Table Data - Private Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Private Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOUPRIVA158MFRBDAL |
| 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 | 5.4866809698 |
| 1990-03-01 | 5.7060579439 |
| 1990-04-01 | 6.5067037712 |
| 1990-05-01 | 9.9358862967 |
| 1990-06-01 | 10.9062880768 |
| 1990-07-01 | 5.3010992916 |
| 1990-08-01 | 6.2065369306 |
| 1990-09-01 | 5.2754667628 |
| 1990-10-01 | -2.8514371400 |
| 1990-11-01 | 3.2339382342 |
| 1990-12-01 | 5.8523171143 |
| 1991-01-01 | -11.6228670880 |
| 1991-02-01 | 4.3322216414 |
| 1991-03-01 | 4.3100638080 |
| 1991-04-01 | -2.6062091737 |
| 1991-05-01 | 3.1580385009 |
| 1991-06-01 | 3.2895937690 |
| 1991-07-01 | -5.6742678092 |
| 1991-08-01 | -0.7282797929 |
| 1991-09-01 | 1.0968980744 |
| 1991-10-01 | -4.8321390720 |
| 1991-11-01 | 0.1980856479 |
| 1991-12-01 | -3.3041992663 |
| 1992-01-01 | 1.4898651109 |
| 1992-02-01 | -0.8186137281 |
| 1992-03-01 | -0.3217531588 |
| 1992-04-01 | 0.3675613682 |
| 1992-05-01 | 1.2643732869 |
| 1992-06-01 | -3.7342397138 |
| 1992-07-01 | 1.4845177648 |
| 1992-08-01 | -2.4893820398 |
| 1992-09-01 | -0.7190171582 |
| 1992-10-01 | 7.8446283755 |
| 1992-11-01 | 2.3568613156 |
| 1992-12-01 | 2.2415876135 |
| 1993-01-01 | 0.2134794346 |
| 1993-02-01 | -0.0906781058 |
| 1993-03-01 | 2.3801501015 |
| 1993-04-01 | 2.4356342255 |
| 1993-05-01 | 0.5470522501 |
| 1993-06-01 | 2.8647150660 |
| 1993-07-01 | 7.7269300952 |
| 1993-08-01 | 3.2323826537 |
| 1993-09-01 | 2.8826594917 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.1117776828 |
| 1993-11-01 | 1.3492041380 |
| 1993-12-01 | 5.1307575635 |
| 1994-01-01 | -3.6100823042 |
| 1994-02-01 | -2.0475646207 |
| 1994-03-01 | 2.9041056138 |
| 1994-04-01 | 9.7123572334 |
| 1994-05-01 | -1.2001965660 |
| 1994-06-01 | 2.6693004264 |
| 1994-07-01 | 4.1959470868 |
| 1994-08-01 | 3.2642393925 |
| 1994-09-01 | 4.5143139009 |
| 1994-10-01 | 4.0527807604 |
| 1994-11-01 | 5.9433147203 |
| 1994-12-01 | 3.3026966383 |
| 1995-01-01 | 2.8164934306 |
| 1995-02-01 | 4.2600200365 |
| 1995-03-01 | 4.3710706255 |
| 1995-04-01 | -2.3433796686 |
| 1995-05-01 | 3.3818748999 |
| 1995-06-01 | 6.8505470493 |
| 1995-07-01 | -0.6733086960 |
| 1995-08-01 | 4.8956773468 |
| 1995-09-01 | 5.5627431392 |
| 1995-10-01 | 0.1827608004 |
| 1995-11-01 | 1.5503700260 |
| 1995-12-01 | 5.0108715311 |
| 1996-01-01 | -0.5354359471 |
| 1996-02-01 | 2.8335100746 |
| 1996-03-01 | 2.1327489631 |
| 1996-04-01 | 2.3666540695 |
| 1996-05-01 | 4.5176334683 |
| 1996-06-01 | 2.1749868637 |
| 1996-07-01 | 3.7152067128 |
| 1996-08-01 | 3.1313436131 |
| 1996-09-01 | 1.2251563693 |
| 1996-10-01 | 10.3700570735 |
| 1996-11-01 | 5.7821074164 |
| 1996-12-01 | -1.4635549413 |
| 1997-01-01 | 7.2016199217 |
| 1997-02-01 | 5.5349707825 |
