TX ECONOMY PRODUCES MORE JOBS THAN NATIONAL WITH TYLER ONE OF LEADERS
according to the latest report from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. TX
non-farm employment rose 2.2%, but national was 0.9% from December 2006 to December 2007.
States mining industry ranked 1st, followed by professional & business services, the leisure &
hospitality industry & the financial activities industry.
All TX metro areas has positive employment growth rates during the above period, with
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission first, followed by Tyler, Austin-Round Rock & Brownsville-Harlingen.
Midland had lowest unemployment rate, followed by Amarillo, Lubbock, Odessa & College Station-Bryan.