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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

2022 · 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 South Dakota 79.3%
2 Nebraska 79.0%
3 North Dakota 78.0%
4 Minnesota 77.6%
5 Iowa 77.4%
6 Colorado 75.6%
7 Kansas 75.4%
8 New Hampshire 75.4%
9 Wisconsin 75.0%
10 Utah 74.6%
11 Montana 74.3%
12 Connecticut 73.8%
13 District of Columbia 73.6%
14 Vermont 73.2%
15 Idaho 73.2%
16 Massachusetts 73.1%
17 Maryland 72.9%
18 Illinois 72.3%
19 Oregon 72.3%
20 Rhode Island 72.1%
21 Washington 71.9%
22 Indiana 71.9%
23 Wyoming 71.8%
24 Virginia 71.8%
25 Missouri 71.8%
26 Arizona 71.3%
27 New Jersey 71.3%
28 Pennsylvania 70.9%
29 Florida 70.7%
30 Ohio 70.2%
31 Delaware 69.3%
32 Maine 68.7%
33 Texas 68.7%
34 California 68.2%
35 North Carolina 68.2%
36 Michigan 68.0%
37 New York 67.8%
38 Georgia 67.8%
39 Tennessee 67.6%
40 Oklahoma 67.2%
41 Nevada 67.0%
42 Alabama 66.2%
43 Hawaii 66.2%
44 Alaska 66.2%
45 Arkansas 65.3%
46 South Carolina 64.7%
47 Louisiana 64.4%
48 Kentucky 64.4%
49 New Mexico 63.6%
50 West Virginia 63.4%
51 Mississippi 62.0%

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2022

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.