Houston, Texas Payroll Employment for All 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 business establishments was 7,457. The number of jobs added in January 2022 was 61.

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 Business Establishments
Houston, Texas Number of Jobs Added to All Business Establishments
Houston, Texas Payroll Employment for All Business Establishments
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2010 6157
February 2010 6234 77
March 2010 6413 179
April 2010 6368 -45
May 2010 6401 33
June 2010 6598 197
July 2010 6623 25
August 2010 6723 100
September 2010 6583 -140
October 2010 6533 -50
November 2010 6700 167
December 2010 6708 8
January 2011 6554 -154
February 2011 6528 -26
March 2011 6612 84
April 2011 6682 70
May 2011 6721 39
June 2011 6846 125
July 2011 6795 -51
August 2011 6510 -285
September 2011 6364 -146
October 2011 6433 69
November 2011 6445 12
December 2011 6470 25
January 2012 6331 -139
February 2012 6349 18
March 2012 6404 55
April 2012 6471 67
May 2012 6556 85
June 2012 6632 76
July 2012 6572 -60
August 2012 6612 40
September 2012 6578 -34
October 2012 6602 24
November 2012 6686 84
December 2012 6656 -30
January 2013 6153 -503
February 2013 6217 64
March 2013 6268 51
April 2013 6237 -31
May 2013 6273 36
June 2013 6398 125
July 2013 6311 -87
August 2013 6272 -39
September 2013 6152 -120
October 2013 6237 85
November 2013 6286 49
December 2013 6262 -24
January 2014 6127 -135
February 2014 6093 -34
March 2014 6122 29
April 2014 6191 69
May 2014 6285 94
June 2014 6411 126
July 2014 6425 14
August 2014 6461 36
September 2014 6374 -87
October 2014 6508 134
November 2014 6588 80
December 2014 6604 16
January 2015 6217 -387
February 2015 6296 79
March 2015 6276 -20
April 2015 6551 275
May 2015 6545 -6
June 2015 6787 242
July 2015 6758 -29
August 2015 6783 25
September 2015 6680 -103
October 2015 6695 15
November 2015 6746 51
December 2015 6735 -11
January 2016 6606 -129
February 2016 6648 42
March 2016 6679 31
April 2016 6834 155
May 2016 6864 30
June 2016 6983 119
July 2016 7041 58
August 2016 7243 202
September 2016 7130 -113
October 2016 7217 87
November 2016 7184 -33
December 2016 7236 52
January 2017 6838 -398
February 2017 6891 53
March 2017 7006 115
April 2017 6929 -77
May 2017 6967 38
June 2017 7234 267
July 2017 6922 -312
August 2017 7030 108
September 2017 7094 64
October 2017 7004 -90
November 2017 7002 -2
December 2017 6849 -153
January 2018 6541 -308
February 2018 6720 179
March 2018 6803 83
April 2018 6811 8
May 2018 6880 69
June 2018 7012 132
July 2018 7024 12
August 2018 6955 -69
September 2018 6890 -65
October 2018 6970 80
November 2018 7053 83
December 2018 7047 -6
January 2019 6809 -238
February 2019 6852 43
March 2019 6855 3
April 2019 6835 -20
May 2019 6981 146
June 2019 7119 138
July 2019 7256 137
August 2019 7169 -87
September 2019 7083 -86
October 2019 7013 -70
November 2019 6984 -29
December 2019 6980 -4
January 2020 6750 -230
February 2020 6798 48
March 2020 6841 43
April 2020 6468 -373
May 2020 6578 110
June 2020 6824 246
July 2020 6820 -4
August 2020 6875 55
September 2020 6776 -99
October 2020 6868 92
November 2020 6938 70
December 2020 6927 -11
February 2021 6722 -205
March 2021 6714 -8
April 2021 6857 143
May 2021 6987 130
June 2021 7096 109
July 2021 7190 94
August 2021 7378 188
September 2021 7350 -28
October 2021 7308 -42
November 2021 7335 27
December 2021 7396 61
January 2022 7457 61