Odessa City, TX Employment
| Date |
Employment |
Unemployment |
| Total |
% Change Year Ago |
Rate |
Unit Change Year Ago |
| 1990 | 40,561 | - | 5.5 | - |
| 1991 | 41,751 | 2.9 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
| 1992 | 41,584 | -0.4 | 9.6 | 3.6 |
| 1993 | 41,799 | 0.5 | 9.1 | -0.5 |
| 1994 | 42,504 | 1.7 | 8.7 | -0.4 |
| 1995 | 42,665 | 0.4 | 7.4 | -1.2 |
| 1996 | 43,203 | 1.3 | 6.9 | -0.6 |
| 1997 | 44,508 | 3.0 | 6.1 | -0.7 |
| 1998 | 45,573 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 0.5 |
| 1999 | 42,038 | -7.8 | 10.5 | 3.9 |
| 2000 | 40,275 | -4.2 | 5.1 | -5.3 |
| 2001 | 41,240 | 2.4 | 4.7 | -0.5 |
| 2002 | 42,147 | 2.2 | 6.2 | 1.6 |
| 2003 | 42,866 | 1.7 | 6.3 | 0.1 |
| 2004 | 43,853 | 2.3 | 5.5 | -0.8 |
| 2005 | 44,874 | 2.3 | 4.5 | -1.0 |
| 2006 | 47,209 | 5.2 | 3.9 | -0.6 |
| 2007 | 48,453 | 2.6 | 3.4 | -0.5 |
| Monthly Data |
| 1990-Jan | 40,069 | - | 6.5 | - |
| Feb | 39,770 | - | 6.3 | - |
| Mar | 40,017 | - | 5.8 | - |
| Apr | 40,234 | - | 5.7 | - |
| May | 40,428 | - | 5.5 | - |
| Jun | 40,870 | - | 6.4 | - |
| Jul | 40,935 | - | 6.0 | - |
| Aug | 40,537 | - | 5.7 | - |
| Sep | 40,269 | - | 5.3 | - |
| Oct | 41,115 | - | 4.4 | - |
| Nov | 41,253 | - | 4.4 | - |
| Dec | 41,231 | - | 4.1 | - |
| 1991-Jan | 40,566 | 1.2 | 4.9 | -1.6 |
| Feb | 40,342 | 1.4 | 5.0 | -1.3 |
| Mar | 40,762 | 1.9 | 5.0 | -0.9 |
| Apr | 41,437 | 3.0 | 5.3 | -0.4 |
| May | 41,661 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 42,350 | 3.6 | 6.6 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 42,423 | 3.6 | 6.2 | 0.1 |
| Aug | 42,297 | 4.3 | 6.4 | 0.7 |
| Sep | 41,817 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 1.5 |
| Oct | 42,513 | 3.4 | 6.7 | 2.2 |
| Nov | 42,400 | 2.8 | 6.8 | 2.4 |
| Dec | 42,449 | 3.0 | 6.5 | 2.4 |
| 1992-Jan | 42,111 | 3.8 | 8.0 | 3.2 |
| Feb | 41,740 | 3.5 | 8.6 | 3.6 |
| Mar | 41,720 | 2.4 | 8.7 | 3.7 |
| Apr | 41,999 | 1.4 | 9.2 | 3.9 |
| May | 41,487 | -0.4 | 9.5 | 4.1 |
| Jun | 41,872 | -1.1 | 11.5 | 4.9 |
| Jul | 42,141 | -0.7 | 10.6 | 4.4 |
| Aug | 41,484 | -1.9 | 10.2 | 3.8 |
| Sep | 40,827 | -2.4 | 10.4 | 3.5 |
| Oct | 40,995 | -3.6 | 9.6 | 2.9 |
| Nov | 41,222 | -2.8 | 9.7 | 2.9 |
| Dec | 41,408 | -2.5 | 9.0 | 2.6 |
| 1993-Jan | 40,699 | -3.4 | 10.6 | 2.5 |
| Feb | 40,636 | -2.6 | 10.2 | 1.7 |
| Mar | 40,759 | -2.3 | 9.5 | 0.8 |
| Apr | 41,051 | -2.3 | 9.3 | 0.1 |
| May | 41,251 | -0.6 | 9.2 | -0.3 |
| Jun | 41,806 | -0.2 | 10.4 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 42,447 | 0.7 | 9.5 | -1.1 |
| Aug | 42,118 | 1.5 | 8.7 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 42,124 | 3.2 | 8.1 | -2.3 |
| Oct | 42,803 | 4.4 | 7.8 | -1.8 |
| Nov | 42,720 | 3.6 | 8.1 | -1.6 |
