Texas Adds 47,000 March Jobs, Pushing Total Employment Above 14 Million

2 articles · Updated · 25 News KXXV and KRHD · May 12

Nearly 47,000 nonfarm jobs were added in March, lifting Texas to a record more than 14 million total jobs and keeping the state ahead of the nation in job growth.
Texas outpaced the U.S. job growth rate by 0.2 percentage point, a gain economists tied to the state's lack of income tax and relatively light regulation.
The statewide unemployment rate held at 4.3% in March, while Bryan-College Station posted a lower 3.2% rate and Waco stood at 4.2% in January and February.
Thousands of openings remain available in the Heart of Texas region, where Workforce Solutions is promoting free job-search help and a May 22 Summer Hiring Blitz focused on healthcare, manufacturing and computer science.
Rising costs are still squeezing workers because wage growth has not kept pace with expenses, even as hiring momentum remains strong across the state.

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