Texas Labor Market Review - April 2013

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Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . . 1Texas & U.S. Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . 2Texas Nonagricultural Wage & SalaryEmployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . 3MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . 5Highlights of the Texas Labor Force . . . . . . . . . 10County Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11City & WDA Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . 13Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Happenings Around the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment(Seasonally Adjusted)

growth rate for employment in Financial Activities ticked up to 2.1 percent in March, representing the addition of 13,900 jobs over the year.

Education and Health Services employment experienced its eighth consecutive monthly increase in March as the major industry added an estimated 2,200 jobs over the month. Health Care and Social Assistance accounted for a rise of 5,000 jobs over the month, while employment in Educational Services dipped by 2,800 positions. The annual growth rate in Education and Health Services fell to 3.0 percent in March, extending a string of annual growth rates at or above 3.0 percent in the industry to six straight months.

Professional and Business Services followed its record-breaking February gain with the addition of 2,100 jobs in March. Professional, Scientifi c, and Technical Services added 6,300 jobs, while Administrative, Support, and Waste Management Remediation shed 5,300 positions. Professional and Business Services employment expanded by 18,800 jobs during the fi rst quarter of 2013, down slightly from a fi rst quarter gain of 22,100 jobs in 2012. The industry added 61,200 jobs over the year as its annual growth rate eased down to 4.4 percent. The annual growth rate has been greater than 4.0 percent in 30 of the past 31 months.

Construction employment expanded over the month for the eighth straight time with the addition of 1,900 jobs in March. The industry has experienced only one month of job losses since the start of 2012. Over the past three months, Construction has grown by 18,600 jobs, marking the industry’s strongest fi rst quarter growth in series history. The industry’s annual growth rate reached 6.9 percent as Construction added 39,800 jobs over the year. Annualized job growth has been positive for 21 consecutive months and the industry’s annual growth rate has exceeded 5.0 percent for four straight months.

Mining and Logging employment shed 400 jobs in March, following a revised gain of 2,800 jobs in February. The March employment decrease marked only the second over-the-month drop for the series since January 2010. Over the past three months, the industry has added 4,100 jobs, marking its slowest fi rst quarter growth since 2009. Mining and Logging employment increased by 16,000 jobs over the year for a 6.0 percent annual growth rate. The industry’s annual growth rate has been at or above 6.0 percent for 33 consecutive months.

Employment in Government slid by 400 positions in March on the heels of a revised gain of 13,500 jobs in February. State Government accounted for 1,300 jobs added over the month, while Federal Government contracted by 900 positions and Local Government shed 800 jobs over the month. The annual growth rate for Government employment rose to 0.7 percent in March, marking an increase of 12,300 positions over the year.

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Total Nonagricultural Employment in Texas declined by an estimated 4,100 positions in March as the employment series gave back a

small part of the revised gain of 79,600 jobs posted in February. Total Nonagricultural Employment was up 89,300 positions over the fi rst three months of 2013. This marked the second-largest fi rst quarter growth recorded in the employment series since the end of the most recent economic downturn in Texas. Five of the 11 major industries showed employment increases over the month, led by gains of 5,500 jobs in Leisure and Hospitality and 3,200 positions in Financial Activities. Total Nonagricultural Employment ended March at an estimated level of 11,114,000 jobs, an increase of 329,500 jobs over the year. The annual growth rate for the employment series dipped to 3.1 percent in March.

Employment in Leisure and Hospitality expanded by an estimated 5,500 positions in March after having recorded jumps of 7,000 jobs in January and 9,700 jobs in February. The combined gain of 22,200 positions in this major industry over the last three months was nearly double the 12,800 jobs gained over the same time period a year ago. The annual growth rate in Leisure and Hospitality climbed to 6.3 percent in March, the highest such rate recorded in the history of the series.

Employment in Financial Activities posted an estimated gain of 3,200 jobs in March after having remained fl at in February. This was the largest monthly increase seen in the series since July 2011 and the third monthly gain recorded in the past fi ve months. Employment gains were seen throughout this major industry as Finance and Insurance employment recorded a bump of 2,400 jobs over the month, while employment in Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing climbed by 800 jobs in March. The annual


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Note: The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Total Nonagricultural employment is additive by summing the individual sectors.*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Note: Only the actual series estimates for Texas and the U.S. are comparable to sub-state estimates. All estimates are subject to revision. In seasonally adjusted estimates, all elements of seasonality are factored out to achieve an estimate which refl ects the basic underlying trend.*Source - Labor Market and Career Information Department, Texas Workforce Commission (model-based methodology)**Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (Current Population Survey)

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Not Seasonally Adjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateMarch 2013 12,686,100 11,885,800 800,300 6.3 154,512,000 142,698,000 11,815,000 7.6February 2013 12,662,100 11,845,700 816,400 6.4 154,727,000 142,228,000 12,500,000 8.1March 2012 12,548,700 11,671,800 876,900 7.0 154,316,000 141,412,000 12,904,000 8.4

Seasonally Adjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateMarch 2013 12,722,000 11,907,500 814,500 6.4 155,028,000 143,286,000 11,742,000 7.6February 2013 12,706,900 11,898,700 808,200 6.4 155,524,000 143,492,000 12,032,000 7.7March 2012 12,583,900 11,700,100 883,800 7.0 154,707,000 142,020,000 12,686,000 8.2

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Total Nonagricultural 11,114,000 11,118,100 10,784,500 4,100 0.0 329,500 3.1Total Private 9,311,000 9,314,700 8,993,800 3,700 0.0 317,200 3.5Goods Producing 1,762,900 1,767,600 1,700,400 4,700 0.3 62,500 3.7Mining and Logging 280,900 281,300 264,900 400 0.1 16,000 6.0Construction 616,200 614,300 576,400 1,900 0.3 39,800 6.9Manufacturing 865,800 872,000 859,100 6,200 0.7 6,700 0.8

Service Providing 9,351,100 9,350,500 9,084,100 600 0.0 267,000 2.9Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 2,210,000 2,220,300 2,156,200 10,300 0.5 53,800 2.5Information 197,500 198,300 196,900 800 0.4 600 0.3Financial Activities 668,100 664,900 654,200 3,200 0.5 13,900 2.1Professional and Business Services 1,450,700 1,448,600 1,389,500 2,100 0.1 61,200 4.4Education and Health Services 1,493,600 1,491,400 1,450,200 2,200 0.1 43,400 3.0Leisure and Hospitality 1,137,100 1,131,600 1,070,100 5,500 0.5 67,000 6.3Other Services 391,100 392,000 376,300 900 0.2 14,800 3.9Government 1,803,000 1,803,400 1,790,700 400 0.0 12,300 0.7

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Th e number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Change % Change Change % ChangeTOTAL NONFARM 11,096,600 11,042,600 10,774,000 54,000 0.5% 322,600 3.0%

TOTAL PRIVATE 9,264,000 9,210,700 8,954,000 53,300 0.6% 310,000 3.5%GOODS PRODUCING 1,751,400 1,749,500 1,693,000 1,900 0.1% 58,400 3.5%Mining and Logging (NAICS 21, 1133) 280,400 279,100 263,600 1,300 0.5% 16,800 6.4%

Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 211) 101,300 101,500 94,300 200 0.2% 7,000 7.4%Support Activities for Mining (NAICS 213) 169,700 168,400 157,900 1,300 0.8% 11,800 7.5%

Construction (NAICS 23) 608,700 602,900 573,100 5,800 1.0% 35,600 6.2%Construction of Buildings (NAICS 236) 134,400 134,800 128,900 400 0.3% 5,500 4.3%Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (NAICS 237) 127,100 127,800 120,100 700 0.6% 7,000 5.8%Specialty Trade Contractors (NAICS 238) 347,200 340,300 324,100 6,900 2.0% 23,100 7.1%

Manufacturing (NAICS 31 33) 862,300 867,500 856,300 5,200 0.6% 6,000 0.7%Durable Goods 572,900 576,900 563,600 4,000 0.7% 9,300 1.7%Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321) 19,900 19,900 19,100 0 0.0% 800 4.2%Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327) 32,500 32,600 31,800 100 0.3% 700 2.2%Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331) 22,500 22,700 21,900 200 0.9% 600 2.7%Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) 133,600 135,600 130,900 2,000 1.5% 2,700 2.1%Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333) 106,900 106,600 102,200 300 0.3% 4,700 4.6%Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334) 95,800 96,500 97,700 700 0.7% 1,900 1.9%Electric Equipment, Appliance, and Component Mfg (NAICS 335) 19,400 19,500 18,500 100 0.5% 900 4.9%Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336) 92,000 92,900 91,300 900 1.0% 700 0.8%Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337) 21,800 21,800 21,400 0 0.0% 400 1.9%Miscellaneous Manufacturing (NAICS 339) 28,500 28,800 28,800 300 1.0% 300 1.0%

Nondurable Goods 289,400 290,600 292,700 1,200 0.4% 3,300 1.1%Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311) 83,800 84,100 85,000 300 0.4% 1,200 1.4%Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 312) 11,700 11,800 11,400 100 0.9% 300 2.6%Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) 16,700 16,700 17,300 0 0.0% 600 3.5%Printing and Related Support Manufacturing (NAICS 323) 25,500 25,500 26,500 0 0.0% 1,000 3.8%Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324) 25,000 24,900 24,600 100 0.4% 400 1.6%Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) 75,500 75,200 72,900 300 0.4% 2,600 3.6%Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing (NAICS 326) 38,000 37,700 37,800 300 0.8% 200 0.5%

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Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Change % Change Change % ChangeSERVICE PROVIDING 9,345,200 9,293,100 9,081,000 52,100 0.6% 264,200 2.9%Private Service Providing 7,512,600 7,461,200 7,261,000 51,400 0.7% 251,600 3.5%Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (NAICS 42,44,45,48,49,22) 2,197,000 2,194,700 2,138,300 2,300 0.1% 58,700 2.8%Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42) 554,100 550,100 533,900 4,000 0.7% 20,200 3.8%Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (NAICS 423) 315,800 314,100 304,100 1,700 0.5% 11,700 3.9%Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (NAICS 424) 166,500 164,400 161,500 2,100 1.3% 5,000 3.1%Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers (NAICS 425) 71,800 71,600 68,300 200 0.3% 3,500 5.1%

Retail Trade (NAICS 44 45) 1,196,200 1,195,800 1,159,800 400 0.0% 36,400 3.1%Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers (NAICS 441) 159,500 158,700 151,100 800 0.5% 8,400 5.6%Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores (NAICS 442) 36,200 36,500 36,500 300 0.8% 300 0.8%Electronics and Appliance Stores (NAICS 443) 41,500 41,800 41,400 300 0.7% 100 0.2%Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies (NAICS 444) 97,000 91,900 94,800 5,100 5.6% 2,200 2.3%Food and Beverage Stores (NAICS 445) 210,000 209,800 205,400 200 0.1% 4,600 2.2%Health and Personal Care Stores (NAICS 446) 69,000 69,500 67,400 500 0.7% 1,600 2.4%Gasoline Stations (NAICS 447) 78,300 78,800 71,600 500 0.6% 6,700 9.4%Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores (NAICS 448) 122,100 123,700 118,000 1,600 1.3% 4,100 3.5%Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores (NAICS 451) 37,000 37,400 37,100 400 1.1% 100 0.3%General Merchandise Stores (NAICS 452) 261,600 261,700 259,300 100 0.0% 2,300 0.9%Miscellaneous Store Retailers (NAICS 453) 63,500 65,600 57,400 2,100 3.2% 6,100 10.6%Nonstore Retailers (NAICS 454) 20,500 20,400 19,800 100 0.5% 700 3.5%

