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Metro Houston created 14,400 jobs in April, according to the Current Employment Statistics data released today by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). That is a relatively strong performance for April, exceeding the pre-pandemic average of 10,400 jobs typically added for the month. The Houston metro area has created 40,400 jobs over the past 12 months, with most sectors gaining employees.

Healthcare and government have led the region in job growth since April ’24, adding 9,800 and 6,900 jobs respectively. Healthcare has consistently been one of the most important sectors for job growth, with medical workers caring for Houston’s growing population and advancing the frontiers of treatment at the Texas Medical Center. While federal and local government hiring have cooled since January, hiring by the state government remains robust with 1,900 jobs added so far in ’25. The government hiring discussed here does not include public education. 

Sectors losing employees include administrative support and waste management, information, miscellaneous business, public education, and finance and insurance. Administrative support and waste management saw the largest decline with 3,400 net jobs lost.  In February, Houston’s Waste Management Inc. announced plans to increase automation and cut jobs, but the full effect of those changes may still be in the future.

April’s jobs report placed nonfarm payroll employment in the region at 3,470,900. At the current pace of monthly growth, the region would top 3.6 million jobs by April of next year. 

Prepared by Greater Houston Partnership Research

Colin Baker
Manager of Economic Research
Greater Houston Partnership
bakerc@houston.org

Clara Richardson
Analyst, Research
Greater Houston Partnership
crichardson@houston.org