{"id":343668,"date":"2026-06-20T02:29:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343668\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T02:29:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T02:29:12","slug":"texas-jobs-climb-to-historic-14-4-million-in-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/343668\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Jobs Climb to Historic 14.4 Million in May"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Governor<\/a>Governor Greg Abbot celebrated a\u00a0new<\/a>\u00a0record high for total jobs in Texas as May labor market data shows Texas added jobs at a faster annual rate than the U.S. over the last 12 months. Image for illustration purposes<\/p>\n

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AUSTIN \u2012\u00a0Governor Greg Abbot celebrated a\u00a0new<\/a>\u00a0record high for total jobs in Texas as May labor market data shows Texas added jobs at a faster annual rate than the U.S. over the last 12 months.<\/p>\n

\u201cTexas sets new records and powers America\u2019s economy once again,\u201d said Governor Abbott. \u201cWe have a new all-time high of over 14.4 million nonfarm\u00a0jobs\u00a0and outpaced the nation\u2019s growth rate for the year. This is just one of many economic factors that proves the success of our pro-business policies, regulatory environment, and the most skilled and determined workforce in the country. In Texas, freedom unleashes opportunity. With the talent, innovation, and strong work ethic of our people, Texas will lead this nation\u2019s economic future for generations to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

May labor market data from the\u00a0Texas Workforce Commission<\/a>\u00a0shows:<\/p>\n

Texas reached a new high of 14,419,200 total nonfarm jobs after a gain of 17,800 jobs in May.Texas gained 98,000 jobs from May 2025 to May 2026 and outpaced the annual job growth rate for the U.S. as a whole.Texans working, including self-employed Texans, totaled 15,213,400.The Texas labor force totaled 15,901,600 with a gain of 43,500 people over the last 12-month period.<\/p>\n

Under Governor Abbott\u2019s leadership, Texas has gained 2,615,200 nonfarm jobs while the U.S. added 18,433,000 jobs in total from January 2015 to May 2026.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Governor Abbott announced over $7 million in\u00a0Texas Talent Connection grants<\/a>\u00a0to 27 innovative workforce skills training and job placement programs in communities across the state. The Governor also celebrated the state\u2019s\u00a013th Gold Shovel Award<\/a>\u00a0for attracting high-value business investment projects that will create a significant number of new jobs in communities across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Governor Greg Abbot celebrated a\u00a0new\u00a0record high for total jobs in Texas as May labor market data shows Texas…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343669,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,918,392,1472,81353,6806,40717,54464,4462,290],"class_list":["post-343668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-economy","tag-greg-abbott","tag-rio-grande-valley","tag-texas-border-business","tag-texas-economy","tag-texas-jobs","tag-texas-workforce","tag-texas-workforce-commission","tag-workforce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343668","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=343668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=343668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}