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Texas Adds 18,200 Staffing Jobs Over Year

June 15, 2012

Texas added 18,200 employment services jobs over the past year ending in May, according to data released today by the Texas Workforce Commission that was not seasonally adjusted. The nation’s second-most populous state had 266,000 employment services jobs in May.

The employment services category includes temporary help services as well as employment placement agencies, executive search services and professional employer organizations.

According to numbers that were seasonally adjusted, Texas employers added 237,100 in all industries in the past year. The unemployment rate in Texas was 6.9 percent in May.