Texas

Texas includes the following metropolitan areas for which an Economy At A Glance table is available:

• Abilene, TX
• Amarillo, TX
• Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX
• Brownsville-Harlingen, TX
• College Station-Bryan, TX
• Corpus Christi, TX
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
• Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX (Metropolitan Division)
• El Paso, TX
• Fort Worth-Arlington, TX (Metropolitan Division)
• Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX
• Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX
• Laredo, TX
• Longview, TX
• Lubbock, TX
• McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX
• Midland, TX
• Odessa, TX
• San Angelo, TX
• San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
• Sherman-Denison, TX
• Texarkana, TX-Texarkana, AR
• Tyler, TX
• Victoria, TX
• Waco, TX
• Wichita Falls, TX

How to View PDF Files

Inflation and Consumer Spending

Revisions in January to August 2000 CPI Data

Consumer Price Index

News Releases

• Dallas-Fort Worth, All Items (odd months) (PDF)
• Houston-Galveston, All Items (even months) (PDF)
• South Region, All Items (monthly) (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Consumer Price Indexes for Detailed Categories for the U.S., Dallas, and Houston
• Consumer Price Indexes, All Items, U.S., South, and selected metropolitan areas
• Consumer Price Index Indicators, Current Month(PDF)
• Archived Consumer Price Index Indicators
• Consumer Price Index, Annual Percent Changes for Recent Calendar Years

Historical Tables CPI-U and CPI-W (1982-84=100)

• U.S. City Average
• Dallas-Fort Worth
• Houston-Galveston

Consumer Spending

• Consumer Expenditures for the Dallas-Fort Worth Area (PDF)
• Consumer Expenditures for the Houston Area (PDF)

Employment and Unemployment

News Releases

• County Employment and Wages in Texas(PDF)
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (Quarterly) (PDF)
• Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas Metropolitan Statistical Area Nonfarm Payroll Statistics (Quarterly) (PDF)
• Mass Layoffs in Texas (PDF)
• Measures of Labor Underutilization in Texas - 2010 (PDF)
• Minimum Wage Workers in Texas (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Austin (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, College Station-Bryan(PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown (PDF)
• Occupation Employment and Wages, San Antonio (PDF)
• Union Membership in Texas (PDF)
• Women's Earnings in Texas (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Unemployment rates and nonfarm employment, by Southwest state
• Unemployment rates, by Southwest metropolitan area
• Southwest Regional labor force and nonfarm employment, by state (PDF)
• Rankings by unemployment rate, all U.S. states
• Rankings by unemployment rate, all U.S. metropolitan areas
• Historical unemployment rates, Texas and U.S. (PDF only)

• Industry employment by division and annual change, U.S. and Texas, seasonally adjusted (PDF)
• Industry employment & annual change: Dallas, Fort Worth, & Houston, not seasonally adjusted (PDF only)
• Industry employment & annual change: Austin, San Antonio, & El Paso, not seasonally adjusted (PDF only)
• Historical industry employment by division and percent change, U.S. and Texas, seasonally adjusted (PDF only)
• Historical industry employment by division and percent change, U.S. and Texas, not seasonally adjusted (PDF only)

• Mass layoff events and initial claimants for unemployment insurance by census region, division, and state

Pay and Benefits

News Releases

• County Employment and Wages in Texas(PDF)
• Minimum Wage Workers in Texas (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Austin (PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, College Station-Bryan(PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington(PDF)
• Occupational Employment and Wages, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown(PDF)
• Occupation Employment and Wages, San Antonio (PDF)
• Women's Earnings in Texas (PDF)

Employment Cost Index

News Releases

• Dallas-Fort Worth (PDF)
• Houston-Baytown-Huntsville (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Employment Cost Indexes for the United States, regions, and divisions

Employer Costs for Employee Compensation

News Releases

• Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions (PDF)

Safety and Health

• Texas Workplace Fatalities (PDF)

Tables of Data

• Incidence Rates of Nonfatal Injuries and Illnesses in Private Industy, Southwest States
  
• Fatal Occupational Injuries by Event or Exposure, Southwest States

Frequently Asked Questions

• Consumer Price Indexes FAQ
• Consumer Expenditure Survey FAQ
• State and Area Employment, Hours, and Earnings FAQ
• Mass Layoff Statistics FAQ
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics FAQ
• Compensation Cost Trends FAQ
• National Compensation Survey FAQ
• Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities FAQ

Ways To Obtain Data

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