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TEXAS HELP-WANTED INDEX
MONTHLY , NOT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED , 1989=100
Year Month Value Annual Average Year-over-Year Percent Change December-over-December Percent Change
1981 1 99.8 . . .
1981 2 92.8 . . .
1981 3 92.8 . . .
1981 4 98.6 . . .
1981 5 99.0 . . .
1981 6 96.1 . . .
1981 7 97.2 . . .
1981 8 98.3 . . .
1981 9 100.2 . . .
1981 10 109.7 . . .
1981 11 104.3 . . .
1981 12 113.3 100.18 . .
1982 1 97.6 . . .
1982 2 97.5 . . .
1982 3 94.1 . . .
1982 4 86.4 . . .
1982 5 85.5 . . .
1982 6 81.6 . . .
1982 7 77.6 . . .
1982 8 73.2 . . .
1982 9 70.1 . . .
1982 10 65.7 . . .
1982 11 66.5 . . .
1982 12 69.0 80.40 -19.74 -39.10
1983 1 66.6 . . .
1983 2 69.7 . . .
1983 3 71.5 . . .
1983 4 72.1 . . .
1983 5 75.1 . . .
1983 6 78.6 . . .
1983 7 79.4 . . .
1983 8 85.3 . . .
1983 9 88.7 . . .
1983 10 92.7 . . .
1983 11 97.9 . . .
1983 12 102.3 81.66 1.57 48.26
1984 1 91.3 . . .
1984 2 102.7 . . .
1984 3 103.9 . . .
1984 4 110.4 . . .
1984 5 109.5 . . .
1984 6 109.4 . . .
1984 7 113.5 . . .
1984 8 110.1 . . .
1984 9 110.8 . . .
1984 10 110.0 . . .
1984 11 106.2 . . .
1984 12 102.3 106.68 30.64 0.00
1985 1 113.4 . . .
1985 2 105.0 . . .
1985 3 106.5 . . .
1985 4 108.8 . . .
1985 5 107.9 . . .
1985 6 104.7 . . .
1985 7 104.0 . . .
1985 8 104.3 . . .
1985 9 101.7 . . .
1985 10 99.3 . . .
1985 11 97.8 . . .
1985 12 93.1 103.88 -2.62 -8.99
1986 1 99.7 . . .
1986 2 90.7 . . .
1986 3 87.3 . . .
1986 4 86.4 . . .
1986 5 82.4 . . .
1986 6 81.0 . . .
1986 7 80.1 . . .
1986 8 76.4 . . .
1986 9 76.8 . . .
1986 10 74.6 . . .
1986 11 76.4 . . .
1986 12 72.8 82.05 -21.01 -21.80
1987 1 78.6 . . .
1987 2 78.7 . . .
1987 3 78.6 . . .
1987 4 79.1 . . .
1987 5 79.6 . . .
1987 6 80.9 . . .
1987 7 80.9 . . .
1987 8 85.6 . . .
1987 9 84.8 . . .
1987 10 88.5 . . .
1987 11 88.8 . . .
1987 12 87.5 82.63 0.71 20.19
1988 1 86.9 . . .
1988 2 90.3 . . .
1988 3 91.7 . . .
1988 4 90.6 . . .
1988 5 91.2 . . .
1988 6 91.4 . . .
1988 7 93.8 . . .
1988 8 94.7 . . .
1988 9 92.3 . . .
1988 10 93.9 . . .
1988 11 95.5 . . .
1988 12 97.8 92.51 11.95 11.77
1989 1 95.2 . . .
1989 2 94.9 . . .
1989 3 97.4 . . .
1989 4 100.4 . . .
1989 5 99.4 . . .
1989 6 98.7 . . .
1989 7 99.0 . . .
1989 8 100.6 . . .
1989 9 103.7 . . .
1989 10 103.5 . . .
1989 11 104.0 . . .
1989 12 104.9 100.14 8.25 7.26
1990 1 111.4 . . .
1990 2 107.2 . . .
1990 3 105.0 . . .
1990 4 103.7 . . .
1990 5 105.7 . . .
1990 6 107.2 . . .
