September labor market data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Texas Workforce Commission shows:

• - Texas reached a new high with the largest labor force ever in the state’s history at 15,879,000.
• - Texas reached a new high for Texans working, including self-employed, at 15,222,900.
• - Texas reached a new high for nonfarm jobs at 14,343,800 after adding 4,600 positions over the month.
• - Texas gained 168,000 jobs from September 2024 to September 2025, leading all states and outpacing the national annual job growth rate by 0.4 percentage points.
• - The Texas unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%, below the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.4%.