| Dec | 43,174 | 4.3 | 7.5 | -1.6 |
| 1994-Jan | 42,138 | 3.5 | 8.7 | -1.9 |
| Feb | 41,929 | 3.2 | 8.9 | -1.4 |
| Mar | 42,035 | 3.1 | 8.7 | -0.8 |
| Apr | 42,229 | 2.9 | 8.7 | -0.6 |
| May | 42,086 | 2.0 | 9.1 | -0.1 |
| Jun | 42,561 | 1.8 | 10.6 | 0.2 |
| Jul | 43,008 | 1.3 | 9.4 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 42,745 | 1.5 | 8.8 | 0.1 |
| Sep | 42,373 | 0.6 | 8.5 | 0.4 |
| Oct | 42,904 | 0.2 | 7.7 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 42,888 | 0.4 | 7.9 | -0.2 |
| Dec | 43,154 | 0.0 | 7.0 | -0.5 |
| 1995-Jan | 42,091 | -0.1 | 8.2 | -0.5 |
| Feb | 42,265 | 0.8 | 7.5 | -1.4 |
| Mar | 42,298 | 0.6 | 7.2 | -1.4 |
| Apr | 42,583 | 0.8 | 7.6 | -1.1 |
| May | 42,500 | 1.0 | 7.3 | -1.8 |
| Jun | 42,964 | 0.9 | 8.1 | -2.5 |
| Jul | 42,803 | -0.5 | 8.0 | -1.5 |
| Aug | 42,506 | -0.6 | 7.4 | -1.4 |
| Sep | 42,725 | 0.8 | 7.3 | -1.2 |
| Oct | 43,071 | 0.4 | 7.1 | -0.6 |
| Nov | 43,006 | 0.3 | 6.9 | -0.9 |
| Dec | 43,170 | 0.0 | 6.6 | -0.4 |
| 1996-Jan | 42,454 | 0.9 | 7.8 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 42,622 | 0.8 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Mar | 42,768 | 1.1 | 7.1 | -0.2 |
| Apr | 42,705 | 0.3 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
| May | 42,849 | 0.8 | 6.9 | -0.4 |
| Jun | 43,129 | 0.4 | 7.5 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 43,106 | 0.7 | 7.2 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 43,009 | 1.2 | 6.8 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 43,535 | 1.9 | 6.3 | -1.0 |
| Oct | 44,182 | 2.6 | 6.1 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 43,937 | 2.2 | 6.2 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 44,145 | 2.3 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| 1997-Jan | 43,491 | 2.4 | 7.0 | -0.8 |
| Feb | 43,466 | 2.0 | 7.2 | -0.3 |
| Mar | 43,885 | 2.6 | 6.7 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 44,313 | 3.8 | 6.2 | -1.1 |
| May | 44,552 | 4.0 | 6.1 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 44,440 | 3.0 | 7.3 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 44,697 | 3.7 | 6.7 | -0.6 |
| Aug | 44,509 | 3.5 | 6.2 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 44,747 | 2.8 | 5.6 | -0.7 |
| Oct | 45,158 | 2.2 | 5.0 | -1.0 |
| Nov | 45,485 | 3.5 | 4.8 | -1.4 |
| Dec | 45,355 | 2.7 | 4.6 | -1.2 |
| 1998-Jan | 45,247 | 4.0 | 5.5 | -1.6 |
| Feb | 45,525 | 4.7 | 5.1 | -2.1 |
| Mar | 45,781 | 4.3 | 5.5 | -1.3 |
| Apr | 45,789 | 3.3 | 5.0 | -1.2 |
| May | 46,111 | 3.5 | 5.6 | -0.5 |
| Jun | 45,672 | 2.8 | 7.1 | -0.2 |
| Jul | 46,017 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 0.3 |
| Aug | 45,635 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 1.1 |
