Table Data - Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Total Nonfarm Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOUSA158MFRBDAL |
| 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 3:06 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 | 5.7281443760 |
| 1990-03-01 | 5.5076557388 |
| 1990-04-01 | 5.9455950820 |
| 1990-05-01 | 12.0944002410 |
| 1990-06-01 | 9.4083593051 |
| 1990-07-01 | 6.2347720074 |
| 1990-08-01 | 3.8943260843 |
| 1990-09-01 | 1.9561196451 |
| 1990-10-01 | -1.4995130798 |
| 1990-11-01 | 3.3504571285 |
| 1990-12-01 | 5.7400727056 |
| 1991-01-01 | -7.8712912168 |
| 1991-02-01 | 2.7148008416 |
| 1991-03-01 | 4.5755888984 |
| 1991-04-01 | -1.9666369799 |
| 1991-05-01 | 3.0534125164 |
| 1991-06-01 | 4.8321989860 |
| 1991-07-01 | -6.4699295225 |
| 1991-08-01 | -0.3449683219 |
| 1991-09-01 | 3.1803650093 |
| 1991-10-01 | -4.1560640685 |
| 1991-11-01 | 0.7114215858 |
| 1991-12-01 | -2.1780280563 |
| 1992-01-01 | 0.9020743863 |
| 1992-02-01 | -0.3619813886 |
| 1992-03-01 | 0.1226671666 |
| 1992-04-01 | 1.3012262002 |
| 1992-05-01 | 1.5585916028 |
| 1992-06-01 | -1.4869466799 |
| 1992-07-01 | 0.9550250090 |
| 1992-08-01 | -1.3886942236 |
| 1992-09-01 | -0.5142627070 |
| 1992-10-01 | 8.5094973009 |
| 1992-11-01 | 1.8472543671 |
| 1992-12-01 | 0.8705264268 |
| 1993-01-01 | 1.7688055638 |
| 1993-02-01 | 0.5931857943 |
| 1993-03-01 | 2.2924899135 |
| 1993-04-01 | 2.6847462235 |
| 1993-05-01 | 0.5946331664 |
| 1993-06-01 | 3.7134711321 |
| 1993-07-01 | 6.0157953832 |
| 1993-08-01 | 2.2788705697 |
| 1993-09-01 | 2.3869180448 |
| 1993-10-01 | 0.2228743114 |
| 1993-11-01 | 1.1458918689 |
| 1993-12-01 | 5.3679237280 |
| 1994-01-01 | -1.5161456753 |
| 1994-02-01 | -1.2714555505 |
| 1994-03-01 | 3.7700012282 |
| 1994-04-01 | 7.9576142911 |
| 1994-05-01 | -0.3132148555 |
| 1994-06-01 | 3.0201843936 |
| 1994-07-01 | 3.7122234659 |
| 1994-08-01 | 3.4683584514 |
| 1994-09-01 | 1.0751294298 |
| 1994-10-01 | 6.5459396009 |
| 1994-11-01 | 5.4431072482 |
| 1994-12-01 | 2.7951414197 |
| 1995-01-01 | 3.8072715629 |
| 1995-02-01 | 3.4488756551 |
| 1995-03-01 | 3.4587213340 |
| 1995-04-01 | -1.4737746194 |
| 1995-05-01 | 3.5424976542 |
| 1995-06-01 | 7.2607755088 |
| 1995-07-01 | 0.6507396536 |
| 1995-08-01 | 4.0868678049 |
| 1995-09-01 | 2.4230870250 |
| 1995-10-01 | 1.6835911730 |
| 1995-11-01 | 1.7797709853 |
| 1995-12-01 | 4.6321770878 |
| 1996-01-01 | -1.1456793058 |
| 1996-02-01 | 2.5469485769 |
| 1996-03-01 | 1.2433408737 |
| 1996-04-01 | 3.5356172058 |
| 1996-05-01 | 3.5667470064 |
| 1996-06-01 | 1.0194975802 |
| 1996-07-01 | 4.3960422887 |
| 1996-08-01 | 2.6779521308 |
| 1996-09-01 | -0.7515629361 |
| 1996-10-01 | 12.3004626164 |
