Table Data - Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA)
| Title | Trade, Transportation, and Utilities Payroll Employment for Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX (MSA) |
|---|---|
| Series ID | HOUTTULA158MFRBDAL |
| 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 | 11.0117177606 |
| 1990-03-01 | 3.4068562549 |
| 1990-04-01 | 3.8874441068 |
| 1990-05-01 | -0.7117212586 |
| 1990-06-01 | 4.0577465098 |
| 1990-07-01 | 6.0761866790 |
| 1990-08-01 | 1.2623039454 |
| 1990-09-01 | 9.4582299951 |
| 1990-10-01 | -3.5596229519 |
| 1990-11-01 | -2.3535345838 |
| 1990-12-01 | 2.3419673455 |
| 1991-01-01 | -16.6905839150 |
| 1991-02-01 | -0.5704190227 |
| 1991-03-01 | 0.9799513847 |
| 1991-04-01 | -0.5180981081 |
| 1991-05-01 | 4.7880490097 |
| 1991-06-01 | 1.7503151248 |
| 1991-07-01 | -1.1820945856 |
| 1991-08-01 | -0.9070640362 |
| 1991-09-01 | -2.0768450611 |
| 1991-10-01 | -9.1615625430 |
| 1991-11-01 | -5.5243734800 |
| 1991-12-01 | -2.2589925643 |
| 1992-01-01 | 2.2698660248 |
| 1992-02-01 | -1.5397704647 |
| 1992-03-01 | 0.3012271619 |
| 1992-04-01 | 2.3125078396 |
| 1992-05-01 | -2.4357769528 |
| 1992-06-01 | -2.9644754339 |
| 1992-07-01 | -2.5365560911 |
| 1992-08-01 | -1.5236134668 |
| 1992-09-01 | -0.6953897432 |
| 1992-10-01 | 5.6929386641 |
| 1992-11-01 | 4.4448237590 |
| 1992-12-01 | 3.2652759984 |
| 1993-01-01 | 4.7478904965 |
| 1993-02-01 | 1.8560637896 |
| 1993-03-01 | 1.2737533597 |
| 1993-04-01 | -2.4644493484 |
| 1993-05-01 | 4.3106091706 |
| 1993-06-01 | 2.9298529610 |
| 1993-07-01 | 13.2224247702 |
| 1993-08-01 | -1.0411828599 |
| 1993-09-01 | -3.7302489749 |
| 1993-10-01 | 7.9177903065 |
| 1993-11-01 | 5.5441836063 |
| 1993-12-01 | 5.5580851230 |
| 1994-01-01 | -9.3169995893 |
| 1994-02-01 | 1.3223002967 |
| 1994-03-01 | -1.0400489421 |
| 1994-04-01 | 12.8527989421 |
| 1994-05-01 | -5.9029301754 |
| 1994-06-01 | 3.2557148705 |
| 1994-07-01 | -1.8789758684 |
| 1994-08-01 | 2.8665872288 |
| 1994-09-01 | 9.0751268571 |
| 1994-10-01 | 10.3195623222 |
| 1994-11-01 | 3.8940095586 |
| 1994-12-01 | 6.0603932130 |
| 1995-01-01 | 5.0255398742 |
| 1995-02-01 | 2.6533868191 |
| 1995-03-01 | 5.4698638180 |
| 1995-04-01 | -0.5539833237 |
| 1995-05-01 | -2.9767033242 |
| 1995-06-01 | 8.4627593393 |
| 1995-07-01 | -1.0626528933 |
| 1995-08-01 | 2.0305641974 |
| 1995-09-01 | 4.1843588403 |
| 1995-10-01 | -5.3390627254 |
| 1995-11-01 | 0.3107211584 |
| 1995-12-01 | 4.9514608546 |
| 1996-01-01 | -1.4308314260 |
| 1996-02-01 | 3.2298840580 |
| 1996-03-01 | 2.4224234939 |
| 1996-04-01 | 6.9058647238 |
| 1996-05-01 | 1.8095078756 |
| 1996-06-01 | -1.1081160650 |
| 1996-07-01 | 2.8994611467 |
| 1996-08-01 | 0.8644530968 |
| 1996-09-01 | -4.1979516932 |
