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Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment (Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . . . . . 1Texas & U.S. Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . 2Texas Nonagricultural Wage & SalaryEmployment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . 3MSA Nonagricultural Wage & Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted) . . . . . . 5Highlights of the Texas Labor Force . . . . . . . . . 10County Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11City & WDA Unemployment Rates . . . . . . . . . 13Glossary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Happenings Around the State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Texas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment(Seasonally Adjusted)

Support, and Waste Management Remediation Services accounted for more than two-thirds of the yearly gains with the addition of 42,500 jobs.

Following a revised gain of 1,700 jobs in March, Construction employment experienced its largest April gain on record with the addition of 6,000 jobs. The industry’s year-to-date gain of 20,300 jobs refl ected the strongest start to the year in series history. Construction added 41,500 jobs over the year and the industry’s annual growth rate of 7.1 percent in April marked its highest level since February 2008.

Employment in Government expanded for the third month in a row and the sixth time in seven months as the series added an estimated 4,700 jobs in April. Local Government employment climbed by 4,900 positions over the month and State Government employment edged up by 500 positions, while Federal Government pared an estimated 700 jobs from its employment rolls over the month. The annual growth rate for Government employment rose from 0.7 percent in March to 1.1 percent in April.

Mining and Logging employment expanded by an estimated 2,500 jobs in April. Since the start of 2010, the industry has experienced only one month of job declines. Over the past three months, Mining and Logging employment has grown by 5,300 positions. Mining and Logging employment increased by 16,800 jobs on an annual basis for an over-the-year growth rate of 6.3 percent.

Education and Health Services employment expanded for the ninth month in a row with the addition of an estimated 1,900 positions in April. This major industry added a total of 5,500 jobs over the past three months. The annual growth rate in Education and Health Services slipped to 2.8 percent in April, which represented a gain of 41,300 jobs over the year and brought the employment level in the series to 1,495,300 positions.

Information employment grew by 1,400 jobs in April in a reversal of March’s revised loss of 900 positions. The industry’s year-to-date gain of 400 jobs marked its strongest start to the year since 2005. Information employment added 1,800 jobs over the year as the annual growth rate increased to 0.9 percent.

Employment in Financial Activities advanced for the second consecutive month as the series recorded an estimated hike of 1,300 positions in April. Employment in the series moved up by a total of 4,400 jobs over the past three months, exactly matching the 4,400-job increase seen in the series over the same period in 2012. Employment gains in April were concentrated within Real Estate, Rental, and Leasing, which showed a boost of 2,000 jobs over the month, while employment in Finance and Insurance slid by 700 jobs. The annual growth rate for employment in Financial Activities was nearly unchanged in April at 2.0 percent.

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Total Nonagricultural Employment in Texas grew by an estimated 33,100 positions in April as the series rebounded from a revised

drop of 5,200 jobs in March. Eight of the 11 major industries showed employment increases over the month, led by an increase of an estimated 16,000 jobs in Trade, Transportation, and Utilities. Total Nonagricultural Employment ended the month at an estimated level of 11,146,000 jobs, an increase of 326,100 jobs over the year. The annual growth rate for Total Nonagricultural Employment was unchanged at 3.0 percent in April and has now stood at or above 2.6 percent since the beginning of 2012.

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment experienced its second-largest monthly expansion with the addition of 16,000 jobs in April. Retail Trade added 12,700 jobs, while Wholesale Trade grew by 4,500 positions. Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities contracted with the loss of 1,200 jobs. Despite the strong April showing, the year-to-date job gain of 7,700 positions for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities lagged behind the growth seen in 2011 and 2012. The industry added 58,400 jobs over the year as its annual growth rate edged up to 2.7 percent. Retail Trade accounted for more than half of the yearly growth with the addition of 35,100 jobs.

Professional and Business Services added jobs for a third consecutive month with the addition of 8,000 positions in April. The loss of 4,800 jobs in Professional, Scientifi c, and Technical Services was more than offset by a gain of 12,600 jobs in Administrative, Support, and Waste Management Remediation Services. The year-to-date job gain of 35,800 jobs in Professional and Business Services marked the industry’s strongest start to the year in series history. The industry added 62,000 jobs over the year as its annual growth rate held steady at 4.4 percent. Administrative,

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Note: The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Total Nonagricultural employment is additive by summing the individual sectors.*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Note: Only the actual series estimates for Texas and the U.S. are comparable to sub-state estimates. All estimates are subject to revision. In seasonally adjusted estimates, all elements of seasonality are factored out to achieve an estimate which refl ects the basic underlying trend.*Source - Labor Market and Career Information Department, Texas Workforce Commission (model-based methodology)**Source - Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor (Current Population Survey)

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Seasonally Adjusted CLF Employment Unemp. Rate CLF Employment Unemp. RateApril 2013 12,753,500 11,937,800 815,700 6.4 155,238,000 143,579,000 11,659,000 7.5March 2013 12,721,800 11,907,500 814,300 6.4 155,028,000 143,286,000 11,742,000 7.6April 2012 12,585,100 11,706,800 878,300 7.0 154,451,000 141,934,000 12,518,000 8.1

INDUSTRY TITLE Apr. 2013* Mar. 2013 Apr. 2012 Absolute Percent Absolute PercentChange Change Change Change

Total Nonagricultural 11,146,000 11,112,900 10,819,900 33,100 0.3 326,100 3.0Total Private 9,337,400 9,309,000 9,030,600 28,400 0.3 306,800 3.4Goods Producing 1,771,400 1,765,400 1,709,900 6,000 0.3 61,500 3.6Mining and Logging 283,800 281,300 267,000 2,500 0.9 16,800 6.3Construction 622,000 616,000 580,500 6,000 1.0 41,500 7.1Manufacturing 865,600 868,100 862,400 2,500 0.3 3,200 0.4

Service Providing 9,374,600 9,347,500 9,110,000 27,100 0.3 264,600 2.9Trade, Transportation, and Utilities 2,224,500 2,208,500 2,166,100 16,000 0.7 58,400 2.7Information 198,800 197,400 197,000 1,400 0.7 1,800 0.9Financial Activities 669,300 668,000 655,900 1,300 0.2 13,400 2.0Professional and Business Services 1,458,700 1,450,700 1,396,700 8,000 0.6 62,000 4.4Education and Health Services 1,495,300 1,493,400 1,454,000 1,900 0.1 41,300 2.8Leisure and Hospitality 1,130,000 1,134,700 1,073,400 4,700 0.4 56,600 5.3Other Services 389,400 390,900 377,600 1,500 0.4 11,800 3.1Government 1,808,600 1,803,900 1,789,300 4,700 0.3 19,300 1.1

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. Th e number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Change % Change Change % ChangeTOTAL NONFARM 11,159,600 11,095,700 10,828,500 63,900 0.6% 331,100 3.1%

TOTAL PRIVATE 9,320,500 9,262,100 9,008,300 58,400 0.6% 312,200 3.5%GOODS PRODUCING 1,763,600 1,753,900 1,701,600 9,700 0.6% 62,000 3.6%Mining and Logging (NAICS 21, 1133) 283,700 280,800 265,800 2,900 1.0% 17,900 6.7%

Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 211) 102,800 101,300 94,500 1,500 1.5% 8,300 8.8%Support Activities for Mining (NAICS 213) 171,400 170,200 159,900 1,200 0.7% 11,500 7.2%

Construction (NAICS 23) 617,800 608,500 576,200 9,300 1.5% 41,600 7.2%Construction of Buildings (NAICS 236) 136,500 133,900 129,600 2,600 1.9% 6,900 5.3%Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (NAICS 237) 131,300 127,500 121,700 3,800 3.0% 9,600 7.9%Specialty Trade Contractors (NAICS 238) 350,000 347,100 324,900 2,900 0.8% 25,100 7.7%

Manufacturing (NAICS 31 33) 862,100 864,600 859,600 2,500 0.3% 2,500 0.3%Durable Goods 575,500 575,500 566,300 0 0.0% 9,200 1.6%Wood Product Manufacturing (NAICS 321) 20,200 19,900 19,200 300 1.5% 1,000 5.2%Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327) 32,800 32,600 32,100 200 0.6% 700 2.2%Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331) 22,800 22,600 22,000 200 0.9% 800 3.6%Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) 136,100 134,800 131,600 1,300 1.0% 4,500 3.4%Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333) 106,000 107,100 102,800 1,100 1.0% 3,200 3.1%Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334) 95,400 96,200 97,400 800 0.8% 2,000 2.1%Electric Equipment, Appliance, and Component Mfg (NAICS 335) 19,500 19,500 18,700 0 0.0% 800 4.3%Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336) 92,100 92,400 91,800 300 0.3% 300 0.3%Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (NAICS 337) 22,000 21,800 21,700 200 0.9% 300 1.4%Miscellaneous Manufacturing (NAICS 339) 28,600 28,600 29,000 0 0.0% 400 1.4%

Nondurable Goods 286,600 289,100 293,300 2,500 0.9% 6,700 2.3%Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311) 81,700 83,800 85,600 2,100 2.5% 3,900 4.6%Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 312) 11,800 11,700 11,500 100 0.9% 300 2.6%Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322) 16,700 16,600 17,300 100 0.6% 600 3.5%Printing and Related Support Manufacturing (NAICS 323) 25,500 25,500 26,200 0 0.0% 700 2.7%Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324) 25,100 25,000 24,700 100 0.4% 400 1.6%Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325) 75,600 75,500 73,100 100 0.1% 2,500 3.4%Plastics and Rubber Manufacturing (NAICS 326) 37,900 38,000 37,700 100 0.3% 200 0.5%

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Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Change % Change Change % ChangeSERVICE PROVIDING 9,396,000 9,341,800 9,126,900 54,200 0.6% 269,100 3.0%Private Service Providing 7,556,900 7,508,200 7,306,700 48,700 0.7% 250,200 3.4%Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (NAICS 42,44,45,48,49,22) 2,210,700 2,195,500 2,147,800 15,200 0.7% 62,900 2.9%Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42) 556,900 553,500 535,800 3,400 0.6% 21,100 3.9%Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods (NAICS 423) 317,700 315,600 304,800 2,100 0.7% 12,900 4.2%Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (NAICS 424) 167,800 166,300 162,300 1,500 0.9% 5,500 3.4%Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers (NAICS 425) 71,400 71,600 68,700 200 0.3% 2,700 3.9%