1990 7 106.4 . . .
1990 8 103.4 . . .
1990 9 103.1 . . .
1990 10 101.6 . . .
1990 11 99.7 . . .
1990 12 99.5 104.49 4.34 -5.15
1991 1 99.4 . . .
1991 2 94.3 . . .
1991 3 93.2 . . .
1991 4 96.7 . . .
1991 5 92.4 . . .
1991 6 93.7 . . .
1991 7 94.3 . . .
1991 8 94.0 . . .
1991 9 93.7 . . .
1991 10 93.2 . . .
1991 11 96.3 . . .
1991 12 91.6 94.40 -9.66 -7.94
1992 1 96.2 . . .
1992 2 94.8 . . .
1992 3 97.9 . . .
1992 4 99.4 . . .
1992 5 98.5 . . .
1992 6 100.2 . . .
1992 7 100.9 . . .
1992 8 101.1 . . .
1992 9 100.3 . . .
1992 10 103.2 . . .
1992 11 104.0 . . .
1992 12 105.6 100.18 6.12 15.28
1993 1 106.6 . . .
1993 2 110.0 . . .
1993 3 107.2 . . .
1993 4 106.0 . . .
1993 5 108.5 . . .
1993 6 109.9 . . .
1993 7 110.3 . . .
1993 8 112.8 . . .
1993 9 114.2 . . .
1993 10 114.9 . . .
1993 11 115.3 . . .
1993 12 122.7 111.53 11.34 16.19
1994 1 115.5 . . .
1994 2 122.3 . . .
1994 3 122.1 . . .
1994 4 123.2 . . .
1994 5 124.0 . . .
1994 6 128.1 . . .
1994 7 128.6 . . .
1994 8 127.6 . . .
1994 9 130.6 . . .
1994 10 134.1 . . .
1994 11 136.5 . . .
1994 12 145.1 128.14 14.89 18.26
1995 1 132.4 . . .
1995 2 135.6 . . .
1995 3 133.9 . . .
1995 4 133.8 . . .
1995 5 136.1 . . .
1995 6 135.1 . . .
1995 7 132.6 . . .
1995 8 136.8 . . .
1995 9 137.7 . . .
1995 10 135.4 . . .
1995 11 133.7 . . .
1995 12 138.4 135.13 5.45 -4.62
1996 1 136.5 . . .
1996 2 129.1 . . .
1996 3 132.6 . . .
1996 4 132.7 . . .
1996 5 132.1 . . .
1996 6 130.5 . . .
1996 7 132.3 . . .
1996 8 132.4 . . .
1996 9 132.5 . . .
1996 10 134.7 . . .
1996 11 145.0 . . .
1996 12 133.2 133.63 -1.10 -3.76
1997 1 138.6 . . .
1997 2 138.7 . . .
1997 3 140.3 . . .
1997 4 143.9 . . .
1997 5 142.0 . . .
1997 6 143.3 . . .
1997 7 146.3 . . .
1997 8 144.2 . . .
1997 9 153.4 . . .
1997 10 151.8 . . .
1997 11 153.3 . . .
1997 12 147.7 145.29 8.72 10.89
1998 1 150.7 . . .
1998 2 152.3 . . .
1998 3 152.4 . . .
1998 4 152.2 . . .
1998 5 151.0 . . .
1998 6 151.1 . . .
1998 7 148.3 . . .
1998 8 147.9 . . .
1998 9 141.4 . . .
1998 10 145.0 . . .
1998 11 146.2 . . .
1998 12 143.4 148.49 2.20 -2.91
1999 1 141.9 . . .
1999 2 145.1 . . .
1999 3 138.5 . . .
1999 4 140.7 . . .
1999 5 139.0 . . .
1999 6 135.8 . . .
1999 7 135.4 . . .
1999 8 133.8 . . .
1999 9 125.5 . . .
1999 10 132.1 . . .
1999 11 130.6 . . .
1999 12 134.3 136.06 -8.37 -6.35
2000 1 130.3 . . .
2000 2 137.4 . . .
2000 3 138.1 . . .
2000 4 136.6 . . .
