Apr 29, 2025 - News
Big job growth in Texas
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The Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area has averaged about 95,000 new jobs a year for the past decade.
Why it matters: The metro has some of the country's fastest-growing cities in a state that continues to experience a population boom.
State of play: Texas added jobs at a faster rate than the nation in the past year. Around 192,000 jobs were added from March 2024 to March 2025, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
The intrigue: Medical and health service jobs are projected to be the fastest-growing occupations nationwide in the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Zoom in: D-FW has added more than 59,000 jobs since March 2024.
- The number of education and health service jobs in the D-FW area has increased nearly 2% since February 2024.