Texas Job Growth

There were 12,685,700 jobs in Texas in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 13,316,780 employed persons for the month. Texas added 32,300 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS employment measure rose by 26,087 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). Also available is Texas job growth compared to other states.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	12,685,700	+32,300	+384,800
CPS	13,316,780	+26,087	+259,391

Texas Employment Changes

The charts below shows the monthly job growth for Texas as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment in Texas

CES employment in October 2018 for Texas is at a new high of 12,685,700.

CPS employment in Texas for October 2018 is at a new high of 13,316,780.

Employment: CES, CPS

Texas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2018	12,685,700	32,300	13,316,780	26,087
September 2018	12,653,400	30,500	13,290,693	4,706
August 2018	12,622,900	28,400	13,285,987	9,235
July 2018	12,594,500	21,300	13,276,752	21,182
June 2018	12,573,200	24,900	13,255,570	26,351
May 2018	12,548,300	40,700	13,229,219	37,007
April 2018	12,507,600	39,700	13,192,212	41,617
March 2018	12,467,900	36,200	13,150,595	37,771
February 2018	12,431,700	49,800	13,112,824	38,613
January 2018	12,381,900	29,600	13,074,211	20,886
December 2017	12,352,300	14,300	13,053,325	-4,004
November 2017	12,338,000	37,100	13,057,329	-60