| 1996-11-01 | 4.5119400450 |
| 1996-12-01 | -1.5263748325 |
| 1997-01-01 | 6.4228360612 |
| 1997-02-01 | 4.8883924037 |
| 1997-03-01 | 4.4608305097 |
| 1997-04-01 | 2.7177468652 |
| 1997-05-01 | 7.8170282827 |
| 1997-06-01 | 3.7728299979 |
| 1997-07-01 | 1.3402821516 |
| 1997-08-01 | 8.1013549036 |
| 1997-09-01 | 5.7911105647 |
| 1997-10-01 | 5.7006171792 |
| 1997-11-01 | 5.6966338752 |
| 1997-12-01 | 6.0190541397 |
| 1998-01-01 | 5.8431618529 |
| 1998-02-01 | 4.1192419619 |
| 1998-03-01 | 4.8028714279 |
| 1998-04-01 | 5.4051584521 |
| 1998-05-01 | 4.8096349133 |
| 1998-06-01 | 4.7406214537 |
| 1998-07-01 | 5.8023616412 |
| 1998-08-01 | 4.9948134937 |
| 1998-09-01 | 2.1770468863 |
| 1998-10-01 | 1.8295758320 |
| 1998-11-01 | 2.1275047291 |
| 1998-12-01 | 4.9809601240 |
| 1999-01-01 | -5.1364297034 |
| 1999-02-01 | 0.7309853499 |
| 1999-03-01 | 2.6193927074 |
| 1999-04-01 | -5.7295236103 |
| 1999-05-01 | -0.5719336503 |
| 1999-06-01 | 3.4213064825 |
| 1999-07-01 | 2.2373855641 |
| 1999-08-01 | 2.0869053599 |
| 1999-09-01 | 2.8858660226 |
| 1999-10-01 | 2.7123572852 |
| 1999-11-01 | 1.7530784251 |
| 1999-12-01 | 3.2374177805 |
| 2000-01-01 | 1.7174131016 |
| 2000-02-01 | 3.1285011061 |
| 2000-03-01 | 3.9883792477 |
| 2000-04-01 | 2.4754449006 |
| 2000-05-01 | 4.4239437715 |
| 2000-06-01 | 2.5192776322 |
| 2000-07-01 | 1.0608372973 |
| 2000-08-01 | 1.7964495094 |
| 2000-09-01 | 4.6639316897 |
| 2000-10-01 | 1.5768092375 |
| 2000-11-01 | 1.8986066235 |
| 2000-12-01 | 3.3210494375 |
| 2001-01-01 | 1.1169387234 |
| 2001-02-01 | 3.4026562708 |
| 2001-03-01 | 1.3080811732 |
| 2001-04-01 | 1.9457614691 |
| 2001-05-01 | 1.0089332329 |
| 2001-06-01 | -1.5026658970 |
| 2001-07-01 | -0.2754611561 |
| 2001-08-01 | 2.3190272274 |
| 2001-09-01 | -1.7090737157 |
| 2001-10-01 | -1.8809481466 |
| 2001-11-01 | 0.1954712255 |
| 2001-12-01 | -4.4360355008 |
| 2002-01-01 | 1.6115078717 |
| 2002-02-01 | 0.5504447819 |
| 2002-03-01 | -0.2321124870 |
| 2002-04-01 | 0.0655303546 |
| 2002-05-01 | 2.5175507376 |
| 2002-06-01 | -1.7533502932 |
| 2002-07-01 | -1.1839912764 |
| 2002-08-01 | 1.1155284701 |
| 2002-09-01 | -1.0622385208 |
| 2002-10-01 | -0.0932121179 |
| 2002-11-01 | -0.5517436535 |
| 2002-12-01 | -1.3625169244 |
| 2003-01-01 | 1.0029135266 |
| 2003-02-01 | -1.7275236084 |
| 2003-03-01 | -1.8130033385 |
| 2003-04-01 | -0.7553732057 |
| 2003-05-01 | -0.8696273154 |
| 2003-06-01 | -1.0801783863 |
| 2003-07-01 | -4.0913600823 |
| 2003-08-01 | 2.3697192232 |
| 2003-09-01 | 0.9980721385 |
| 2003-10-01 | -0.0266748870 |
| 2003-11-01 | -2.3414783738 |
| 2003-12-01 | 2.7580544579 |
| 2004-01-01 | 4.5839365421 |
| 2004-02-01 | -0.2871525711 |
| 2004-03-01 | 0.0947195337 |
| 2004-04-01 | 2.7315512727 |
