Labor Force

LOCAL AREA UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS (LAUS) – Not Seasonally Adjusted – October 2022

Employed Unemployed
Area Labor Force Employment Number % of Labor Force
Texas 14,631,154 14,081,390 549,764 3.8
Parker County 74,548 72,237 2,311 3.1
Tarrant County 1,142,918 1,103,255 39,663 3.5

Source: Texas Labor Market Information – texaslmi.com

QUARTERLY CENSUS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WAGES (QCEW) – 2nd Quarter 2022

Area Industry Average Employment Average Weekly Wage
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA Total, All Industries 3,588,960 $1,175
Parker County Total, All Industries 38,563 $983
Tarrant County Total, All Industries 961,430 $1,246

Source: Texas Labor Market Information – texaslmi.com

Veterans Status – City of Azle

Subject Total Estimate Total %
Period of Service
Gulf War (9/2001 or later) 273 30.1
Gulf War (8/1990 to 8/2001) 188 20.7
Vietnam Era 279 30.8
Korean War 5 0.6
World War II 0 0.0
Sex
Male 828 91.3
Female 79 8.7
Age
18 to 34 years 184 20.3
35 to 54 years 242 26.7
55 to 64 years 98 10.8
65 to 74 years 245 27.0
75 years or over 138 15.2
Educational Attainment
Less than high school graduate 25 2.8
High school graduate 346 38.1
Some college or associate’s degree 358 39.5
Bachelor’s degree or higher 178 19.6
Disability Status
With any disability 270 30.0
Without any disability 629 70.0

Source: U.S. Census Bureau – 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates

DFW Regional Commute Patterns – Reflecting the people who work outside the county in which they live

North Central Texas InterLink Report

In 1987, a group of North Central Texas business and education visionaries created North Central Texas InterLink, Inc as a non-profit 501c3 organization to provide long-term regional labor market information to secondary and post-secondary education districts for career and technology program planning and development.  Each year, an online survey is conducted of public and private employers throughout InterLink’s sixteen county North Central Texas service region.  2,000 surveys were sent to employers.  A total of 1,327 respondents participated in the survey for a total of 66.35% compared to 57% in 2015.

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2017~2022 Targeted Occupations Brochure