Texas employers added 306,000 jobs last year.
The state’s year-on-year growth rate was 2.2%, 0.4 percentage points higher than the national growth rate. April marked the 37th consecutive month of positive annual employment in Texas, according to new estimates from the Texas Workforce Commission.
This includes 42,600 nonfarm jobs added across the state in April.
“Texas continues to set economic records as employers add jobs across industries,” said TWC President Brian Daniel. “TWC is committed to improving programs and services to support the state’s continued success.”
Texas’ seasonally adjusted civilian workforce increased by 37,000 people to a new high of 15,226,800. That included adding 32,500 Texans to its payroll in April.
Unemployment rates fell across all of the state’s metropolitan statistical areas, according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Midlands region’s unemployment rate fell by 0.4 points, making it the region with the lowest unemployment rate (not seasonally adjusted) in April at 2.2%.
Texas’ seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4%. The state’s unadjusted unemployment rate is 3.5%, about the same as the national average but down from 4.1% in March. Dallas-Fort Worth’s April unemployment rate was down slightly, at 3.4%.
Of the jobs added in April, 12,000 were in the private education and health services sector, which recorded the largest month-on-month increase, while trade, transport and public works added about 10,000 jobs.
