012-03-01 | 3.33373063 |
| 2012-04-01 | 1.71838242 |
| 2012-05-01 | 2.53879902 |
| 2012-06-01 | 3.23726532 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1.37358217 |
| 2012-08-01 | 3.09928769 |
| 2012-09-01 | 2.17285338 |
| 2012-10-01 | -1.49790504 |
| 2012-11-01 | 3.72181558 |
| 2012-12-01 | 2.13719071 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1.10150460 |
| 2013-02-01 | 3.14023424 |
| 2013-03-01 | 3.36719431 |
| 2013-04-01 | -1.55586651 |
| 2013-05-01 | 0.56420438 |
| 2013-06-01 | 1.86761188 |
| 2013-07-01 | 0.85534476 |
| 2013-08-01 | 1.07752698 |
| 2013-09-01 | 1.01474599 |
| 2013-10-01 | 1.80818346 |
| 2013-11-01 | 2.08381224 |
| 2013-12-01 | 0.17610873 |
| 2014-01-01 | -0.65239305 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1.31679310 |
| 2014-03-01 | 3.57600759 |
| 2014-04-01 | 2.40414021 |
| 2014-05-01 | 3.31862380 |
| 2014-06-01 | 0.02822032 |
| 2014-07-01 | 1.91855024 |
| 2014-08-01 | 3.30082539 |
| 2014-09-01 | 1.44956159 |
| 2014-10-01 | 2.39218749 |
| 2014-11-01 | 0.84252857 |
| 2014-12-01 | 1.43859433 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1.10592796 |
| 2015-02-01 | -0.80143996 |
| 2015-03-01 | -1.36574076 |
| 2015-04-01 | -0.38092959 |
| 2015-05-01 | -0.58768318 |
| 2015-06-01 | -0.35557085 |
| 2015-07-01 | 1.18270873 |
| 2015-08-01 | -0.31483833 |
| 2015-09-01 | -0.56942580 |
| 2015-10-01 | 1.29047989 |
| 2015-11-01 | -0.48790425 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1.65354832 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1.57198583 |
| 2016-02-01 | -2.92611806 |
| 2016-03-01 | -1.14536527 |
| 2016-04-01 | 1.75742521 |
| 2016-05-01 | -2.04301812 |
| 2016-06-01 | -3.69768557 |
| 2016-07-01 | 3.36607620 |
| 2016-08-01 | -0.43763199 |
| 2016-09-01 | 2.24643562 |
| 2016-10-01 | -1.63390529 |
| 2016-11-01 | -0.20944495 |
| 2016-12-01 | -1.32850544 |
| 2017-01-01 | 3.64513847 |
| 2017-02-01 | 0.93760157 |
| 2017-03-01 | 4.68001478 |
| 2017-04-01 | -0.97868443 |
| 2017-05-01 | 0.64643053 |
| 2017-06-01 | 1.65007081 |
| 2017-07-01 | 0.16847959 |
| 2017-08-01 | 0.35719157 |
| 2017-09-01 | 3.97783972 |
| 2017-10-01 | -1.48322891 |
| 2017-11-01 | 0.46534881 |
| 2017-12-01 | 0.77008797 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.68262797 |
| 2018-02-01 | 2.52313967 |
| 2018-03-01 | 3.40491336 |
| 2018-04-01 | -3.38695204 |
| 2018-05-01 | 1.45394350 |
| 2018-06-01 | 3.65415693 |
| 2018-07-01 | 1.36417114 |
| 2018-08-01 | 2.33942245 |
| 2018-09-01 | -1.02640900 |
| 2018-10-01 | -0.00664101 |
| 2018-11-01 | 0.02864673 |
| 2018-12-01 | 1.89764104 |
| 2019-01-01 | 1.60699709 |
| 2019-02-01 | 2.09339078 |
| 2019-03-01 | 0.31376185 |