| 1996-10-01 | 9.4263430575 |
| 1996-11-01 | 4.0903602998 |
| 1996-12-01 | -3.2063812944 |
| 1997-01-01 | 3.8159022710 |
| 1997-02-01 | 2.5553211111 |
| 1997-03-01 | 1.7675326453 |
| 1997-04-01 | 4.1855480643 |
| 1997-05-01 | 2.6576655024 |
| 1997-06-01 | 5.6432759354 |
| 1997-07-01 | 4.4607409720 |
| 1997-08-01 | 3.1022220235 |
| 1997-09-01 | 6.5891843248 |
| 1997-10-01 | 5.4381575879 |
| 1997-11-01 | 5.7122225897 |
| 1997-12-01 | 1.8156208828 |
| 1998-01-01 | 6.3994796953 |
| 1998-02-01 | 1.7353625733 |
| 1998-03-01 | 4.3829369648 |
| 1998-04-01 | 9.8209465149 |
| 1998-05-01 | 5.3455113346 |
| 1998-06-01 | 1.0677079224 |
| 1998-07-01 | 8.4233565590 |
| 1998-08-01 | 4.1173116508 |
| 1998-09-01 | 3.2507519498 |
| 1998-10-01 | 1.6156278223 |
| 1998-11-01 | 6.0576904490 |
| 1998-12-01 | 6.7926770193 |
| 1999-01-01 | -4.2110606865 |
| 1999-02-01 | 5.3860104823 |
| 1999-03-01 | -1.0335492280 |
| 1999-04-01 | -1.6776173146 |
| 1999-05-01 | -0.9341288017 |
| 1999-06-01 | 5.9112442634 |
| 1999-07-01 | 5.7619685229 |
| 1999-08-01 | 1.6731802345 |
| 1999-09-01 | 1.4078044977 |
| 1999-10-01 | 2.8006856936 |
| 1999-11-01 | -1.4902365472 |
| 1999-12-01 | 4.6127518323 |
| 2000-01-01 | 1.7740308507 |
| 2000-02-01 | 2.7929288950 |
| 2000-03-01 | 3.3751860355 |
| 2000-04-01 | -0.4732981545 |
| 2000-05-01 | -0.4025958170 |
| 2000-06-01 | 2.9499772269 |
| 2000-07-01 | -1.0410078526 |
| 2000-08-01 | 3.4465605948 |
| 2000-09-01 | -2.9682814643 |
| 2000-10-01 | 6.5839018141 |
| 2000-11-01 | 2.1818738261 |
| 2000-12-01 | 2.8429997928 |
| 2001-01-01 | 0.0654636581 |
| 2001-02-01 | 1.3008655507 |
| 2001-03-01 | -0.2891995235 |
| 2001-04-01 | -0.7718119100 |
| 2001-05-01 | 1.6256723480 |
| 2001-06-01 | 0.3708878760 |
| 2001-07-01 | -0.0176895896 |
| 2001-08-01 | -0.8808277196 |
| 2001-09-01 | -2.6629183183 |
| 2001-10-01 | 1.5448677431 |
| 2001-11-01 | -6.7254965780 |
| 2001-12-01 | -10.1978380140 |
| 2002-01-01 | 9.8731831264 |
| 2002-02-01 | 1.5244413970 |
| 2002-03-01 | -0.1444864162 |
| 2002-04-01 | -2.8527605752 |
| 2002-05-01 | -0.1130252548 |
| 2002-06-01 | -3.7210608865 |
| 2002-07-01 | -4.0488479013 |
| 2002-08-01 | -3.1379248388 |
| 2002-09-01 | -0.6809421343 |
| 2002-10-01 | -3.7169656245 |
| 2002-11-01 | -0.5023517087 |
| 2002-12-01 | -2.9201412578 |
| 2003-01-01 | -4.2445617997 |
| 2003-02-01 | -5.6760137507 |
| 2003-03-01 | -4.0141502924 |
| 2003-04-01 | -0.5352028348 |
| 2003-05-01 | -6.7719004566 |
| 2003-06-01 | 1.0270941649 |
| 2003-07-01 | -0.6070317262 |
| 2003-08-01 | -0.1555020569 |
| 2003-09-01 | 1.2806251976 |
| 2003-10-01 | -1.2413127280 |
| 2003-11-01 | -0.6015070848 |
| 2003-12-01 | 0.2239460371 |
| 2004-01-01 | 1.0626222977 |
| 2004-02-01 | 2.1099673252 |