| Sep | 45,568 | 1.8 | 7.5 | 1.9 |
| Oct | 45,518 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 2.4 |
| Nov | 45,118 | -0.8 | 7.4 | 2.6 |
| Dec | 44,895 | -1.0 | 8.5 | 3.9 |
| 1999-Jan | 42,914 | -5.2 | 11.6 | 6.1 |
| Feb | 42,369 | -6.9 | 12.3 | 7.2 |
| Mar | 42,090 | -8.1 | 11.6 | 6.1 |
| Apr | 41,840 | -8.6 | 11.4 | 6.4 |
| May | 41,931 | -9.1 | 11.4 | 5.8 |
| Jun | 41,713 | -8.7 | 12.4 | 5.2 |
| Jul | 41,613 | -9.6 | 11.0 | 4.0 |
| Aug | 41,529 | -9.0 | 10.2 | 2.9 |
| Sep | 41,952 | -7.9 | 9.3 | 1.7 |
| Oct | 42,116 | -7.5 | 8.5 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 42,179 | -6.5 | 7.8 | 0.4 |
| Dec | 42,211 | -6.0 | 7.7 | -0.8 |
| 2000-Jan | 39,778 | -7.3 | 6.4 | -5.2 |
| Feb | 40,031 | -5.5 | 6.2 | -6.1 |
| Mar | 40,146 | -4.6 | 5.8 | -5.8 |
| Apr | 40,539 | -3.1 | 5.0 | -6.4 |
| May | 40,269 | -4.0 | 5.1 | -6.3 |
| Jun | 39,856 | -4.5 | 5.6 | -6.7 |
| Jul | 39,579 | -4.9 | 5.4 | -5.6 |
| Aug | 40,092 | -3.5 | 5.2 | -5.0 |
| Sep | 40,435 | -3.6 | 4.6 | -4.6 |
| Oct | 40,877 | -2.9 | 4.1 | -4.3 |
| Nov | 40,816 | -3.2 | 4.2 | -3.6 |
| Dec | 40,877 | -3.2 | 3.8 | -3.9 |
| 2001-Jan | 40,309 | 1.3 | 4.6 | -1.7 |
| Feb | 40,737 | 1.8 | 4.3 | -1.9 |
| Mar | 40,686 | 1.3 | 4.5 | -1.3 |
| Apr | 41,186 | 1.6 | 4.2 | -0.8 |
| May | 41,176 | 2.3 | 4.3 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 41,101 | 3.1 | 5.2 | -0.4 |
| Jul | 41,474 | 4.8 | 4.9 | -0.5 |
| Aug | 40,791 | 1.7 | 5.1 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 41,435 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 41,963 | 2.7 | 4.6 | 0.4 |
| Nov | 41,953 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 0.6 |
| Dec | 42,074 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 1.2 |
| 2002-Jan | 41,492 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 1.3 |
| Feb | 42,068 | 3.3 | 5.7 | 1.5 |
| Mar | 41,929 | 3.1 | 5.9 | 1.5 |
| Apr | 42,388 | 2.9 | 5.9 | 1.6 |
| May | 42,457 | 3.1 | 5.8 | 1.5 |
| Jun | 42,224 | 2.7 | 6.8 | 1.6 |
| Jul | 41,945 | 1.1 | 6.7 | 1.8 |
| Aug | 41,578 | 1.9 | 6.7 | 1.6 |
| Sep | 42,433 | 2.4 | 6.4 | 1.8 |
| Oct | 42,689 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 1.6 |
| Nov | 42,207 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 1.6 |
| Dec | 42,356 | 0.7 | 6.2 | 1.3 |
| 2003-Jan | 41,972 | 1.2 | 6.8 | 0.9 |
| Feb | 42,203 | 0.3 | 6.6 | 0.9 |
| Mar | 42,404 | 1.1 | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| Apr | 42,552 | 0.4 | 6.1 | 0.2 |
| May | 42,529 | 0.2 | 6.2 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 42,721 | 1.2 | 7.2 | 0.4 |
| Jul | 42,981 | 2.5 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| Aug | 42,798 | 2.9 | 6.6 | -0.1 |
