Texas Adds 43,400 June Jobs, Lifting Nonfarm Employment to Record 14.47 Million
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Updated · WBAP News/Talk · Jul 21
Texas Adds 43,400 June Jobs, Lifting Nonfarm Employment to Record 14.47 Million
3 articles · Updated · WBAP News/Talk · Jul 21
Summary
43,400 nonfarm jobs were added in Texas in June, the biggest monthly gain of any U.S. state, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data highlighted by Gov. Greg Abbott.
14,469,600 total nonfarm jobs were on Texas payrolls after the increase, setting a new state record and extending the state's lead in job creation over the past 12 months.
177,900 jobs were added from June 2025 to June 2026, a pace the state said outstripped national annual job growth.
15,203,600 Texans were working, including the self-employed, while the labor force reached 15,904,900—up 29,700 from a year earlier.
2.6 million jobs have been added since Abbott took office in January 2015, a benchmark his office used to frame the latest gains as part of a longer expansion.