| 2004-03-01 | 0.8439289964 |
| 2004-04-01 | 9.2121678905 |
| 2004-05-01 | -3.2814733531 |
| 2004-06-01 | -0.7787756423 |
| 2004-07-01 | 1.9527980112 |
| 2004-08-01 | 1.5339390068 |
| 2004-09-01 | -3.0649626313 |
| 2004-10-01 | 3.9972740565 |
| 2004-11-01 | 2.0256053196 |
| 2004-12-01 | 3.2433064109 |
| 2005-01-01 | 1.2893537897 |
| 2005-02-01 | 0.4169520967 |
| 2005-03-01 | -1.5301633603 |
| 2005-04-01 | 12.6889461097 |
| 2005-05-01 | 1.8894460443 |
| 2005-06-01 | 1.7941307945 |
| 2005-07-01 | 5.1971129254 |
| 2005-08-01 | 3.6074214712 |
| 2005-09-01 | 1.9358630514 |
| 2005-10-01 | 2.8150700089 |
| 2005-11-01 | 10.1803518149 |
| 2005-12-01 | 8.0699756439 |
| 2006-01-01 | -2.4871632868 |
| 2006-02-01 | 3.3701772983 |
| 2006-03-01 | 4.2070010656 |
| 2006-04-01 | 1.9852312144 |
| 2006-05-01 | 0.5085627212 |
| 2006-06-01 | 1.9772447708 |
| 2006-07-01 | 1.7600865468 |
| 2006-08-01 | 3.9804815523 |
| 2006-09-01 | 4.8284944944 |
| 2006-10-01 | 2.1268873102 |
| 2006-11-01 | 1.8512656314 |
| 2006-12-01 | 4.4356597403 |
| 2007-01-01 | 6.3138898686 |
| 2007-02-01 | 3.2629906931 |
| 2007-03-01 | 6.0058260621 |
| 2007-04-01 | 3.9228943235 |
| 2007-05-01 | 5.5994004278 |
| 2007-06-01 | 6.8939209379 |
| 2007-07-01 | 3.2602050485 |
| 2007-08-01 | 2.3864282403 |
| 2007-09-01 | 5.0950605779 |
| 2007-10-01 | 3.4173527096 |
| 2007-11-01 | 3.9333426926 |
| 2007-12-01 | 1.2983176667 |
| 2008-01-01 | 3.1721371606 |
| 2008-02-01 | 6.0889457399 |
| 2008-03-01 | 0.1197938211 |
| 2008-04-01 | 0.1247618688 |
| 2008-05-01 | 0.9726969369 |
| 2008-06-01 | 2.3442210409 |
| 2008-07-01 | 3.2912688869 |
| 2008-08-01 | 2.7625941122 |
| 2008-09-01 | -9.8972168909 |
| 2008-10-01 | -0.7732350956 |
| 2008-11-01 | 3.6633806977 |
| 2008-12-01 | -1.0557514897 |
| 2009-01-01 | -6.8988751973 |
| 2009-02-01 | -3.5197103827 |
| 2009-03-01 | -5.7399031032 |
| 2009-04-01 | -5.8117908418 |
| 2009-05-01 | -4.0368803022 |
| 2009-06-01 | -5.1053911742 |
| 2009-07-01 | -5.4008559174 |
| 2009-08-01 | -1.4139091553 |
| 2009-09-01 | 1.8009492503 |
| 2009-10-01 | -5.5243958764 |
| 2009-11-01 | -7.0180666019 |
| 2009-12-01 | 1.2110859713 |
| 2010-01-01 | 3.7991834987 |
| 2010-02-01 | 0.4519240032 |
| 2010-03-01 | 2.8028189347 |
| 2010-04-01 | 2.2192352438 |
| 2010-05-01 | 1.0049475441 |
| 2010-06-01 | 2.2894312071 |
| 2010-07-01 | 2.4705175072 |
| 2010-08-01 | 2.1930204731 |
| 2010-09-01 | 2.6833613043 |
| 2010-10-01 | 3.2464120849 |
| 2010-11-01 | 0.4168838225 |
| 2010-12-01 | 5.0413055378 |
| 2011-01-01 | 2.9655512705 |
| 2011-02-01 | 0.5739616055 |
| 2011-03-01 | 6.3141535661 |
| 2011-04-01 | 9.7784606411 |
| 2011-05-01 | -0.4126158096 |
| 2011-06-01 | 2.8673195497 |
| 2011-07-01 | 2.4002137816 |
| 2011-08-01 | 3.8075271621 |
