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Midland Unemployment Remains Lowest in State; Job Growth Outperforms State, Nation

Midland Reporter-Telegram
by Mella McEwen

Fueled by a continued surge of hiring in the mining, oil and gas production and construction sector, Midland’s labor market continues to lead the state.

Midland had an unemployment rate of 2.7 percent in December, unchanged from November and from December 2006, the Texas Workforce Commission reported Friday. The Tall City’s 2.7 percent unemployment gave it the lowest rate among the commission’s 26 metropolitan statistical areas, a record Midland has enjoyed since January 2005.

Odessa, along with Amarillo and Lubbock, followed at 3.2 percent.

Full post as published by Mike Conaway's Blog on January 23, 2008 (boomark / email).