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (NAICS 48 49,22) 446,700 448,800 444,600 2,100 0.5% 2,100 0.5%Transportation and Warehousing (NAICS 48,49) 399,500 401,100 396,000 1,600 0.4% 3,500 0.9%Air Transportation (NAICS 481) 59,100 59,100 61,300 0 0.0% 2,200 3.6%Truck Transportation (NAICS 484) 125,300 126,100 123,800 800 0.6% 1,500 1.2%Pipeline Transportation (NAICS 486) 16,200 16,300 16,200 100 0.6% 0 0.0%Support Activities for Transportation (NAICS 488) 75,800 74,200 72,200 1,600 2.2% 3,600 5.0%Couriers and Messengers (NAICS 492) 36,200 36,100 35,100 100 0.3% 1,100 3.1%Warehousing and Storage (NAICS 493) 46,900 46,700 47,000 200 0.4% 100 0.2%

Utilities (NAICS 22) 47,200 47,700 48,600 500 1.1% 1,400 2.9%Information (NAICS 51) 197,600 197,400 196,700 200 0.1% 900 0.5%

Publishing Industries (Except Internet) (NAICS 511) 39,500 39,400 40,400 100 0.3% 900 2.2%Telecommunications (NAICS 517) 85,000 85,000 86,400 0 0.0% 1,400 1.6%Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services (NAICS 518) 29,600 29,600 28,900 0 0.0% 700 2.4%

Financial Activities (NAICS 52,53) 663,700 660,900 652,500 2,800 0.4% 11,200 1.7%Finance and Insurance (NAICS 52) 485,500 484,200 475,800 1,300 0.3% 9,700 2.0%Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (NAICS 522) 251,900 252,300 248,600 400 0.2% 3,300 1.3%Securities, Commodities Contracts, and Other Financial (NAICS 523) 52,600 52,000 50,600 600 1.2% 2,000 4.0%Insurance Carriers and Related Activities (NAICS 524) 170,300 169,500 166,900 800 0.5% 3,400 2.0%

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (NAICS 53) 178,200 176,700 176,700 1,500 0.9% 1,500 0.9%Real Estate (NAICS 531) 120,300 118,800 119,900 1,500 1.3% 400 0.3%Rental and Leasing Services (NAICS 532) 56,900 56,200 54,700 700 1.3% 2,200 4.0%

Professional and Business Services (NAICS 54,55,56) 1,439,500 1,430,600 1,385,100 8,900 0.6% 54,400 3.9%Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (NAICS 54) 637,100 634,000 614,100 3,100 0.5% 23,000 3.8%Management of Companies and Enterprises (NAICS 55) 88,000 87,300 86,700 700 0.8% 1,300 1.5%Admin and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation (NAICS 56) 714,400 709,300 684,300 5,100 0.7% 30,100 4.4%Administrative and Support Services (NAICS 561) 685,900 680,800 656,600 5,100 0.8% 29,300 4.5%

Education and Health Services (NAICS 61,62) 1,497,800 1,489,300 1,447,700 8,500 0.6% 50,100 3.5%Educational Services (NAICS 61) 173,000 174,400 168,500 1,400 0.8% 4,500 2.7%Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62) 1,324,800 1,314,900 1,279,200 9,900 0.8% 45,600 3.6%Ambulatory Health Care Services (NAICS 621) 644,300 638,300 616,100 6,000 0.9% 28,200 4.6%Hospitals (NAICS 622) 306,400 305,000 300,500 1,400 0.5% 5,900 2.0%Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NAICS 623) 177,200 176,300 172,600 900 0.5% 4,600 2.7%Social Assistance (NAICS 624) 196,900 195,300 190,000 1,600 0.8% 6,900 3.6%

Leisure and Hospitality (NAICS 71,72) 1,128,600 1,099,700 1,065,800 28,900 2.6% 62,800 5.9%Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (NAICS 71) 118,900 111,400 107,000 7,500 6.7% 11,900 11.1%Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation (NAICS 713) 83,300 79,100 75,200 4,200 5.3% 8,100 10.8%

Accommodation and Food Services (NAICS 72) 1,009,700 988,300 958,800 21,400 2.2% 50,900 5.3%Accommodation (NAICS 721) 110,700 109,100 105,500 1,600 1.5% 5,200 4.9%Food Services and Drinking Places (NAICS 722) 899,000 879,200 853,300 19,800 2.3% 45,700 5.4%

Other Services (NAICS 81) 388,400 388,600 374,900 200 0.1% 13,500 3.6%Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811) 118,100 118,000 113,300 100 0.1% 4,800 4.2%Personal and Laundry Services (NAICS 812) 98,200 99,000 95,200 800 0.8% 3,000 3.2%Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Prof Organizations (NAICS 813) 172,100 171,600 166,400 500 0.3% 5,700 3.4%

Government 1,832,600 1,831,900 1,820,000 700 0.0% 12,600 0.7%Federal Government 198,400 198,600 200,100 200 0.1% 1,700 0.9%State Government 370,500 370,300 367,100 200 0.1% 3,400 0.9%Local Government 1,263,700 1,263,000 1,252,800 700 0.1% 10,900 0.9%

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Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment within the Metropolitan Statistical Areas continued to add employment over the

month, increasing by 47,900 positions in March to an estimated level of 9,939,400 jobs. This gain was the smallest March increase in four years; however, it also marked the 10th over-the-month increase seen in the previous 12 months. The fi rst quarter employment change of -12,400 jobs was in line with the typical job losses that occur during this time frame, despite last year’s fi rst quarter gain of 6,200 jobs. Since January, 137,900 jobs were added, tying the amount gained for 2011 but lagging behind those jobs netted last year for the same time period. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area led all areas, adding 12,100 jobs for March. However, the Corpus Christi and the Longview MSAs led all areas in percentage growth, tying at 1.0 percent each for the month. Altogether, 23 areas added employment for the month. In the Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary series, employment grew 3.1 percent since March 2012; the annual growth rate has remained positive for 35 consecutive months. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA led all areas in net jobs gained over-the-year with an increase of 102,300 jobs, which accounted for over a third of the 303,000 jobs added in the MSAs combined. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area and the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA rounded out the top three areas in annual growth with 69,500 jobs and 32,400 jobs added, respectively. The top two areas percentage-wise were the Odessa MSA and the Midland MSA at 7.7 percent and 7.4 percent, respectively.

Leisure and Hospitality experienced the largest employment gain of all major industries over the month. The industry netted 17,000 jobs for March, reporting the second consecutive month of employment gains. Although this increase was in line with historical gains, it lagged behind the previous two years’ advancements for March of 25,100 jobs in 2012 and 29,100 jobs in 2011. This year’s fi rst quarter total of 12,700 jobs added also fell behind the 2011 and 2012 additions of 20,400 jobs and 24,100 jobs, respectively. Since January, 32,200 jobs were gained, moving employment to an estimated level of 1,029,400 jobs. The San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA added the most jobs of any area with 4,400 positions. The Fort Worth-Arlington area added 2,600 jobs, followed by the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA with 2,200 jobs. In terms of monthly percentages, the Corpus Christi MSA led all areas with an increase of 4.3 percent, followed by the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA at 4.2 percent. Employment growth slowed a bit for Leisure and Hospitality in March, as shown by the 4.8 percent annual growth rate; a drop from 6.3 percent in January and 5.8 percent for February. The industry, however, has continued to post positive rates for 32 consecutive months. The College Station-Bryan MSA posted the largest annual employment gain for all areas with a 24.8 percent increase. This boost was over twice the size of the next largest gain experienced by the Laredo MSA at 12.1 percent. The San Angelo MSA rounded out the top three areas at 11.8 percent. Each of the aforementioned MSAs grew at least twice as fast as the statewide rate of 5.9 percent.

Mining, Logging, and Construction added 5,400 jobs for March after a revised record employment gain of 17,300 jobs for February. Following

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two consecutive months of employment gains, the quarterly employment increase of 18,400 jobs was the largest fi rst quarter employment expansion in seven years. Employment additions for March were refl ected in 17 areas, led by the Dallas-Plano-Irving area with 2,900 jobs. In terms of percentage growth, the Texarkana MSA came in fi rst at 4.5 percent, and was pursued by the Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood and the Longview MSAs at 3.7 and 3.4 percent respectively. Over the year, the Mining, Logging, and Construction growth rate slowed to 7.8 percent in March from 8.5 percent rate in February, but has continued to be positive for 30 consecutive months. Percentage-wise, the Corpus Christi MSA led with an 18.1 percent increase over the year. Next, two West Texas areas, the Odessa and the Midland MSAs, had employment growth of 16.4 percent and 15.2 percent, respectively.

Manufacturing lost 100 jobs over the month after a revised February increase of 2,100 jobs. March’s over-the-month decrease was only the fi fth loss for the sector during the previous 12 months. Irrespective of the loss experienced statewide, the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA led eight areas with employment increases, by adding 1,400 jobs over the month. The San Angelo MSA led all areas in terms of percentage increase with a 2.6 percent jump. The Brownsville-Harlingen MSA and the Odessa MSA followed, each with a 1.7 percent increase. Over the year, Manufacturing netted a 9,600 jobs gain. This represented a 1.3 percent increase and marked over two straight years of positive annual growth rates. The Odessa MSA expanded 11.3 percent over the year and was followed by its neighbor, the Midland MSA with a 6.1 percent increase. The College Station-Bryan MSA employment improved 5.7 percent.