Retail Trade (NAICS 44 45) 1,209,600 1,195,500 1,166,800 14,100 1.2% 42,800 3.7%Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers (NAICS 441) 159,700 159,400 152,600 300 0.2% 7,100 4.7%Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores (NAICS 442) 36,000 36,100 36,500 100 0.3% 500 1.4%Electronics and Appliance Stores (NAICS 443) 41,200 41,200 41,100 0 0.0% 100 0.2%Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies (NAICS 444) 100,400 96,900 95,200 3,500 3.6% 5,200 5.5%Food and Beverage Stores (NAICS 445) 213,100 210,000 208,600 3,100 1.5% 4,500 2.2%Health and Personal Care Stores (NAICS 446) 69,600 69,200 67,100 400 0.6% 2,500 3.7%Gasoline Stations (NAICS 447) 79,200 78,100 71,800 1,100 1.4% 7,400 10.3%Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores (NAICS 448) 124,900 122,000 117,500 2,900 2.4% 7,400 6.3%Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores (NAICS 451) 36,900 37,200 37,800 300 0.8% 900 2.4%General Merchandise Stores (NAICS 452) 264,300 261,300 261,100 3,000 1.2% 3,200 1.2%Miscellaneous Store Retailers (NAICS 453) 63,900 63,600 57,400 300 0.5% 6,500 11.3%Nonstore Retailers (NAICS 454) 20,400 20,500 20,100 100 0.5% 300 1.5%

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities (NAICS 48 49,22) 444,200 446,500 445,200 2,300 0.5% 1,000 0.2%Transportation and Warehousing (NAICS 48,49) 397,300 399,200 397,200 1,900 0.5% 100 0.0%Air Transportation (NAICS 481) 58,900 59,100 61,200 200 0.3% 2,300 3.8%Truck Transportation (NAICS 484) 126,900 125,700 124,800 1,200 1.0% 2,100 1.7%Pipeline Transportation (NAICS 486) 16,200 16,300 16,200 100 0.6% 0 0.0%Support Activities for Transportation (NAICS 488) 74,100 75,600 72,900 1,500 2.0% 1,200 1.7%Couriers and Messengers (NAICS 492) 35,200 35,900 34,700 700 2.0% 500 1.4%Warehousing and Storage (NAICS 493) 46,500 46,900 46,700 400 0.9% 200 0.4%

Utilities (NAICS 22) 46,900 47,300 48,000 400 0.9% 1,100 2.3%Information (NAICS 51) 197,900 197,500 196,500 400 0.2% 1,400 0.7%

Publishing Industries (Except Internet) (NAICS 511) 39,600 39,500 40,500 100 0.3% 900 2.2%Telecommunications (NAICS 517) 85,300 85,000 86,000 300 0.4% 700 0.8%Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services (NAICS 518) 29,800 29,600 28,800 200 0.7% 1,000 3.5%

Financial Activities (NAICS 52,53) 666,500 663,600 654,300 2,900 0.4% 12,200 1.9%Finance and Insurance (NAICS 52) 484,800 484,400 477,000 400 0.1% 7,800 1.6%Credit Intermediation and Related Activities (NAICS 522) 252,200 252,000 248,800 200 0.1% 3,400 1.4%Securities, Commodities Contracts, and Other Financial (NAICS 523) 52,100 52,000 50,600 100 0.2% 1,500 3.0%Insurance Carriers and Related Activities (NAICS 524) 169,700 170,000 167,600 300 0.2% 2,100 1.3%

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing (NAICS 53) 181,700 179,200 177,300 2,500 1.4% 4,400 2.5%Real Estate (NAICS 531) 121,700 120,500 120,700 1,200 1.0% 1,000 0.8%Rental and Leasing Services (NAICS 532) 57,100 56,900 54,400 200 0.4% 2,700 5.0%

Professional and Business Services (NAICS 54,55,56) 1,452,700 1,439,500 1,395,600 13,200 0.9% 57,100 4.1%Professional, Scientific and Technical Services (NAICS 54) 636,000 637,000 618,100 1,000 0.2% 17,900 2.9%Management of Companies and Enterprises (NAICS 55) 88,400 88,000 86,600 400 0.5% 1,800 2.1%Admin and Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation (NAICS 56) 728,300 714,500 690,900 13,800 1.9% 37,400 5.4%Administrative and Support Services (NAICS 561) 699,600 686,000 663,000 13,600 2.0% 36,600 5.5%

Education and Health Services (NAICS 61,62) 1,501,900 1,497,600 1,452,300 4,300 0.3% 49,600 3.4%Educational Services (NAICS 61) 175,500 172,800 170,200 2,700 1.6% 5,300 3.1%Health Care and Social Assistance (NAICS 62) 1,326,400 1,324,800 1,282,100 1,600 0.1% 44,300 3.5%Ambulatory Health Care Services (NAICS 621) 646,500 644,600 618,000 1,900 0.3% 28,500 4.6%Hospitals (NAICS 622) 306,100 306,400 299,500 300 0.1% 6,600 2.2%Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (NAICS 623) 176,800 176,900 173,700 100 0.1% 3,100 1.8%Social Assistance (NAICS 624) 197,000 196,900 190,900 100 0.1% 6,100 3.2%

Leisure and Hospitality (NAICS 71,72) 1,137,800 1,126,300 1,082,300 11,500 1.0% 55,500 5.1%Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation (NAICS 71) 116,600 117,600 109,900 1,000 0.9% 6,700 6.1%Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation (NAICS 713) 82,900 83,000 77,200 100 0.1% 5,700 7.4%

Accommodation and Food Services (NAICS 72) 1,021,200 1,008,700 972,400 12,500 1.2% 48,800 5.0%Accommodation (NAICS 721) 113,800 110,800 106,900 3,000 2.7% 6,900 6.5%Food Services and Drinking Places (NAICS 722) 907,400 897,900 865,500 9,500 1.1% 41,900 4.8%

Other Services (NAICS 81) 389,400 388,200 377,900 1,200 0.3% 11,500 3.0%Repair and Maintenance (NAICS 811) 119,700 117,800 114,100 1,900 1.6% 5,600 4.9%Personal and Laundry Services (NAICS 812) 99,200 98,200 96,100 1,000 1.0% 3,100 3.2%Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Prof Organizations (NAICS 813) 170,500 172,200 167,700 1,700 1.0% 2,800 1.7%

Government 1,839,100 1,833,600 1,820,200 5,500 0.3% 18,900 1.0%Federal Government 198,600 198,200 200,700 400 0.2% 2,100 1.1%State Government 372,400 371,400 368,700 1,000 0.3% 3,700 1.0%Local Government 1,268,100 1,264,000 1,250,800 4,100 0.3% 17,300 1.4%

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Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment increased by 53,300 jobs in April in the Metropolitan Statistical Areas. The over-the-month

change was larger than the prior month’s revised increase of 45,700 jobs and brought total estimated employment to 9,990,500 positions. This increase marked the third consecutive monthly gain and the 20th increase for the previous 24 months. April also brought the three-month total gain to a sum of 189,000 jobs, but this climb in employment was less than the amount gained in 2011 and 2012. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA led all areas by gaining 18,400 jobs over the month. This was followed by the Dallas-Plano-Irving area with 14,300 jobs and the Fort Worth-Arlington area with 9,200 jobs. Over the year, 305,900 jobs were added to the Total Nonagricultural Wage and Salary payrolls, representing a 3.2 percent annual growth rate. The annual growth rate has been positive since May 2010. Since last April, 23 areas grew in employment, led by the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA with 111,200 jobs. In terms of percentage increase, the Midland MSA led all areas with 6.9 percent. This was followed closely by its neighboring area, the Odessa MSA, with 6.1 percent. The Fort Worth-Arlington area and the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA followed, each at a 4.2 percent annual growth rate.

Leisure and Hospitality experienced the most growth of all industries over the month, adding 14,900 jobs. Although the employment addition was smaller than either of the previous two months’ additions, April’s gain matched last year’s over-the-month employment gain. Since January, the industry netted 45,600 jobs, keeping job growth in line with previous gains made for this same time period through the recorded series. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA added the most jobs of all areas, increasing by 6,300 positions. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area and the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA followed with 2,900 jobs and 1,400 jobs, respectively. The Midland MSA, however, led all areas in terms of percentage growth with a 2.6 percent increase. Since April 2012, Leisure and Hospitality expanded by 46,000 jobs, 11,400 more jobs than the amount added from April 2011 to April 2012. The annual growth rate of 4.6 percent in April marked the 33rd consecutive month of positive growth rates. Over the year, 23 areas added employment, led by the Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA with 14,600 jobs. The College Station-Bryan MSA led all areas in terms of percentages with a 22.1 percent increase. Other areas experiencing double-digit increases in annual growth rates were the San Angelo and the Laredo MSAs at 13.7 percent and 11.0 percent, respectively.

Employment in Mining, Logging, and Construction continued to grow as 7,700 jobs were added in April. This month also marked the third consecutive month of net jobs gained and put estimated employment at 766,400 jobs. The three-month total gain of 29,000 jobs surpassed those of prior years for this same time period. The Amarillo MSA had the largest monthly percentage increase at 3.3 percent. This was followed by the College Station-Bryan and the San Antonio-New Braunfels

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Metropolitan Statistical Area Over the Month Employment ChangeMarch 2013 to April 2013 (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

MSAs at 2.9 percent and 2.6 percent, respectively. In the last 12 months, employment in Mining, Logging, and Construction expanded by 57,000 jobs and the annual growth rate increased from 7.6 percent in March to 8.0 percent in April. The Odessa and the Midland MSAs led all areas in annual growth with rates of 14.9 percent and 14.4 percent, respectively. Three other areas that grew more than 10.0 percent were the Corpus Christi MSA, the Fort Worth-Arlington area, and the Dallas-Plano-Irving area with 13.5 percent, 13.3 percent, and 10.8 percent, respectively.

Retail Trade continued to expand in April as 12,600 jobs were added after March’s revised increase of 2,600 jobs. The April increase was the largest jump in employment for that month in the recorded series, outpacing last year’s increase of 7,000 jobs for April. Over the last three months, 3,000 jobs were added, contrasting last year’s loss of 3,300 jobs over the same timeframe. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area led all areas in monthly growth, increasing 4,100 jobs. The Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown MSA followed at 3,500 jobs, and the San Antonio-New Braunfels MSA rounded out the top three areas with an employment increase of 1,300 jobs. The Dallas-Plano-Irving area and the Waco MSA tied for the largest increase in terms of percentage growth, each with a 1.9 percent increase. Retail Trade continued to grow as 40,200 jobs were added over the year, making the 3.9 percent annual growth rate in April the highest rate seen since February 2000. No area lost employment over the year. The Midland MSA had the largest annual growth rate with 8.3 percent. The Odessa MSA followed with 6.0 percent, and the Amarillo MSA was next with 5.0 percent.

