“Texas employment continued to grow at a very strong rate, only moderating slightly from June’s pace and bringing year-to-date job growth to a very robust 6.1 percent,” said Christopher Slijk, a Dallas Fed associate economist.Īverage hourly wages in San Antonio increased slightly to $27.62, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In San Antonio, the construction and natural resources industry added 1,200 jobs, the largest increase among the nine major industries the Dallas Fed tracks. The state’s biggest gains were in the education and health services sector. “This also marks the ninth consecutive month we have set employment records in Texas.” “Since January of this year, Texas has added 406,800 jobs, the most growth we’ve recorded during that time frame in any year,” said Bryan Daniel, workforce commission chairman. On : San Antonio mulls plan to ‘push money back’ to CPS Energy customers after summer bills ballooned The nationwide rate fell to 3.5 percent in July, also the lowest since February 2020, just before the pandemic pushed unemployment to record highs. In the San Antonio metro area, the unemployment rate increased slightly to 3.8 percent from 3.7 percent in June, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas said Friday.
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