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2.9%2.6%

0.7%

0.0%

2.0%

4.0%

6.0%

8.0%

10.0%

12.0%

Highest Annual Growth Rates for Manufacturing,Not Seasonally Adjusted



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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC. **Metropolitan Division (MD). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is comprised of the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12TOTAL NONFARM 2,762,500 2,752,700 2,660,200 2,161,500 2,149,400 2,092,000 917,400 915,300 885,900GOODS PRODUCING 539,400 539,100 512,800 278,500 276,700 271,400 157,800 157,500 148,600Mining, Logging, & Construction 289,200 290,300 273,500 116,600 113,700 104,600 65,000 64,800 58,400Manufacturing 250,200 248,800 239,300 161,900 163,000 166,800 92,800 92,700 90,200

Durable Goods 170,300 169,100 160,700 114,700 115,700 118,300 67,400 67,400 65,000Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 57,200 57,600 54,800Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 18,800 18,700 18,800 38,000 38,100 39,200 2,500 2,500 2,600

Nondurable Goods 79,900 79,700 78,600 47,200 47,300 48,500 25,400 25,300 25,200SERVICE PROVIDING 2,223,100 2,213,600 2,147,400 1,883,000 1,872,700 1,820,600 759,600 757,800 737,300Private Service Providing 1,846,300 1,837,900 1,777,800 1,614,500 1,604,100 1,555,000 633,400 631,700 612,400Wholesale Trade 149,700 148,300 142,100 126,900 125,300 121,500 43,300 42,800 40,200

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 88,200 87,600 84,000 72,900 72,500 69,500 25,300 25,100 24,200Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 40,800 40,600 40,000 37,100 37,100 36,400 12,400 12,300 11,900

Retail Trade 279,700 279,500 269,000 219,300 217,200 210,900 98,800 99,100 97,400Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 35,000 34,700 33,600 27,400 27,100 26,700Bldng. Material and Garden Eqpmnt. and Supplies Dlrs. 20,800 19,700 20,400 18,000 16,700 16,900 8,600 7,900 8,200Food and Beverage Stores 57,400 57,400 55,500 34,900 34,900 34,100 15,100 15,100 14,900Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 30,500 31,000 29,400 23,300 23,700 23,100General Merchandise Stores 59,200 59,400 59,500 46,400 46,400 46,100 22,500 22,600 23,200

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 131,600 130,900 127,000 76,700 76,600 75,500 64,100 64,600 65,300Utilities 16,300 16,400 16,700 5,900 6,000 5,900

Information 31,800 31,800 31,200 63,200 63,100 64,200 13,300 13,300 13,600Telecommunications 15,200 15,200 15,400 30,400 30,300 30,400 6,900 6,900 7,100

Financial Activities 140,400 139,600 138,500 195,800 193,100 186,700 55,700 55,400 54,700Finance and Insurance 89,600 89,300 89,100 150,900 148,700 143,300 42,800 43,100 42,100Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 43,000 42,900 42,500 76,300 75,500 73,800 26,100 26,200 26,300Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 29,100 29,000 29,500 51,900 51,600 50,200

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 50,800 50,300 49,400 44,900 44,400 43,400Professional and Business Services 414,100 412,800 400,600 381,200 377,800 363,400 103,600 104,700 99,100

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 198,400 197,000 192,100 166,400 166,900 161,800 37,100 37,200 35,800Admin. Support and Waste Mgmt. and Remediation 192,500 192,700 186,100 183,900 180,400 171,200 61,200 61,700 57,400

Education and Health Services 340,800 338,900 323,000 267,200 267,100 260,800 118,500 118,600 113,600Health Care and Social Assistance 293,400 291,500 277,600 228,200 227,200 221,900 104,000 104,400 99,100Ambulatory Health Care Services 141,200 139,800 131,000 118,000 117,700 114,500Hospitals 76,600 76,200 74,400 51,000 50,800 50,200 27,500 27,400 27,100

Leisure and Hospitality 262,500 260,700 252,800 208,800 208,000 198,800 102,500 99,900 95,400Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 27,700 26,300 27,200 23,400 22,600 22,000Accommodation and Food Services 234,800 234,400 225,600 185,400 185,400 176,800 86,900 84,800 82,400Food Services and Drinking Places 212,800 212,600 204,100 163,900 163,800 155,900 77,900 76,100 73,600

Other Services 95,700 95,400 93,600 75,400 75,900 73,200 33,600 33,300 33,100Government 376,800 375,700 369,600 268,500 268,600 265,600 126,200 126,100 124,900

Federal 27,400 27,400 27,300 29,600 30,000 29,900 15,600 15,700 15,000State 72,700 72,300 71,900 35,900 35,700 36,400 12,800 12,800 12,500Local 276,700 276,000 270,400 203,000 202,900 199,300 97,800 97,600 97,400

Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12TOTAL NONFARM 887,400 880,100 870,700 846,800 840,100 814,400 286,000 284,700 281,600GOODS PRODUCING 92,300 92,800 90,200 94,900 94,300 91,000 30,800 30,500 30,200Mining, Logging, & Construction 46,400 46,300 43,900 44,200 43,600 40,700 12,900 12,700 12,600Manufacturing 45,900 46,500 46,300 50,700 50,700 50,300 17,900 17,800 17,600SERVICE PROVIDING 795,100 787,300 780,500 751,900 745,800 723,400 255,200 254,200 251,400Private Service Providing 633,200 624,800 619,000 580,100 575,500 554,800 186,500 185,300 182,100Wholesale Trade 29,400 30,200 29,600 45,300 45,000 43,800 9,700 9,700 9,800Retail Trade 98,300 97,400 95,500 89,600 90,000 85,600 35,700 35,600 34,700

Food and Beverage Stores 18,000 18,000 18,000 17,400 17,400 16,700General Merchandise Stores 19,700 19,700 19,100 15,300 15,500 15,100 9,300 9,400 9,500

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 22,200 22,300 21,400 14,100 14,100 13,800 13,100 13,100 12,800Information 20,400 20,300 19,800 22,100 22,100 21,600 5,000 5,000 5,000

Telecommunications 5,400 5,300 5,300 6,900 6,900 6,800Financial Activities 72,500 72,700 71,200 45,300 45,200 45,300 12,700 12,700 12,400

Finance and Insurance 58,000 58,200 57,400 32,400 32,300 31,600Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 25,900 26,000 25,300 13,100 13,100 12,700

Professional and Business Services 109,700 108,200 105,300 130,400 127,600 122,800 28,900 28,800 29,600Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 42,300 41,700 42,300 69,800 67,700 66,200

Admin Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation Svcs 55,800 55,200 53,600 53,100 52,600 51,800 19,800 19,600 20,700Education and Health Services 137,500 135,100 134,700 100,700 101,300 96,300 39,900 39,600 38,500

Health Care and Social Assistance 121,400 118,900 118,400 84,200 84,200 82,100Hospitals 23,000 23,000 23,500 22,400 22,300 21,400

Leisure and Hospitality 109,800 105,400 109,100 96,700 94,500 91,400 31,200 30,600 29,700Accommodation and Food Services 98,700 95,000 97,100 84,800 84,400 82,200

Other Services 33,400 33,200 32,400 35,900 35,700 34,200 10,300 10,200 9,600Government 161,900 162,500 161,500 171,800 170,300 168,600 68,700 68,900 69,300

Federal 34,700 34,800 35,000 13,300 12,700 12,900 13,100 13,100 12,900State 20,500 20,600 20,200 75,200 75,100 72,500 10,200 10,400 10,000Local 106,700 107,100 106,300 83,300 82,500 83,200 45,400 45,400 46,400

Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)DALLAS PLANO IRVING MD** FORT WORTH ARLINGTONMD**

SAN ANTONIO NEW BRAUNFELS AUSTIN ROUND ROCK SAN MARCOS EL PASO

HOUSTON SUGAR LAND BAYTOWN

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Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in each MSA is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12TOTAL NONFARM 67,300 67,200 66,300 112,900 112,700 112,000 161,800 161,400 161,400 133,800 132,700 131,600Mining, Logging, & Constr. 5,300 5,300 5,000 6,000 5,900 5,500 20,600 20,400 20,800 3,700 3,700 3,300Manufacturing 2,700 2,700 2,700 13,300 13,200 13,300 22,100 22,300 22,100 5,900 5,800 5,800Wholesale Trade 2,600 2,600 2,600 5,200 5,200 5,200 5,200 5,200 4,900 3,700 3,700 3,600Retail Trade 8,100 8,100 7,900 14,400 14,500 13,900 19,200 19,300 19,200 16,900 16,700 16,400Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,700 1,700 1,600 4,800 4,800 4,700 6,000 6,100 5,800 4,700 4,700 4,800Information 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,400 1,400 1,500 1,300 1,300 1,400 1,200 1,200 1,800Financial Activities 3,800 3,800 3,800 6,000 6,000 6,200 5,700 5,800 5,600 5,500 5,500 5,300Prof. & Business Services 5,600 5,500 5,100 8,200 8,200 8,300 13,600 13,600 14,100 10,000 10,000 10,500Educ. & Health Services 13,700 13,700 13,600 16,300 16,300 16,300 22,300 22,200 22,000 33,900 33,900 33,100Leisure & Hospitality 7,500 7,500 7,300 11,600 11,300 11,900 15,000 14,700 14,200 13,600 13,200 12,800Other Services 2,600 2,600 2,600 4,800 4,800 4,600 5,700 5,600 5,700 3,600 3,600 3,400Government 12,600 12,600 13,000 20,900 21,100 20,600 25,100 24,900 25,600 31,100 30,700 30,800

Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12TOTAL NONFARM 99,400 98,700 96,500 190,400 188,500 182,500 130,800 130,600 128,200 95,600 95,300 92,700Mining, Logging, & Constr. 6,800 6,800 6,700 26,100 25,600 22,100 5,600 5,400 5,200 4,400 4,400 4,100Manufacturing 5,600 5,600 5,300 9,900 9,800 9,800 7,000 7,100 7,000 700 700 800Wholesale Trade 1,900 1,900 1,800 5,800 5,800 5,700 3,900 3,900 3,800 2,800 2,700 2,700Retail Trade 10,900 10,900 10,400 20,100 19,900 19,800 15,400 15,300 14,900 12,600 12,500 12,200Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,400 1,400 1,300 6,700 6,800 6,300 4,500 4,500 4,500 13,200 13,100 12,600Information 1,300 1,300 1,200 1,900 1,900 2,000 2,200 2,200 2,300 600 600 600Financial Activities 3,600 3,600 3,500 7,700 7,600 7,400 5,800 5,900 5,400 3,800 3,800 3,800Prof. & Business Services 6,700 6,600 6,300 15,300 15,300 15,400 9,200 9,300 9,100 7,500 7,500 7,500Educ. & Health Services 10,400 10,300 10,200 31,200 31,200 30,300 22,100 22,000 20,700 15,100 15,100 14,700Leisure & Hospitality 12,600 12,400 10,100 24,100 23,100 22,200 13,700 13,500 12,500 10,200 10,100 9,100Other Services 3,400 3,400 3,300 8,000 8,000 7,400 4,900 4,900 4,900 2,500 2,500 2,400Government 34,800 34,500 36,400 33,600 33,500 34,100 36,500 36,600 37,900 22,200 22,300 22,200

Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12TOTAL NONFARM 103,000 102,000 101,400 130,400 130,400 127,800 233,000 232,400 229,700 84,400 83,800 78,600Mining, Logging, & Constr. 18,000 17,400 17,400 5,700 5,600 5,500 9,200 9,100 9,000 24,200 23,900 21,000Manufacturing 11,400 11,400 11,900 5,000 5,000 4,900 6,300 6,300 6,300 3,500 3,500 3,300Wholesale Trade 4,800 4,900 4,800 6,100 6,200 6,100 7,000 6,900 6,700 4,500 4,500 4,300Retail Trade 11,200 11,100 10,700 16,300 16,400 15,700 34,800 34,800 33,600 7,700 7,700 7,200Trans., Ware., & Util. 3,900 3,900 3,700 4,300 4,300 4,100 7,900 7,800 7,700 4,100 4,100 3,600Information 1,400 1,300 1,300 3,800 3,800 3,800 1,900 1,900 2,000 900 900 1,100Financial Activities 4,100 4,100 4,000 6,800 6,900 6,800 8,800 8,800 8,700 4,200 4,200 3,800Prof. & Business Services 8,900 8,900 8,500 11,200 11,100 10,700 15,000 15,200 14,900 8,800 8,800 8,700Educ. & Health Services 15,600 15,500 15,800 21,800 21,800 21,500 59,800 59,700 59,900 7,300 7,200 7,300Leisure & Hospitality 8,600 8,400 8,300 16,600 16,400 16,000 21,000 20,600 20,200 7,800 7,600 7,100Other Services 3,600 3,600 3,500 5,400 5,400 5,300 5,900 5,900 5,700 2,900 2,900 2,800Government 11,500 11,500 11,500 27,400 27,500 27,400 55,400 55,400 55,000 8,500 8,500 8,400

Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12TOTAL NONFARM 75,100 74,800 69,700 47,300 46,900 45,700 43,000 43,100 42,400 56,500 56,200 56,600Mining, Logging, & Constr. 19,200 19,200 16,500 3,500 3,500 3,200 2,600 2,600 2,600 2,300 2,200 2,100Manufacturing 5,900 5,800 5,300 3,900 3,800 3,800 5,200 5,300 5,400 4,100 4,100 4,000Wholesale Trade 5,900 5,900 5,500 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,100 1,100 1,000 2,500 2,500 2,500Retail Trade 7,100 7,100 6,600 5,500 5,500 5,400 5,400 5,400 5,300 6,900 6,900 6,900Trans., Ware., & Util. 2,800 2,800 2,600 1,000 1,000 1,100 1,200 1,200 1,100 3,000 3,000 3,100Information 600 600 600 900 1,000 1,000 400 400 400 500 500 500Financial Activities 3,000 3,000 2,900 2,100 2,100 2,000 2,900 2,900 2,700 2,600 2,600 2,600Prof. & Business Services 4,300 4,400 4,400 3,600 3,600 3,700 2,600 2,600 2,600 4,100 4,100 4,200Educ. & Health Services 5,800 5,800 5,700 8,000 8,000 7,700 9,000 9,100 8,900 9,300 9,200 9,200Leisure & Hospitality 7,500 7,300 6,800 5,700 5,500 5,100 4,800 4,700 4,600 5,700 5,600 5,700Other Services 3,400 3,400 3,300 2,000 2,000 1,900 1,500 1,500 1,400 2,200 2,200 2,200Government 9,600 9,500 9,500 9,400 9,200 9,100 6,300 6,300 6,400 13,300 13,300 13,600

Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12 Mar '13* Feb '13 Mar '12TOTAL NONFARM 94,000 93,900 93,200 52,500 52,500 51,200 108,000 107,700 105,500 58,600 58,400 58,600Mining, Logging, & Constr. 5,500 5,500 5,400 7,400 7,300 6,900 6,200 6,100 5,800 3,500 3,400 3,500Manufacturing 5,200 5,300 5,300 5,900 5,900 5,900 14,600 14,600 14,400 5,200 5,200 5,400Wholesale Trade 3,300 3,300 3,200 2,100 2,100 1,900 4,000 4,000 3,900 1,700 1,800 1,800Retail Trade 11,900 11,900 11,900 6,400 6,500 6,300 10,800 10,700 10,600 7,600 7,500 7,500Trans., Ware., & Util. 3,600 3,700 3,700 1,500 1,500 1,400 2,800 2,800 2,800 1,900 1,900 1,800Information 2,300 2,300 2,300 400 400 500 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,000 1,000 1,000Financial Activities 4,200 4,200 4,200 2,300 2,300 2,200 6,200 6,200 6,200 2,800 2,800 2,700Prof. & Business Services 8,300 8,200 8,300 3,800 3,700 3,400 9,100 9,100 9,100 4,100 4,100 4,100Educ. & Health Services 22,000 22,200 21,300 7,200 7,200 7,400 20,600 20,500 19,900 9,600 9,600 9,500Leisure & Hospitality 10,000 9,700 9,900 4,800 4,800 4,500 11,000 10,900 10,200 6,100 6,000 6,200Other Services 4,400 4,300 4,000 1,900 1,900 1,800 3,800 3,800 3,800 2,700 2,700 2,500Government 13,300 13,300 13,700 8,800 8,900 9,000 17,600 17,700 17,500 12,400 12,400 12,600

WACO

ODESSA SAN ANGELO SHERMAN DENISON TEXARKANA

WICHITA FALLS

MCALLEN EDINBURG MISSION

Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)BROWNSVILLE HARLINGEN

COLLEGE STATION BRYAN CORPUS CHRISTI KILLEEN TEMPLE FORT HOOD

ABILENEINDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

AMARILLO BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR

LAREDO

MIDLAND

INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY

LONGVIEW LUBBOCK

TYLER VICTORIA



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Houston-Sugar Land-

Baytown

Beaumont-PortArthur

Tyler

Longview

Sherman-Denison

Texarkana

Killeen-Temple-

Fort Hood

CollegeStation-Bryan

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

San Antonio-New Braunfels

Victoria

Dallas-Fort Worth-

Arlington

WichitaFalls

Waco

Abilene

Brownsville-Harlingen

McAllen-Edinburg-

Mission

Laredo CorpusChristi

SanAngelo

Odessa

Midland

Lubbock

Amarillo

El Paso

Job Growth RatesTexas: 3.0%

4.0% and above (4)2.1% to 3.9% (7)1.6% to 2.0% (6)0.0% to 1.5% (7)negative growth (1)

CES - A Bureau of Labor Statistics program that relies on employersurveys to estimate monthly, nonagricultural payroll employment.

Source: Current Employment Statistics. Estimates produced by theBureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminatedin cooperation with the TWC. Prepared by the Labor Market and CareerInformation Department, TWC. (4/19/2013)

0.8%

2.0% 0.0%

1.5%

3.4%

7.4%7.7%

1.6%

-0.2%

1.6%0.9%

3.0%

2.4%

2.0%

4.0%0.2%

3.8%1.9%

4.3%

3.1%

1.4% 1.7%

Total Nonagricultural Employment by MSA (In Thousands)

AbileneAmarilloAustin-Round Rock-San MarcosBeaumont-Port ArthurBrownsville-HarlingenCollege Station-BryanCorpus ChristiDallas-Fort Worth-ArlingtonEl PasoHouston-Sugar Land-BaytownKilleen-Temple-Fort HoodLaredoLongviewLubbockMcAllen-Edinburg-MissionMidlandOdessaSan AngeloSan Antonio-New BraunfelsSherman-DenisonTexarkanaTylerVictoriaWacoWichita Falls

67.3112.9846.8161.8133.8

99.4190.4

3,078.9286.0

2,762.5130.8

95.6103.0130.4233.0

84.475.147.3

887.443.056.594.052.5

108.058.6\

1.5%0.8%4.0%0.2%1.7%3.0%4.3%3.4%1.6%3.8%2.0%3.1%1.6%2.0%1.4%7.4%7.7%3.5%1.9%1.4%

-0.2%0.9%2.5%2.4%0.0%

MSAMar.2013

Mar.2012

% AnnualJob Growth

66.3112.0814.4161.4131.6

96.5182.5

2,977.9281.6

2,660.2128.2

92.7101.4127.8229.7

78.669.745.7

870.742.456.693.251.2

105.558.6

3.5%

1.4%

2.5%

9



Beaumont-PortArthur

Texarkana

Tyler

Long-view

Houston-Sugar Land-

Baytown

CollegeStation-Bryan

Sherman-Denison

Waco

Dallas-Fort Worth-

Arlington

CorpusChristi

Brownsville-Harlingen

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

Victoria

San Antonio-New Braunfels

McAllen-Edinburg-

Mission

Abilene

WichitaFalls

Laredo

San Angelo

Lubbock

Amarillo

OdessaMidland

El Paso

Unemployment RatesTexas: 6.3%*

0.0% to 4.9% (5)5.0% to 5.5% (5)5.6% to 6.3% (6)6.4% to 6.9% (5)7.0% and above (4)

LAUS - A Bureau of Labor Statistics program that estimates the labor force statusof employed and unemployed persons.

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally AdjustedPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC. (4/19/2013)

Unemployment Rates for Texas MSAs(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

AbileneAmarilloAustin-Round Rock-

San MarcosBeaumont-Port ArthurBrownsville-HarlingenCollege Station-BryanCorpus ChristiDallas-Ft Worth-ArlingtonEl PasoHouston-Sugar Land-BaytownKilleen-Temple-Ft HoodLaredoLongview

LubbockMcAllen-Edinburg-

MissionMidlandOdessaSan AngeloSan Antonio-

New BraunfelsSherman-DenisonTexarkanaTylerVictoriaWacoWichita Falls

4.9 5.54.6 4.9

5.3 6.09.7 9.7

10.1 10.65.1 5.65.9 6.66.2 7.08.9 9.56.1 7.06.9 7.66.6 7.15.5 5.7

5.3 5.8

10.6 10.93.1 3.63.7 4.44.9 5.3

6.0 6.66.8 7.56.8 6.96.4 7.15.2 5.86.0 6.75.9 6.1

AreaMar.2013

Mar.2012 Area

Mar.2013

Mar.2012

8.9%

4.6%

5.3%

3.1%3.7%

4.9%

4.9%

5.9%

6.2%

6.0%

6.9%

5.3%

6.0%

6.6%

5.9%

10.1%10.6%

6.1%

5.5%6.4%

6.8%

6.8%

5.1%

5.2%

9.7%



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The Texas unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point in March to a rate of 6.3 percent. This was the second consecutive month the unemployment rate has declined. Over the past three months,

the unemployment rate has shown an average increase of 0.1 percentage point. The rate has descended by 0.7 percentage points over the year. The national unemployment rate dropped 0.5 percentage points over the month for an unemployment rate of 7.6 percent. The Texas unemployment rate was 1.3 percentage points below the national rate. This was the 76th consecutive month the Texas rate was at or below the United States unemployment rate.

The Civilian Labor Force (CLF) increased by 24,000 individuals over the month to a total of 12,686,100 individuals. This was the fourth consecutive month in which the labor force has grown and the largest

increase since October 2012. The CLF has averaged an increase of 17,200 Texans over the last three months. Over the year, the Texas labor force has shown a growth of 137,400 people, a growth rate of 1.1 percent.

The number of jobholders increased in March by 40,100 individuals, bringing the number of employed Texans to 11,885,800 persons. This was the largest number of working Texans since the beginning of the

series. The past three months have shown an average gain of 5,200 people per month. Since the beginning of the year, the number of jobholders has rose by 103,300 persons. Over the year, the number of employed Texans has increased by 214,000 people. The number of Texans seeking work was 800,300 individuals, a decrease of 16,100 persons over the month. This was the lowest number of unemployed Texans this year. Since January 2013, the number of jobseekers has declined by 72,300 persons.

The number of Texans continuing to seek unemployment insurance decreased by 1,000 persons over the month. This was the second consecutive month in which there was a decrease in the number of continued

unemployment insurance claims in Texas. Since the beginning of the year, the number of continued claims in Texas has descended by 9,100 claims. Of the 25 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs), 9 MSAs showed an increase in continued unemployment claim activity, while 16 MSAs showed a decrease in claimants.

