AUSTIN, Texas — More and more job opportunities continue to open in Texas, according to the most recent estimated reports from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) and the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.
According to a release for January to February 2024, approximately 49,000 seasonally adjusted jobs were added across the state.
However, Austin didn't see the same success. Unemployment rates reached 3.7% during the same timeframe compared to 3.5% the previous month, as well as last year.
Even still, the state's capital saw an additional 16,000 new positions added between the month-long period.
"The Texas workforce continues to show comprehensive growth, with jobs added across almost all major industries over the month," TWC chairman Bryan Danial said. "TWC continues our efforts to offer funding and support both employers and job seekers."
The majority of new statewide jobs were related to professional and business services, totaling 11,900, followed by private education and health services at 9,300 jobs, and construction at 7,800.
Not only that, but Texas' nonfarm employment rates were higher than any other state across the country, with a 2.1% increase from February of last year through this year.
Additionally, some 25,000 people were added to the state's seasonally adjusted civilian labor force, reaching more than 15 million as a whole.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics also released a national update on employment earlier this month.
Based on the bureau's findings, household unemployment rates increased to reach 3.9% in February, especially for adult women and teenagers.
However, nonfarm payroll employment levels increased in job fields including "health care, in government, in food services and drinking places, in social assistance, and in transportation and warehousing," according to the report.