Texas Added Over 46,000 Jobs in March
Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas workforce gained 46,800 nonfarm jobs over the month of March, setting a new record of 14,403,500 nonfarm jobs total. This is a gain of 117,200 jobs from March 2025 to March 2026.
Labor market data from the Texas Workforce Commission shows:
- Texas added 46,800 nonfarm jobs over the month of March, reaching a new high of 14,403,500 total jobs.
- Texas gained 117,200 jobs from March 2025 to March 2026, outpacing the national annual job growth rate.
- Texans working, including self-employed Texans, totaled 15,236,600.
- The Texas labor force totaled 15,916,600 after adding 82,200 people over the last 12-month period.
The full press release from Governor Abbott can be found here. The press release from the Texas Workforce Commission can be found here.
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $4.7 Billion in April
Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced that state sales tax for the month of April totaled $4.7 billion. This is 9.8% more than in April 2025. The majority of April sales tax revenue is based on sales made in March and remitted to the agency in April.
The largest gains in April came from the sectors driven primarily by consumer spending, with the retail trade and service sectors both increasing by double digits compared with April 2025. Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in April 2026 was up 7.9 percent compared with the same period a year ago. Sales tax is the largest source of state funding for the state budget, accounting for 58 percent of all tax collections.
Texas collected the following revenue from other major taxes:
- motor vehicle sales and rental taxes — $575 million, up 42 percent from April 2025;
- motor fuel taxes — $342 million, up 1 percent from April 2025;
- oil production tax — $567 million, up 30 percent from April 2025;
- natural gas production tax — $223 million, down 4 percent from April 2025;
- hotel occupancy tax — $90 million, up 7 percent from April 2025; and
- alcoholic beverage taxes — $163 million, up less than 1 percent from April 2025.
More information can be found on the Comptroller’s Monthly State Revenue Watch. The Comptroller’s full press release can be found here.