8.3%

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5.0% 4.8% 4.8% 4.8%

3.7%

0.0%

1.0%

2.0%

3.0%

4.0%

5.0%

6.0%

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Highest Annual Growth Rates for Retail Trade,Not Seasonally Adjusted

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*Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in Texas is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC. **Metropolitan Division (MD). The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is comprised of the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12TOTAL NONFARM 2,780,700 2,762,300 2,669,500 2,174,900 2,160,600 2,107,200 926,900 917,700 889,700GOODS PRODUCING 541,800 538,300 513,700 279,000 278,700 272,500 159,200 157,800 148,900Mining, Logging, & Construction 292,100 287,700 273,500 117,500 116,700 106,000 66,300 64,900 58,500Manufacturing 249,700 250,600 240,200 161,500 162,000 166,500 92,900 92,900 90,400

Durable Goods 169,900 170,800 161,700 114,500 114,800 118,200 67,600 67,500 65,200Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 57,900 57,500 55,300Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing 18,600 18,800 18,900 37,700 38,000 39,000 2,500 2,500 2,600

Nondurable Goods 79,800 79,800 78,500 47,000 47,200 48,300 25,300 25,400 25,200SERVICE PROVIDING 2,238,900 2,224,000 2,155,800 1,895,900 1,881,900 1,834,700 767,700 759,900 740,800Private Service Providing 1,862,000 1,847,000 1,786,600 1,626,900 1,613,400 1,569,200 641,300 633,700 615,700Wholesale Trade 150,600 149,600 142,400 127,700 126,900 121,800 43,900 43,000 40,500

Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods 88,900 88,200 84,300 74,400 72,900 69,400 25,400 25,200 24,400Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods 40,800 40,800 39,900 37,200 37,100 36,800 12,400 12,400 11,900

Retail Trade 283,500 280,000 270,400 222,800 218,700 212,500 99,500 99,100 97,800Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers 35,100 35,000 33,800 27,600 27,400 26,900Bldng. Material and Garden Eqpmnt. and Supplies Dlrs. 21,500 20,800 20,300 18,700 18,000 17,100 9,100 8,600 8,300Food and Beverage Stores 58,100 57,400 56,200 35,400 34,900 34,900 15,200 15,100 15,100Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 31,400 30,700 29,500 23,600 23,400 22,900General Merchandise Stores 59,700 59,200 60,000 46,500 46,400 46,500 22,700 22,500 23,300

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 129,800 131,400 127,800 77,100 76,700 75,300 64,400 64,000 65,400Utilities 16,100 16,300 16,600 5,900 5,900 5,800

Information 31,900 31,800 31,000 63,600 63,200 64,400 13,300 13,300 13,600Telecommunications 15,200 15,200 15,200 30,500 30,400 30,500 7,000 6,900 7,100

Financial Activities 141,900 140,400 139,000 195,100 195,300 187,300 55,200 55,700 54,700Finance and Insurance 90,500 89,700 89,400 150,000 150,400 143,900 42,200 42,900 42,000Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 43,400 43,000 42,800 76,500 76,300 73,900 26,100 26,100 26,100Insurance Carriers and Related Activities 29,300 29,100 29,500 52,100 51,900 50,600

Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 51,400 50,700 49,600 45,100 44,900 43,400Professional and Business Services 417,100 414,800 403,100 383,800 381,700 367,100 107,800 103,800 100,200

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 198,400 198,200 193,100 166,100 166,800 162,700 37,800 37,200 35,800Admin. Support and Waste Mgmt. and Remediation 195,400 193,400 187,500 186,400 184,000 174,200 65,100 61,300 58,400

Education and Health Services 342,200 341,200 324,300 270,300 267,800 262,800 120,400 119,100 113,500Health Care and Social Assistance 294,800 293,800 279,100 228,700 228,500 223,000 106,000 104,500 98,900Ambulatory Health Care Services 141,500 141,600 132,100 118,400 118,400 115,000Hospitals 77,300 76,600 74,000 50,800 51,000 50,400 27,400 27,500 26,700

Leisure and Hospitality 268,800 262,500 254,200 210,600 207,700 204,200 103,100 102,100 96,700Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 27,800 27,600 27,200 24,200 23,100 23,300Accommodation and Food Services 241,000 234,900 227,000 186,400 184,600 180,900 87,800 87,000 83,700Food Services and Drinking Places 218,800 212,900 205,500 164,700 163,200 159,800 78,900 77,800 74,700

Other Services 96,200 95,300 94,400 75,900 75,400 73,800 33,700 33,600 33,300Government 376,900 377,000 369,200 269,000 268,500 265,500 126,400 126,200 125,100

Federal 27,500 27,400 27,300 29,600 29,600 30,100 15,300 15,600 15,000State 72,800 72,700 72,000 35,800 35,900 36,500 12,900 12,800 12,600Local 276,600 276,900 269,900 203,600 203,000 198,900 98,200 97,800 97,500

Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12TOTAL NONFARM 887,800 886,000 874,000 850,000 845,800 818,600 286,700 286,100 283,500GOODS PRODUCING 93,700 92,300 90,600 95,200 95,000 91,300 30,900 30,800 30,300Mining, Logging, & Construction 47,500 46,300 43,900 44,300 44,300 41,000 13,000 12,900 12,600Manufacturing 46,200 46,000 46,700 50,900 50,700 50,300 17,900 17,900 17,700SERVICE PROVIDING 794,100 793,700 783,400 754,800 750,800 727,300 255,800 255,300 253,200Private Service Providing 632,200 631,700 621,900 582,700 579,100 557,800 186,900 186,600 183,700Wholesale Trade 29,500 29,400 29,700 45,500 45,300 44,000 9,800 9,700 9,800Retail Trade 99,600 98,300 96,000 89,400 88,500 86,400 36,100 35,800 35,500

Food and Beverage Stores 18,100 18,000 18,300 17,900 17,400 17,100General Merchandise Stores 19,700 19,700 19,200 15,500 15,300 15,200 9,400 9,300 9,600

Transportation, Warehousing, and Utilities 22,200 22,200 21,500 14,000 14,100 13,700 13,000 13,100 12,900Information 20,400 20,300 20,100 22,100 22,100 21,400 5,000 5,000 4,900

Telecommunications 5,400 5,400 5,200 7,000 6,900 6,500Financial Activities 71,700 71,800 71,200 45,600 45,300 45,400 12,700 12,700 12,500

Finance and Insurance 57,300 57,400 57,400 32,500 32,400 31,500Credit Intermediation and Related Activities 25,600 25,700 25,400 13,100 13,100 12,800

Professional and Business Services 108,800 109,400 106,000 129,800 130,300 122,500 28,800 28,900 29,700Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 42,100 42,100 42,900 69,600 69,800 66,200

Admin Support and Waste Mgmt and Remediation Svcs 56,500 55,800 53,700 53,500 53,100 51,600 19,900 19,800 20,600Education and Health Services 135,900 137,000 134,400 102,100 100,900 96,600 39,700 39,900 38,400

Health Care and Social Assistance 119,600 120,900 118,000 85,500 84,200 82,000Hospitals 23,000 23,000 23,200 22,400 22,400 21,600

Leisure and Hospitality 110,600 109,900 110,600 98,100 96,700 93,300 31,400 31,200 30,200Accommodation and Food Services 99,800 98,200 98,400 87,100 85,000 83,700

Other Services 33,500 33,400 32,400 36,100 35,900 34,500 10,400 10,300 9,800Government 161,900 162,000 161,500 172,100 171,700 169,500 68,900 68,700 69,500

Federal 34,900 34,800 35,100 13,600 13,300 13,300 13,000 13,000 13,000State 20,500 20,500 20,200 75,000 75,100 72,600 10,200 10,200 10,000Local 106,500 106,700 106,200 83,500 83,300 83,600 45,700 45,500 46,500

Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)HOUSTON SUGAR LAND BAYTOWN DALLAS PLANO IRVING MD** FORT WORTH ARLINGTONMD**

SAN ANTONIO NEW BRAUNFELS AUSTIN ROUND ROCK SAN MARCOS EL PASO

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Estimates for the current month are preliminary. All estimates are subject to revision. The number of nonagricultural jobs in each MSA is without reference to place of residence of workers. Estimates produced by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminated in cooperation with the TWC.

Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12TOTAL NONFARM 67,600 67,300 66,200 113,500 112,900 112,700 161,100 161,900 162,600 133,200 133,500 131,300Mining, Logging, & Constr. 5,300 5,300 5,000 6,200 6,000 5,700 19,600 20,600 20,700 3,700 3,700 3,400Manufacturing 2,700 2,700 2,700 13,300 13,300 13,300 22,100 22,100 22,400 5,800 5,900 5,700Wholesale Trade 2,700 2,600 2,500 5,300 5,200 5,200 5,200 5,200 5,000 3,700 3,700 3,600Retail Trade 8,100 8,100 8,000 14,600 14,400 13,900 19,500 19,300 19,300 17,000 16,900 16,400Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,700 1,700 1,600 4,800 4,800 4,700 6,000 6,100 6,000 4,600 4,700 4,700Information 1,100 1,100 1,100 1,400 1,400 1,500 1,300 1,300 1,400 1,200 1,200 1,600Financial Activities 3,800 3,800 3,800 6,000 6,000 6,200 5,700 5,700 5,600 5,400 5,500 5,200Prof. & Business Services 5,800 5,600 5,000 8,100 8,200 8,200 13,700 13,600 14,100 10,100 9,900 10,500Educ. & Health Services 13,700 13,700 13,700 16,200 16,300 16,300 22,200 22,300 22,100 33,900 33,900 33,400Leisure & Hospitality 7,600 7,500 7,300 11,800 11,600 12,200 15,100 14,900 14,600 13,700 13,600 12,800Other Services 2,600 2,600 2,600 4,800 4,800 4,700 5,700 5,700 5,800 3,600 3,700 3,400Government 12,500 12,600 12,900 21,000 20,900 20,800 25,000 25,100 25,600 30,500 30,800 30,600

Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12TOTAL NONFARM 100,400 99,500 97,700 191,500 190,400 184,600 131,600 131,100 128,600 95,300 95,600 92,700Mining, Logging, & Constr. 7,000 6,800 6,800 26,000 26,100 22,900 5,600 5,600 5,300 4,500 4,500 4,100Manufacturing 5,600 5,600 5,500 9,800 9,900 9,900 7,100 7,000 7,100 700 700 800Wholesale Trade 1,900 1,900 1,800 5,800 5,800 5,700 3,900 3,900 3,800 2,700 2,800 2,700Retail Trade 11,100 10,900 10,600 20,200 20,100 19,900 15,600 15,500 15,100 12,600 12,600 12,300Trans., Ware., & Util. 1,500 1,500 1,300 6,800 6,800 6,400 4,500 4,500 4,500 13,100 13,100 12,800Information 1,300 1,300 1,200 2,000 1,900 2,000 2,200 2,200 2,300 600 600 600Financial Activities 3,600 3,600 3,500 7,600 7,700 7,400 5,800 5,800 5,300 3,700 3,800 3,700Prof. & Business Services 6,700 6,700 6,500 15,300 15,300 15,700 9,300 9,200 9,100 7,500 7,500 7,400Educ. & Health Services 10,400 10,400 10,200 31,700 31,200 30,500 22,200 22,100 20,700 15,100 15,100 14,600Leisure & Hospitality 12,700 12,600 10,400 24,500 24,100 22,600 14,000 13,700 12,800 10,100 10,200 9,100Other Services 3,400 3,400 3,300 8,100 8,000 7,400 4,900 4,900 4,900 2,500 2,500 2,400Government 35,200 34,800 36,600 33,700 33,500 34,200 36,500 36,700 37,700 22,200 22,200 22,200

Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12TOTAL NONFARM 103,100 102,800 102,100 131,000 130,400 128,900 233,000 233,100 229,500 85,400 84,400 79,900Mining, Logging, & Constr. 18,100 18,000 17,300 5,700 5,700 5,600 9,100 9,200 8,900 24,600 24,200 21,500Manufacturing 11,200 11,300 11,900 5,000 5,000 4,900 6,100 6,300 6,200 3,600 3,500 3,400Wholesale Trade 4,800 4,800 4,800 6,200 6,100 6,100 7,200 7,000 6,700 4,500 4,500 4,400Retail Trade 11,300 11,200 10,800 16,500 16,400 15,800 35,300 34,900 33,700 7,800 7,700 7,200Trans., Ware., & Util. 3,800 3,900 3,700 4,300 4,300 4,100 7,800 7,900 7,600 4,100 4,100 3,700Information 1,300 1,400 1,300 3,700 3,700 3,800 1,900 1,900 2,000 900 900 1,100Financial Activities 4,100 4,100 4,000 6,900 6,800 6,900 8,800 8,800 8,600 4,200 4,200 3,900Prof. & Business Services 9,000 8,900 8,700 11,200 11,200 10,600 15,300 15,000 15,300 8,900 8,800 8,800Educ. & Health Services 15,600 15,500 16,000 22,000 21,800 22,000 59,600 59,800 59,800 7,400 7,300 7,200Leisure & Hospitality 8,800 8,600 8,500 16,800 16,600 16,400 20,900 21,000 20,100 8,000 7,800 7,400Other Services 3,600 3,600 3,500 5,500 5,400 5,400 6,000 5,900 5,800 2,900 2,900 2,900Government 11,500 11,500 11,600 27,200 27,400 27,300 55,000 55,400 54,800 8,500 8,500 8,400

Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12TOTAL NONFARM 74,900 75,100 70,600 47,500 47,300 45,800 43,100 43,100 42,500 56,500 56,500 56,900Mining, Logging, & Constr. 19,300 19,200 16,800 3,500 3,500 3,300 2,600 2,600 2,600 2,300 2,300 2,200Manufacturing 5,800 5,800 5,400 3,900 3,900 3,800 5,100 5,200 5,300 4,100 4,100 4,100Wholesale Trade 5,800 5,900 5,600 1,800 1,700 1,700 1,100 1,100 1,000 2,500 2,500 2,500Retail Trade 7,100 7,100 6,700 5,600 5,500 5,500 5,400 5,400 5,400 6,900 6,900 6,900Trans., Ware., & Util. 2,700 2,800 2,500 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,200 1,200 1,100 3,000 3,000 3,100Information 600 600 600 900 900 1,000 400 400 400 500 500 500Financial Activities 3,000 3,000 2,900 2,100 2,100 2,000 2,900 2,900 2,700 2,600 2,600 2,600Prof. & Business Services 4,200 4,400 4,400 3,600 3,600 3,700 2,700 2,600 2,600 4,100 4,100 4,300Educ. & Health Services 5,800 5,800 5,900 8,100 8,000 7,900 9,100 9,100 8,900 9,300 9,300 9,200Leisure & Hospitality 7,500 7,500 6,900 5,800 5,700 5,100 4,900 4,800 4,800 5,800 5,700 5,700Other Services 3,500 3,400 3,400 2,000 2,000 1,900 1,500 1,500 1,500 2,200 2,200 2,200Government 9,600 9,600 9,500 9,200 9,400 8,900 6,200 6,300 6,200 13,200 13,300 13,600

Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12 Apr '13* Mar '13 Apr '12TOTAL NONFARM 94,500 94,200 93,500 52,900 52,800 51,300 108,700 108,100 105,900 58,700 58,700 58,800Mining, Logging, & Constr. 5,500 5,500 5,400 7,300 7,400 7,100 6,300 6,200 5,900 3,500 3,500 3,400Manufacturing 5,100 5,200 5,300 5,900 5,900 5,900 14,700 14,700 14,500 5,100 5,200 5,400Wholesale Trade 3,400 3,300 3,300 2,100 2,100 1,900 4,000 4,000 3,900 1,700 1,800 1,800Retail Trade 12,000 11,900 11,900 6,600 6,500 6,300 11,000 10,800 10,800 7,600 7,600 7,400Trans., Ware., & Util. 3,600 3,600 3,700 1,500 1,500 1,500 2,800 2,800 2,800 1,900 1,900 1,800Information 2,300 2,300 2,300 400 400 400 1,300 1,300 1,300 1,000 1,000 1,000Financial Activities 4,200 4,200 4,200 2,300 2,300 2,200 6,200 6,200 6,200 2,800 2,800 2,700Prof. & Business Services 8,300 8,300 8,200 3,800 3,800 3,500 9,300 9,100 8,700 4,000 4,100 4,200Educ. & Health Services 22,200 22,100 21,600 7,400 7,400 7,200 20,500 20,600 20,000 9,700 9,600 9,600Leisure & Hospitality 10,100 10,000 10,000 4,800 4,800 4,500 11,200 11,000 10,300 6,100 6,100 6,100Other Services 4,400 4,400 4,000 2,000 1,900 1,900 3,800 3,800 3,900 2,700 2,700 2,600Government 13,400 13,400 13,600 8,800 8,800 8,900 17,600 17,600 17,600 12,600 12,400 12,800

Texas Metropolitan Statistical Areas Nonagricultural Wage and Salary Employment (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

INDUSTRY ABILENE AMARILLO BEAUMONT PORT ARTHUR BROWNSVILLE HARLINGEN

INDUSTRY COLLEGE STATION BRYAN CORPUS CHRISTI KILLEEN TEMPLE FORT HOOD LAREDO

INDUSTRY LONGVIEW LUBBOCK MCALLEN EDINBURG MISSION MIDLAND

INDUSTRY ODESSA SAN ANGELO SHERMAN DENISON TEXARKANA

INDUSTRY TYLER VICTORIA WACO WICHITA FALLS

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Houston-Sugar Land-

Baytown

Beaumont-PortArthur

Tyler

Longview

Sherman-Denison

Texarkana

Killeen-Temple-

Fort Hood

CollegeStation-Bryan

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

San Antonio-New Braunfels

Victoria

Dallas-Fort Worth-

Arlington

WichitaFalls

Waco

Abilene

Brownsville-Harlingen

McAllen-Edinburg-

Mission

Laredo CorpusChristi

SanAngelo

Odessa

Midland

Lubbock

Amarillo

El Paso

Job Growth RatesTexas: 3.1%

3.6% and above (6)2.6% to 3.5% (5)1.5% to 2.5% (5)0.0% to 1.4% (6)negative growth (3)

CES - A Bureau of Labor Statistics program that relies on employersurveys to estimate monthly, nonagricultural payroll employment.

Source: Current Employment Statistics. Estimates produced by theBureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor are disseminatedin cooperation with the TWC. Prepared by the Labor Market and CareerInformation Department, TWC. (5/17/2013)

0.7%

1.6% -0.2%

2.1%

3.5%

6.9%6.1%

1.1%

-0.7%

1.0%1.1%

2.8%

2.6%

2.3%

3.8%-0.9%

4.2%1.6%

3.7%

2.8%

1.5% 1.4%

Total Nonagricultural Employment by MSA (In Thousands)

AbileneAmarilloAustin-Round Rock-San MarcosBeaumont-Port ArthurBrownsville-HarlingenCollege Station-BryanCorpus ChristiDallas-Fort Worth-ArlingtonEl PasoHouston-Sugar Land-BaytownKilleen-Temple-Fort HoodLaredoLongviewLubbockMcAllen-Edinburg-MissionMidlandOdessaSan AngeloSan Antonio-New BraunfelsSherman-DenisonTexarkanaTylerVictoriaWacoWichita Falls

67.6113.5850.0161.1133.2100.4191.5

3,101.8286.7

2,780.7131.6

95.3103.1131.0233.0

85.474.947.5

887.843.156.594.552.9

108.758.7

2.1%0.7%3.8%

-0.9%1.4%2.8%3.7%3.5%1.1%4.2%2.3%2.8%1.0%1.6%1.5%6.9%6.1%3.7%1.6%1.4%

-0.7%1.1%3.1%2.6%

-0.2%

MSAApr.2013

Apr.2012

% AnnualJob Growth

66.2112.7818.6162.6131.3

97.7184.6

2,996.9283.5

2,669.5128.6

92.7102.1128.9229.5

79.970.645.8

874.042.556.993.551.3

105.958.8

3.7%

1.4%

3.1%

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Beaumont-PortArthur

Texarkana

Tyler

Long-view

Houston-Sugar Land-

Baytown

CollegeStation-Bryan

Sherman-Denison

Waco

Dallas-Fort Worth-

Arlington

CorpusChristi

Brownsville-Harlingen

Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos

Victoria

San Antonio-New Braunfels

McAllen-Edinburg-

Mission

Abilene

WichitaFalls

Laredo

San Angelo

Lubbock

Amarillo

OdessaMidland

El Paso

Unemployment RatesTexas: 6.1%*

0.0% to 4.9% (5)5.0% to 5.4% (5)5.5% to 5.9% (5)6.0% to 6.9% (6)7.0% and above (4)

LAUS - A Bureau of Labor Statistics program that estimates the labor force statusof employed and unemployed persons.

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally AdjustedPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC. (5/17/2013)

Unemployment Rates for Texas MSAs(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

AbileneAmarilloAustin-Round Rock-

San MarcosBeaumont-Port ArthurBrownsville-HarlingenCollege Station-BryanCorpus ChristiDallas-Ft Worth-ArlingtonEl PasoHouston-Sugar Land-BaytownKilleen-Temple-Ft HoodLaredoLongview

LubbockMcAllen-Edinburg-

MissionMidlandOdessaSan AngeloSan Antonio-

New BraunfelsSherman-DenisonTexarkanaTylerVictoriaWacoWichita Falls

4.8 5.24.4 4.5

5.1 5.69.8 9.49.9 10.05.0 5.35.7 6.26.0 6.58.7 9.05.9 6.66.9 7.26.6 6.85.4 5.4

4.8 5.2

10.5 10.33.0 3.33.7 4.15.0 5.1

5.9 6.26.7 7.06.7 6.56.2 6.65.1 5.55.8 6.25.7 5.7

AreaApr.2013

Apr.2012 Area

Apr.2013

Apr.2012

8.7%

4.4%

4.8%

3.0%3.7%

5.0%

4.8%

5.7%

6.0%

5.8%

6.9%

5.1%

5.9%

6.6%

5.7%

9.9%10.5%

5.9%

5.4%6.2%

6.7%

6.7%

5.0%

5.1%

9.8%

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For April, the Texas unemployment rate declined two-tenths of a percentage point to 6.1 percent. This was an over-the-year decrease of 0.4 percentage points. Over the past three months, there has been

an average decline of 0.3 percentage points. For the United States, the unemployment rate decreased fi ve-tenths of a percentage point to 7.1 percent. The Texas unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage point below the national unemployment rate and has remained at or below the national rate for 77 consecutive months.

