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Texas: jobs and unemployment

Unemployment, employment and the labor force in Texas from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics program of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

BLS LAUSLatest month: September 2026
Unemployment, September 20264.4%#38 of 51 · #1 = lowest
Annual average, 20254.2%US 4.3%, weighted by labor force
Labor force, 202515.88M+1.6% on a year earlier
Employed, 202515.22M665,263 unemployed
Fig. 1Unemployment rate, monthlySeasonally adjusted, percent of the labor force, since 2000
0%5%10%15%200020052010201520202025Unemployment rate
Fig. 2Labor force and employment, 2000–2025Annual averages, people; the gap between the lines is the number unemployed
8M10M12M14M16M200020052010201520202025Labor forceEmployed
Labor forceEmployed
YearUnemployment rateLabor forceEmployedUnemployed
20254.2%15,883,63215,218,369665,263
20244.1%15,628,87014,985,161643,709
20234.0%15,248,07414,636,691611,383
20223.9%14,784,03514,200,881583,154
20215.6%14,366,60413,556,544810,060
20207.7%13,950,30512,879,9421,070,363
20193.5%13,925,88213,432,803493,079
20183.9%13,711,83013,175,974535,856
20174.4%13,477,07312,890,267586,806
20164.6%13,265,48812,649,932615,556
20154.5%13,030,31612,445,940584,376
20145.2%12,975,15212,304,235670,917
20136.3%12,795,30011,986,038809,262
20126.7%12,620,81411,776,895843,919
20118.0%12,480,06411,476,3961,003,668
20108.3%12,277,84011,264,3561,013,484
20097.6%12,030,60511,115,839914,766
20084.9%11,782,20911,210,755571,454
20074.4%11,530,78411,027,044503,740
20065.0%11,412,62610,846,938565,688
20055.5%11,241,63310,625,308616,325
20046.0%11,035,44210,369,919665,523
20036.8%10,937,07510,198,263738,812
20026.4%10,754,22110,070,314683,907
20015.0%10,553,72310,028,833524,890
20004.4%10,397,7899,943,071454,718
19994.7%10,271,5429,787,495484,047
19985.0%10,121,1279,618,945502,182
19975.4%9,909,7639,374,339535,424
19965.8%9,724,4069,164,542559,864
19956.1%9,581,2728,995,511585,761
19946.6%9,400,3388,782,061618,277
19937.2%9,158,6388,497,340661,298
19927.7%9,002,4628,308,391694,071
19916.9%8,775,2258,165,358609,867
19906.4%8,637,3178,087,805549,512
19896.7%8,576,5047,998,862577,642
19887.4%8,476,6337,847,106629,527
19878.5%8,390,2167,675,760714,456
19868.8%8,266,3677,537,751728,616
19857.0%8,170,1787,595,295574,883
19846.1%7,964,3197,477,586486,733
19838.1%7,689,1247,067,524621,600
19826.9%7,402,5216,890,189512,332
19815.3%7,112,5236,733,807378,716
19805.3%6,773,4996,417,776355,723
19794.4%6,501,0976,217,782283,315
19784.9%6,231,2525,924,912306,340
19775.4%5,963,2325,639,355323,877
19765.8%5,697,7265,366,318331,408

BLS LAUS: monthly rates are seasonally adjusted; annual averages are not seasonally adjusted.