| 2004-05-01 | -1.6777767125 |
| 2004-06-01 | 1.6850284365 |
| 2004-07-01 | 3.7027602393 |
| 2004-08-01 | 0.4815276339 |
| 2004-09-01 | -0.3730471722 |
| 2004-10-01 | 4.6605378852 |
| 2004-11-01 | 0.9451939972 |
| 2004-12-01 | 3.8438762183 |
| 2005-01-01 | 6.2415339026 |
| 2005-02-01 | 0.5327045305 |
| 2005-03-01 | 3.8866587015 |
| 2005-04-01 | 6.2727911458 |
| 2005-05-01 | 0.1411272935 |
| 2005-06-01 | 0.2703023635 |
| 2005-07-01 | 8.1668057986 |
| 2005-08-01 | 4.1530646048 |
| 2005-09-01 | 3.0629011549 |
| 2005-10-01 | 2.9129276329 |
| 2005-11-01 | 6.0608392793 |
| 2005-12-01 | 4.6222773565 |
| 2006-01-01 | 3.8090261511 |
| 2006-02-01 | 4.7255495118 |
| 2006-03-01 | 6.0723064269 |
| 2006-04-01 | 0.2811495631 |
| 2006-05-01 | 5.0497290152 |
| 2006-06-01 | 4.0964519950 |
| 2006-07-01 | 4.4953058910 |
| 2006-08-01 | 6.6430608559 |
| 2006-09-01 | 4.8138483620 |
| 2006-10-01 | 2.0496474913 |
| 2006-11-01 | 5.1069842005 |
| 2006-12-01 | 5.3704809526 |
| 2007-01-01 | 2.3217811548 |
| 2007-02-01 | 5.5068349963 |
| 2007-03-01 | 5.4742516497 |
| 2007-04-01 | 2.8661233470 |
| 2007-05-01 | 5.1090538021 |
| 2007-06-01 | 5.8618648776 |
| 2007-07-01 | 0.8471734691 |
| 2007-08-01 | 2.6544526875 |
| 2007-09-01 | 0.4945642415 |
| 2007-10-01 | 4.6736157081 |
| 2007-11-01 | 4.2609217382 |
| 2007-12-01 | 2.7744012724 |
| 2008-01-01 | 0.3397251242 |
| 2008-02-01 | 4.3998438772 |
| 2008-03-01 | -1.1055460459 |
| 2008-04-01 | 2.6651043137 |
| 2008-05-01 | 1.3690234449 |
| 2008-06-01 | 1.4479146220 |
| 2008-07-01 | 3.7118663637 |
| 2008-08-01 | 2.3585367444 |
| 2008-09-01 | -10.7823397624 |
| 2008-10-01 | 6.7364500724 |
| 2008-11-01 | 2.4838049544 |
| 2008-12-01 | -2.3285800973 |
| 2009-01-01 | -5.0678379625 |
| 2009-02-01 | -6.2273293511 |
| 2009-03-01 | -7.5908299394 |
| 2009-04-01 | -8.1336430762 |
| 2009-05-01 | -3.7124319324 |
| 2009-06-01 | -4.4214923023 |
| 2009-07-01 | -4.8544269144 |
| 2009-08-01 | -4.2160660789 |
| 2009-09-01 | -1.1900365014 |
| 2009-10-01 | -1.5404855768 |
| 2009-11-01 | -2.0355018805 |
| 2009-12-01 | 0.1130018576 |
| 2010-01-01 | 3.0837475460 |
| 2010-02-01 | -0.1187721947 |
| 2010-03-01 | 2.1754944038 |
| 2010-04-01 | 5.1087898544 |
| 2010-05-01 | 5.0718341794 |
| 2010-06-01 | -0.9786237002 |
| 2010-07-01 | 1.6704832422 |
| 2010-08-01 | 0.7005887018 |
| 2010-09-01 | 1.1712916349 |
| 2010-10-01 | 2.6134417221 |
| 2010-11-01 | 1.6596025603 |
| 2010-12-01 | 2.0371443051 |
| 2011-01-01 | 4.7236772536 |
| 2011-02-01 | -0.2374759515 |
| 2011-03-01 | 5.0855780288 |
| 2011-04-01 | 7.5087519715 |
| 2011-05-01 | -1.1823404839 |
| 2011-06-01 | 4.5236943548 |
| 2011-07-01 | 3.4215352065 |
| 2011-08-01 | 2.3881384946 |
| 2011-09-01 | 5.7205220288 |
| 2011-10-01 | -1.7601458894 |
