Employment Income
Texas Metro and Regional Area Employment Shares, 2005*
Employment Shares pie chart. long description of pie chart

The five major metropolitan areas in Texas account for nearly 70 percent of total nonfarm employment--Houston, Dallas, Ft. Worth/Arlington, San Antonio, and Austin. Twenty-one smaller metropolitan areas account for another 20 percent of total employment with the remaining 10 percent scattered throughout the rest of Texas.

Source: FRBD; BLS. (full source, footnote)