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Kilgore

(1,819 posts) Sat Apr 19, 2014, 08:49 PM Apr 2014

Houston unemployment rate lowest since 2008 [View all]

Source: Houston Business Journal

Houston's unemployment rate nears 5%

Houston’s unemployment rate hit 5.2 percent in March — the lowest rate since September 2008, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday.

That’s down from 5.7 percent in February and 6.1 percent in March 2013.

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Just returned from a week in Houston meeting with clients. Amazed at the pace. Companies I met with complained about the tight labor market for engineers.

Kilgore

Read more: http://m.bizjournals.com/houston/news/2014/04/18/houstons-unemployment-rate-nears-5.html?r=full

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Houston unemployment rate lowest since 2008 [View all] Kilgore Apr 2014 OP

Oil boom related most likely ErikJ Apr 2014 #1

I believe it's Exxon that's building a huge TBF Apr 2014 #2

Yup. Exxon Mobile. Igel Apr 2014 #3

Similar numbers are being reported around the state. TexasTowelie Apr 2014 #4

Good news....the bad news is Houston is still in Texas....goes to show you can't have it all bkanderson76 Apr 2014 #5

It didn't really feel that way growing up. But those skeeters... n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #7

lol - you do know Houston! TBF Apr 2014 #9

Yes! There was kidding about whether to designate the building crane or the mosquito the city bird. freshwest Apr 2014 #11

The Energy Corridor has cranes everywhere, some companies are growing rapidly. Thinkingabout Apr 2014 #6

Houston was always an employment hub... And it never stops growing. n/t freshwest Apr 2014 #8

Yah, Yeah, but when are the rates coming up? Nobel_Twaddle_III Apr 2014 #10