College Station-Bryan, Texas Job Growth

There were 122,800 jobs in College Station, Texas in August 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 131,059 employed persons for the month. College Station lost 100 jobs in August 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 4 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare College Station job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	122,800	-100	+1,400
CPS	131,059	-4	+1,669

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

College Station, Texas Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for College Station 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 for College Station, Texas

CES employment for College Station peaked in July 2019 at 122,900. Since then 100 jobs have been lost in College Station according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 131,063 for College Station in July 2019. 4 jobs have been lost in College Station since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

College Station, Texas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
August 2019	122,800	-100	131,059	-4
July 2019	122,900	900	131,063	50
June 2019	122,000	200	131,013	92
May 2019	121,800	-400	130,921	151
April 2019	122,200	0	130,770	161
March 2019	122,200	600	130,609	229
February 2019	121,600	100	130,380	279
January 2019	121,500	-300	130,101	253
December 2018	121,800	100	129,848	-55
November 2018	121,700	0	129,903	-15
October 2018	121,700	800	129,918	196
September 2018	120,900	-500	129,722	332