| 1997-03-01 | 4.2928096012 |
| 1997-04-01 | 3.4170271152 |
| 1997-05-01 | 8.6443677748 |
| 1997-06-01 | 4.4832349065 |
| 1997-07-01 | 2.8414730018 |
| 1997-08-01 | 7.0538782012 |
| 1997-09-01 | 5.8055733881 |
| 1997-10-01 | 6.1476107427 |
| 1997-11-01 | 6.2273475074 |
| 1997-12-01 | 7.4088821956 |
| 1998-01-01 | 6.2651729644 |
| 1998-02-01 | 4.4520971598 |
| 1998-03-01 | 5.4833623991 |
| 1998-04-01 | 6.6681008295 |
| 1998-05-01 | 5.0132203052 |
| 1998-06-01 | 4.8322044441 |
| 1998-07-01 | 7.9657300143 |
| 1998-08-01 | 3.8834446431 |
| 1998-09-01 | 2.8360158296 |
| 1998-10-01 | 2.1233017686 |
| 1998-11-01 | 1.6786357443 |
| 1998-12-01 | 4.7782764563 |
| 1999-01-01 | -6.2288009753 |
| 1999-02-01 | 1.3861213306 |
| 1999-03-01 | 2.7699224093 |
| 1999-04-01 | -6.8507015225 |
| 1999-05-01 | -0.5534677848 |
| 1999-06-01 | 2.3514252183 |
| 1999-07-01 | 4.4810981606 |
| 1999-08-01 | 1.3423102594 |
| 1999-09-01 | 3.2563997961 |
| 1999-10-01 | 2.6154449031 |
| 1999-11-01 | 2.0789670925 |
| 1999-12-01 | 3.3506202472 |
| 2000-01-01 | 1.6711941149 |
| 2000-02-01 | 3.2713971552 |
| 2000-03-01 | 4.3908662316 |
| 2000-04-01 | 2.2006611264 |
| 2000-05-01 | 1.0594421391 |
| 2000-06-01 | 6.3819618909 |
| 2000-07-01 | 1.5319788450 |
| 2000-08-01 | 3.0900336382 |
| 2000-09-01 | 2.8740376414 |
| 2000-10-01 | 3.6997881685 |
| 2000-11-01 | 2.4269286218 |
| 2000-12-01 | 3.3103299911 |
| 2001-01-01 | 2.0107163627 |
| 2001-02-01 | 3.5597664522 |
| 2001-03-01 | 1.0186390774 |
| 2001-04-01 | 1.2113870329 |
| 2001-05-01 | 0.9125737270 |
| 2001-06-01 | -1.1915940053 |
| 2001-07-01 | -2.3308330592 |
| 2001-08-01 | 0.3247454261 |
| 2001-09-01 | -2.7693110010 |
| 2001-10-01 | -1.5710002281 |
| 2001-11-01 | -0.7421748696 |
| 2001-12-01 | -5.3061608207 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1.1610140012 |
| 2002-02-01 | -0.2350212598 |
| 2002-03-01 | -0.6620146981 |
| 2002-04-01 | -0.1149919586 |
| 2002-05-01 | 2.1146829807 |
| 2002-06-01 | -2.3388797087 |
| 2002-07-01 | -2.0880956748 |
| 2002-08-01 | 0.8337553360 |
| 2002-09-01 | -1.9467470603 |
| 2002-10-01 | -2.7056462207 |
| 2002-11-01 | -0.4470990912 |
| 2002-12-01 | -2.0362671814 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1.5802899707 |
| 2003-02-01 | -2.6818734502 |
| 2003-03-01 | -2.0148650454 |
| 2003-04-01 | -1.0128082547 |
| 2003-05-01 | -1.0375121033 |
| 2003-06-01 | -1.8200679027 |
| 2003-07-01 | -3.2369555233 |
| 2003-08-01 | 1.3629611676 |
| 2003-09-01 | 2.1805181534 |
| 2003-10-01 | -0.6576666599 |
| 2003-11-01 | -2.8435873840 |
| 2003-12-01 | 3.1351759319 |
| 2004-01-01 | 4.0348629945 |
| 2004-02-01 | 0.4087804038 |
| 2004-03-01 | 0.1577842941 |
| 2004-04-01 | 3.5557172463 |
| 2004-05-01 | -1.9626988937 |
| 2004-06-01 | 0.4007908555 |
| 2004-07-01 | 5.3208825606 |
| 2004-08-01 | 0.0462396646 |
