Texas adds 77,800 jobs in February, unemployment rate declines to 4.7%
AUSTIN, Texas — In February, Texas marked its fourth consecutive month of record-setting job growth with the addition of 77,800 total nonagricultural jobs, according to the Texas Workforce Commission. For the month of February, Texas exceeded the previous record employment…
Read MoreTexas continues jobs growth streak in January 2022
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas started off strong in the first month of 2022 with gains of 29,000 total non-agricultural jobs in the first month of 2022, exceeding the previous record employment level set in December 2021 by reaching more than…
Read MoreTexas is No. 1 exporting state for 20 years in a row
AUSTIN — Texas leads the nation as No. 1 exporting state for the 20th year in a row, accounting for more exports than California, New York and Louisiana combined, according to Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), U.S. Department of Commerce,…
Read MoreTexas startups attract $10.55 billion in venture capital last year
Texas startups in 2021 attracted more than $10 billion in venture capital — more than double the total from 2020. According to a new report from data provider Pitchbook and the National Venture Capital Association, Texas startups attracted a record-breaking…
Read MoreTexas reaches record employment of more than 13M jobs in December 2021
AUSTIN, Texas — The Lone Star State ended 2021 with a second consecutive month of record-setting employment at more than 13 million jobs and an unemployment rate of 5%, the Texas Workforce Commission has reported. “It’s important to note here…
Read MoreTaylor EDC wins Business Facilities’ Silver Award for $17B Samsu...
Business Facilities magazine has awarded the Taylor Economic Development Corporation the prestigious Silver Award for its work to secure Samsung Electronics’ new state of the art, $17 billion semiconductor manufacturing facility. The Samsung semiconductor project, announced Nov. 23, 2021, is…
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