| 2019-04-01 | 2.50436465 |
| 2019-05-01 | 1.49923966 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1.62707138 |
| 2019-07-01 | 0.12776278 |
| 2019-08-01 | 0.56186362 |
| 2019-09-01 | -0.80163456 |
| 2019-10-01 | 0.26635280 |
| 2019-11-01 | 0.73708934 |
| 2019-12-01 | -0.11752183 |
| 2020-01-01 | 3.06162205 |
| 2020-02-01 | 3.13451627 |
| 2020-03-01 | -2.64557806 |
| 2020-04-01 | -40.94476424 |
| 2020-05-01 | -1.06700269 |
| 2020-06-01 | 1.93764275 |
| 2020-07-01 | 5.35559722 |
| 2020-08-01 | 0.59313814 |
| 2020-09-01 | -0.27128199 |
| 2020-10-01 | 5.44362501 |
| 2020-11-01 | 4.45358341 |
| 2020-12-01 | 1.72466315 |
| 2021-01-01 | 0.46667223 |
| 2021-02-01 | -1.19959398 |
| 2021-03-01 | 5.52298796 |
| 2021-04-01 | 0.07452577 |
| 2021-05-01 | 1.49819620 |
| 2021-06-01 | 1.04372864 |
| 2021-07-01 | 5.57485380 |
| 2021-08-01 | 2.16232791 |
| 2021-09-01 | 3.77275375 |
| 2021-10-01 | 9.20128013 |
| 2021-11-01 | 2.17540579 |
| 2021-12-01 | -0.27197259 |
| 2022-01-01 | -2.10932693 |
| 2022-02-01 | 6.30399528 |
| 2022-03-01 | 2.57943836 |
| 2022-04-01 | 4.93490579 |
| 2022-05-01 | 4.07198569 |
| 2022-06-01 | -0.78819451 |
| 2022-07-01 | 5.18042439 |
| 2022-08-01 | 3.04004333 |
| 2022-09-01 | 1.56591842 |
| 2022-10-01 | -0.28805837 |
| 2022-11-01 | 2.15335328 |
| 2022-12-01 | -0.64048019 |
| 2023-01-01 | 4.79673547 |
| 2023-02-01 | 1.34857514 |
| 2023-03-01 | 1.73121625 |
| 2023-04-01 | 0.63651056 |
| 2023-05-01 | 0.32568326 |
| 2023-06-01 | 1.03195941 |
| 2023-07-01 | 0.70568587 |
| 2023-08-01 | 0.37185566 |
| 2023-09-01 | -0.14702192 |
| 2023-10-01 | -2.50838154 |
| 2023-11-01 | 0.60802675 |
| 2023-12-01 | 1.00274669 |
| 2024-01-01 | 0.21732044 |
| 2024-02-01 | 0.98576948 |
| 2024-03-01 | 4.91546308 |
| 2024-04-01 | -2.58989939 |
| 2024-05-01 | 0.66488913 |
| 2024-06-01 | 0.93519141 |
| 2024-07-01 | -8.39535420 |
| 2024-08-01 | 7.33815088 |
| 2024-09-01 | 1.85119643 |
| 2024-10-01 | 1.61219330 |
| 2024-11-01 | 0.48513529 |
| 2024-12-01 | 0.45433238 |
| 2025-01-01 | -0.59520698 |
| 2025-02-01 | -0.67892736 |
| 2025-03-01 | -0.32607239 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.64462546 |
| 2025-05-01 | 0.46891038 |
| 2025-06-01 | -0.65090735 |
| 2025-07-01 | -2.87912614 |
| 2025-08-01 | 1.04337529 |
| 2025-09-01 | -1.08946218 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.38260891 |
| 2025-11-01 | -1.27256086 |
| 2025-12-01 | 0.40542338 |
| 2026-01-01 | -1.21668417 |
| 2026-02-01 | 0.47288977 |
| 2026-03-01 | -1.19560016 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1.50758864 |
| 2026-05-01 | 0.91516359 |
| 2026-06-01 | 3.69435046 |
| 2026-07-01 | 1.97672602 |
| 2026-08-01 | 1.25526963 |