2000 5 134.7 . . .
2000 6 134.5 . . .
2000 7 134.1 . . .
2000 8 132.9 . . .
2000 9 132.8 . . .
2000 10 131.7 . . .
2000 11 120.7 . . .
2000 12 118.3 131.84 -3.10 -11.91
2001 1 115.5 . . .
2001 2 104.1 . . .
2001 3 100.3 . . .
2001 4 93.9 . . .
2001 5 92.5 . . .
2001 6 89.5 . . .
2001 7 88.5 . . .
2001 8 85.4 . . .
2001 9 79.6 . . .
2001 10 74.2 . . .
2001 11 71.7 . . .
2001 12 66.2 88.45 -32.91 -44.04
2002 1 73.6 . . .
2002 2 70.3 . . .
2002 3 66.7 . . .
2002 4 74.9 . . .
2002 5 72.5 . . .
2002 6 68.9 . . .
2002 7 64.4 . . .
2002 8 66.4 . . .
2002 9 64.5 . . .
2002 10 62.7 . . .
2002 11 64.3 . . .
2002 12 58.7 67.33 -23.88 -11.33
2003 1 59.3 . . .
2003 2 57.3 . . .
2003 3 56.5 . . .
2003 4 54.6 . . .
2003 5 55.5 . . .
2003 6 55.0 . . .
2003 7 55.7 . . .
2003 8 54.1 . . .
2003 9 57.3 . . .
2003 10 56.5 . . .
2003 11 59.5 . . .
2003 12 56.9 56.52 -16.05 -3.07
2004 1 57.3 . . .
2004 2 55.8 . . .
2004 3 57.9 . . .
2004 4 56.9 . . .
2004 5 57.8 . . .
2004 6 57.8 . . .
2004 7 58.3 . . .
2004 8 57.9 . . .
2004 9 58.3 . . .
2004 10 57.9 . . .
2004 11 59.6 . . .
2004 12 60.0 57.96 2.55 5.45
2005 1 60.0 . . .
2005 2 61.0 . . .
2005 3 59.1 . . .
2005 4 60.9 . . .
2005 5 59.1 . . .
2005 6 59.8 . . .
2005 7 60.6 . . .
2005 8 59.6 . . .
2005 9 58.1 . . .
2005 10 60.8 . . .
2005 11 61.8 . . .
2005 12 63.1 60.33 4.08 5.17
2006 1 61.1 . . .
2006 2 63.0 . . .
2006 3 63.0 . . .
2006 4 62.3 . . .
2006 5 61.3 . . .
2006 6 59.3 . . .
2006 7 58.1 . . .
2006 8 60.0 . . .
2006 9 57.6 . . .
2006 10 58.3 . . .
2006 11 55.8 . . .
2006 12 57.3 59.76 -0.94 -9.19
2007 1 56.4 . . .
2007 2 56.1 . . .
2007 3 57.9 . . .
2007 4 55.3 . . .
2007 5 53.1 . . .
2007 6 50.5 . . .
2007 7 51.1 . . .
2007 8 50.0 . . .
2007 9 49.5 . . .
2007 10 48.7 . . .
2007 11 47.1 . . .
2007 12 45.4 51.76 -13.39 -20.77
2008 1 45.1 . . .
2008 2 43.6 . . .
2008 3 42.5 . . .
2008 4 42.5 . . .
2008 5 41.7 . . .
2008 6 42.1 . . .
2008 7 40.6 . . .
2008 8 37.2 . . .
2008 9 36.6 . . .
2008 10 34.1 . . .
2008 11 32.6 . . .
2008 12 28.6 38.93 -24.78 -37.00
2009 1 20.4 . . .
2009 2 26.4 . . .
2009 3 17.7 . . .
2009 4 16.3 . . .
2009 5 23.4 . . .
2009 6 18.6 . . .
2009 7 20.3 . . .
2009 8 18.5 . . .
2009 9 17.8 . . .
2009 10 17.5 . . .
2009 11 18.9 . . .
2009 12 19.0 19.57 -49.74 -33.57
2010 1 18.6 . . .
2010 2 19.8 . . .

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