WITHOUT WORK Unemployment rate 9.

7%
Houston lost a total of 10 %
95,100 jobs in August U.S.
over a year ago. The 8
unemployment rate 8.4%
remained at 8.4 percent 6
in the Houston area in Houston
area*
August, below the 4
national average. A S O N D J F M A M J J A
2008 2009

Houston employment breakdown August Annual Percent

Sector 2009 jobs change change
Education and health services 294,300 4,600 1.6%
Government 345,600 200 0.1%
Leisure and hospitality 237,900 -100 0.0%
Financial activities 141,900 -2,600 -1.8%
Mining and logging 90,100 -1,900 -2.1%
Other services 89,800 -3,700 -4.0%
Professional and business services 366,900 -19,600 -5.1%
Information 34,600 -1,900 -5.2%
Trade, transportation and utilities 505,200 -32,500 -6.0%
Manufacturing 227,000 -16,000 -6.6%
Construction 183,400 -21,600 -10.5%
Total 2,516,700 -95,100 -3.6%
*Houston unemployment rate is not seasonally adjusted.
Source: Texas Workforce Commission, Bureau of Labor Statistics CHRONICLE