The Texas Workforce Commission is out with the Texas jobs report for April, and once again it shows some very strong growth and recovery.
Texas added 62,800 jobs in April 2022. For the sixth consecutive month, the state set new employment highs as the number jobs across the state reached 13,284,500 for the month. Texas has added a total of 742,000 positions since April 2021.
The seasonally adjusted Texas unemployment rate was 4.3 percent, a decrease of 0.1 percentage points from March.
“The Texas economy has added more than a hundred thousand jobs in the last two months,” said TWC Chairman Bryan Daniel. “The Texas economy continues to shift from recovery to expansion with positive job growth for more than a year and many industries exceeding full recovery of jobs lost during the pandemic.”
In April, Leisure and Hospitality gained 13,500 jobs over the month. Education and Health Services added 8,800 positions, followed by Financial Activities employment which grew by 8,700 jobs. Also of note, Mining and Logging added 6,600 jobs, a 3.2 percent increase from March 2022.
“The jobs added this month and decrease in unemployment rate are great signs for our Texas workforce,” said TWC Commissioner Representing Labor Julian Alvarez. “TWC continues to offer the resources needed to help our workforce succeed and find not just a job, but a meaningful career.”
The Austin-Round Rock Metropolitan Statistical Area recorded April’s lowest unemployment rate at 2.5 percent, tying the Amarillo Metropolitan Statistical Area once for another month.
