Total Employed Laredo MSA (Not Adjusted) 2005 January February March April May June July August September October November December YTD Average % Change

78,721 78,874 78,818 79,529 79,674 79,225 80,813 81,332 81,814 82,136 82,005 82,871 80,484 4%

2006 81,890 82,079 82,484 82,418 82,620 82,221 82,538 83,268 83,626 84,474 85,182 85,219 83,168 3%

2007 81,351 83,988 84,575 83,965 84,657 84,920 85,563 85,363 85,796 85,657 86,544 86,167 84,879 2%

2008

2009

86,175 86,313 86,804 87,883 87,984 87,885 87,132 86,637 88,279 88,464 88,135 87,967 87,472 3%

2010

86,878 86,570 86,470 86,303 85,667 85,248 85,740 85,255 85,320 86,059 87,024 86,781 86,110 -2%

94,742 95,030 95,324 96,341 96,042 95,561 96,187 96,813 96,856 96,967 97,943 98,566 96,364 12%

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

98,716 99,140 99,099 99,004 99,035 98,690 98,900 99,162 100,487 101,130 102,010 102,410 99,815 4%

101,376 101,456 101,944 101,559 101,237 101,250 101,598 101,617 102,972 103,274 103,769 103,721 102,148 2%

103,320 103,562 103,461 104,327 104,380 103,622 103,966 103,895 104,443 103,561 104,847 105,133 104,043 2%

104,795 104,793 105,465 105,991 105,571 105,619 105,512 105,780 106,616 107,207 108,086 108,072 106,126 2%

107,214 107,288 106,934 107,077 106,985 105,942 106,382 106,707 106,052 106,123 107,479 107,382 106,797 1%

108,176 109,008 108,763 108,476 109,107 109,004 109,469 109,978 110,435 111,133 111,126 111,146 109,652 3%

2017 108,851 109,132 109,304 109,830 108,919 109,242

% Variance 1% 0% 0% 1% 0% 0%

109,213 0%

120,000

Employed Laredo MSA 2005-2017 100,000

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2017

Source: Texas Workforce Comission

Laredo Economic Indicators www.ldfonline.org

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