The Civilian Labor Force (CLF) increased over the month by 50,500 people, bringing the Texas labor force to a total of 12,736,100 persons. This was the largest increase in the CLF since September 2012.

The past three months have shown an average increase of 27,000 Texans joining the labor force. Since the beginning of the year, the CLF has grown by 81,000 individuals. The CLF had an over-the-year growth of 194,800 people.

The number of jobholders ascended by 69,600 Texans in April to a total of 11,955,400 employed persons. This was the largest monthly increase in jobholders since September 2012. The number of

employed individuals has averaged an increase of 57,600 persons over each of the last three months. Over the year, the number of employed in Texas rose by 234,100 jobholders. Since the beginning of the year, the number of employed Texans has increased by 172,900 persons. The number of jobseekers was 780,700 persons, a decrease of 19,100 individuals over the month. This was the lowest number of Texans seeking work since December 2012.

The unemployment rate declined in 23 MSAs with the Lubbock MSA showing a decrease of 0.5 percentage points, the largest decrease of any MSA. Three MSAs maintained the same unemployment

rate over the month. The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission MSA had the highest unemployment rate at 10.5 percent. The lowest unemployment rate was held by the Midland MSA at 3.0 percent.

Highlights of the Texas Labor Force(Not Seasonally Adjusted)

All estimates are subject to revision. Estimates refl ect actual (not seasonally adjusted) data. Civilian Labor Force (C.L.F.) includes wage and salary workers, self-employed, unpaid family, domestics in private households, agricultural workers, workers involved in labor disputes and the unemployed, all by place of residence. Employment and Unemployment data are fi rst rounded then added together to derive the rounded CLF total. Because of this rounding technique, this rounded total of the CLF may not agree with a rounding of the CLF total itself. Percent Unemployed is based upon unrounded Labor Force, Employment and Unemployment numbers. Estimates of the TWC are in cooperation with the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor. Beginning with January 2005 estimates, defi nitions of the MSAs were updated to refl ect the 2000 Census-based confi gurations. Please see www.tracer2.com for details on these changes. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA is comprised of the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division (MD) and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD.

Civilian Labor Force Estimates for Texas Metropolitan Statistical AreasNot Seasonally Adjusted (In Thousands)

MSAs Ranked by Unemployment RateApril 2013 (Not Seasonally Adjusted)

1 Midland 3.02 Odessa 3.73 Amarillo 4.44 (tie) Abilene 4.8

Lubbock 4.86 (tie) College Station Bryan 5.0

San Angelo 5.08 (tie) Austin Round Rock San Marcos 5.1

Victoria 5.110 Longview 5.411 (tie) Corpus Christi 5.7

Wichita Falls 5.713 Waco 5.814 (tie) Houston Sugar Land Baytown 5.9

San Antonio New Braunfels 5.916 Dallas Fort Worth Arlington 6.0

Texas 6.117 Tyler 6.218 Laredo 6.619 (tie) Sherman Denison 6.7

Texarkana 6.721 Killeen Temple Fort Hood 6.9

United States 7.122 El Paso 8.723 Beaumont Port Arthur 9.824 Brownsville Harlingen 9.925 McAllen Edinburg Mission 10.5

C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. Rate C.L.F. Emp. Unemp. RateUnited States 154,739.0 143,724.0 11,014.0 7.1 154,512.0 142,698.0 11,815.0 7.6 153,905.0 141,995.0 11,910.0 7.7Texas 12,736.1 11,955.4 780.7 6.1 12,685.6 11,885.8 799.8 6.3 12,541.3 11,721.3 820.0 6.5Abilene 85.1 81.0 4.1 4.8 84.8 80.6 4.2 4.9 84.0 79.7 4.3 5.2Amarillo 134.4 128.4 6.0 4.4 133.9 127.7 6.2 4.6 134.3 128.2 6.1 4.5Austin Round Rock San Marcos 984.6 934.6 50.0 5.1 982.7 930.6 52.1 5.3 957.3 904.1 53.2 5.6Beaumont Port Arthur 188.6 170.2 18.4 9.8 189.2 170.8 18.4 9.7 191.0 173.1 17.9 9.4Brownsville Harlingen 163.6 147.3 16.3 9.9 163.9 147.3 16.6 10.1 162.6 146.3 16.3 10.0College Station Bryan 116.9 111.0 5.9 5.0 115.8 109.9 5.9 5.1 115.5 109.4 6.1 5.3Corpus Christi 221.6 208.9 12.7 5.7 220.4 207.5 12.9 5.9 217.5 204.1 13.4 6.2Dallas Fort Worth Arlington 3,393.9 3,191.5 202.4 6.0 3,377.4 3,168.8 208.6 6.2 3,316.4 3,101.4 215.0 6.5Dallas Plano Irving MD 2,259.7 2,123.3 136.4 6.0 2,251.3 2,111.2 140.1 6.2 2,209.1 2,064.3 144.8 6.6Fort Worth Arlington MD 1,134.2 1,068.2 66.0 5.8 1,126.1 1,057.6 68.5 6.1 1,107.3 1,037.1 70.2 6.3

El Paso 324.1 295.8 28.3 8.7 323.8 295.1 28.7 8.9 324.9 295.6 29.3 9.0Houston Sugar Land Baytown 3,089.6 2,905.9 183.7 5.9 3,072.4 2,885.2 187.2 6.1 3,015.6 2,817.2 198.4 6.6Killeen Temple Fort Hood 171.6 159.8 11.8 6.9 170.9 159.1 11.8 6.9 169.2 157.0 12.2 7.2Laredo 101.0 94.3 6.7 6.6 101.1 94.4 6.7 6.6 99.6 92.8 6.8 6.8Longview 117.0 110.7 6.3 5.4 116.5 110.0 6.5 5.6 117.2 110.9 6.3 5.4Lubbock 146.8 139.7 7.1 4.8 146.7 139.0 7.7 5.3 145.8 138.3 7.5 5.2McAllen Edinburg Mission 316.4 283.3 33.1 10.5 315.7 282.2 33.5 10.6 316.2 283.6 32.6 10.3Midland 94.4 91.5 2.9 3.0 93.5 90.6 2.9 3.1 88.6 85.6 3.0 3.3Odessa 86.5 83.3 3.2 3.7 86.5 83.3 3.2 3.7 82.3 79.0 3.3 4.1San Angelo 57.3 54.4 2.9 5.0 57.0 54.2 2.8 4.9 55.9 53.1 2.8 5.1San Antonio New Braunfels 1,023.8 963.8 60.0 5.9 1,022.4 960.8 61.6 6.0 1,022.3 958.7 63.6 6.2Sherman Denison 57.6 53.8 3.8 6.7 57.4 53.5 3.9 6.8 57.6 53.5 4.1 7.0Texarkana 63.9 59.6 4.3 6.7 63.5 59.1 4.4 6.9 65.4 61.2 4.2 6.5Tyler 101.6 95.3 6.3 6.2 101.5 95.0 6.5 6.4 102.3 95.6 6.7 6.6Victoria 61.8 58.6 3.2 5.1 61.8 58.6 3.2 5.2 60.7 57.4 3.3 5.5Waco 116.9 110.1 6.8 5.8 116.3 109.3 7.0 6.0 115.4 108.2 7.2 6.2Wichita Falls 71.9 67.8 4.1 5.7 71.9 67.6 4.3 5.9 72.5 68.4 4.1 5.7

