Editor’s note: This story will be updated. Texas added 77,800 nonfarm jobs in February, and the state’s unemployment rate ticked down again as COVID-19 cases...
Texas surpassed its pre-pandemic peak for employment in November, topping 13 million nonfarm employees, and it recorded nearly 13.2 million workers last month. The labor market is in expansion mode with jobs growing 0.6% in February, which was faster than the U.S. rate of monthly job growth.Job gains were led by the hard-hit leisure and hospitality industry, which added 17,400 jobs last month.
The government sector was among the few to lose jobs with a decline of 6,900 positions last month. One potential explanation is that private employers were able to recruit government workers because they have more flexibility on pay and benefits. Austin had February’s lowest unemployment rate among Texas metros, at 3.3%, not seasonally adjusted. The rate in Dallas-Plano Irving was 4%, and it was 4.2% in Fort Worth-Arlington, according to the workforce commission.
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