| 2004-09-01 | -0.3920572831 |
| 2004-10-01 | 6.2212366563 |
| 2004-11-01 | 1.4011492800 |
| 2004-12-01 | 3.6067100273 |
| 2005-01-01 | 7.1025832286 |
| 2005-02-01 | 0.6638206363 |
| 2005-03-01 | 4.0833748443 |
| 2005-04-01 | 6.8642801523 |
| 2005-05-01 | 0.0591580047 |
| 2005-06-01 | 1.8735991980 |
| 2005-07-01 | 5.5874704667 |
| 2005-08-01 | 3.4853521512 |
| 2005-09-01 | 5.4264274385 |
| 2005-10-01 | 3.0066083796 |
| 2005-11-01 | 6.1073276046 |
| 2005-12-01 | 5.0674281154 |
| 2006-01-01 | 3.9694058809 |
| 2006-02-01 | 5.6651751808 |
| 2006-03-01 | 7.1748348712 |
| 2006-04-01 | 1.9441491831 |
| 2006-05-01 | 5.5104595998 |
| 2006-06-01 | 4.7705392794 |
| 2006-07-01 | 4.8826079400 |
| 2006-08-01 | 5.0425726954 |
| 2006-09-01 | 5.7182399319 |
| 2006-10-01 | 1.8352762385 |
| 2006-11-01 | 5.8896216221 |
| 2006-12-01 | 6.3713594755 |
| 2007-01-01 | 2.8142024297 |
| 2007-02-01 | 5.9576796642 |
| 2007-03-01 | 5.9266881577 |
| 2007-04-01 | 2.6623543468 |
| 2007-05-01 | 5.7233198236 |
| 2007-06-01 | 6.9948467693 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.9718686307 |
| 2007-08-01 | 1.8701965031 |
| 2007-09-01 | 0.3350744941 |
| 2007-10-01 | 3.9325923080 |
| 2007-11-01 | 3.8287622971 |
| 2007-12-01 | 2.8408443320 |
| 2008-01-01 | -1.8082883483 |
| 2008-02-01 | 6.6284684949 |
| 2008-03-01 | -1.5403079325 |
| 2008-04-01 | 3.9014180513 |
| 2008-05-01 | 1.5673072567 |
| 2008-06-01 | 1.3511514500 |
| 2008-07-01 | 1.9664476400 |
| 2008-08-01 | 2.8795999628 |
| 2008-09-01 | -12.5613148629 |
| 2008-10-01 | 9.6058239664 |
| 2008-11-01 | 1.1966651792 |
| 2008-12-01 | -2.8261903183 |
| 2009-01-01 | -7.7891768923 |
| 2009-02-01 | -6.1730561117 |
| 2009-03-01 | -8.9854197311 |
| 2009-04-01 | -10.6112541374 |
| 2009-05-01 | -4.1113816081 |
| 2009-06-01 | -5.5820432823 |
| 2009-07-01 | -5.2122574903 |
| 2009-08-01 | -3.7853292126 |
| 2009-09-01 | -3.0735394330 |
| 2009-10-01 | -4.5535537026 |
| 2009-11-01 | -2.7050370722 |
| 2009-12-01 | 0.0484176365 |
| 2010-01-01 | 3.9039757077 |
| 2010-02-01 | -0.7352259148 |
| 2010-03-01 | 2.1137781181 |
| 2010-04-01 | 4.9569763808 |
| 2010-05-01 | 0.7620729954 |
| 2010-06-01 | 1.3338870234 |
| 2010-07-01 | 3.4479820994 |
| 2010-08-01 | 1.8144275725 |
| 2010-09-01 | 2.3157767779 |
| 2010-10-01 | 3.0001074101 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1.7593864836 |
| 2010-12-01 | 3.3903176731 |
| 2011-01-01 | 2.8804103512 |
| 2011-02-01 | 1.9863698075 |
| 2011-03-01 | 6.1539457541 |
| 2011-04-01 | 8.9444799821 |
| 2011-05-01 | -0.0550190660 |
| 2011-06-01 | 5.4873680714 |
| 2011-07-01 | 4.4808639788 |
| 2011-08-01 | 5.0086461420 |
| 2011-09-01 | 7.4903546881 |
| 2011-10-01 | -0.6933713126 |
| 2011-11-01 | 5.2983273141 |
| 2011-12-01 | 5.8701752690 |
| 2012-01-01 | 5.8050522999 |
| 2012-02-01 | 3.8169538049 |
| 2012-03-01 | 7.7926993343 |