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Anderson 6.8 7.1 7.2 0.3 0.4 Donley 5.4 5.8 4.9 0.4 0.5Andrews 3.5 3.4 3.7 0.1 0.2 Duval 5.9 6.0 6.6 0.1 0.7Angelina 6.2 6.3 6.4 0.1 0.2 Eastland 5.6 5.8 5.5 0.2 0.1Aransas 5.7 5.6 5.6 0.1 0.1 Ector 3.7 3.7 4.1 0.0 0.4Archer 5.1 4.8 4.6 0.3 0.5 Edwards 6.7 7.3 5.8 0.6 0.9Armstrong 4.2 4.3 5.3 0.1 1.1 Ellis 5.9 6.4 6.5 0.5 0.6Atascosa 5.9 6.0 6.5 0.1 0.6 El Paso 8.7 8.9 9.0 0.2 0.3Austin 5.7 5.8 5.8 0.1 0.1 Erath 5.1 5.2 5.2 0.1 0.1Bailey 6.6 7.6 6.1 1.0 0.5 Falls 8.1 7.9 8.0 0.2 0.1Bandera 5.2 5.4 5.8 0.2 0.6 Fannin 8.7 9.2 8.2 0.5 0.5Bastrop 5.7 6.6 6.2 0.9 0.5 Fayette 4.4 4.6 4.6 0.2 0.2Baylor 4.1 4.3 4.1 0.2 0.0 Fisher 5.1 5.2 5.0 0.1 0.1Bee 6.6 6.6 6.6 0.0 0.0 Floyd 9.5 8.6 6.5 0.9 3.0Bell 6.7 6.7 7.1 0.0 0.4 Foard 5.1 5.4 5.3 0.3 0.2Bexar 5.8 5.9 6.4 0.1 0.6 Fort Bend 5.5 5.6 5.9 0.1 0.4Blanco 5.0 5.0 5.2 0.0 0.2 Franklin 5.8 5.9 6.1 0.1 0.3Borden 2.5 2.4 3.2 0.1 0.7 Freestone 5.2 5.3 4.9 0.1 0.3Bosque 6.4 6.8 7.1 0.4 0.7 Frio 5.0 5.1 5.4 0.1 0.4Bowie 7.0 7.0 6.5 0.0 0.5 Gaines 4.4 4.3 4.3 0.1 0.1Brazoria 6.3 6.4 6.8 0.1 0.5 Galveston 6.5 6.7 7.3 0.2 0.8Brazos 4.9 4.9 5.1 0.0 0.2 Garza 5.6 5.4 6.0 0.2 0.4Brewster 4.4 4.5 4.4 0.1 0.0 Gillespie 3.8 3.9 3.9 0.1 0.1Briscoe 7.5 7.9 5.6 0.4 1.9 Glasscock 3.7 3.9 4.4 0.2 0.7Brooks 6.7 7.1 6.6 0.4 0.1 Goliad 4.8 4.7 5.2 0.1 0.4Brown 5.5 5.7 5.7 0.2 0.2 Gonzales 4.6 4.7 4.3 0.1 0.3Burleson 5.9 6.0 6.1 0.1 0.2 Gray 4.6 4.5 4.6 0.1 0.0Burnet 5.0 5.2 5.2 0.2 0.2 Grayson 6.7 6.8 7.0 0.1 0.3Caldwell 6.4 7.2 6.6 0.8 0.2 Gregg 5.3 5.3 5.2 0.0 0.1Calhoun 5.6 5.5 7.4 0.1 1.8 Grimes 5.9 6.0 6.2 0.1 0.3Callahan 4.5 4.8 4.7 0.3 0.2 Guadalupe 5.9 6.2 5.4 0.3 0.5Cameron 9.9 10.1 10.0 0.2 0.1 Hale 12.3 11.9 6.2 0.4 6.1Camp 6.7 7.1 7.2 0.4 0.5 Hall 7.5 7.7 8.0 0.2 0.5Carson 4.4 4.6 4.3 0.2 0.1 Hamilton 5.3 5.2 5.1 0.1 0.2Cass 8.9 9.1 8.7 0.2 0.2 Hansford 3.7 4.0 3.5 0.3 0.2Castro 5.1 5.1 4.8 0.0 0.3 Hardeman 4.7 5.4 4.9 0.7 0.2Chambers 6.7 6.8 7.5 0.1 0.8 Hardin 7.7 8.0 6.9 0.3 0.8Cherokee 7.1 7.4 7.2 0.3 0.1 Harris 6.0 6.1 6.7 0.1 0.7Childress 5.1 5.3 5.1 0.2 0.0 Harrison 6.4 6.4 6.4 0.0 0.0Clay 4.9 4.7 4.7 0.2 0.2 Hartley 4.0 4.4 4.1 0.4 0.1Cochran 7.1 7.6 7.4 0.5 0.3 Haskell 5.3 5.5 5.2 0.2 0.1Coke 5.6 5.4 5.5 0.2 0.1 Hays 5.0 5.2 5.5 0.2 0.5Coleman 5.7 5.8 5.6 0.1 0.1 Hemphill 2.2 2.3 2.1 0.1 0.1Collin 5.4 5.7 5.9 0.3 0.5 Henderson 6.8 7.0 7.0 0.2 0.2Collingsworth 4.5 4.4 4.3 0.1 0.2 Hidalgo 10.5 10.6 10.3 0.1 0.2Colorado 5.1 5.3 5.6 0.2 0.5 Hill 6.1 6.5 6.7 0.4 0.6Comal 7.1 7.6 5.8 0.5 1.3 Hockley 4.3 4.5 4.4 0.2 0.1Comanche 5.3 5.4 5.4 0.1 0.1 Hood 5.0 5.2 5.4 0.2 0.4Concho 6.3 6.9 6.7 0.6 0.4 Hopkins 5.2 5.3 5.7 0.1 0.5Cooke 4.2 4.3 4.2 0.1 0.0 Houston 8.4 8.9 9.2 0.5 0.8Coryell 8.1 8.1 8.3 0.0 0.2 Howard 5.4 5.7 5.7 0.3 0.3Cottle 5.3 5.0 6.4 0.3 1.1 Hudspeth 5.5 5.8 5.5 0.3 0.0Crane 4.8 4.9 5.4 0.1 0.6 Hunt 6.1 6.2 7.9 0.1 1.8Crockett 3.8 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 Hutchinson 5.3 5.4 5.3 0.1 0.0Crosby 6.2 6.7 6.8 0.5 0.6 Irion 3.2 3.3 4.7 0.1 1.5Culberson 3.2 3.3 3.6 0.1 0.4 Jack 4.4 4.4 4.3 0.0 0.1Dallam 3.5 3.6 3.7 0.1 0.2 Jackson 4.7 5.0 5.0 0.3 0.3Dallas 6.5 6.6 7.0 0.1 0.5 Jasper 9.6 9.8 9.4 0.2 0.2Dawson 6.5 6.7 6.9 0.2 0.4 Jeff Davis 4.3 4.9 5.1 0.6 0.8Deaf Smith 4.5 4.6 4.6 0.1 0.1 Jefferson 10.3 10.0 10.2 0.3 0.1Delta 7.1 6.6 6.7 0.5 0.4 Jim Hogg 4.9 5.1 4.6 0.2 0.3Denton 5.3 5.7 5.8 0.4 0.5 Jim Wells 4.5 4.5 4.7 0.0 0.2DeWitt 4.5 4.6 4.7 0.1 0.2 Johnson 5.7 6.1 6.2 0.4 0.5Dickens 7.7 9.2 9.3 1.5 1.6 Jones 5.8 5.9 6.2 0.1 0.4Dimmit 4.5 4.7 4.8 0.2 0.3 Karnes 6.0 6.5 6.4 0.5 0.4

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Kaufman 6.2 6.5 6.7 0.3 0.5 Real 6.3 6.5 6.8 0.2 0.5Kendall 5.0 5.4 5.2 0.4 0.2 Red River 10.2 10.3 9.8 0.1 0.4Kenedy 2.6 2.6 2.9 0.0 0.3 Reeves 8.9 9.0 9.1 0.1 0.2Kent 4.4 4.9 4.8 0.5 0.4 Refugio 4.1 4.3 4.4 0.2 0.3Kerr 5.1 5.3 5.3 0.2 0.2 Roberts 2.4 2.9 4.4 0.5 2.0Kimble 5.3 5.5 5.2 0.2 0.1 Robertson 6.4 6.8 7.4 0.4 1.0King 6.2 7.2 6.1 1.0 0.1 Rockwall 5.5 5.9 6.0 0.4 0.5Kinney 7.6 7.6 7.4 0.0 0.2 Runnels 5.5 5.6 5.8 0.1 0.3Kleberg 5.3 5.5 5.5 0.2 0.2 Rusk 5.7 6.1 5.8 0.4 0.1Knox 5.3 5.9 5.2 0.6 0.1 Sabine 14.6 15.0 14.6 0.4 0.0Lamar 8.0 8.2 8.6 0.2 0.6 San Augustine 10.3 10.5 10.2 0.2 0.1Lamb 6.9 7.2 6.3 0.3 0.6 San Jacinto 7.2 7.4 7.6 0.2 0.4Lampasas 6.6 6.7 6.6 0.1 0.0 San Patricio 7.1 7.3 7.1 0.2 0.0La Salle 3.6 3.6 4.3 0.0 0.7 San Saba 7.7 7.8 7.6 0.1 0.1Lavaca 4.1 4.3 4.3 0.2 0.2 Schleicher 3.5 3.5 4.2 0.0 0.7Lee 4.4 4.7 4.8 0.3 0.4 Scurry 3.6 3.9 4.1 0.3 0.5Leon 6.3 6.6 6.2 0.3 0.1 Shackelford 2.5 2.6 2.8 0.1 0.3Liberty 7.6 7.7 8.6 0.1 1.0 Shelby 6.2 6.3 6.0 0.1 0.2Limestone 5.3 5.4 5.8 0.1 0.5 Sherman 4.3 4.6 4.0 0.3 0.3Lipscomb 3.4 3.4 3.3 0.0 0.1 Smith 6.2 6.4 6.6 0.2 0.4Live Oak 3.7 3.8 4.2 0.1 0.5 Somervell 4.8 5.1 5.1 0.3 0.3Llano 6.1 6.3 6.2 0.2 0.1 Starr 15.3 15.9 14.7 0.6 0.6Loving 8.7 8.9 12.2 0.2 3.5 Stephens 4.9 5.1 5.2 0.2 0.3Lubbock 4.8 5.2 5.1 0.4 0.3 Sterling 3.3 3.4 2.7 0.1 0.6Lynn 6.1 6.6 6.9 0.5 0.8 Stonewall 4.7 4.3 3.8 0.4 0.9McCulloch 4.5 4.6 5.1 0.1 0.6 Sutton 3.3 3.4 2.9 0.1 0.4McLennan 5.8 6.0 6.2 0.2 0.4 Swisher 8.6 7.9 5.5 0.7 3.1McMullen 2.9 2.6 2.6 0.3 0.3 Tarrant 5.9 6.1 6.4 0.2 0.5Madison 6.5 6.7 6.3 0.2 0.2 Taylor 4.7 4.8 5.1 0.1 0.4Marion 7.2 7.4 7.8 0.2 0.6 Terrell 6.6 6.9 5.7 0.3 0.9Martin 3.9 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.0 Terry 6.1 6.4 6.3 0.3 0.2Mason 4.2 4.1 4.1 0.1 0.1 Throckmorton 4.1 4.5 4.7 0.4 0.6Matagorda 9.1 9.2 9.6 0.1 0.5 Titus 6.7 6.9 6.4 0.2 0.3Maverick 13.1 13.3 13.1 0.2 0.0 Tom Green 5.0 4.9 5.1 0.1 0.1Medina 5.9 5.8 5.9 0.1 0.0 Travis 5.0 5.2 5.5 0.2 0.5Menard 5.6 5.5 5.5 0.1 0.1 Trinity 7.1 7.3 7.6 0.2 0.5Midland 3.0 3.1 3.3 0.1 0.3 Tyler 9.5 9.8 9.3 0.3 0.2Milam 6.7 7.4 7.4 0.7 0.7 Upshur 5.5 5.6 5.4 0.1 0.1Mills 5.0 5.3 5.0 0.3 0.0 Upton 3.4 3.4 3.2 0.0 0.2Mitchell 6.1 6.2 6.1 0.1 0.0 Uvalde 7.1 7.7 7.5 0.6 0.4Montague 4.5 4.6 4.6 0.1 0.1 Val Verde 7.1 7.4 7.4 0.3 0.3Montgomery 5.2 5.4 5.7 0.2 0.5 Van Zandt 5.8 6.0 6.1 0.2 0.3Moore 3.9 4.0 3.9 0.1 0.0 Victoria 5.1 5.2 5.1 0.1 0.0Morris 8.8 8.9 9.1 0.1 0.3 Walker 6.1 6.2 6.2 0.1 0.1Motley 5.8 5.2 5.4 0.6 0.4 Waller 6.4 6.6 6.4 0.2 0.0Nacogdoches 6.1 6.1 5.8 0.0 0.3 Ward 4.1 4.3 4.4 0.2 0.3Navarro 7.0 7.9 7.4 0.9 0.4 Washington 4.7 5.0 4.7 0.3 0.0Newton 11.0 11.9 11.2 0.9 0.2 Webb 6.6 6.6 6.8 0.0 0.2Nolan 5.6 5.6 5.5 0.0 0.1 Wharton 5.9 6.1 6.6 0.2 0.7Nueces 5.5 5.7 6.1 0.2 0.6 Wheeler 3.6 3.7 3.2 0.1 0.4Ochiltree 3.0 3.2 3.1 0.2 0.1 Wichita 5.8 6.1 5.9 0.3 0.1Oldham 3.9 4.0 3.8 0.1 0.1 Wilbarger 4.1 4.3 4.3 0.2 0.2Orange 9.7 10.2 8.5 0.5 1.2 Willacy 13.9 14.0 13.5 0.1 0.4Palo Pinto 5.8 6.2 5.9 0.4 0.1 Williamson 5.1 5.3 5.7 0.2 0.6Panola 5.1 5.3 5.3 0.2 0.2 Wilson 5.4 5.7 5.4 0.3 0.0Parker 5.4 5.7 6.0 0.3 0.6 Winkler 4.2 4.1 4.5 0.1 0.3Parmer 4.5 4.7 4.3 0.2 0.2 Wise 5.6 6.3 6.0 0.7 0.4Pecos 4.3 4.5 4.4 0.2 0.1 Wood 6.6 6.9 6.7 0.3 0.1Polk 7.8 8.1 8.0 0.3 0.2 Yoakum 3.1 3.2 3.4 0.1 0.3Potter 5.0 5.4 5.3 0.4 0.3 Young 4.4 4.7 4.8 0.3 0.4Presidio 11.1 10.9 10.6 0.2 0.5 Zapata 6.1 6.2 6.4 0.1 0.3Rains 6.3 6.5 6.9 0.2 0.6 Zavala 13.1 13.4 12.8 0.3 0.3Randall 4.0 4.0 4.0 0.0 0.0Reagan 2.3 2.3 2.2 0.0 0.1

