Texas employers cut 11,100 jobs in September, but the state still had 154,300 more jobs than a year earlier, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday.
That left Texas with 14,461,300 nonfarm jobs and an annual growth rate of 1.1%, which the agency said was 0.8 percentage points ahead of the national rate. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.4%.
Where the jobs moved
Manufacturing led private industries for the month, adding 4,700 jobs, according to the commission's tables. Professional and business services added 1,600 and information added 1,400.
Losses were spread across other sectors. Government shed 5,900 jobs, private education and health services 4,800, trade, transportation and utilities 3,100, and construction 2,400.
Over 12 months, professional and business services grew the most, by 69,400 jobs. Information employment was down 8,700 from a year earlier, and government was down 6,100.
The civilian labor force, which counts people working or looking for work, grew by 15,800 in September to 15,948,400, but it was only 3,600 people larger than a year ago.
