McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas Job Growth

There were 263,500 jobs in McAllen, Texas in October 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 322,505 employed persons for the month. McAllen lost 400 jobs in October 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 58 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare McAllen job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	263,500	-400	+4,500
CPS	322,505	+58	+4,848

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

McAllen, Texas Employment Changes

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

CES employment for McAllen peaked in September 2018 at 263,900. Since then 400 jobs have been lost in McAllen according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 324,096 for McAllen in May 2018. 1,591 jobs have been lost in McAllen since then according to the household survey. From a September 2018 low of 322,447, McAllen has added 58 jobs according to the CPS survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

McAllen, Texas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
October 2018	263,500	-400	322,505	58
September 2018	263,900	600	322,447	-181
August 2018	263,300	500	322,628	-516
July 2018	262,800	-100	323,144	55
June 2018	262,900	500	323,089	-1,007
May 2018	262,400	799	324,096	525
April 2018	261,600	400	323,571	107
March 2018	261,200	300	323,464	1,780
February 2018	260,899	699	321,684	2,374
January 2018	260,200	1,099	319,310	1,075
December 2017	259,100	-199	318,235	383
November 2017	259,300	300	317,852	195