Texas isn’t slowing down. In March 2025, the Lone Star State added over 26,000 jobs and reached its largest workforce ever, continuing a strong trend of economic and employment growth.
There is still a lot of economic growth in Texas. According to new information from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Texas Workforce Commission, the state once again set new records for job growth in March. This makes Texas the national winner in job growth.
Last month, Texas reached a new goal: 15,778,500 people were working, which was the highest number of people ever working in the state. Out of those, 15,137,500 Texans were working, which includes people who were self-employed. This is another record high. The number of nonfarm jobs in the state also went up a lot. In March alone, 26,500 jobs were added, taking the total to 14,282,600.
Texas added more nonfarm jobs than any other state in the country between March 2024 and March 2025, by 192,100. In January, Texas' yearly nonfarm job growth rate was 1.3%, showing that things have been going up steadily.
In a statement made Friday, Governor Greg Abbott praised the numbers and talked about how appealing Texas is to businesses and how it invests in developing its workforce. "Texas invites businesses from all over the country and the world every month to come here and work on new ideas," he said. "We will prepare more Texans for better jobs and bigger paychecks to build a more prosperous Texas by giving our schools more money than ever before and making career and technical training programs bigger."
The new numbers show that the Lone Star State's economy and population are both growing. The state continues to attract businesses and people looking for work. Texas looks like it will continue to be a major economic force in the U.S. after 2025, as job growth speeds up.
