April Labor Market Highlights
Governor Greg Abbott celebrated Texas as the best state for job-creating businesses as Texas again set new records for total jobs, the number of Texans working, and the size of the Texas labor force based on April employment data.
April employment data released by the Texas Workforce Commission shows:
- Texas reached a new high with the largest labor force ever in the state’s history at 15,814,400.
- Texas reached a new high for Texans working, including self-employed, at 15,171,500.
- Texas reached a new high for total nonfarm jobs at 14,320,100 after adding 37,700 jobs in April.
- Texas added 215,500 nonfarm jobs from April 2024 to April 2025, growing at a faster annual rate than the nation as a whole.
The full press release can be found here.
QCEW Fourth Quarter 2024 Publication Now available
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Fourth Quarter 2024 data for Texas, WDA, County, and Metro are now available at TexasLMI.com. You can also view employment, payroll, and average weekly wage data in the latest QCEW Publication found in Popular Downloads. Click on the QCEW tab in Popular Downloads to see this and other related files including publication Excel tables or QCEW industry data by establishment size.
Comptroller Distributes $1.3 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.3 billion in local sales tax allocations for May, 4.5 percent more than in May 2024. These allocations are based on sales made in March by businesses that report tax monthly and sales made in January, February and March by quarterly filers.
For details on May sales tax allocations to individual cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly Sales Tax Allocation Comparison Summary Reports.
