{"id":412966,"date":"2026-08-21T15:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412966\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:26:08","slug":"texas-leads-the-nation-in-job-growth-adding-over-165k-jobs-in-12-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/412966\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas leads the nation in job growth, adding over 165K jobs in 12 months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday that Texas led the nation in job creation over the past year, adding 165,600 nonfarm jobs between July 2025 and July 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to data from the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas grew its workforce by 1.2% during those 12 months, outpacing the national annual job growth rate by a full percentage point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe hard work of Texans powers America\u2019s most dynamic economy,\u201d Abbott said in a statement. \u201cOur skilled workforce and best-in-the-nation business climate give innovative job creators the confidence to invest in Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Key takeaways from the July labor market report include:<\/p>\n<p>Total Nonfarm Jobs:\u00a014,468,000, following the 165,600-job annual increase.Total Employed Texans:\u00a015,207,200 (including self-employed individuals).Total Labor Force:\u00a015,915,600, representing an increase of 17,800 people over the year.Fastest Growing Sectors:\u00a0Professional and Business Services, Leisure and Hospitality, and Construction. Government services saw a decline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Since Abbott took office, Texas has gained over 2.6 million jobs. The state currently hosts 57 Fortune 500 company headquarters and more than 3.5 million small businesses.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KCBD. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) &#8211; Governor Greg Abbott announced Friday that Texas led the nation in job creation over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412967,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[144079,7262,144080,8003,2184,115193,144077,144078,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-412966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-employed-texans","tag-greg-abbot","tag-growing-sectors","tag-job-growth","tag-jobs","tag-labor-force","tag-labor-statistics","tag-nonfarm-jobs","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412966","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=412966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}