Houston, Texas Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Updated on January 9, 2024.

According to data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, in January 2022, the number of payroll employment in Houston, Texas for all private business establishments was 5,871. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 62.

Interact with the first chart below to see the number of payroll employment, and with the second chart to see the number of jobs added from January 2010 to January 2022. This information can also be found in the table below.

You can see similar information for different types of businesses establishments and industries.

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Houston, Texas Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
Houston, Texas Number of Jobs Added to All Private Business Establishments
Houston, Texas Payroll Employment for All Private Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2010 3884
February 2010 3952 68
March 2010 4110 158
April 2010 4051 -59
May 2010 4103 52
June 2010 4225 122
July 2010 4311 86
August 2010 4404 93
September 2010 4341 -63
October 2010 4317 -24
November 2010 4485 168
December 2010 4501 16
January 2011 4353 -148
February 2011 4317 -36
March 2011 4398 81
April 2011 4491 93
May 2011 4551 60
June 2011 4725 174
July 2011 4758 33
August 2011 4712 -46
September 2011 4558 -154
October 2011 4624 66
November 2011 4636 12
December 2011 4643 7
January 2012 4564 -79
February 2012 4572 8
March 2012 4630 58
April 2012 4712 82
May 2012 4809 97
June 2012 4904 95
July 2012 4874 -30
August 2012 4921 47
September 2012 4867 -54
October 2012 4893 26
November 2012 4988 95
December 2012 4956 -32
January 2013 4466 -490
February 2013 4489 23
March 2013 4534 45
April 2013 4515 -19
May 2013 4548 33
June 2013 4684 136
July 2013 4707 23
August 2013 4647 -60
September 2013 4490 -157
October 2013 4568 78
November 2013 4647 79
December 2013 4605 -42
January 2014 4479 -126
February 2014 4440 -39
March 2014 4459 19
April 2014 4521 62
May 2014 4606 85
June 2014 4722 116
July 2014 4777 55
August 2014 4759 -18
September 2014 4657 -102
October 2014 4780 123
November 2014 4842 62
December 2014 4864 22
January 2015 4490 -374
February 2015 4545 55
March 2015 4543 -2
April 2015 4825 282
May 2015 4837 12
June 2015 5097 260
July 2015 5138 41
August 2015 5149 11
September 2015 5025 -124
October 2015 5011 -14
November 2015 5076 65
December 2015 5063 -13
January 2016 4911 -152
February 2016 4928 17
March 2016 4967 39
April 2016 5119 152
May 2016 5155 36
June 2016 5263 108
July 2016 5337 74
August 2016 5509 172
September 2016 5383 -126
October 2016 5457 74
November 2016 5393 -64
December 2016 5443 50
January 2017 5055 -388
February 2017 5102 47
March 2017 5207 105
April 2017 5159 -48
May 2017 5208 49
June 2017 5477 269
July 2017 5248 -229
August 2017 5331 83
September 2017 5361 30
October 2017 5247 -114
November 2017 5258 11
December 2017 5096 -162
January 2018 4794 -302
February 2018 4956 162
March 2018 5053 97
April 2018 5075 22
May 2018 5125 50
June 2018 5283 158
July 2018 5353 70
August 2018 5261 -92
September 2018 5161 -100
October 2018 5233 72
November 2018 5317 84
December 2018 5329 12
January 2019 5093 -236
February 2019 5125 32
March 2019 5131 6
April 2019 5139 8
May 2019 5302 163
June 2019 5460 158
July 2019 5617 157
August 2019 5524 -93
September 2019 5419 -105
October 2019 5348 -71
November 2019 5343 -5
December 2019 5336 -7
January 2020 5132 -204
February 2020 5163 31
March 2020 5200 37
April 2020 4912 -288
May 2020 5041 129
June 2020 5283 242
July 2020 5234 -49
August 2020 5257 23
September 2020 5144 -113
October 2020 5256 112
November 2020 5356 100
December 2020 5345 -11
February 2021 5151 -194
March 2021 5153 2
April 2021 5287 134
May 2021 5405 118
June 2021 5514 109
July 2021 5616 102
August 2021 5813 197
September 2021 5782 -31
October 2021 5717 -65
November 2021 5744 27
December 2021 5809 65
January 2022 5871 62