06/05/2026
Celebrating growth in our community with Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership with $2K jobs heading to our area! The labor market continued to accelerate in May. The economy added 172K jobs, and the prior two months’ job figures were revised upward by 93K. On a three-month rolling basis, that’s the strongest level of job additions since early 2024. In addition, the unemployment rate, which has become the most important labor market statistic given recent changes in the supply of labor, held steady at 4.3%. With the exception of November, it’s hovered at 4.3%–4.4% since last July.