| 2011-11-01 | 3.9601484061 |
| 2011-12-01 | 4.8027788131 |
| 2012-01-01 | 5.5016305799 |
| 2012-02-01 | 2.7879689069 |
| 2012-03-01 | 6.7495504808 |
| 2012-04-01 | 3.2397366865 |
| 2012-05-01 | 5.2547198778 |
| 2012-06-01 | 5.2731851223 |
| 2012-07-01 | 2.5633171407 |
| 2012-08-01 | 6.2056792324 |
| 2012-09-01 | 4.7683189728 |
| 2012-10-01 | 2.3141327524 |
| 2012-11-01 | 5.6122680862 |
| 2012-12-01 | 2.6598312845 |
| 2013-01-01 | 1.6499258272 |
| 2013-02-01 | 7.4175944262 |
| 2013-03-01 | 3.1137183268 |
| 2013-04-01 | 2.4149322684 |
| 2013-05-01 | 2.1493771172 |
| 2013-06-01 | 3.4468828717 |
| 2013-07-01 | 4.0382372280 |
| 2013-08-01 | 2.2474942804 |
| 2013-09-01 | 3.1432508687 |
| 2013-10-01 | 2.7262334253 |
| 2013-11-01 | 4.4407969164 |
| 2013-12-01 | 1.6908166079 |
| 2014-01-01 | 2.5444987298 |
| 2014-02-01 | 3.4221652016 |
| 2014-03-01 | 3.8869673300 |
| 2014-04-01 | 5.5565933189 |
| 2014-05-01 | 4.7588324760 |
| 2014-06-01 | 2.3631018354 |
| 2014-07-01 | 4.4738409918 |
| 2014-08-01 | 4.2240087725 |
| 2014-09-01 | 3.8729710730 |
| 2014-10-01 | 5.3731864173 |
| 2014-11-01 | 3.5148221431 |
| 2014-12-01 | 4.5793848900 |
| 2015-01-01 | 0.7371307657 |
| 2015-02-01 | -0.8836495204 |
| 2015-03-01 | -1.0557671814 |
| 2015-04-01 | -1.2607849725 |
| 2015-05-01 | -0.2931528790 |
| 2015-06-01 | 0.1823828112 |
| 2015-07-01 | 2.0519172229 |
| 2015-08-01 | -0.4497902017 |
| 2015-09-01 | 0.6383300226 |
| 2015-10-01 | 0.9755800854 |
| 2015-11-01 | -2.8981710967 |
| 2015-12-01 | 1.3996777914 |
| 2016-01-01 | 4.4556396445 |
| 2016-02-01 | -2.8955685560 |
| 2016-03-01 | -2.2541750243 |
| 2016-04-01 | 2.0703394875 |
| 2016-05-01 | -2.2046791779 |
| 2016-06-01 | -2.4074523316 |
| 2016-07-01 | 2.7975560789 |
| 2016-08-01 | -0.8044369258 |
| 2016-09-01 | 2.2934597320 |
| 2016-10-01 | -2.1841540105 |
| 2016-11-01 | -0.4508872185 |
| 2016-12-01 | 0.6140475512 |
| 2017-01-01 | 2.6241247584 |
| 2017-02-01 | 1.3015023606 |
| 2017-03-01 | 5.4470064243 |
| 2017-04-01 | 0.8937281864 |
| 2017-05-01 | 2.5554483210 |
| 2017-06-01 | 2.4043962431 |
| 2017-07-01 | -4.0282087917 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1.8882888765 |
| 2017-09-01 | -2.4340618936 |
| 2017-10-01 | 5.4961614795 |
| 2017-11-01 | 3.6453468759 |
| 2017-12-01 | 2.0708285283 |
| 2018-01-01 | -1.0985932365 |
| 2018-02-01 | 5.8939481280 |
| 2018-03-01 | 5.0939524245 |
| 2018-04-01 | 0.1532802805 |
| 2018-05-01 | 3.4879438831 |
| 2018-06-01 | 4.1184605898 |
| 2018-07-01 | 1.5604560848 |
| 2018-08-01 | 4.3298663804 |
| 2018-09-01 | 0.6085205547 |
| 2018-10-01 | 3.3506880032 |
| 2018-11-01 | 1.9010890905 |
| 2018-12-01 | 2.8531080423 |
| 2019-01-01 | 2.1384114288 |
| 2019-02-01 | 3.9064965466 |
| 2019-03-01 | 0.1391213243 |
