How many jobs were added in Texas last month?
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Texas gained 43,400 jobs in June 2026, ranking it first among states in job growth. Those figures comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' state employment report, which tracks monthly job changes. Job numbers can swing month to month as local economies expand or contract, but over the past five years the state has averaged about 30,000 new jobs per month. These figures are often revised in later months as more complete data rolls in.
+43.4K
month to month change in number of jobs (June 2026)
1st
rank among states in monthly job growth (June 2026)
June 2026’s gain of 43,400 jobs was the 4th consecutive month of positive job growth in Texas. Monthly job growth was up from the 24,800 new jobs in May 2026.
During the latest five year period (July 2021 to June 2026), Texas gained jobs in 53 out of 60 months. June 2026 had the 14th-highest job growth during this period. The highest gains during this period occurred in October 2021 (143,700) while job growth was weakest in July 2024 (-38,700).
There were 43,400 more jobs in June 2026 in Texas than the previous month.
Monthly change in nonfarm employment, July 2021–June 2026, seasonally adjusted
Which Texas sectors and industries had the best and worst job growth in June 2026?
The three supersectors with the highest job growth in June 2026 were administrative and support and waste management and remediation services, accommodation and food services, and professional, scientific, and technical services. Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services added 17,800 jobs, while accommodation and food services gained 12,700 jobs, and professional, scientific, and technical services added 7,800. The remaining supersectors either posted smaller gains or lost jobs during the month.
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The health care and social assistance sector lost 3,700 jobs during June 2026.
Change in jobs since previous month with circle size representing number of sector jobs in Texas (June 2026)
How does Texas's job growth in 2026 compare to previous years?
In 2025, Texas gained an average of 6,667 jobs every month. That's lower than the 2024 average monthly increase of 19,608, and the lowest since 2024. The 2025 average ranks as 16th-highest in job growth since 2007.
When excluding the two pandemic-affected years of 2020 and 2021, job growth ranged from a loss of 30,800 on average every month in 2009 to a gain of 66,800 on average every month in 2022.
In 2025, Texas gained an average of 6,700 jobs every month.
Average monthly change in the number of jobs, seasonally adjusted
Job growth among 26 metro areas primarily in Texas during June 2026 ranged from a loss of 1,800 jobs in the San Antonio, TX area to a gain of 10,200 jobs in the Dallas, TX area metro area
Monthly job growth, by metro area
Metro areas where at least one of its primary counties are within Texas
| Metro area | Change in jobs | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | +10,200 | |
| 2. | +9,200 | |
| 3. | +5,800 | |
| 4. | +800 | |
| 5. | +700 | |
| 6. | +600 | |
| 7. | +500 | |
| 8. | +500 | |
| 9. | +400 | |
| 10. | +400 |
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