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates refl ect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. Civilian Labor Force (C.L.F.) includes wage and salary workers, self-employed, unpaid family, domestics in private households, agricultural workers, workers involved in labor disputes and the unemployed, all by place of residence. Employment and Unemployment data are fi rst rounded then added together to derive the rounded CLF total. Because of this rounding technique, this rounded total of the CLF may not agree with a rounding of the CLF total itself. Percent Unemployed is based upon unrounded Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment numbers. Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Beginning with January 2005 estimates, defi nitions of the MSAs were updated to refl ect the 2000 Census-based confi gurations. Please see www.tracer2.com for details on these changes. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is comprised of the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division (MD) and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Civilian Labor Force Estimates for Texas Metropolitan Statistical AreasNot Seasonally Adjusted (In Thousands)

MSAs Ranked by Unemployment RateMarch 2013 (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

1 Midland 3.12 Odessa 3.73 Amarillo 4.64 (tie) Abilene 4.9

San Angelo 4.96 College Station Bryan 5.17 Victoria 5.28 (tie) Austin Round Rock San Marcos 5.3

Lubbock 5.310 Longview 5.511 (tie) Corpus Christi 5.9

Wichita Falls 5.913 (tie) San Antonio New Braunfels 6.0

Waco 6.015 Houston Sugar Land Baytown 6.116 Dallas Fort Worth Arlington 6.2

Texas 6.317 Tyler 6.418 Laredo 6.619 (tie) Sherman Denison 6.8

Texarkana 6.821 Killeen Temple Fort Hood 6.9

United States 7.622 El Paso 8.923 Beaumont Port Arthur 9.724 Brownsville Harlingen 10.125 McAllen Edinburg Mission 10.6

C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. RateUnited States 154,512.0 142,698.0 11,815.0 7.6 154,727.0 142,228.0 12,500.0 8.1 154,316.0 141,412.0 12,904.0 8.4Texas 12,686.1 11,885.8 800.3 6.3 12,662.1 11,845.7 816.4 6.4 12,548.7 11,671.8 876.9 7.0Abilene 84.8 80.6 4.2 4.9 84.7 80.4 4.3 5.1 84.4 79.8 4.6 5.5Amarillo 133.9 127.7 6.2 4.6 133.8 127.7 6.1 4.6 133.8 127.3 6.5 4.9Austin Round Rock San Marcos 982.8 930.8 52.0 5.3 978.6 926.0 52.6 5.4 958.1 900.7 57.4 6.0Beaumont Port Arthur 189.1 170.7 18.4 9.7 189.3 170.6 18.7 9.9 191.0 172.4 18.6 9.7Brownsville Harlingen 164.3 147.7 16.6 10.1 164.1 147.0 17.1 10.4 163.8 146.4 17.4 10.6College Station Bryan 115.6 109.7 5.9 5.1 115.2 109.1 6.1 5.3 114.6 108.2 6.4 5.6Corpus Christi 220.5 207.6 12.9 5.9 218.6 205.7 12.9 5.9 216.1 201.9 14.2 6.6Dallas Fort Worth Arlington 3,377.6 3,168.8 208.8 6.2 3,371.7 3,159.2 212.5 6.3 3,317.2 3,086.0 231.2 7.0Dallas Plano Irving MD 2,251.8 2,111.6 140.2 6.2 2,246.6 2,103.5 143.1 6.4 2,207.8 2,052.5 155.3 7.0Fort Worth Arlington MD 1,125.7 1,057.2 68.5 6.1 1,125.1 1,055.7 69.4 6.2 1,109.4 1,033.5 75.9 6.8

El Paso 323.6 294.9 28.7 8.9 323.4 293.9 29.5 9.1 325.4 294.4 31.0 9.5Houston Sugar Land Baytown 3,072.1 2,884.8 187.3 6.1 3,070.9 2,878.7 192.2 6.3 3,021.6 2,810.6 211.0 7.0Killeen Temple Fort Hood 170.8 158.9 11.9 6.9 171.0 158.9 12.1 7.1 169.5 156.7 12.8 7.6Laredo 101.1 94.4 6.7 6.6 101.2 94.2 7.0 6.9 100.1 92.9 7.2 7.1Longview 116.6 110.1 6.5 5.5 115.8 109.2 6.6 5.7 116.8 110.1 6.7 5.7Lubbock 146.6 138.9 7.7 5.3 146.5 139.0 7.5 5.1 145.5 137.0 8.5 5.8McAllen Edinburg Mission 315.6 282.1 33.5 10.6 317.0 282.2 34.8 11.0 318.2 283.5 34.7 10.9Midland 93.4 90.5 2.9 3.1 93.2 90.2 3.0 3.2 87.5 84.4 3.1 3.6Odessa 86.4 83.2 3.2 3.7 86.3 83.0 3.3 3.8 81.8 78.2 3.6 4.4San Angelo 56.9 54.1 2.8 4.9 56.9 54.0 2.9 5.0 55.7 52.7 3.0 5.3San Antonio New Braunfels 1,023.7 962.0 61.7 6.0 1,017.6 955.4 62.2 6.1 1,023.7 956.0 67.7 6.6Sherman Denison 57.4 53.5 3.9 6.8 57.3 53.3 4.0 7.0 57.6 53.3 4.3 7.5Texarkana 63.4 59.1 4.3 6.8 63.4 59.0 4.4 6.9 65.2 60.7 4.5 6.9Tyler 101.2 94.7 6.5 6.4 101.4 94.7 6.7 6.6 102.7 95.4 7.3 7.1Victoria 61.6 58.4 3.2 5.2 61.6 58.3 3.3 5.4 60.8 57.3 3.5 5.8Waco 116.2 109.2 7.0 6.0 115.9 108.9 7.0 6.1 116.1 108.3 7.8 6.7Wichita Falls 71.9 67.6 4.3 5.9 71.9 67.6 4.3 6.0 72.9 68.4 4.5 6.1

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Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Estimates refl ect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. All estimates are subject to revision.

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Anderson 7.1 7.3 7.5 0.2 0.4 Donley 5.8 5.9 5.2 0.1 0.6Andrews 3.4 3.5 3.8 0.1 0.4 Duval 6.0 6.2 7.2 0.2 1.2Angelina 6.3 6.6 6.7 0.3 0.4 Eastland 5.8 5.9 6.2 0.1 0.4Aransas 5.6 6.1 6.3 0.5 0.7 Ector 3.7 3.8 4.4 0.1 0.7Archer 4.8 4.8 4.9 0.0 0.1 Edwards 7.4 7.7 6.4 0.3 1.0Armstrong 4.3 4.4 5.0 0.1 0.7 Ellis 6.4 6.5 7.2 0.1 0.8Atascosa 6.0 6.4 6.8 0.4 0.8 El Paso 8.9 9.1 9.5 0.2 0.6Austin 5.8 6.1 5.7 0.3 0.1 Erath 5.2 5.4 5.4 0.2 0.2Bailey 7.6 7.6 7.3 0.0 0.3 Falls 7.9 8.0 8.6 0.1 0.7Bandera 5.4 5.6 6.3 0.2 0.9 Fannin 9.2 9.2 8.8 0.0 0.4Bastrop 6.7 6.0 7.1 0.7 0.4 Fayette 4.6 4.5 4.9 0.1 0.3Baylor 4.3 4.4 4.3 0.1 0.0 Fisher 5.2 5.1 5.1 0.1 0.1Bee 6.6 6.7 7.0 0.1 0.4 Floyd 8.6 9.4 7.1 0.8 1.5Bell 6.7 6.9 7.4 0.2 0.7 Foard 5.4 5.6 6.0 0.2 0.6Bexar 5.9 6.2 6.7 0.3 0.8 Fort Bend 5.6 5.8 6.2 0.2 0.6Blanco 5.0 5.2 5.6 0.2 0.6 Franklin 5.9 6.2 6.7 0.3 0.8Borden 2.4 2.5 3.2 0.1 0.8 Freestone 5.3 5.5 5.4 0.2 0.1Bosque 6.9 7.1 7.6 0.2 0.7 Frio 5.1 5.3 5.7 0.2 0.6Bowie 7.1 6.9 7.0 0.2 0.1 Gaines 4.3 4.5 4.6 0.2 0.3Brazoria 6.4 6.4 7.4 0.0 1.0 Galveston 6.8 6.7 7.8 0.1 1.0Brazos 5.0 5.1 5.3 0.1 0.3 Garza 5.4 5.7 6.3 0.3 0.9Brewster 4.6 4.8 4.6 0.2 0.0 Gillespie 4.0 4.1 4.2 0.1 0.2Briscoe 7.9 8.1 6.3 0.2 1.6 Glasscock 3.9 3.9 4.4 0.0 0.5Brooks 7.1 7.0 7.3 0.1 0.2 Goliad 4.8 5.0 5.3 0.2 0.5Brown 5.8 5.9 6.1 0.1 0.3 Gonzales 4.7 4.8 4.7 0.1 0.0Burleson 5.9 6.4 6.1 0.5 0.2 Gray 4.5 4.7 4.9 0.2 0.4Burnet 5.2 5.4 5.7 0.2 0.5 Grayson 6.8 7.0 7.5 0.2 0.7Caldwell 7.2 6.7 7.5 0.5 0.3 Gregg 5.3 5.6 5.5 0.3 0.2Calhoun 5.5 5.7 7.8 0.2 2.3 Grimes 6.0 5.9 6.8 0.1 0.8Callahan 4.8 5.2 5.1 0.4 0.3 Guadalupe 6.2 5.9 5.8 0.3 0.4Cameron 10.1 10.4 10.6 0.3 0.5 Hale 11.8 11.2 7.0 0.6 4.8Camp 7.1 7.0 7.8 0.1 0.7 Hall 7.6 7.8 8.3 0.2 0.7Carson 4.5 4.5 4.5 0.0 0.0 Hamilton 5.2 5.3 5.3 0.1 0.1Cass 9.1 9.2 9.4 0.1 0.3 Hansford 4.0 4.1 3.7 0.1 0.3Castro 5.1 5.4 5.1 0.3 0.0 Hardeman 5.3 5.4 5.1 0.1 0.2Chambers 6.8 6.7 7.3 0.1 0.5 Hardin 7.9 8.0 7.6 0.1 0.3Cherokee 7.4 7.7 7.7 0.3 0.3 Harris 6.1 6.3 7.1 0.2 1.0Childress 5.3 5.3 5.4 0.0 0.1 Harrison 6.4 6.7 6.9 0.3 0.5Clay 4.8 5.0 5.0 0.2 0.2 Hartley 4.4 4.2 4.4 0.2 0.0Cochran 7.6 7.7 8.5 0.1 0.9 Haskell 5.5 5.8 5.8 0.3 0.3Coke 5.4 5.8 5.8 0.4 0.4 Hays 5.2 5.2 5.8 0.0 0.6Coleman 5.9 6.1 6.0 0.2 0.1 Hemphill 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.1 0.1Collin 5.7 5.7 6.4 0.0 0.7 Henderson 7.1 7.1 7.5 0.0 0.4Collingsworth 4.4 4.9 4.6 0.5 0.2 Hidalgo 10.6 11.0 10.9 0.4 0.3Colorado 5.3 5.4 5.9 0.1 0.6 Hill 6.5 6.6 7.2 0.1 0.7Comal 7.6 6.0 6.3 1.6 1.3 Hockley 4.5 4.5 5.2 0.0 0.7Comanche 5.5 5.6 6.1 0.1 0.6 Hood 5.2 5.5 5.8 0.3 0.6Concho 6.9 7.1 7.2 0.2 0.3 Hopkins 5.3 5.7 6.1 0.4 0.8Cooke 4.3 4.4 4.6 0.1 0.3 Houston 8.9 9.1 10.1 0.2 1.2Coryell 8.1 8.0 8.6 0.1 0.5 Howard 5.7 5.8 6.1 0.1 0.4Cottle 5.0 6.0 7.0 1.0 2.0 Hudspeth 5.8 5.7 5.4 0.1 0.4Crane 4.9 4.8 5.5 0.1 0.6 Hunt 6.3 6.3 7.5 0.0 1.2Crockett 3.8 3.8 4.2 0.0 0.4 Hutchinson 5.4 5.6 5.6 0.2 0.2Crosby 6.7 6.9 7.0 0.2 0.3 Irion 3.3 4.0 4.6 0.7 1.3Culberson 3.3 3.3 3.7 0.0 0.4 Jack 4.4 4.5 4.4 0.1 0.0Dallam 3.6 3.8 3.9 0.2 0.3 Jackson 5.1 4.8 5.4 0.3 0.3Dallas 6.6 6.9 7.5 0.3 0.9 Jasper 9.8 9.8 10.0 0.0 0.2Dawson 6.7 6.9 7.3 0.2 0.6 Jeff Davis 4.9 5.1 5.6 0.2 0.7Deaf Smith 4.6 4.9 4.9 0.3 0.3 Jefferson 10.0 10.2 10.4 0.2 0.4Delta 6.6 7.6 7.5 1.0 0.9 Jim Hogg 5.1 4.9 5.0 0.2 0.1Denton 5.7 5.5 6.3 0.2 0.6 Jim Wells 4.5 4.7 5.0 0.2 0.5DeWitt 4.6 4.7 5.2 0.1 0.6 Johnson 6.1 6.0 7.0 0.1 0.9Dickens 9.1 9.0 10.4 0.1 1.3 Jones 6.0 5.9 6.7 0.1 0.7Dimmit 4.7 4.9 5.3 0.2 0.6 Karnes 6.5 6.4 7.0 0.1 0.5