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Abilene 4.8 5.0 5.3 0.2 0.5 Garland 6.7 6.5 6.6 0.2 0.1 Paris 9.5 9.6 9.4 0.1 0.1Allen 5.1 5.2 5.5 0.1 0.4 Georgetown 5.1 5.3 5.6 0.2 0.5 Pasadena 6.9 6.9 8.2 0.0 1.3Amarillo 4.4 4.6 4.5 0.2 0.1 Grand Prairie 6.0 6.1 6.7 0.1 0.7 Pearland 4.8 4.8 5.1 0.0 0.3Arlington 5.6 5.7 6.1 0.1 0.5 Grapevine 5.0 4.9 5.0 0.1 0.0 Pflugerville 4.3 4.7 4.9 0.4 0.6Austin 4.8 4.9 5.2 0.1 0.4 Greenville 6.1 6.1 9.7 0.0 3.6 Pharr 9.1 9.0 8.3 0.1 0.8Baytown 8.7 8.4 10.3 0.3 1.6 Haltom City 5.5 5.7 6.1 0.2 0.6 Plano 5.5 5.6 5.9 0.1 0.4Beaumont 8.7 8.9 8.4 0.2 0.3 Harker Heights 6.3 6.6 6.7 0.3 0.4 Port Arthur 15.7 14.2 17.0 1.5 1.3Bedford 5.3 5.4 5.9 0.1 0.6 Harlingen 8.1 8.4 8.6 0.3 0.5 Richardson 5.5 5.6 6.0 0.1 0.5Big Spring 5.8 6.1 6.1 0.3 0.3 Houston 6.1 6.2 6.7 0.1 0.6 Rockwall 5.2 5.6 5.3 0.4 0.1Brownsville 10.1 10.2 10.3 0.1 0.2 Huntsville 6.0 6.2 6.2 0.2 0.2 Rosenberg 5.8 6.3 5.6 0.5 0.2Bryan 5.1 5.2 5.3 0.1 0.2 Hurst 5.4 5.5 6.0 0.1 0.6 Round Rock 4.8 5.1 5.3 0.3 0.5Burleson 4.6 5.2 5.3 0.6 0.7 Irving 5.6 5.8 6.0 0.2 0.4 Rowlett 5.7 5.8 6.6 0.1 0.9Carrollton 5.5 5.6 5.9 0.1 0.4 Keller 5.0 5.4 5.3 0.4 0.3 San Angelo 5.0 4.9 5.1 0.1 0.1Cedar Hill 6.9 6.9 7.4 0.0 0.5 Killeen 7.4 7.3 8.1 0.1 0.7 San Antonio 5.7 5.8 6.3 0.1 0.6Cedar Park 4.7 4.9 5.4 0.2 0.7 Kingsville 5.0 5.2 5.2 0.2 0.2 San Benito 9.1 9.2 10.0 0.1 0.9Cleburne 5.8 6.0 6.1 0.2 0.3 Kyle 4.0 4.1 4.4 0.1 0.4 San Juan 9.9 10.1 10.7 0.2 0.8College Station 4.9 4.9 5.0 0.0 0.1 Lake Jackson 5.6 5.9 6.1 0.3 0.5 San Marcos 4.6 5.0 5.0 0.4 0.4Conroe 4.8 5.1 5.2 0.3 0.4 Lancaster 8.3 8.3 8.6 0.0 0.3 Schertz 5.4 5.5 4.8 0.1 0.6Coppell 5.9 5.6 6.0 0.3 0.1 La Porte 6.6 6.4 7.4 0.2 0.8 Seguin 6.1 6.3 5.9 0.2 0.2Copperas Cove 6.9 7.1 7.5 0.2 0.6 Laredo 6.3 6.3 6.5 0.0 0.2 Sherman 6.5 6.7 7.3 0.2 0.8Corpus Christi 5.3 5.4 5.8 0.1 0.5 League City 5.1 5.3 5.5 0.2 0.4 Socorro 9.4 10.0 9.9 0.6 0.5Corsicana 7.5 8.8 8.2 1.3 0.7 Leander 4.1 4.0 4.2 0.1 0.1 Southlake 5.0 5.0 5.7 0.0 0.7Dallas 6.6 6.7 7.1 0.1 0.5 Lewisville 4.8 5.5 5.6 0.7 0.8 Sugar Land 4.7 4.8 4.8 0.1 0.1Deer Park 5.4 5.6 6.2 0.2 0.8 Little Elm 3.8 4.1 4.5 0.3 0.7 Temple 5.2 5.6 5.4 0.4 0.2Del Rio 6.8 7.1 7.3 0.3 0.5 Longview 5.3 5.4 5.2 0.1 0.1 Texarkana 7.0 7.1 6.5 0.1 0.5Denton 4.9 5.0 5.2 0.1 0.3 Lubbock 4.7 5.1 5.0 0.4 0.3 Texas City 8.3 8.4 9.1 0.1 0.8DeSoto 7.0 7.1 7.2 0.1 0.2 Lufkin 6.2 6.3 6.6 0.1 0.4 The Colony 5.7 6.3 6.5 0.6 0.8Duncanville 6.8 6.8 7.5 0.0 0.7 McAllen 7.1 7.2 7.0 0.1 0.1 Tyler 6.2 6.4 6.5 0.2 0.3Eagle Pass 14.5 14.7 14.4 0.2 0.1 McKinney 5.5 6.2 6.1 0.7 0.6 University Park 5.2 5.3 5.6 0.1 0.4Edinburg 6.9 7.2 7.4 0.3 0.5 Mansfield 5.1 5.2 5.4 0.1 0.3 Victoria 4.9 5.2 5.0 0.3 0.1El Paso 8.0 8.1 8.4 0.1 0.4 Mesquite 6.2 6.3 6.6 0.1 0.4 Waco 6.3 6.7 7.0 0.4 0.7Euless 5.4 5.7 6.3 0.3 0.9 Midland 3.0 3.1 3.3 0.1 0.3 Waxahachie 5.4 5.7 6.3 0.3 0.9Farmers Branch 5.5 5.7 6.4 0.2 0.9 Mission 8.1 8.3 8.5 0.2 0.4 Weatherford 5.5 5.4 5.9 0.1 0.4Flower Mound 4.9 5.3 5.5 0.4 0.6 Missouri City 5.3 5.5 6.5 0.2 1.2 Weslaco 11.0 11.2 9.5 0.2 1.5Fort Worth 6.0 6.3 6.5 0.3 0.5 Nacogdoches 6.1 6.1 6.1 0.0 0.0 Wichita Falls 5.9 6.4 6.0 0.5 0.1Friendswood 5.3 5.3 5.9 0.0 0.6 New Braunfels 6.6 7.0 4.9 0.4 1.7 Wylie 5.2 5.3 5.8 0.1 0.6Frisco 4.5 4.7 5.2 0.2 0.7 North Richland Hills 5.3 5.6 5.9 0.3 0.6Galveston 6.7 7.0 7.5 0.3 0.8 Odessa 3.6 3.7 4.0 0.1 0.4

Unemployment Rates for Texas Cities

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Mar2013

Apr2012

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Year AgoChange

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Mar2013

Apr2012

MonthlyChange

Year AgoChange

Alamo 5.8 6.0 6.2 0.2 0.4 Middle Rio Grande 8.9 9.1 9.1 0.2 0.2Brazos Valley 5.2 5.3 5.4 0.1 0.2 North Central Texas 5.5 5.8 6.0 0.3 0.5Cameron County 9.9 10.1 10.0 0.2 0.1 North East Texas 7.2 7.3 7.2 0.1 0.0Capital Area 5.0 5.2 5.5 0.2 0.5 North Texas 5.2 5.5 5.3 0.3 0.1Central Texas 6.8 6.9 7.2 0.1 0.4 Panhandle 4.4 4.6 4.5 0.2 0.1Coastal Bend 5.6 5.7 6.0 0.1 0.4 Permian Basin 3.8 3.8 4.1 0.0 0.3Concho Valley 4.7 4.7 4.8 0.0 0.1 Rural Capital 5.2 5.4 5.6 0.2 0.4Dallas 6.5 6.6 7.0 0.1 0.5 South East Texas 9.8 9.7 9.4 0.1 0.4Deep East Texas 7.5 7.7 7.6 0.2 0.1 South Plains 5.7 5.9 5.3 0.2 0.4East Texas 6.1 6.3 6.3 0.2 0.2 South Texas 6.5 6.6 6.8 0.1 0.3Golden Crescent 4.9 5.0 5.1 0.1 0.2 Tarrant County 5.9 6.1 6.4 0.2 0.5Gulf Coast 6.0 6.1 6.6 0.1 0.6 Texoma 6.3 6.5 6.5 0.2 0.2Heart Of Texas 5.9 6.1 6.3 0.2 0.4 Upper Rio Grande 8.6 8.8 8.9 0.2 0.3Lower Rio Grande Valley 10.9 11.1 10.7 0.2 0.2 West Central Texas 4.9 5.1 5.2 0.2 0.3