| 2019-04-01 | 2.4809095751 |
| 2019-05-01 | 3.2682115532 |
| 2019-06-01 | 1.3525200094 |
| 2019-07-01 | 1.8167603594 |
| 2019-08-01 | 2.9455430338 |
| 2019-09-01 | 1.5211094745 |
| 2019-10-01 | -0.4450846269 |
| 2019-11-01 | 2.5105310256 |
| 2019-12-01 | -0.9349217007 |
| 2020-01-01 | 5.2530900596 |
| 2020-02-01 | 2.5717287362 |
| 2020-03-01 | -7.4705013284 |
| 2020-04-01 | -74.5910745148 |
| 2020-05-01 | 26.8953836623 |
| 2020-06-01 | 20.2807369528 |
| 2020-07-01 | -4.2452231374 |
| 2020-08-01 | 5.7216288445 |
| 2020-09-01 | 5.7449743755 |
| 2020-10-01 | 9.7366088430 |
| 2020-11-01 | 5.1614346179 |
| 2020-12-01 | 1.5849802629 |
| 2021-01-01 | 2.5683041801 |
| 2021-02-01 | -3.7968318255 |
| 2021-03-01 | 12.2930833054 |
| 2021-04-01 | 5.1767297870 |
| 2021-05-01 | 3.5134780994 |
| 2021-06-01 | 5.0797092908 |
| 2021-07-01 | 13.9739877402 |
| 2021-08-01 | 1.8694478377 |
| 2021-09-01 | 4.7371744214 |
| 2021-10-01 | 14.6400186483 |
| 2021-11-01 | 5.1331803052 |
| 2021-12-01 | 5.1268718365 |
| 2022-01-01 | -1.6215034965 |
| 2022-02-01 | 9.6125260227 |
| 2022-03-01 | 4.0073636593 |
| 2022-04-01 | 10.4842551373 |
| 2022-05-01 | 3.4364760121 |
| 2022-06-01 | 1.2724510045 |
| 2022-07-01 | 13.8144584110 |
| 2022-08-01 | 4.3834650019 |
| 2022-09-01 | 3.8692489644 |
| 2022-10-01 | 4.4107029388 |
| 2022-11-01 | 3.0290551952 |
| 2022-12-01 | 1.8900042017 |
| 2023-01-01 | 8.3681948561 |
| 2023-02-01 | 3.9202553652 |
| 2023-03-01 | 3.1387225232 |
| 2023-04-01 | 1.5670957795 |
| 2023-05-01 | 2.2597567063 |
| 2023-06-01 | 3.6450163681 |
| 2023-07-01 | -1.9707607570 |
| 2023-08-01 | 3.3992149374 |
| 2023-09-01 | 4.9666110953 |
| 2023-10-01 | -0.7433646468 |
| 2023-11-01 | -0.0733504905 |
| 2023-12-01 | 1.7279795755 |
| 2024-01-01 | 3.2175049211 |
| 2024-02-01 | 2.6946690401 |
| 2024-03-01 | 3.3719382025 |
| 2024-04-01 | 0.4854178228 |
| 2024-05-01 | 1.9427335771 |
| 2024-06-01 | 1.1451138218 |
| 2024-07-01 | -10.4479800050 |
| 2024-08-01 | 14.9037068815 |
| 2024-09-01 | 2.5789789651 |
| 2024-10-01 | 1.2571506130 |
| 2024-11-01 | 1.2106718237 |
| 2024-12-01 | 0.4842615705 |
| 2025-01-01 | 2.0652725104 |
| 2025-02-01 | 1.4523187647 |
| 2025-03-01 | 0.7477527674 |
| 2025-04-01 | 2.0981014191 |
| 2025-05-01 | -0.7160676187 |
| 2025-06-01 | -2.0734122332 |
| 2025-07-01 | -2.1684266799 |
| 2025-08-01 | 0.5134795244 |
| 2025-09-01 | 0.0488048194 |
| 2025-10-01 | 4.3701319926 |
| 2025-11-01 | -0.5738344078 |
| 2025-12-01 | 0.2451894802 |
| 2026-01-01 | -1.9778237533 |
| 2026-02-01 | -1.5887061626 |
| 2026-03-01 | -0.9666841711 |
| 2026-04-01 | -0.4227636273 |
| 2026-05-01 | 2.4477843367 |
| 2026-06-01 | 3.0982682900 |
| 2026-07-01 | -0.3189062808 |
| 2026-08-01 | 1.8241923744 |