{"id":5522,"date":"2019-05-29T23:45:12","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:45:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umang.pk\/2019\/05\/houston-economy-saw-3rd-largest-major-metro-job-growth-in-nation-bls\/"},"modified":"2019-05-29T23:45:12","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T18:45:12","slug":"houston-economy-saw-3rd-largest-major-metro-job-growth-in-nation-bls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umang.pk\/ur\/2019\/05\/29\/houston-economy-saw-3rd-largest-major-metro-job-growth-in-nation-bls\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston economy saw 3rd largest major metro job growth in nation: BLS"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n        <!-- hearst\/article\/types\/story_body_r2.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- gallery --><\/p>\n<div class=\"asset_gallery\" data-config-asset-position=\"1\" data-gid=\"gallery\"><!-- gallery float --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-container non-grid static-frame\" data-id=\"article-gallery-13904260\" data-title=\"Houston economy saw 3rd largest major metro job growth in nation: BLS\" data-gallery-mode=\"standard\">\n<div class=\"hst-resgallery-wedge\">\n<ul class=\"hst-resgallery non-grid\">\n<li class=\"hst-resgalleryitem \" data-item-id=\"photo-16679860\" data-frame-index=\"0\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap landscape\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape\" src=\"http:\/\/umang.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Houston-economy-saw-3rd-largest-major-metro-job-growth-in.jpg\" data-lazy-state=\"loaded\" alt=\"According to the BLS, the Houston, The Woodlands and Sugar Land regions saw strong job growth of 2.8{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} in April.\nPhoto: Seth Perlman, STF \/ AP \/ AP\" title=\"\">\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"caption \">\n        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-full\">\n<div class=\"info\" style=\"background: rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 5px 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-radius: 5px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">\n<p>According to the BLS, the Houston, The Woodlands and Sugar Land regions saw strong job growth of 2.8{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-truncated\">\n<div class=\"info\" style=\"background: rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 5px 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-radius: 5px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">\n<p>According to the BLS, the Houston, The Woodlands and Sugar Land regions saw strong job growth of 2.8{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<p>        <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photo: Seth Perlman, STF \/ AP<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"hst-resgallerynav small hidden\">\n<div class=\"carousel\">\n<ul class=\"clearfix\">\n<li class=\"thumb selected\" data-frame-index=\"0\"><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"control-panel\">\n\t\t<span id=\"gallerySection\" data-gallery-section=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"control-panel-inner\">\n<div class=\"control-bar\">\n<div class=\"control-bar-left\">\n<p>\n                                                    <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photo: Seth Perlman, STF \/ AP<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"caption-remote\">\n                                            <!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption-full\">\n<div class=\"info\" style=\"background: rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 5px 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-radius: 5px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">\n<p>According to the BLS, the Houston, The Woodlands and Sugar Land regions saw strong job growth of 2.8{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"caption-truncated\">\n<div class=\"info\" style=\"background: rgb(240, 240, 240); padding: 5px 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; border-radius: 5px; font-family: verdana, sans-serif;\">\n<p>According to the BLS, the Houston, The Woodlands and Sugar Land regions saw strong job growth of 2.8{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n<!-- design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"credit\">                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photo: Seth Perlman, STF \/ AP<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- e design\/gallery\/caption_redesign.tpl --><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>            <!-- hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl --><\/p>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/ads\/medium_rectangle_ad_gallery.tpl -->\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-outer gallery-overlay-outter lights-on hidden\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-inner\">\n<div class=\"gallery-overlay-title-container\">\n<p>Houston economy saw the third largest subway job growth in the country: BLS<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- e hearst\/gallery\/main.tpl -->                                    <\/div>\n<p><!-- \/gallery float --><br \/>\n                                <!-- fixed --><\/p>\n<p>                        <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>The Houston region recorded the third highest job creation rate in the nation&#39;s 12 largest metropolitan areas in April, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>The Houston, Woodland and Sugarland regions saw strong job growth of 2.8{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5} year-on-year in April. Currently there are 3.3 million employees in the area. Nationwide, job growth was 1.8{7be40b84a6a43fc4fae13304fce9a2695859798abfc41afd127b9f8b21c5f9c5}.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up: Houston economy will grow bigger and slower than other Texas cities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>Professional and business services added the most local jobs in April, up 22,300 year-on-year. Manufacturing added 14,900 jobs last year.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- zone --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- text --><\/p>\n<p>The Phoenix Metro area, including Mesa and Scottsdale, and the Dallas Fort Worth area, including Arlington, grew jobs faster than Houston. 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