Manufacturing Lead April Job Growth In Houston Area

Leisure & Hospitality, Manufacturing Lead April Job Growth In Houston Area

(HOUSTON) Houston-area hotels, restaurants and manufacturers went on a hiring spree in April, according to numbers released Friday by Workforce Solutions-Gulf Coast. Those two sectors alone contributed more than half of the 22,600 jobs the region added last month, said Workforce Solutions senior economist Parker Harvey, “Durable Goods Producers added 4,400 positions, likely related to the recent spike in oil prices which has driven the total oil and gas rig count above 1,000 for the […]