Texas adds 50,000 jobs in December, the smallest gain since August
Construction, financial activities and oil and gas are leaders in hiring as the state’s unemployment rate ticks down to 5%.
Job gains were led by the construction industry, which made 10,400 hires, and financial activities, which added 7,200 people, the Texas Workforce CommissionThe leisure and hospitality sector, which includes restaurants and hotels, added 6,500 jobs as it continues to recover from the pandemic. Professional and business services, a major strength in Dallas-Fort Worth, added 6,400 positions.
Just one sector lost jobs in Texas last month: education and health services, which declined by 1,700, the commission said. Texas has reported job gains in 19 of the past 20 months, and it ended 2021 with just under 13.1 million nonfarm workers. That’s the highest total for the state in the jobs survey, and it’s 89,600 more jobs than before the pandemic led to lockdowns and massive layoffs.
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