Employment Snapshot - Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX July-2022

Weller Emmons

VP of Analytics and Finance at Mployer Advisor. He is passionate about leveraging data to provide industry leading insights for Mployer Advisor’s clients. Prior to joining Mployer Advisor, Emmons served as a healthcare provider strategy consultant for Knowledge Capital Group and as an internal strategy consultant at HCA Healthcare. Emmons earned his MBA and BE in Biomedical Engineering, both from Vanderbilt University.

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Overall unemployment rate stayed flat at 3.8% with the biggest shift in Government, which lost 16,100 roles, based on the most recently available information published in August 2022.

Total employment in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX market rose by 7,082 jobs in July and the unemployment rate stayed flat. The national unemployment rate decreased by 5 bps over the same time to 3.8%.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX unemployment rate is 2 bps above the national rate which is a negative sign.
Unemployment in the market is 140 bps below the unemployment rate in the market last year at this time, which is a positive.
Average wages (per hour) grew in July versus prior month by 4.8% and are up compared to last year at this time in the market.

Month over Month Unemployment Change

Year over Year Unemployment Change

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Unemployment July 2022

For key employment segments of the market, total jobs grew by 0.1% . Key sectors include:

Transportation & Utilities: 890,100; +3,600
Business Services: 761,600; +5,400
Education & Healthcare: 488,400; +3,200
Restaurants & Hotels: 431,600; +2,900
Government: 426,600; -16,100
Financial Services: 371,500; +3,500
Manufacturing: 301,200; +1,500
Construction, Mining: 231,800; +1,000
Other Jobs: 134,300; -100
IT & Development: 88,100; +900

Employment Change by Key Sector

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Unemployment by Industry July 2022

Data is based on the most recent 12 months available, through July 2022 (Data published August 2022 and reports created on September 2, 2022). Source: Government data agency and locally acquired statistics.

Note: All reported data is not seasonally adjusted.

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX