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Economic Summaries are specialized products that combine data graphically from subjects such as unemployment, inflation, and wages into a single document for selected metropolitan areas. To view a specific area in this region, use the dropdown list below or click here.
Total nonfarm employment for the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, metropolitan area increased by 294,700 over the year in May.
Workers in the Austin-Round Rock, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $28.97 in May 2021, 3 percent above the nationwide average of $28.01.
Workers in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $18.87 in May 2021, 33 percent below the nationwide average of $28.01.
Workers in the College Station-Bryan, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $21.69 in May 2021, about 23 percent below the nationwide average of $28.01.
Workers in the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area had an average (mean) hourly wage of $27.78 in May 2021, 1 percent below the nationwide average of $28.01.