Killeen-Temple, Texas Job Growth

There were 144,900 jobs in Killeen, Texas in February 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 172,315 employed persons for the month. Killeen lost 600 jobs in February 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 96 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare Killeen job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	144,900	-600	+2,000
CPS	172,315	-96	+2,195

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

Killeen, Texas Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for Killeen 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 Killeen, Texas

CES employment for Killeen peaked in January 2019 at 145,500. Since then 600 jobs have been lost in Killeen according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 172,904 for Killeen in December 2018. 589 jobs have been lost in Killeen since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

Killeen, Texas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
February 2019	144,900	-600	172,315	-96
January 2019	145,500	1,300	172,411	-493
December 2018	144,200	300	172,904	535
November 2018	143,900	400	172,369	1,195
October 2018	143,500	400	171,174	828
September 2018	143,100	0	170,346	-316
August 2018	143,100	500	170,662	-53
July 2018	142,600	-200	170,715	-180
June 2018	142,800	200	170,895	-415
May 2018	142,600	-100	171,310	182
April 2018	142,700	-200	171,128	363
March 2018	142,900	0	170,765	645