Texas maintains record-low unemployment for fourth month in a row
AUSTIN – Last month, Texas’ unemployment rate held steady at 3.4 percent, matching the record-low rate set in June 2019, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
The state economy added 7,600 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs in September. So far this year, 300,000 jobs were created.
Total nonfarm annual employment growth was at 2.4 percent and has held above 2 percent since February 2018.
The Texas metro with the lowest nonseasonally adjusted unemployment rate was Midland at 2 percent. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission had the highest at 5.9 percent.
The construction industry saw the most seasonally adjusted growth in employment from September 2018 to September 2019, growing 7 percent. The information industry was the only sector to see a drop in employment, falling 1.8 percent.
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Source: Texas Workforce Commission
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