Texas Gov. Greg Abbott celebrated a historic year of employment in the Lone Star State with a record-breaking number of Texans working over the last 12 months.
The Office of the Texas Governor stated in a news release that the state leads the nation in terms of the number of jobs added in the last 12 months while also setting new records for the number of Texans working and the size of the Texas workforce.
Texas led the nation by adding 274,300 nonfarm jobs between November 2023 and November 2024, bringing the total number of jobs added under Abbott’s leadership to 2.4 million.
Abbott celebrated this achievement by proclaiming that the “No. 1 economy in America is built by Texans,” adding that the state “leads the nation in annual job creation and more Texans are working than ever before as we break record after record for total employment.”
“With the Best Business Climate in the nation and a strong and growing workforce, Texas is where the future is building. To drive continuing job creation and expand economic opportunity for more Texas families, we will end burdensome overregulation, empower businesses of all sizes, and equip more Texans with the skills needed for the good-paying, high-demand jobs of tomorrow. Working together, we will keep Texas the economic engine of the nation in 2025,” he added in a news release.
This impressive achievement by the Lone Star State comes as the job market is seemingly bouncing back following a difficult year. As previously reported by The Dallas Express, the number of applications for unemployment benefits dipped significantly in the last week.
The Labor Department stated that the number of applications fell by 22,000 last week to just 220,000, marking a notable difference from the initial expectations of 229,000.
Similarly, the Labor Department announced earlier this month that 227,000 jobs (adjusted for seasonal changes) were added to the market in November, with the majority of these jobs coming from the private sector, as reported by DX.