| 2012-04-01 | 3.9273559462 |
| 2012-05-01 | 5.8125720221 |
| 2012-06-01 | 6.8979014168 |
| 2012-07-01 | 1.6505381128 |
| 2012-08-01 | 6.7893173589 |
| 2012-09-01 | 5.6801460534 |
| 2012-10-01 | 2.9724519899 |
| 2012-11-01 | 6.2713436086 |
| 2012-12-01 | 2.5854632559 |
| 2013-01-01 | 2.2436121679 |
| 2013-02-01 | 8.1041862477 |
| 2013-03-01 | 3.5833049661 |
| 2013-04-01 | 2.1985429254 |
| 2013-05-01 | 2.2955725956 |
| 2013-06-01 | 4.4392023457 |
| 2013-07-01 | 3.6727892861 |
| 2013-08-01 | 3.6151363114 |
| 2013-09-01 | 1.1474627767 |
| 2013-10-01 | 2.9933731511 |
| 2013-11-01 | 5.0368041028 |
| 2013-12-01 | 1.8543450211 |
| 2014-01-01 | 2.7814106617 |
| 2014-02-01 | 3.6495096910 |
| 2014-03-01 | 4.3744868235 |
| 2014-04-01 | 6.2259407655 |
| 2014-05-01 | 5.4342555951 |
| 2014-06-01 | 1.8402433722 |
| 2014-07-01 | 5.0972464527 |
| 2014-08-01 | 5.2572972968 |
| 2014-09-01 | 3.4942510465 |
| 2014-10-01 | 5.7909658165 |
| 2014-11-01 | 3.6383291665 |
| 2014-12-01 | 5.4301336259 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.4334090626 |
| 2015-02-01 | -0.9713768433 |
| 2015-03-01 | -1.4211644667 |
| 2015-04-01 | -1.3632090059 |
| 2015-05-01 | -0.4310279511 |
| 2015-06-01 | -0.0756345140 |
| 2015-07-01 | 1.9157587332 |
| 2015-08-01 | -0.9343870585 |
| 2015-09-01 | 0.1572505228 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.3158476623 |
| 2015-11-01 | -3.4033754986 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1.3756280420 |
| 2016-01-01 | 3.9034531404 |
| 2016-02-01 | -3.0504025964 |
| 2016-03-01 | -2.8361460906 |
| 2016-04-01 | 0.9800953678 |
| 2016-05-01 | -2.8092434150 |
| 2016-06-01 | -3.2904060339 |
| 2016-07-01 | 2.7520175457 |
| 2016-08-01 | -1.1154453699 |
| 2016-09-01 | 2.5416933820 |
| 2016-10-01 | -2.7046982661 |
| 2016-11-01 | -0.6932359480 |
| 2016-12-01 | -0.1794565768 |
| 2017-01-01 | 3.9797910200 |
| 2017-02-01 | 0.8171996960 |
| 2017-03-01 | 5.4206925179 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.7477047753 |
| 2017-05-01 | 3.0651589390 |
| 2017-06-01 | 2.6131632832 |
| 2017-07-01 | -3.8522553660 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1.8639372781 |
| 2017-09-01 | -2.7569655574 |
| 2017-10-01 | 5.7226729382 |
| 2017-11-01 | 3.8921337192 |
| 2017-12-01 | 2.1166537587 |
| 2018-01-01 | -0.5358661962 |
| 2018-02-01 | 5.7428790839 |
| 2018-03-01 | 5.5972169990 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.4924368446 |
| 2018-05-01 | 3.6899885950 |
| 2018-06-01 | 4.8189948770 |
| 2018-07-01 | 1.8842702064 |
| 2018-08-01 | 4.9495067241 |
| 2018-09-01 | 0.8530178292 |
| 2018-10-01 | 3.8946608304 |
| 2018-11-01 | 1.5699851827 |
| 2018-12-01 | 3.0381863961 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2.5910653886 |
| 2019-02-01 | 3.8180087422 |
| 2019-03-01 | 0.0058007654 |
