{"id":1747539,"date":"2022-11-22T06:10:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-22T11:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1747539"},"modified":"2022-11-22T06:18:02","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T11:18:02","slug":"texas-posts-record-rise-in-total-job-gains-with-fastest-annual-job-growth-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-posts-record-rise-in-total-job-gains-with-fastest-annual-job-growth-in-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Posts Record Rise in Total Job Gains With Fastest Annual Job Growth in the Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-posts-record-rise-in-total-job-gains-with-fastest-annual-job-growth-in-the-nation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1747539&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-texas\">Texas<\/a> broke its all-time record for total job gains last month, with the fastest annual jobs growth rate in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Job gains in the state accelerated non-stop over a 12-month period between October 2021 and October 2022, to\u00a05.4 percent, according to new data from the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Texan\u00a0employers alone added 49,500 jobs in the non-farm job sector in October, with the total number of jobs at 13,630,000.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas breaks all-time record for total jobs, leads the nation for fastest annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-job-growth\">job growth<\/a>. Texas is #1 for Jobs &#038; the Economy,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1594495628725428224?s=20&#038;t=75rLwzmtmAlzyY-Unt0juw\">wrote<\/a> Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Texas also set a new record last month, with a total of 14,002,911 Texans employed, including the non-farm sector, such as the self-employed, services sector, and private industry.<\/p>\n<p>The professional and business services sector added the most jobs, at 18,700, followed by leisure and hospitality\u2019s at 11,600 new jobs.\u00a0Trade, transportation, and utilities gain an additional 7,400 employees.<\/p>\n<p>The other services category saw employment surpassing its pre-pandemic level for the first time in October, with the addition of 3,400 new jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas\u2019s continued job growth is a true testament to the vitality of our Texas employers and our unrivaled business climate,\u201d Aaron Demerson, the commissioner for representing employees on the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC),<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/texas-again-breaks-all-time-record-for-total-job-gains\">\u00a0told The Washington Examiner.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe TWC remains committed to supporting our Texas employers by connecting them to our world-class Texas talent pipeline, offering unparalleled access to training resources, and ensuring they have the proper tools to thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Texas\u2019s Economy Leads the Way Nationwide<\/h3>\n<p>The state\u2019s labor force-participation rate, which is the total percentage of all working age Texans employed or actively seeking employment, was above the national average of 63.6 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Texas quickly surpassed its pre-pandemic employment level in November 2021 and was the recipient of workers from other parts of the country seeking a new place to live for remote work or looking for a new career.<\/p>\n<p>The Lone Star State has since been hitting recording-high employment records each month, with the local economy adding 694,200 jobs since October 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTen of 11 major industries in Texas have rebounded to their pre-COVID levels and beyond, translating to more jobs in more industries for more Texans,\u201d Julian Alvarez, the commissioner representing labor on the TWC, told The Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether you\u2019re looking to upskill, train for a new position, or are searching for your next career move, the TWC has the free resources to help.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Texas\u2019s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is higher than the national average of 4 percent, but it has fallen to its lowest level since February 2020, when it was at 3.5 percent.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTexas continues to create jobs and set historic employment records each month thanks to our strong, growing workforce, and continuing business confidence in Texas,\u201d said Abbott.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith 49,500 jobs added last month and another new record for total jobs, the Lone Star State shines as a beacon of opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite national economic headwinds, Texas grew jobs at the fastest rate in the nation over the past 12 months. Working together in the months ahead, we will continue to expand economic opportunity for all Texans,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-bryan-jung\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ttl7daySGw_WEB_BrianJung.jpg\" alt=\"Bryan Jung\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Bryan S. Jung is a native and resident of New York City with a background in politics and the legal industry. He graduated from Binghamton University.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas broke its all-time record for total job gains last month, with the fastest annual jobs growth rate in the United States.Job gains in the state accelerated non-stop over a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1695376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1747539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1747539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1747539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1695376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1747539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1747539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1747539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}