| 2011-09-01 | 2.6623130494 |
| 2011-10-01 | 2.9545566603 |
| 2011-11-01 | 4.8475422828 |
| 2011-12-01 | 5.9215133105 |
| 2012-01-01 | 0.1306575314 |
| 2012-02-01 | 1.2361260525 |
| 2012-03-01 | 4.9058341829 |
| 2012-04-01 | 3.5154767795 |
| 2012-05-01 | 4.1371392716 |
| 2012-06-01 | 3.4769581416 |
| 2012-07-01 | 2.6692185608 |
| 2012-08-01 | 3.3205405262 |
| 2012-09-01 | 2.9819746901 |
| 2012-10-01 | 3.7376771526 |
| 2012-11-01 | 9.2771888474 |
| 2012-12-01 | -3.5170475525 |
| 2013-01-01 | 3.2724779836 |
| 2013-02-01 | 3.7788547791 |
| 2013-03-01 | 3.0980943871 |
| 2013-04-01 | 4.3074081626 |
| 2013-05-01 | 2.3442837909 |
| 2013-06-01 | 3.6979105716 |
| 2013-07-01 | 4.3481191926 |
| 2013-08-01 | 4.0221580833 |
| 2013-09-01 | 2.2110884474 |
| 2013-10-01 | -0.0750811692 |
| 2013-11-01 | 4.3019591308 |
| 2013-12-01 | 1.9751694685 |
| 2014-01-01 | 7.8433857729 |
| 2014-02-01 | 1.1915953655 |
| 2014-03-01 | 2.0648792444 |
| 2014-04-01 | 2.5160337704 |
| 2014-05-01 | 2.8512288051 |
| 2014-06-01 | 4.1735824518 |
| 2014-07-01 | 4.1932862930 |
| 2014-08-01 | 5.2858383972 |
| 2014-09-01 | 2.6493187615 |
| 2014-10-01 | 3.7907403817 |
| 2014-11-01 | 2.3205531407 |
| 2014-12-01 | 6.0230834432 |
| 2015-01-01 | 1.0840151941 |
| 2015-02-01 | 2.2200850544 |
| 2015-03-01 | 1.0737519753 |
| 2015-04-01 | 2.6617415417 |
| 2015-05-01 | 3.7074736923 |
| 2015-06-01 | -0.1374754372 |
| 2015-07-01 | 0.9329988322 |
| 2015-08-01 | 0.4984952790 |
| 2015-09-01 | 2.6103677577 |
| 2015-10-01 | -0.8607684812 |
| 2015-11-01 | -4.6664103186 |
| 2015-12-01 | 0.0936390973 |
| 2016-01-01 | 1.0172521566 |
| 2016-02-01 | 1.1414515568 |
| 2016-03-01 | -0.0662071504 |
| 2016-04-01 | -0.2719679047 |
| 2016-05-01 | -3.1356564922 |
| 2016-06-01 | 0.9732612123 |
| 2016-07-01 | 2.4945197956 |
| 2016-08-01 | -1.1319186740 |
| 2016-09-01 | -0.3884360524 |
| 2016-10-01 | 2.0088452615 |
| 2016-11-01 | -1.1354970205 |
| 2016-12-01 | 1.7289063005 |
| 2017-01-01 | 1.8660872073 |
| 2017-02-01 | -0.0354422048 |
| 2017-03-01 | 1.7767995418 |
| 2017-04-01 | 2.5653179545 |
| 2017-05-01 | 2.7537504197 |
| 2017-06-01 | 2.3955334823 |
| 2017-07-01 | -2.6418608621 |
| 2017-08-01 | 1.7445501451 |
| 2017-09-01 | -6.5872443769 |
| 2017-10-01 | 9.7785685836 |
| 2017-11-01 | 2.4078034583 |
| 2017-12-01 | 0.1507143883 |
| 2018-01-01 | 0.7676825348 |
| 2018-02-01 | 4.3383957438 |
| 2018-03-01 | 3.7128831145 |
| 2018-04-01 | 1.8747617323 |
| 2018-05-01 | 2.9783833485 |
| 2018-06-01 | 0.6073271686 |
| 2018-07-01 | -0.1020264593 |
| 2018-08-01 | 1.2762530786 |
| 2018-09-01 | 1.8564139760 |
| 2018-10-01 | 0.4482432449 |
| 2018-11-01 | 2.8049096534 |
| 2018-12-01 | -1.4734491117 |
| 2019-01-01 | 3.8222929549 |
| 2019-02-01 | -1.2746218564 |
| 2019-03-01 | -1.4899167484 |