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Kaufman 6.5 6.6 7.5 0.1 1.0 Real 6.5 7.0 7.7 0.5 1.2Kendall 5.4 5.3 5.7 0.1 0.3 Red River 10.4 10.2 10.6 0.2 0.2Kenedy 2.6 2.9 2.9 0.3 0.3 Reeves 9.1 9.2 9.5 0.1 0.4Kent 4.9 4.8 5.0 0.1 0.1 Refugio 4.3 4.5 4.7 0.2 0.4Kerr 5.3 5.4 5.6 0.1 0.3 Roberts 2.9 3.3 4.9 0.4 2.0Kimble 5.5 5.6 5.6 0.1 0.1 Robertson 6.8 7.3 8.0 0.5 1.2King 7.2 7.3 6.4 0.1 0.8 Rockwall 5.9 5.8 6.4 0.1 0.5Kinney 7.7 8.3 8.6 0.6 0.9 Runnels 5.6 5.8 6.4 0.2 0.8Kleberg 5.5 5.6 5.8 0.1 0.3 Rusk 6.0 6.0 6.2 0.0 0.2Knox 5.9 6.0 5.6 0.1 0.3 Sabine 15.0 15.9 15.4 0.9 0.4Lamar 8.2 8.6 9.5 0.4 1.3 San Augustine 10.5 10.4 10.9 0.1 0.4Lamb 7.2 7.2 13.2 0.0 6.0 San Jacinto 7.5 7.4 8.2 0.1 0.7Lampasas 6.8 7.0 7.0 0.2 0.2 San Patricio 7.3 7.4 7.8 0.1 0.5La Salle 3.6 3.9 4.7 0.3 1.1 San Saba 7.8 7.8 8.4 0.0 0.6Lavaca 4.3 4.3 4.6 0.0 0.3 Schleicher 3.5 3.6 4.4 0.1 0.9Lee 4.7 4.9 5.1 0.2 0.4 Scurry 3.9 4.1 4.5 0.2 0.6Leon 6.6 6.8 6.8 0.2 0.2 Shackelford 2.6 2.7 2.9 0.1 0.3Liberty 7.7 8.2 8.7 0.5 1.0 Shelby 6.3 6.7 6.3 0.4 0.0Limestone 5.4 5.7 6.2 0.3 0.8 Sherman 4.6 4.8 4.2 0.2 0.4Lipscomb 3.4 3.5 3.4 0.1 0.0 Smith 6.4 6.6 7.1 0.2 0.7Live Oak 3.9 4.0 4.5 0.1 0.6 Somervell 5.2 5.2 6.1 0.0 0.9Llano 6.3 6.5 6.7 0.2 0.4 Starr 15.8 16.4 15.8 0.6 0.0Loving 8.9 8.9 8.9 0.0 0.0 Stephens 5.1 5.4 5.7 0.3 0.6Lubbock 5.2 5.1 5.8 0.1 0.6 Sterling 3.4 3.5 3.1 0.1 0.3Lynn 6.6 6.5 7.7 0.1 1.1 Stonewall 4.3 4.0 3.9 0.3 0.4McCulloch 4.6 4.9 5.2 0.3 0.6 Sutton 3.4 3.4 3.2 0.0 0.2McLennan 6.0 6.1 6.7 0.1 0.7 Swisher 7.9 7.9 5.7 0.0 2.2McMullen 2.7 3.2 2.9 0.5 0.2 Tarrant 6.1 6.2 6.8 0.1 0.7Madison 6.7 6.8 6.8 0.1 0.1 Taylor 4.8 5.0 5.3 0.2 0.5Marion 7.4 7.8 8.4 0.4 1.0 Terrell 6.9 6.9 6.4 0.0 0.5Martin 3.9 3.8 4.2 0.1 0.3 Terry 6.4 6.5 7.0 0.1 0.6Mason 4.1 4.2 4.3 0.1 0.2 Throckmorton 4.5 4.9 4.5 0.4 0.0Matagorda 9.2 9.1 10.3 0.1 1.1 Titus 6.9 7.0 7.0 0.1 0.1Maverick 13.3 14.2 14.0 0.9 0.7 Tom Green 5.0 5.1 5.4 0.1 0.4Medina 5.8 6.3 6.5 0.5 0.7 Travis 5.2 5.3 5.9 0.1 0.7Menard 5.6 5.6 6.1 0.0 0.5 Trinity 7.4 7.4 8.1 0.0 0.7Midland 3.1 3.2 3.6 0.1 0.5 Tyler 9.8 10.0 9.7 0.2 0.1Milam 7.4 8.0 8.1 0.6 0.7 Upshur 5.6 5.9 5.8 0.3 0.2Mills 5.3 5.0 5.3 0.3 0.0 Upton 3.3 3.3 3.5 0.0 0.2Mitchell 6.2 6.4 6.8 0.2 0.6 Uvalde 7.7 7.8 8.7 0.1 1.0Montague 4.6 4.8 5.2 0.2 0.6 Val Verde 7.4 7.8 7.8 0.4 0.4Montgomery 5.4 5.5 6.1 0.1 0.7 Van Zandt 6.0 6.1 6.4 0.1 0.4Moore 4.0 4.1 4.1 0.1 0.1 Victoria 5.2 5.3 5.4 0.1 0.2Morris 8.9 9.1 9.7 0.2 0.8 Walker 6.2 6.3 6.7 0.1 0.5Motley 5.2 6.0 6.0 0.8 0.8 Waller 6.6 6.6 6.8 0.0 0.2Nacogdoches 6.1 6.1 6.1 0.0 0.0 Ward 4.3 4.3 4.6 0.0 0.3Navarro 7.9 8.0 8.4 0.1 0.5 Washington 5.0 4.9 5.2 0.1 0.2Newton 11.9 11.7 11.8 0.2 0.1 Webb 6.6 6.9 7.1 0.3 0.5Nolan 5.6 5.7 6.0 0.1 0.4 Wharton 6.1 6.3 7.1 0.2 1.0Nueces 5.6 5.7 6.4 0.1 0.8 Wheeler 3.7 4.0 3.3 0.3 0.4Ochiltree 3.2 3.4 3.3 0.2 0.1 Wichita 6.1 6.1 6.3 0.0 0.2Oldham 4.0 4.7 3.9 0.7 0.1 Wilbarger 4.3 4.6 4.6 0.3 0.3Orange 10.2 10.2 9.3 0.0 0.9 Willacy 14.1 14.6 14.6 0.5 0.5Palo Pinto 6.2 6.5 6.4 0.3 0.2 Williamson 5.3 5.5 6.0 0.2 0.7Panola 5.3 5.5 5.8 0.2 0.5 Wilson 5.7 5.6 5.8 0.1 0.1Parker 5.7 5.8 6.4 0.1 0.7 Winkler 4.1 4.4 4.6 0.3 0.5Parmer 4.7 4.9 4.6 0.2 0.1 Wise 6.3 5.9 7.0 0.4 0.7Pecos 4.5 4.4 4.8 0.1 0.3 Wood 6.9 7.1 7.4 0.2 0.5Polk 8.1 8.3 8.5 0.2 0.4 Yoakum 3.2 3.2 3.5 0.0 0.3Potter 5.4 5.3 5.8 0.1 0.4 Young 4.7 4.8 5.1 0.1 0.4Presidio 10.9 11.8 10.8 0.9 0.1 Zapata 6.2 6.4 6.7 0.2 0.5Rains 6.4 6.7 7.2 0.3 0.8 Zavala 13.4 13.9 14.5 0.5 1.1Randall 4.0 4.0 4.2 0.0 0.2Reagan 2.3 2.4 2.3 0.1 0.0

