State Sales Tax Revenue Total $4 Billion in June
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced state sales tax revenue totaled $4.04 billion in June, 2.5 percent more than in June 2024. The majority of June sales tax revenue is based on sales made in May and remitted to the agency in June.
Total sales tax revenue for the three months ending in June 2025 was up 4.8 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 — $629 million, up 12 percent from June 2024;
- motor fuel taxes — $343 million, up 1 percent from June 2024;
- oil production tax — $405 million, down 18 percent from June 2024;
- natural gas production tax — $214 million, up 25 percent from June 2024;
- hotel occupancy tax — $68 million, down 5 percent from June 2024; and
- alcoholic beverage taxes — $161 million, up less than 1 percent from June 2024.
For details on all monthly collections, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly State Revenue Watch. For an extensive history of tax policy developments and fees since 1972, visit our updated Sources of Revenue publication.
The full press release can be found here.
Acting Comptroller Distributes $1.2 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock announced he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for July, 4.5 percent more than in July 2024.
| Recipient | July 2025 Allocations | Change from July 2024 | Year-to-Date Change |
| Cities | $725.9M | ↑4.4% | ↑4.3% |
| Transit Systems | $242.7M | ↑3.6% | ↑3.5% |
| Counties | $70.7M | ↑4.2% | ↑5.1% |
| Special Purpose Districts | $116.0M | ↑7.0% | ↑9.4% |
| Total | $1.2B | ↑4.5% |
↑4.7% |
For details on July sales tax allocations to individual cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose districts, visit the Comptroller’s Monthly Sales Tax Allocation Comparison Summary Reports.
The full press release can be found here.
Texas’ Civilian Labor Force Sets New Record High
Texas’ civilian labor force achieved another new record high of 15,850,100 after adding 10,800 people over the month and marking 60 of 62 months of growth. Over the year, Texas’ civilian labor force has added 237,800 people.
Texas added 198,300 jobs over the year for an annual nonfarm growth rate of 1.4 percent, outpacing the national growth rate by 0.3 percentage points. The state had 14,329,200 total nonfarm jobs after decreasing by 1,900 positions over the month of June.
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Texas registered at 4.0 percent after decreasing by 0.1 percentage points over the month.
Employment estimates released by TWC are produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. *All estimates are subject to revision. To access this and more employment data, visit TexasLMI.com.
The full press release can be found here.