| 2019-04-01 | 3.1004867986 |
| 2019-05-01 | 3.2732099738 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1.3830390609 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1.4292193572 |
| 2019-08-01 | 2.8645685559 |
| 2019-09-01 | 1.7287674167 |
| 2019-10-01 | -1.5570948115 |
| 2019-11-01 | 2.5462129462 |
| 2019-12-01 | -1.2459875463 |
| 2020-01-01 | 5.7733498918 |
| 2020-02-01 | 2.3396226760 |
| 2020-03-01 | -8.8902924690 |
| 2020-04-01 | -78.9849688864 |
| 2020-05-01 | 35.0789035487 |
| 2020-06-01 | 24.5685789171 |
| 2020-07-01 | -7.0598522796 |
| 2020-08-01 | 3.5991281340 |
| 2020-09-01 | 5.1981809815 |
| 2020-10-01 | 15.1031127099 |
| 2020-11-01 | 6.2352865324 |
| 2020-12-01 | 1.6949692720 |
| 2021-01-01 | 2.6515251262 |
| 2021-02-01 | -3.5824153251 |
| 2021-03-01 | 14.2841639173 |
| 2021-04-01 | 5.3133545418 |
| 2021-05-01 | 3.9029330692 |
| 2021-06-01 | 5.4790960647 |
| 2021-07-01 | 13.0696334506 |
| 2021-08-01 | 2.6974322191 |
| 2021-09-01 | 5.0153220199 |
| 2021-10-01 | 17.3394773009 |
| 2021-11-01 | 5.9488796590 |
| 2021-12-01 | 5.6243668576 |
| 2022-01-01 | -1.6991493170 |
| 2022-02-01 | 11.3106288204 |
| 2022-03-01 | 4.4255528291 |
| 2022-04-01 | 11.8567302159 |
| 2022-05-01 | 4.4306883004 |
| 2022-06-01 | 0.5292343204 |
| 2022-07-01 | 13.5977571996 |
| 2022-08-01 | 4.8410959740 |
| 2022-09-01 | 4.1028213372 |
| 2022-10-01 | 5.2662832665 |
| 2022-11-01 | 3.5950147032 |
| 2022-12-01 | 2.1070129432 |
| 2023-01-01 | 8.5942588233 |
| 2023-02-01 | 4.3650184634 |
| 2023-03-01 | 3.2606446076 |
| 2023-04-01 | 1.1580140634 |
| 2023-05-01 | 2.0793876007 |
| 2023-06-01 | 3.9229779185 |
| 2023-07-01 | -1.5683170582 |
| 2023-08-01 | 2.0304893435 |
| 2023-09-01 | 2.6790596282 |
| 2023-10-01 | -1.0888675243 |
| 2023-11-01 | -0.4594741703 |
| 2023-12-01 | 1.8258559033 |
| 2024-01-01 | 3.5600715975 |
| 2024-02-01 | 2.5431704802 |
| 2024-03-01 | 3.3961378339 |
| 2024-04-01 | -0.1810708430 |
| 2024-05-01 | 1.6783721314 |
| 2024-06-01 | 1.6696447153 |
| 2024-07-01 | -11.6335309343 |
| 2024-08-01 | 16.0784646261 |
| 2024-09-01 | 2.7528646640 |
| 2024-10-01 | 1.2689531164 |
| 2024-11-01 | 0.4485848371 |
| 2024-12-01 | 1.0898190768 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.9019901553 |
| 2025-02-01 | 1.5269543908 |
| 2025-03-01 | 0.7901691195 |
| 2025-04-01 | 2.5662500963 |
| 2025-05-01 | -0.4430226297 |
| 2025-06-01 | -2.2234504610 |
| 2025-07-01 | -0.5167598074 |
| 2025-08-01 | 0.3379302573 |
| 2025-09-01 | -2.2894833458 |
| 2025-10-01 | 4.9986148041 |
| 2025-11-01 | -0.5621447813 |
| 2025-12-01 | 0.1632639505 |
| 2026-01-01 | -1.9749202861 |
| 2026-02-01 | -1.8130907841 |
| 2026-03-01 | -0.8470495551 |
| 2026-04-01 | -0.8101473461 |
| 2026-05-01 | 2.3529769623 |
| 2026-06-01 | 3.3728696506 |
| 2026-07-01 | 0.3907215225 |
| 2026-08-01 | -0.0561470753 |