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Monday, December 6, 2010
Jobs Houston On the Up
The number of jobs Houston (Click here) has is continuing to grow.
During October, Texas's unemployment rate remained at 8.1 percent for the second month in a row, keeping under the national average at the time of 9.6 percent. The Houston area had an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent during September.
The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area employed a total of 2,525,800 workers during October, which is up from 2,516,300 workers during September and a .2 percent increase from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The government industry accounted for the majority of the city's monthly employment increase, adding 8,400 jobs during October. That was followed by the construction industry's addition of 2,400 jobs and the trade, transportation, and utilities industry's increase of 2,100 jobs.
In addition, the education and health services industry added 800 jobs, while the mining and logging industry increased by 500 jobs; the manufacturing industry added 400 jobs; and the information industry increased by 100 jobs.
Year over year, the mining and logging industry experienced the largest increase in employment, growing by 4.2 percent to 91,000 workers. That was followed by the education and health services industry, which increased by 2.9 percent to 308,500 jobs.
The leisure and hospitality industry grew by 1.6 percent to 233,500 workers, while the manufacturing industry increased by 1.2 percent to 221,800 jobs, and the other services industry grew by 1 percent to 91,600 workers.
Only four industries experienced a monthly decrease in employment, including: leisure and hospitality by 2,800 jobs; professional and business services by 1,700 jobs; other services by 400 jobs; and financial activities by 300 jobs.
Six industries suffered from year-over-year employment declines, including:
During October, Texas's unemployment rate remained at 8.1 percent for the second month in a row, keeping under the national average at the time of 9.6 percent. The Houston area had an unemployment rate of 8.2 percent during September.
The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown area employed a total of 2,525,800 workers during October, which is up from 2,516,300 workers during September and a .2 percent increase from last year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The government industry accounted for the majority of the city's monthly employment increase, adding 8,400 jobs during October. That was followed by the construction industry's addition of 2,400 jobs and the trade, transportation, and utilities industry's increase of 2,100 jobs.
In addition, the education and health services industry added 800 jobs, while the mining and logging industry increased by 500 jobs; the manufacturing industry added 400 jobs; and the information industry increased by 100 jobs.
Year over year, the mining and logging industry experienced the largest increase in employment, growing by 4.2 percent to 91,000 workers. That was followed by the education and health services industry, which increased by 2.9 percent to 308,500 jobs.
The leisure and hospitality industry grew by 1.6 percent to 233,500 workers, while the manufacturing industry increased by 1.2 percent to 221,800 jobs, and the other services industry grew by 1 percent to 91,600 workers.
Only four industries experienced a monthly decrease in employment, including: leisure and hospitality by 2,800 jobs; professional and business services by 1,700 jobs; other services by 400 jobs; and financial activities by 300 jobs.
Six industries suffered from year-over-year employment declines, including:
- Information by 4.7 percent to 32,200 jobs
- Construction by 2.7 percent to 171,200 jobs
- Financial activities by 1.2 percent to 136,700 jobs
- Professional and business services by 1 percent to 349,300 jobs
- Government by .3 percent to 375,700 jobs
- Trade, transportation, and utilities by .1 percent to 513,300 jobs
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posted by Jen Carpenter # 3:03 PM 
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