Unemployment Rates for Texas WDAs

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San Augustine

New

ton

Sabine

Shelby

JasperTyler

Morris Cass

Marion

Titus

Bowie

Upshur

Red River

Camp

Smith

PanolaRusk

Harrison

Cherokee

Gregg

TrinityAngelina

Nacog-doches

Polk

Houston

Delta

Wood

Hopkins

Rains

Franklin

LamarFannin

Rockwall

Hunt

Navarro

Freestone

Anderson

Henderson

Kaufman

VanZandt

Montague

Wise Denton Collin

CookeGrayson

Lime- stone

Hill

McLennan

Bosque

Somervell

Parker

EllisJohnson

Tarrant Dallas

Comanche

Coryell

Burnet

Lampasas

Hamilton

Erath Hood

Mills

Chambers

Hardin

Orange

Jefferson

Montgomery Liberty

Harris

San Jacinto

Waller

Grimes

Walker

Brazoria

Galveston

Matagorda

Wharton

Fort Bend

Brazos

Leon

Madison

Burleson

Robertson

Washington

Colorado

Austin

GoliadVictoria

Refugio

Calhoun

Jackson

Williamson

Bell

Milam

Falls

LeeTravis

Hays

Guadalupe

Fayette

Bastrop

Gonzales

Caldwell

Lavaca

WilsonDeWitt

JimWells

Kleberg

Nueces

SanPatricio Aransas

Brooks

LiveOak

Duval

Hidalgo

Cameron

Willacy

KenedyZapata JimHogg

Starr

KendallComal

BlancoGillespie

MedinaBexar

Bandera

LaSalle

Karnes

Bee

Atascosa

Frio

McMullen

Webb

Zavala

Dimmit

Uvalde

KerrEdwards

Kinney

Real

Maverick

Kimble

Wichita

Young Jack

Wilbarger

ArcherBaylor

Clay

Throck-morton

Jones PaloPinto

Stephens

Eastland

Shackel- ford

Taylor

Coleman

McCulloch

Callahan

Brown

SanSaba

Mason Llano

King

Cottle

Foard

Hardeman

Knox

Stonewall Haskell

Hemphill

Ochiltree Lipscomb

Roberts

Gray

Sutton

Concho

Schleicher Menard

Tom Green

Coke Runnels

Hall

Collings- worth

Childress

Wheeler

Donley

Briscoe

FisherScurry

Mitchell

Borden

Howard Nolan

Crosby

Floyd Motley

Dickens

Garza Kent

Sherman Hansford

Hutchinson

Carson

Moore

Potter

Glasscock

Upton

Midland

ReaganIrion

Sterling

Crockett

Terrell

Val Verde

Castro

Armstrong

Swisher

Randall

Parmer

Hockley Lubbock

Hale

Lynn

Bailey Lamb

Terry

Cochran

Yoakum

Andrews

Dawson

Martin

Gaines

Hartley

Dallam

Oldham

Deaf Smith

Loving

Crane

Winkler Ector

Ward

Pecos

BrewsterPresidio

Reeves

Jeff Davis

CulbersonEl Paso Hudspeth

Unemployment RatesTexas: 6.1%*

0.0% to 4.9% (5)5.0% to 5.6% (6)5.7% to 6.2% (6)6.3% to 7.5% (6)7.6% and over (5)

Unemployment Rates by WDAApril 2013

Source: Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) Program *Not Seasonally AdjustedPrepared by the Labor Market and Career Information Department, TWC (5/17/2013)

1

2 3

45 6

725

89

10

11

12

27 20

21 22

19

2814

1526

13

1617

18

2324

Alamo-20Brazos Valley-16Cameron County-24Capital Area-14Central Texas-26Coastal Bend-22Concho Valley-12Dallas-6Deep East Texas-17East Texas-8Golden Crescent-19Gulf Coast-28Heart Of Texas-13Lower Rio Grande Valley-23

Middle Rio Grande-27North Central Texas-4North East Texas-7North Texas-3Panhandle-1Permian Basin-11Rural Capital-15South East Texas-18South Plains-2South Texas-21Tarrant County-5Texoma-25Upper Rio Grande-10West Central Texas-9

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GLOSSARY OF LABOR MARKET TERMSActual or Not Seasonally Adjusted - This term is used to describe data series not subject to the seasonal adjustment process. In other words, the effects of regular, or seasonal, patterns have not been removed from these series.

Civilian Labor Force (CLF) - Is that portion of the population age 16 and older who are employed or unemployed. To be considered unemployed, a person has to be not working but willing and able to work and actively seeking work.

Consumer Price Index (CPI) - Is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services. The CPI provides a way for consumers to compare what the market basket of goods and services costs this month with what the same market basket cost a month or a year ago.

Current Employment Statistics (CES) - A monthly survey of nonfarm business establishments used to collect wage and salary employment, workers hours, and payroll, by industry and area. It is sometimes known as Nonagricultural Employment.

Employed (Emp) - Persons 16 years and over in the civilian noninstitutional population who, during the reference week, (a) did any work at all (at least 1 hour) as paid employees, worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm, or worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a member of the family, and (b) all those who were not working but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of vacation, illness, bad weather, childcare problems, maternity or paternity leave, labor-management dispute, job training, or other family or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid for the time off or were seeking other jobs. Each employed person is counted only once, even if he or she holds more than one job.

Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) - The Federal/State cooperative program which produces employment and unemployment

estimates for states and local areas. These estimates are developed by State Employment Security Agencies in accordance with Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) defi nitions and procedures. Data is used for planning and budgetary purposes as an indication of need for employment and training services programs. Estimates are also used to allocate Federal funds.

Metropolitan Division (MD) - A Metropolitan Statistical Area which contains a single core with a population of 2.5 million or more may be subdivided into smaller groupings of counties referred to as Metropolitan Divisions. Titles of Metropolitan Divisions are typically based on principal city names. Texas has two Metropolitan Divisions, the Dallas-Plano-Irving MD and the Fort Worth-Arlington MD, which combine to form the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA.

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) - A geographic area that contains at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more population plus adjacent territory that has a high degree of social and economic integration with the core urban area. An MSA in Texas is made up of one or more counties. The U.S. Offi ce of Management and Budget defi nes metropolitan areas according to published standards that are applied to Census Bureau data. Texas has 25 MSAs and two Metropolitan Divisions (MD).

Seasonally Adjusted (SA) - Seasonal adjustment removes the effects of events that follow a more or less regular pattern each year. These adjustments make it easier to observe the cyclical and other non-seasonal movements in a data series.

Unemployed (Unemp) - Persons 16 years and over who had no employment during the reference week, were available for work, except for temporary illness, and had made specifi c efforts to fi nd employment sometime during the 4-week period ending with the reference week. Persons who were waiting to be recalled to a job from which they had been laid off need not have been looking for work to be classifi ed as unemployed.

HAPPENINGS AROUND THE STATERaytheon Unit Moving to North TexasMCKINNEY, TX (Dallas Morning News)—Raytheon Corporation is moving one of its business units from California to McKinney. The Massachusetts-based defense and technology company said that its space and airborne systems, or SAS, division headquarters will relocate from El Segundo to McKinney, where it already has operations for the same division. The move is expected to bring about 200 jobs.

Raytheon said the SAS unit “builds radars and other sensors for aircraft, spacecraft and ships; provides communications and electronic warfare solutions; and performs research in areas ranging from linguistics to quantum computing.” McKinney Economic and Development Corporation president and CEO Jim Wehmeier said, “McKinney has always been proud to have the prominent presence of Raytheon.”

CGI to Expand Staffi ngSAN ANTONIO, TX (San Antonio Express-News)—CGI Federal, a giant consulting and support contractor to the U.S. government, will expand its San Antonio staff by 250 workers. The fi rst 100 were scheduled to be hired in late April, with the remaining 150 positions being hired in June. The 250 new workers will all be professional positions, said Rob Rolf, a CGI vice president based in Ohio. The newly leased offi ce will be located in Northwest San Antonio. The addition of the 250 workers will make San Antonio one of CGI’s largest Texas offi ces.

Locomotive Plant Workers Shift to Fort WorthFORT WORTH, TX (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)—General Electric

plans to shift more work and jobs from its century-old locomotive plant in Pennsylvania to a new plant in far north Fort Worth, a top executive said. GE Transportation wants to cut 950 jobs in Erie, Pennsylvania, with reductions slated to start in six months, said Lorenzo Simonelli, head of GE’s transportation unit. Employment at the Fort Worth plant, which started building locomotives in January, is expected to increase to 550 workers from the 330 now employed.

“Cost is becoming more and more of a factor. We’ve got to match our competition, and that’s what we’re trying to do,” Simonelli said in an interview. About 200 of the Erie job cuts, more than 20 percent, are linked to declining coal demand. GE’s railroad customers have parked about 3,000 locomotives as utilities that once relied on coal to produce electricity began switching to cheaper natural gas, according to Simonelli.

County Approves Incentives for Steel MakerSINTON, TX (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)—San Patricio County commissioners have approved tax breaks worth at least an estimated $25 million for an Austrian steel maker building an iron ore processing plant at the Port of Corpus Christi. The contract with Voestalpine was the fi rst major incentive agreement for the $700 million plant expected to employ 150 people and come online in 2016. Future phases could more than double those fi gures, according to the agreement. The company estimates its new plant will have a regional economic impact of more than $650 million on top of its initial investment. The plant will be in the port’s La Quinta Trade Gateway between Portland and Ingleside.

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INDICATORS

APR 2013 6.1% APR 2013 6.4%MAR 2013 6.3% MAR 2013 6.4%APR 2012 6.5% APR 2012 7.0%

APR 2013 7.1% APR 2013 7.5%MAR 2013 7.6% MAR 2013 7.6%APR 2012 7.7% APR 2012 8.1%

APR 2013 11,159,600 APR 2013 11,146,000MAR 2013 11,095,700 MAR 2013 11,112,900APR 2012 10,828,500 APR 2012 10,819,900OTM Change 63,900 OTM Change 33,100OTY Change 331,100 OTY Change 326,100

APR 2013 85,779 APR 2013 697,043MAR 2013 73,668 MAR 2013 716,630APR 2012 80,887 APR 2012 742,090

Annual ChangeU.S. APR 2013 1.1% APR 2013 284,500Dallas Fort Worth MAR 2013 1.8% MAR 2013 275,900Houston Galveston APR 2013 0.7% APR 2012 261,500

OTM Change 8,600OTY Change 23,000

APR 2013 $ 92.07 OTM Change $ 0.98MAR 2013 $ 93.05 OTY Change $ 11.26APR 2012 $ 103.33

Texas Unemployment RateActual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Seasonally Adjusted

U.S. Unemployment RateActual (Not Seasonally Adjusted) Seasonally Adjusted

Consumer Price Index (CPI) Personnel Supply

West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil ($/barrel)

Texas Nonagricultural Wage & Salary EmploymentNot Seasonally Adjusted Seasonally Adjusted

Unemployment Insurance Claims FiledInitial Claims Continued Claims

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40%

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MASS LAYOFFS DATA DISCONTINUED

The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program is a standardized, automated approach to identifying, describing, and tracking the impact of major permanent job cutbacks. The data collected in this program provide detailed information on these cutbacks and the resultant unemployment registered at the State and area levels. Under this program, data are developed for the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.

On March 1, 2013, President Obama ordered into effect the across-the-board spending cuts (commonly referred to as sequestration) required by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Defi cit Control Act, as amended. Under the order, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) must cut its current budget by more than $30 million, 5 percent of the current 2013 appropriation, by September 30, 2013. In order to help achieve these savings and protect core programs, the BLS will eliminate two programs, including the Mass Layoff Statistics, and all “measuring green jobs” products. The fi nal release of Mass Layoff Statistics data will occur on June 21st, with publication of the May 2013 data. For more information, please visit the BLS website athttp:/ /www.bls .gov/bls /sequester_info.htm.

Mass Layoff Statistics Program