{"id":896044,"date":"2026-10-27T05:42:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/896044\/"},"modified":"2026-10-27T05:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T05:42:23","slug":"houston-sheds-7300-jobs-in-september-as-losses-spread-across-industries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/896044\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston sheds 7,300 jobs in September as losses spread across industries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">HOUSTON \u2013 Houston-area employers cut 7,300 jobs in September, a sharp reversal from the job gains the region typically sees this time of year. The losses spanned every major private-sector industry.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast says September\u2019s decline was the second-largest for the month since 1990. Seasonally adjusted employment also fell by 14,600 jobs, despite a typical September increase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Private employers shed 19,400 jobs. Leisure and Hospitality had the biggest drop, losing 7,300. Professional and Business Services lost 3,900, and Trade, Transportation and Utilities lost 2,600.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Government added 12,100 jobs, largely tied to education staffing for the school year, but that was below the sector\u2019s usual September gain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">\u201cSeptember\u2019s losses were more widespread than we typically see, particularly in industries that have helped support Houston\u2019s growth. One month doesn\u2019t establish a trend, but the breadth of these declines makes the next few reports especially important,\u201d said Mohammad Ahmadizadeh, economist at Workforce Solutions Gulf Coast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Over the year, Houston added 33,600 jobs, or 1 percent. The unemployment rate fell to 4.6 percent, though it remained above the Texas and national rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf jbiTJv kYFPaL article-text\">Workforce Solutions forecasts about 29,900 jobs added from December 2025 through December 2026. October\u2019s employment figures are scheduled for release November 20.<\/p>\n<p>Start Here, Houston<img alt=\"\"  loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" role=\"presentation\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/kprc_news2know.webp\" width=\"234\" height=\"50\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-dLMFU sc-fHjqPf eUxjKG\">More Stories Like This In Our Email Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by KPRC Click2Houston &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON \u2013 Houston-area employers cut 7,300 jobs in September, a sharp reversal from the job gains the region&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":896045,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[28,101,7095,134,16721,317883],"class_list":["post-896044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-business","tag-economy","tag-houston","tag-jobs","tag-jobs-report","tag-workforce-solutions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/896045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}