Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas Job Growth

There were 2,616,300 jobs in Houston, Texas in December 2011 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 2,748,448 employed persons for the month. Houston lost 7,800 jobs in December 2011 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 15,442 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Houston job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	2,616,300	-7,800	+75,000
CPS	2,748,448	+15,442	+78,789

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

Houston, Texas Employment Changes

The chart below shows the monthly job growth for Houston as measured by the CES survey. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green. The CPS data is not shown since it is not seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for Houston, Texas

CES employment for Houston peaked in November 2011 at 2,624,100. Since then 7,800 jobs have been lost in Houston according to the employer survey.

CPS employment in December 2011 for Houston is at a new high of 2,748,448.

Employment: CES, CPS

Houston, Texas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
December 2011	2,616,300	-7,800	2,748,448	15,442
November 2011	2,624,100	6,700	2,733,006	15,823
October 2011	2,617,400	11,400	2,717,183	15,361
September 2011	2,606,000	2,800	2,701,822	6,909
August 2011	2,603,200	100	2,694,913	3,654
July 2011	2,603,100	8,700	2,691,259	2,639
June 2011	2,594,400	13,100	2,688,620	3,791
May 2011	2,581,300	5,300	2,684,829	4,449
April 2011	2,576,000	15,600	2,680,380	2,961
March 2011	2,560,400	5,500	2,677,419	5,076
February 2011	2,554,900	1,500	2,672,343	1,759
January 2011	2,553,400	12,100	2,670,584	925
December 2010	2,541,300	1,800	2,669,659	2,895