{"id":74126,"date":"2025-08-17T22:10:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T22:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74126\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T22:10:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T22:10:07","slug":"texas-sets-new-employment-highs-outpacing-nation-with-14-3m-jobs-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74126\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Sets New Employment Highs, Outpacing Nation With 14.3M Jobs In July"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what&#8217;s in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key Takeaways<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Texas has shattered employment records with 15.2 million people working and total jobs reaching 14.3 million in July.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The state added 232,500 jobs over the past year, outpacing national growth. The milestone underscores Texas\u2019 economic momentum as businesses continue <a href=\"https:\/\/gov.texas.gov\/news\/post\/texas-sets-new-records-for-total-jobs-texans-working\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:flocking;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">flocking<\/a> to the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Job creation has become a centerpiece of Abbott\u2019s agenda amid persistent workforce demands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cTexas continues to see sustained job growth thanks to having the best business climate in America and the productivity of hardworking Texans,\u201d said Abbott. \u201cWith more Texans working than ever before, we must ensure Texans across our great state have access to the tools and training needed to secure better jobs and bigger paychecks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">July data from the Texas Workforce Commission revealed 8,700 new positions added last month. The state\u2019s annual job growth rate exceeded the national average by 0.6 percentage points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Texas\u2019 civilian labor force expanded to 15.8 million people, adding nearly 196,000 workers over twelve months. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.0 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Abbott highlighted recent legislation expanding career training programs across the state.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cWorking together, we will build a stronger, more prosperous Texas for all,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The governor also announced $1.6 million in Jobs and Education for Texans grants for South Texas technical education programs. The funding aims to strengthen workforce development in the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74127,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[84,1371,3329,37940,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-74126","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jobs","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-jobs","10":"tag-texas","11":"tag-texas-workforce-commission","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74126"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74126\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}