Texas Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on March 12, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in December 2022, Texas's not seasonally adjusted arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment was 155,000; this means that Texas lost 6,900 jobs in the arts, entertainment, and recreation industry in the month of December 2022. You can see the seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows Texas's not seasonally adjusted historical arts, entertainment, and recreation payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2007 to December 2022.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of Texas's industries and links for many more of Texas's industries at this link.

Texas Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Texas Number of Jobs Added to the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Texas Payrolls for the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2007 92100
February 2007 96200 4100
March 2007 101000 4800
April 2007 105900 4900
May 2007 112300 6400
June 2007 120700 8400
July 2007 119000 -1700
August 2007 116700 -2300
September 2007 108100 -8600
October 2007 105000 -3100
November 2007 102000 -3000
December 2007 100600 -1400
January 2008 95900 -4700
February 2008 100200 4300
March 2008 104600 4400
April 2008 108700 4100
May 2008 116500 7800
June 2008 122500 6000
July 2008 121700 -800
August 2008 117500 -4200
September 2008 108200 -9300
October 2008 105300 -2900
November 2008 101700 -3600
December 2008 100200 -1500
January 2009 95300 -4900
February 2009 99000 3700
March 2009 103700 4700
April 2009 108200 4500
May 2009 115700 7500
June 2009 124900 9200
July 2009 123200 -1700
August 2009 120300 -2900
September 2009 112300 -8000
October 2009 107800 -4500
November 2009 103100 -4700
December 2009 103200 100
January 2010 96600 -6600
February 2010 100600 4000
March 2010 106000 5400
April 2010 109300 3300
May 2010 115500 6200
June 2010 122500 7000
July 2010 120700 -1800
August 2010 117900 -2800
September 2010 111200 -6700
October 2010 108900 -2300
November 2010 103100 -5800
December 2010 101700 -1400
January 2011 95600 -6100
February 2011 99900 4300
March 2011 105300 5400
April 2011 110600 5300
May 2011 116300 5700
June 2011 124000 7700
July 2011 120900 -3100
August 2011 118500 -2400
September 2011 111200 -7300
October 2011 106900 -4300
November 2011 102800 -4100
December 2011 100800 -2000
January 2012 95900 -4900
February 2012 101200 5300
March 2012 107000 5800
April 2012 110200 3200
May 2012 116600 6400
June 2012 126600 10000
July 2012 122900 -3700
August 2012 121300 -1600
September 2012 114300 -7000
October 2012 109600 -4700
November 2012 106200 -3400
December 2012 106800 600
January 2013 100300 -6500
February 2013 107000 6700
March 2013 111600 4600
April 2013 116700 5100
May 2013 123300 6600
June 2013 132100 8800
July 2013 129400 -2700
August 2013 126100 -3300
September 2013 118200 -7900
October 2013 115200 -3000
November 2013 112200 -3000
December 2013 110700 -1500
January 2014 106200 -4500
February 2014 109900 3700
March 2014 117400 7500
April 2014 122200 4800
May 2014 131200 9000
June 2014 140100 8900
July 2014 138500 -1600
August 2014 135500 -3000
September 2014 126000 -9500
October 2014 122500 -3500
November 2014 117200 -5300
December 2014 117800 600
January 2015 111400 -6400
February 2015 117800 6400
March 2015 122800 5000
April 2015 127800 5000
May 2015 136400 8600
June 2015 144300 7900
July 2015 143900 -400
August 2015 140600 -3300
September 2015 134000 -6600
October 2015 130200 -3800
November 2015 125300 -4900
December 2015 124200 -1100
January 2016 118300 -5900
February 2016 124100 5800
March 2016 130500 6400
April 2016 135300 4800
May 2016 142200 6900
June 2016 150400 8200
July 2016 150100 -300
August 2016 146000 -4100
September 2016 137700 -8300
October 2016 133100 -4600
November 2016 128900 -4200
December 2016 128500 -400
January 2017 122600 -5900
February 2017 126800 4200
March 2017 133500 6700
April 2017 138800 5300
May 2017 146200 7400
June 2017 157500 11300
July 2017 155500 -2000
August 2017 151400 -4100
September 2017 139100 -12300
October 2017 135200 -3900
November 2017 132100 -3100
December 2017 131900 -200
January 2018 125500 -6400
February 2018 131400 5900
March 2018 138000 6600
April 2018 142100 4100
May 2018 150600 8500
June 2018 161300 10700
July 2018 159600 -1700
August 2018 156000 -3600
September 2018 144600 -11400
October 2018 144500 -100
November 2018 139400 -5100
December 2018 139700 300
January 2019 133300 -6400
February 2019 138900 5600
March 2019 144900 6000
April 2019 146300 1400
May 2019 155300 9000
June 2019 166600 11300
July 2019 164200 -2400
August 2019 158400 -5800
September 2019 151100 -7300
October 2019 149500 -1600
November 2019 145000 -4500
December 2019 145300 300
January 2020 139800 -5500
February 2020 143800 4000
March 2020 145000 1200
April 2020 72500 -72500
May 2020 84700 12200
June 2020 116200 31500
July 2020 116200 0
August 2020 114100 -2100
September 2020 112500 -1600
October 2020 113300 800
November 2020 112800 -500
December 2020 114100 1300
January 2021 108600 -5500
February 2021 108200 -400
March 2021 116500 8300
April 2021 123900 7400
May 2021 133500 9600
June 2021 144400 10900
July 2021 149600 5200
August 2021 145200 -4400
September 2021 138800 -6400
October 2021 131800 -7000
November 2021 133200 1400
December 2021 132600 -600
January 2022 125000 -7600
February 2022 133400 8400
March 2022 134600 1200
April 2022 149000 14400
May 2022 159000 10000
June 2022 174600 15600
July 2022 169900 -4700
August 2022 165200 -4700
September 2022 160600 -4600
October 2022 159300 -1300
November 2022 161900 2600
December 2022 155000 -6900