| Sep | 43,018 | 1.4 | 6.2 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 43,503 | 1.9 | 5.8 | -0.4 |
| Nov | 43,614 | 3.3 | 5.7 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 44,093 | 4.1 | 5.3 | -0.9 |
| 2004-Jan | 43,200 | 2.9 | 6.2 | -0.6 |
| Feb | 43,502 | 3.1 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| Mar | 43,623 | 2.9 | 5.8 | -0.6 |
| Apr | 43,621 | 2.5 | 5.3 | -0.8 |
| May | 43,769 | 2.9 | 5.4 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 43,787 | 2.5 | 6.1 | -1.1 |
| Jul | 43,816 | 1.9 | 5.8 | -0.8 |
| Aug | 43,773 | 2.3 | 5.5 | -1.1 |
| Sep | 43,837 | 1.9 | 5.1 | -1.1 |
| Oct | 44,314 | 1.9 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
| Nov | 44,375 | 1.7 | 5.0 | -0.7 |
| Dec | 44,614 | 1.2 | 4.7 | -0.6 |
| 2005-Jan | 43,869 | 1.5 | 5.2 | -1.0 |
| Feb | 44,073 | 1.3 | 5.1 | -0.7 |
| Mar | 44,144 | 1.2 | 4.7 | -1.1 |
| Apr | 44,166 | 1.2 | 4.4 | -1.0 |
| May | 44,282 | 1.2 | 4.5 | -0.9 |
| Jun | 44,504 | 1.6 | 5.1 | -1.0 |
| Jul | 44,891 | 2.5 | 4.8 | -1.0 |
| Aug | 45,184 | 3.2 | 4.6 | -0.9 |
| Sep | 45,358 | 3.5 | 4.2 | -0.9 |
| Oct | 45,880 | 3.5 | 3.9 | -1.1 |
| Nov | 45,858 | 3.3 | 3.9 | -1.0 |
| Dec | 46,275 | 3.7 | 3.7 | -1.0 |
| 2006-Jan | 45,892 | 4.6 | 4.0 | -1.2 |
| Feb | 46,327 | 5.1 | 4.1 | -1.1 |
| Mar | 46,573 | 5.5 | 4.0 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 46,548 | 5.4 | 3.9 | -0.4 |
| May | 46,705 | 5.5 | 4.0 | -0.6 |
| Jun | 46,794 | 5.1 | 4.6 | -0.5 |
| Jul | 47,318 | 5.4 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| Aug | 47,765 | 5.7 | 4.1 | -0.5 |
| Sep | 47,926 | 5.7 | 3.6 | -0.6 |
| Oct | 48,233 | 5.1 | 3.4 | -0.5 |
| Nov | 48,220 | 5.2 | 3.5 | -0.4 |
| Dec | 48,210 | 4.2 | 3.1 | -0.6 |
| 2007-Jan | 47,628 | 3.8 | 3.7 | -0.4 |
| Feb | 47,582 | 2.7 | 3.6 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 47,643 | 2.3 | 3.3 | -0.7 |
| Apr | 47,784 | 2.7 | 3.1 | -0.9 |
| May | 47,928 | 2.6 | 3.1 | -0.8 |
| Jun | 48,612 | 3.9 | 3.9 | -0.7 |
| Jul | 48,717 | 3.0 | 3.8 | -0.7 |
| Aug | 48,467 | 1.5 | 3.4 | -0.6 |
| Sep | 48,906 | 2.0 | 3.5 | -0.2 |
| Oct | 49,412 | 2.4 | 3.2 | -0.3 |
| Nov | 49,455 | 2.6 | 3.2 | -0.3 |
| Dec | 49,307 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 0.1 |
| 2008-Jan | 49,015 | 2.9 | 3.4 | -0.2 |
| Feb | 49,056 | 3.1 | 3.1 | -0.5 |
| Mar | 49,450 | 3.8 | 3.0 | -0.3 |
| Apr | 49,844 | 4.3 | 2.7 | -0.3 |
| May | - | - | - | - |
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University
Note: Data are from The Current Population Survey (CPS) - a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, and persons not in the labor force.
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