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Abilene 5.0 5.1 5.5 0.1 0.5 Garland 6.5 6.7 7.0 0.2 0.5 Paris 9.6 10.1 10.5 0.5 0.9Allen 5.2 5.5 5.9 0.3 0.7 Georgetown 5.3 5.4 5.9 0.1 0.6 Pasadena 7.0 7.0 8.0 0.0 1.0Amarillo 4.6 4.6 4.9 0.0 0.3 Grand Prairie 6.1 6.4 7.0 0.3 0.9 Pearland 4.8 4.8 5.6 0.0 0.8Arlington 5.7 6.0 6.5 0.3 0.8 Grapevine 4.9 5.0 5.3 0.1 0.4 Pflugerville 4.7 4.5 5.4 0.2 0.7Austin 4.9 5.0 5.5 0.1 0.6 Greenville 6.1 6.6 7.9 0.5 1.8 Pharr 9.0 9.2 8.8 0.2 0.2Baytown 8.5 9.0 9.9 0.5 1.4 Haltom City 5.7 5.8 6.6 0.1 0.9 Plano 5.6 5.8 6.1 0.2 0.5Beaumont 8.9 9.1 9.2 0.2 0.3 Harker Heights 6.6 6.8 7.1 0.2 0.5 Port Arthur 14.2 14.9 15.7 0.7 1.5Bedford 5.3 5.5 6.2 0.2 0.9 Harlingen 8.4 8.8 9.3 0.4 0.9 Richardson 5.6 5.7 6.2 0.1 0.6Big Spring 6.1 6.2 6.5 0.1 0.4 Houston 6.2 6.4 7.1 0.2 0.9 Rockwall 5.6 5.3 5.6 0.3 0.0Brownsville 10.2 10.3 10.9 0.1 0.7 Huntsville 6.2 6.5 6.6 0.3 0.4 Rosenberg 6.3 6.3 6.0 0.0 0.3Bryan 5.2 5.3 5.7 0.1 0.5 Hurst 5.5 5.7 6.4 0.2 0.9 Round Rock 5.1 5.2 5.8 0.1 0.7Burleson 5.3 5.1 6.1 0.2 0.8 Irving 5.8 6.0 6.4 0.2 0.6 Rowlett 5.8 6.1 7.2 0.3 1.4Carrollton 5.6 5.7 6.4 0.1 0.8 Keller 5.4 5.5 5.7 0.1 0.3 San Angelo 4.9 5.1 5.4 0.2 0.5Cedar Hill 6.9 7.4 7.7 0.5 0.8 Killeen 7.3 7.6 8.3 0.3 1.0 San Antonio 5.8 6.0 6.6 0.2 0.8Cedar Park 4.9 5.3 5.6 0.4 0.7 Kingsville 5.2 5.2 5.6 0.0 0.4 San Benito 9.2 10.1 10.1 0.9 0.9Cleburne 6.0 6.3 6.6 0.3 0.6 Kyle 4.1 4.2 4.7 0.1 0.6 San Juan 10.0 10.7 11.8 0.7 1.8College Station 4.9 5.0 5.1 0.1 0.2 Lake Jackson 5.9 6.0 6.9 0.1 1.0 San Marcos 5.0 4.7 5.3 0.3 0.3Conroe 5.1 5.1 5.3 0.0 0.2 Lancaster 8.3 9.0 9.3 0.7 1.0 Schertz 5.5 5.3 5.0 0.2 0.5Coppell 5.6 5.8 6.1 0.2 0.5 La Porte 6.3 6.3 7.6 0.0 1.3 Seguin 6.3 6.7 6.1 0.4 0.2Copperas Cove 7.0 6.8 7.5 0.2 0.5 Laredo 6.3 6.5 6.8 0.2 0.5 Sherman 6.7 6.9 7.5 0.2 0.8Corpus Christi 5.4 5.5 6.1 0.1 0.7 League City 5.3 5.3 5.9 0.0 0.6 Socorro 10.0 10.7 11.0 0.7 1.0Corsicana 8.8 9.2 9.4 0.4 0.6 Leander 4.0 4.3 4.6 0.3 0.6 Southlake 5.0 5.2 5.8 0.2 0.8Dallas 6.7 6.9 7.7 0.2 1.0 Lewisville 5.5 5.1 6.3 0.4 0.8 Sugar Land 4.8 4.9 5.3 0.1 0.5Deer Park 5.6 5.9 6.6 0.3 1.0 Little Elm 4.0 3.8 4.8 0.2 0.8 Temple 5.6 5.5 5.8 0.1 0.2Del Rio 7.1 7.5 7.6 0.4 0.5 Longview 5.3 5.6 5.7 0.3 0.4 Texarkana 7.2 7.4 7.3 0.2 0.1Denton 5.0 5.0 5.4 0.0 0.4 Lubbock 5.2 5.0 5.7 0.2 0.5 Texas City 8.4 8.2 9.8 0.2 1.4DeSoto 7.1 7.1 7.6 0.0 0.5 Lufkin 6.3 6.4 6.9 0.1 0.6 The Colony 6.3 6.0 7.3 0.3 1.0Duncanville 6.8 6.8 8.3 0.0 1.5 McAllen 7.2 7.3 7.3 0.1 0.1 Tyler 6.4 6.6 7.0 0.2 0.6Eagle Pass 14.7 15.4 15.6 0.7 0.9 McKinney 6.2 5.8 7.1 0.4 0.9 University Park 5.3 5.6 5.5 0.3 0.2Edinburg 7.3 7.4 7.8 0.1 0.5 Mansfield 5.2 5.4 5.8 0.2 0.6 Victoria 5.2 5.3 5.4 0.1 0.2El Paso 8.1 8.3 8.8 0.2 0.7 Mesquite 6.4 6.7 7.1 0.3 0.7 Waco 6.7 6.6 7.5 0.1 0.8Euless 5.7 5.6 6.4 0.1 0.7 Midland 3.1 3.2 3.6 0.1 0.5 Waxahachie 5.7 6.0 6.6 0.3 0.9Farmers Branch 5.8 6.1 7.0 0.3 1.2 Mission 8.3 8.5 8.9 0.2 0.6 Weatherford 5.4 5.8 6.4 0.4 1.0Flower Mound 5.3 5.2 5.8 0.1 0.5 Missouri City 5.5 5.8 6.9 0.3 1.4 Weslaco 11.2 10.8 10.4 0.4 0.8Fort Worth 6.3 6.3 7.0 0.0 0.7 Nacogdoches 6.2 6.3 6.3 0.1 0.1 Wichita Falls 6.4 6.3 6.6 0.1 0.2Friendswood 5.3 5.4 6.2 0.1 0.9 New Braunfels 7.0 5.5 5.4 1.5 1.6 Wylie 5.3 5.4 6.0 0.1 0.7Frisco 4.7 4.8 5.4 0.1 0.7 North Richland Hills 5.6 5.8 6.2 0.2 0.6Galveston 7.1 7.2 8.1 0.1 1.0 Odessa 3.7 3.8 4.3 0.1 0.6

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MonthlyChange

Year AgoChange

Alamo 6.0 6.1 6.6 0.1 0.6 Middle Rio Grande 9.1 9.7 9.9 0.6 0.8Brazos Valley 5.3 5.4 5.7 0.1 0.4 North Central Texas 5.8 5.8 6.5 0.0 0.7Cameron County 10.1 10.4 10.6 0.3 0.5 North East Texas 7.4 7.5 7.8 0.1 0.4Capital Area 5.2 5.3 5.9 0.1 0.7 North Texas 5.5 5.5 5.7 0.0 0.2Central Texas 6.9 7.1 7.5 0.2 0.6 Panhandle 4.6 4.6 4.8 0.0 0.2Coastal Bend 5.7 5.8 6.4 0.1 0.7 Permian Basin 3.8 3.9 4.4 0.1 0.6Concho Valley 4.7 4.8 5.1 0.1 0.4 Rural Capital 5.4 5.5 6.1 0.1 0.7Dallas 6.6 6.9 7.5 0.3 0.9 South East Texas 9.7 9.9 9.7 0.2 0.0Deep East Texas 7.7 7.8 8.0 0.1 0.3 South Plains 5.9 5.8 6.2 0.1 0.3East Texas 6.3 6.5 6.7 0.2 0.4 South Texas 6.6 6.8 7.1 0.2 0.5Golden Crescent 5.0 5.1 5.5 0.1 0.5 Tarrant County 6.1 6.2 6.8 0.1 0.7Gulf Coast 6.1 6.3 7.0 0.2 0.9 Texoma 6.5 6.7 7.0 0.2 0.5Heart Of Texas 6.1 6.2 6.8 0.1 0.7 Upper Rio Grande 8.8 9.0 9.4 0.2 0.6Lower Rio Grande Valley 11.1 11.5 11.4 0.4 0.3 West Central Texas 5.1 5.3 5.6 0.2 0.5

Unemployment Rates for Texas WDAs



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A P R I L 2 0 1 3

San Augustine

New

ton

Sabine

Shelby

JasperTyler

Morris Cass

Marion

Titus

Bowie

Upshur

Red River

Camp

Smith

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Cherokee

Gregg

TrinityAngelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Houston

Delta

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Franklin

LamarFannin

Rockwall

Hunt

Navarro

Freestone

Anderson

Henderson

Kaufman

VanZandt

Montague

Wise Denton Collin

CookeGrayson

Lime- stone

Hill

McLennan

Bosque

Somervell

Parker

EllisJohnson

Tarrant Dallas

Comanche

Coryell

Burnet

Lampasas

Hamilton

Erath Hood

Mills

Chambers

Hardin

Orange

Jefferson

Montgomery Liberty

Harris

San Jacinto

Waller

Grimes

Walker

Brazoria

Galveston

Matagorda

Wharton

Fort Bend

Brazos

Leon

Madison

Burleson

Robertson

Washington

Colorado

Austin

GoliadVictoria

Refugio

Calhoun

Jackson

Williamson

Bell

Milam

Falls

LeeTravis

Hays

Guadalupe

Fayette

Bastrop

Gonzales

Caldwell

Lavaca

WilsonDeWitt

JimWells

Kleberg

Nueces

SanPatricio Aransas

Brooks

LiveOak

Duval

Hidalgo

Cameron

Willacy

KenedyZapata JimHogg

Starr

KendallComal

BlancoGillespie

MedinaBexar

Bandera

LaSalle

Karnes

Bee

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Webb

Zavala

Dimmit

Uvalde

KerrEdwards

Kinney

Real

Maverick

Kimble

Wichita

Young Jack

Wilbarger

ArcherBaylor

Clay

Throck-morton

Jones PaloPinto

Stephens

Eastland

Shackel- ford

Taylor

Coleman

McCulloch

Callahan

Brown

SanSaba

Mason Llano

King

Cottle

Foard

Hardeman

Knox

Stonewall Haskell

Hemphill

Ochiltree Lipscomb

Roberts

Gray

Sutton

Concho

Schleicher Menard

Tom Green

Coke Runnels

Hall

Collings- worth

Childress

Wheeler

Donley

Briscoe

FisherScurry

Mitchell

Borden

Howard Nolan

Crosby

Floyd Motley

Dickens

Garza Kent

Sherman Hansford

Hutchinson

Carson

Moore

Potter

Glasscock

Upton

Midland

ReaganIrion

Sterling

Crockett

Terrell

Val Verde

Castro

Armstrong

Swisher

Randall

Parmer

Hockley Lubbock

Hale

Lynn

Bailey Lamb

Terry

Cochran

Yoakum

Andrews

Dawson

Martin

Gaines

Hartley

Dallam

Oldham

Deaf Smith

Loving

Crane

Winkler Ector

Ward

Pecos

BrewsterPresidio

Reeves

Jeff Davis

CulbersonEl Paso Hudspeth

Unemployment RatesTexas: 6.3%*

0.0% to 5.2% (6)5.3% to 5.9% (6)6.0% to 6.4% (5)6.5% to 7.9% (6)8.0% and over (5)

Unemployment Rates by WDAMarch 2013

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally AdjustedPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (4/19/2013)

1

2 3

45 6

725

89

10

11

12

27 20

21 22

19

2814

1526

13

1617

18

2324

Alamo-20Brazos Valley-16Cameron County-24Capital Area-14Central Texas-26Coastal Bend-22Concho Valley-12Dallas-6Deep East Texas-17East Texas-8Golden Crescent-19Gulf Coast-28Heart Of Texas-13Lower Rio Grande Valley-23

Middle Rio Grande-27North Central Texas-4North East Texas-7North Texas-3Panhandle-1Permian Basin-11Rural Capital-15South East Texas-18South Plains-2South Texas-21Tarrant County-5Texoma-25Upper Rio Grande-10West Central Texas-9

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GLOSSARY OF LABOR MARKET TERMSActual or Not Seasonally Adjusted - This term is used to describe data series not subject to the seasonal adjustment process. In other words, the effects of regular, or seasonal, patterns have not been removed from these series.

