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Economy & jobs Statistics · Region

Employment rate in Texas

2000 – 2024 · 25 data points 29 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026
Economy & jobs · Texas United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

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Latest value · 2024 70.0% −0.2 pp since 2023
Regions of United States · 2024 29 of 51 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2014 +1.0 pp
vs United States −0.3 pp United States: 70.3% · 2024
Employment rate, 2000 – 2024 percent · Texas · United States
+1.0 pp since 2014
Texas United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Compared with Employment rate · percent
Texas
70.0%
United States
70.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database

The series at a glance Texas · 2000 – 2024
Latest value 70.0% · 2024
First value 73.2% · 2000
Highest 73.2% · 2000
Lowest 65.9% · 2013
Data points 25

By year

All years · 2000 – 2024

YearTexasChange United States
2024 70.0% −0.2 pp 70.3%
2023 70.2% +1.5 pp 70.9%
2022 68.7% +2.6 pp 70.0%
2021 66.1% −0.2 pp 67.7%
2020 66.3% −2.3 pp 67.1%
2019 68.6% +0.5 pp 70.1%
2018 68.1% +0.9 pp 69.4%
2017 67.2% +0.1 pp 68.8%
2016 67.1% +0.4 pp 68.1%
2015 66.7% −2.3 pp 67.4%
2014 69.0% +3.1 pp 68.1%
2013 65.9% −2.1 pp 67.4%
2012 68.0% +1.1 pp 67.1%
2011 66.9% −0.3 pp 66.6%
2010 67.2% −0.5 pp 66.7%
2009 67.7% −2.2 pp 67.6%
2008 69.9% −0.5 pp 70.9%
2007 70.4% −0.3 pp 71.8%
2006 70.7% +0.3 pp 72.0%
2005 70.4% +0.5 pp 71.5%
2004 69.9% −0.7 pp 71.2%
2003 70.6% −0.3 pp 71.2%
2002 70.9% −1.5 pp 71.9%
2001 72.4% −0.8 pp 73.1%
2000 73.2% 74.2%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2000 – 2024

Ranking · Regions of United States

2015 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryEmployment rate
1 Iowa 78.5%
2 Minnesota 77.1%
3 North Dakota 76.9%
4 Nebraska 75.6%
5 South Dakota 75.6%
6 New Hampshire 75.5%
7 Wisconsin 75.4%
8 Vermont 74.6%
9 Wyoming 73.2%
10 Montana 72.4%
11 Kansas 72.4%
12 Utah 72.4%
13 Maryland 71.6%
14 Missouri 71.4%
15 Idaho 71.2%
16 Colorado 71.1%
17 Connecticut 71.0%
18 Rhode Island 70.8%
19 Massachusetts 70.3%
20 Maine 70.0%
21 District of Columbia 69.9%
22 Pennsylvania 69.2%
23 Indiana 69.1%
24 Delaware 68.7%
25 Illinois 68.6%
26 Virginia 68.4%
27 Ohio 68.2%
28 New Jersey 67.7%
29 Nevada 67.6%
30 Washington 67.5%
31 Texas 66.7%
32 Florida 66.7%
33 Oklahoma 66.7%
34 Arizona 66.4%
35 Michigan 66.3%
36 Oregon 66.2%
37 Hawaii 66.2%
38 New York 65.7%
39 North Carolina 65.2%
40 California 65.1%
41 South Carolina 65.0%
42 Alaska 64.6%
43 Tennessee 64.5%
44 Arkansas 64.2%
45 Louisiana 63.8%
46 Georgia 63.8%
47 Alabama 61.7%
48 New Mexico 61.7%
49 Kentucky 60.9%
50 Mississippi 60.0%
51 West Virginia 58.3%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2015

What it means

The share of working-age people who have a job.

How it is calculated

Employed people of working age (usually 20–64 or 15–64) divided by the population of the same age.