| 2019-04-01 | -1.6619024776 |
| 2019-05-01 | 0.2684739072 |
| 2019-06-01 | 2.9889695263 |
| 2019-07-01 | 2.2392591668 |
| 2019-08-01 | 1.3368143254 |
| 2019-09-01 | -0.3780791305 |
| 2019-10-01 | -1.1914478566 |
| 2019-11-01 | 7.1771975300 |
| 2019-12-01 | -3.3402856435 |
| 2020-01-01 | 1.5395353078 |
| 2020-02-01 | -1.5139840788 |
| 2020-03-01 | -2.6120223005 |
| 2020-04-01 | -61.3365611000 |
| 2020-05-01 | 24.3605718794 |
| 2020-06-01 | 27.5099956238 |
| 2020-07-01 | -1.8367885068 |
| 2020-08-01 | 12.6657632341 |
| 2020-09-01 | 5.5152943988 |
| 2020-10-01 | 11.2467777459 |
| 2020-11-01 | 2.3354706512 |
| 2020-12-01 | -2.0347830370 |
| 2021-01-01 | -0.1846768897 |
| 2021-02-01 | 3.6642377604 |
| 2021-03-01 | 6.8183825285 |
| 2021-04-01 | 3.3829827181 |
| 2021-05-01 | 6.8109724403 |
| 2021-06-01 | 4.0263443855 |
| 2021-07-01 | 8.2584438612 |
| 2021-08-01 | 2.7971005516 |
| 2021-09-01 | 7.7446103340 |
| 2021-10-01 | 16.6127807991 |
| 2021-11-01 | 4.6028003294 |
| 2021-12-01 | 6.4954177711 |
| 2022-01-01 | -3.2184802539 |
| 2022-02-01 | 19.4021002075 |
| 2022-03-01 | 1.9965136059 |
| 2022-04-01 | 4.3996138182 |
| 2022-05-01 | -1.2758363799 |
| 2022-06-01 | -0.7857951662 |
| 2022-07-01 | 12.1726653180 |
| 2022-08-01 | 4.3947572061 |
| 2022-09-01 | 3.9560235890 |
| 2022-10-01 | 2.1343888083 |
| 2022-11-01 | -0.2480391464 |
| 2022-12-01 | 3.9347371188 |
| 2023-01-01 | 4.2329276531 |
| 2023-02-01 | 3.7803430034 |
| 2023-03-01 | 3.7964677817 |
| 2023-04-01 | 1.4184029909 |
| 2023-05-01 | 3.0465876804 |
| 2023-06-01 | 3.5060168826 |
| 2023-07-01 | -4.3404636724 |
| 2023-08-01 | 0.7022998304 |
| 2023-09-01 | 1.3563541863 |
| 2023-10-01 | 1.3980584835 |
| 2023-11-01 | 0.0414980876 |
| 2023-12-01 | 1.1863987449 |
| 2024-01-01 | 2.7501042643 |
| 2024-02-01 | 2.4394296483 |
| 2024-03-01 | 2.1913779113 |
| 2024-04-01 | -0.2368295086 |
| 2024-05-01 | 1.3880918448 |
| 2024-06-01 | 0.2876015583 |
| 2024-07-01 | -8.2471482933 |
| 2024-08-01 | 11.4765454915 |
| 2024-09-01 | 0.9907364475 |
| 2024-10-01 | -1.4728366880 |
| 2024-11-01 | -2.7647393371 |
| 2024-12-01 | 4.1751391470 |
| 2025-01-01 | 1.2955071159 |
| 2025-02-01 | 3.3661592639 |
| 2025-03-01 | -1.2994611770 |
| 2025-04-01 | 1.8360651677 |
| 2025-05-01 | -0.7126856250 |
| 2025-06-01 | -2.3605624328 |
| 2025-07-01 | -1.1305944792 |
| 2025-08-01 | -0.6625128989 |
| 2025-09-01 | -3.8021027975 |
| 2025-10-01 | 0.7633807954 |
| 2025-11-01 | 0.0995719990 |
| 2025-12-01 | 0.0460024302 |
| 2026-01-01 | -1.1703583017 |
| 2026-02-01 | -2.8215571551 |
| 2026-03-01 | 0.0975918809 |
| 2026-04-01 | 1.0827742230 |
| 2026-05-01 | -0.3503532078 |
| 2026-06-01 | 2.3132536153 |
| 2026-07-01 | -0.8855929959 |
| 2026-08-01 | -1.4179860277 |