Civilian Labor Force (CLF) - Is that portion of the population age 16 and older who are employed or unemployed. To be considered unemployed, a person has to be not working but willing and able to work and actively seeking work.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) - Is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. The CPI provides a way for consumers to compare what the market basket of goods and services costs this month with what the same market basket cost a month or a year ago.

Current Employment Statistics (CES) - A monthly survey of nonfarm business establishments used to collect wage and salary employment, workers hours, and payroll, by industry and area. It is sometimes known as Nonagricultural Employment.

Employed (Emp) - Persons 16 years and over in the civilian noninstitutional population who, during the reference week, (a) did any work at all (at least 1 hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of the family, and (b) all those who were not working but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) - The Federal/State cooperative program which produces employment and unemployment

estimates for states and local areas. These estimates are developed by State Employment Security Agencies in accordance with Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) defi nitions and procedures. Data is used for planning and budgetary purposes as an indication of need for employment and training services programs. Estimates are also used to allocate Federal funds.

Metropolitan Division (MD) - A Metropolitan Statistical Area which contains a single core with a population of 2.5 million or more may be subdivided into smaller groupings of counties referred to as Metropolitan Divisions. Titles of Metropolitan Divisions are typically based on principal city names. Texas has two Metropolitan Divisions, the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD, which combine to form the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA.

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - A geographic area that contains at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core urban area. An MSA in Texas is made up of one or more counties. The U.S. Offi ce of Management and Budget defi nes metropolitan areas according to published standards that are applied to Census Bureau data. Texas has 25 MSAs and two Metropolitan Divisions (MD).

Seasonally Adjusted (SA) - Seasonal adjustment removes the effects of events that follow a more or less regular pattern each year. These adjustments make it easier to observe the cyclical and other non-seasonal movements in a data series.

Unemployed (Unemp) - Persons 16 years and over who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specifi c efforts to fi nd employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classifi ed as unemployed.

HAPPENINGS AROUND THE STATEOil Field Company Adds JobsWICHITA FALLS, TX (Wichita Falls Times Record News--Alyssa Johnston)—The Wichita Falls City Council unanimously approved a three-year incentives package for ULM Oil Field Services, which has already started hauling oil-fi eld related elements in North Texas and Southern Oklahoma through its regional offi ce based in Wichita Falls. The company plans to bring 372 jobs to the area, and expects to fi ll the jobs in three years.

Ted Baker, operations manager, said that trucks already are operating out of Wichita Falls. “We’re under contract to purchase the Penske building…that will close next month sometime. We have approximately 15 trucks on the ground currently. They hauled 33 loads yesterday, so we’re getting up and running. We’re very excited,” Baker said. Wichita Falls was chosen out of fi ve cities in three states for this operation.

TopGolf Brings Jobs to AustinAUSTIN, TX (Austin Business Journal--Colin Pope)—TopGolf plans to hire 325 people to staff its $15-million entertainment complex next to The Domain in North Austin. Applicants were invited to an all-day audition before judges similar to the television show X Factor, according to the company. Those who are hired go through a six-week training program so they’ll be able to keep a 65,000-square-foot facility humming. Company offi cials boast of soon having the market’s largest sports bar. About 1,000 people “auditioned” to work at the TopGolf in Houston, said TopGolf Recruiter Nancy Haller.

Plant Planned for BaytownBAYTOWN, TX (Houston Business Journal--Molly Ryan)—Borusan

Mannesmann, a Turkish steel pipe manufacturer, revealed that it is building its fi rst U.S. facility in Baytown. The company is expected to spend $148 million on the Baytown plant, which is expected to create 250 local jobs when it opens in 2014. The State provided $1.6 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund to close the deal on this project.

In answering why Borusan chose the Houston area for its fi rst U.S. plant, Borusan Mannesman Pipe U.S. CEO Buddy Brewer said, “Houston is the hub of the pipe business in the U.S. From Houston, we have access to all of the major oilfi elds and all of the shale plays. We have easy access to plentiful natural gas, reasonable electricity, and rail and barge service. It is the ideal location.” Concerning the competitive landscape in Houston, Brewer added, “There is certainly a very high level of competition, but we set out to differentiate ourselves with our technology, fl exibility, knowledge, and the experience of our team.”

Safeguard Locates 200 Jobs in RichardsonDALLAS, TX (Dallas Business Journal)—Safeguard Properties Inc., a company that manages foreclosed homes for mortgage service companies, has made its foray into North Texas, opening a Richardson offi ce with 200 employees. The Ohio-based company works with local loan servicing companies to national publicly traded mortgage servicing corporations. This is the company’s fi rst expansion into Dallas, which is a major hub for the mortgage servicing industry. Richardson was selected for the company’s offi ce because of the city’s proximity to Safeguard’s clients, said CEO Alan Jaffa.

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INDICATORS

MAR 2013 6.3% MAR 2013 6.4%FEB 2013 6.4% FEB 2013 6.4%MAR 2012 7.0% MAR 2012 7.0%

MAR 2013 7.6% MAR 2013 7.6%FEB 2013 8.1% FEB 2013 7.7%MAR 2012 8.4% MAR 2012 8.2%

MAR 2013 11,096,600 MAR 2013 11,114,000FEB 2013 11,042,600 FEB 2013 11,118,100MAR 2012 10,774,000 MAR 2012 10,784,500OTM Change 54,000 OTM Change 4,100OTY Change 322,600 OTY Change 329,500

MAR 2013 73,668 MAR 2013 716,630FEB 2013 69,615 FEB 2013 667,025MAR 2012 74,343 MAR 2012 678,840

Annual ChangeU.S. MAR 2013 1.5% MAR 2013 275,800Dallas Fort Worth MAR 2013 1.8% FEB 2013 274,900Houston Galveston FEB 2013 1.6% MAR 2012 257,600

OTM Change 900OTY Change 18,200

MAR 2013 $ 93.05 OTM Change $ 2.27FEB 2013 $ 95.32 OTY Change $ 13.14MAR 2012 $ 106.19

Consumer Price Index (CPI) Personnel Supply

West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil ($/barrel)

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary EmploymentNot Seasonally Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted

Unemployment Insurance Claims FiledInitial Claims Continued Claims

Texas Unemployment RateActual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Seasonally Adjusted

U.S. Unemployment RateActual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Seasonally Adjusted

Newton

Sabine

JasperTyler

Orange

Shelby

SanAugustine

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Angelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Cass

Morris

MarionUpshur

Camp

Titus

Bowie

Red River

Cherokee

Smith Gregg

SanJacinto

Walker

Houston

Trinity

Franklin

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Delta

Lamar

VanZandt

Anderson

Henderson

Freestone

Leon

Madison

Fannin

Rockwall

Hunt

Hardin

Jefferson

Liberty

Galveston

Chambers

Harris

Waller

Montgomery

Austin

Fort Bend

Matagorda

BrazoriaWharton

Colorado

Lavaca

Jackson

Refugio

Calhoun

Victoria

Aransas

Fayette

Lee

Bastrop

Gonzales

DeWitt

Goliad

Kenedy

Kleberg

Nueces

SanPatricio

Caldwell

Guadalupe

Hays

Travis

Karnes

Wilson

Bee

Hidalgo

Cameron

Willacy

Duval JimWells

LiveOak

KendallComal

Bexar

BrooksJimHogg

Starr

LaSalle

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Medina

Bandera

Zapata

Webb

KerrEdwards

Kinney Uvalde

Real

ZavalaMaverick

Dimmit

Washington

GrimesBurleson

Brazos

Navarro

Kaufman

Lime-stone

Robertson

CollinDenton

Grayson

DallasTarrant

Johnson

Hill

Ellis

McLennan

Milam

Falls

Williamson

Bell

Montague

Wise

Cooke

Jack

Somervell

Bosque

Hood

Parker

Hamilton

Coryell

Comanche

Burnet

Lampasas

Blanco

SanSaba

Llano

Brown

Erath

Mills

PaloPinto

Stephens

Eastland

Gillespie

McCulloch

Mason

Callahan

Coleman

Shackel-ford

Jones

Taylor

Runnels

Concho

Stonewall Haskell

Fisher

Kimble

Schleicher

Sutton

Menard

Nolan

Scurry

Mitchell

Tom Green

Coke

Irion

Sterling

Borden

Howard

Glasscock

Upton

Midland

Reagan

Crockett

Terrell

Val Verde

Martin

Dawson

Young

Wichita

Archer

Clay

Wilbarger

Baylor

Throck-morton

Childress

Cottle Hardeman

Collings-worth

King

Foard

Knox

Wheeler

Hemphill

Gray

LipscombOchiltree

Roberts

Garza

Crosby Dickens

Kent

Floyd Motley

Donley

Hall

Armstrong

BriscoeSwisher

Hansford

Hutchinson

Carson

Moore

Sherman

Potter

Hale

Deaf Smith Randall

CastroParmer

Lubbock

LynnTerry

Lamb

Hockley

Bailey

Cochran

Hartley

Oldham

Dallam

Andrews

Gaines

Yoakum

EctorLoving Winkler

CraneWard

Pecos

Brewster

Reeves

Jeff Davis

Presidio

CulbersonEl Paso Hudspeth

County UR Changes 09-12'Texas:-0.7%*

-5.5 to -3.9 chg (13)-3.9 to -2.3 chg (18)-2.3 to -0.7 chg (98)-0.7 to 0.0 chg (73)0 and above chg (52)

Annual Unemployment Rate Percentage Point Changes

by County Level 2009-2012

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally AdjustedPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (4/19/2013)

Annual unemployment rates from 2009 to 2012 declined in 202 out of the 254 counties in Texas. The most recent economic downturn occurred in 2009. The counties that decreased the most in unemployment rates were largely located around the west Texas Permian Region and in some areas in south Texas.

Morris County, located in far northeast Texas, had the largest drop of all counties in annual unemployment rates from 2009 to 2012 with -5.5 percentage points. This was followed up by La Salle County, located in south Texas, which dropped -4.9 percentage points. Its western neighbor, Dimmit County, came in third and fell -4.8 percentage points to a 2012 annual unemployment rate of 5.1 percent. Winkler and Ward Counties had the largest drops in annual unemployment rates for the Permian Region, with Winkler declining -4.6 percentage points and Ward County dropping -4.2 percentage points. Overall, the state of Texas dropped 0.7 percentage points from 2009 to 2012.

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