Texas Economy: GDP, Income and Employment

Texas produced $2,932.3 billion in current-dollar GDP in 2025, 9.50% of the published U.S. total. Its real output changed 2.85% from 2024.

Gross domestic product

$2,932.3 billion

2025 · Current dollars · BEA SAGDP1 line 3
$2,932,343.6 million. Published September 30, 2026.

Real GDP growth

2.85%

2025 vs. 2024 · Annual change
Calculated from BEA SAGDP1 line 1, chained 2017 dollars.

Unemployment rate

4.4%

August 2026 · Seasonally adjusted · Preliminary
BLS LAUS · Published September 18, 2026.

Payroll job growth

1.11%

August 2026 vs. August 2025 · Seasonally adjusted
BLS state CES · 14,469.3 thousand nonfarm jobs.

Personal income per capita

$73,156

2025 · Dollars per resident · BEA SAINC1 line 3
Before personal current taxes. Published September 30, 2026.

Regional price level

97.057

2024 · U.S. = 100 · BEA all-items RPP
Published February 19, 2026. This measures price levels, not inflation.

Texas compared with the United States

Annual real GDP growth was 0.50 percentage points above the U.S. annual growth rate in 2025. Personal income per resident was $3,872 below the U.S. value of $77,028 in the same year. These comparisons use national observations from the same regional producer files.

The August unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points above the national 4.1% reading. That numerical difference is not a statistical-significance claim. The 2024 price parity was 2.9% below the national benchmark. Household circumstances and local housing markets can differ from these state averages.

Where Texas ranks among states

GDP and income history

Current-dollar output rose 75.9% between 2017 and 2025 in this acquired history. That figure includes price change and is separate from real output growth. The chart uses the published price-adjusted total; chained-dollar industry components are not added together.

Texas real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 1.6M2M2.4M 20172025 Texas real GDP, 2017–2025 — Millions of chained 2017 dollars 1.6M2M2.4M 20172025
Texas annual accounts and spatial prices · acquired September 30, 2026
YearNominal GDP, $ millionsReal GDP, chained 2017 $ millionsIncome per resident, $All-items price parity
20252,932,343.62,334,563.173,156Not published
20242,806,089.22,269,950.070,18597.057
20232,678,582.12,188,899.267,83697.140
20222,494,083.02,004,830.363,78397.411
20212,131,224.71,918,895.760,45198.402
20201,813,618.51,785,332.154,83898.759
20191,864,823.41,806,533.253,28398.507
20181,808,026.91,746,437.251,35997.805
20171,667,313.01,667,313.048,53597.435

Missing 2025 price parities mean that year was not published in the acquired file. They are not treated as zero or estimated from another year.

Employment and unemployment history

Unemployment describes eligible resident jobseekers as a share of the civilian labor force. Payroll employment describes jobs at establishments in Texas. A commuter can live in another state; a person with multiple covered jobs can contribute multiple payroll jobs. Neither series substitutes for the other.

Texas unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 2.38.113.9 2017-012026-08 Texas unemployment rate, 2017–2026 — Percent of civilian labor force; seasonally adjusted 2.38.113.9 2017-012026-08

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Monthly unemployment and payroll table
BLS state series · seasonally adjusted · payroll levels in thousands of jobs
MonthUnemployment, %Payroll jobs, thousandsUnemployment status
August 20264.414,469.3Preliminary
July 20264.514,463.7Published
June 20264.414,466.4Published
May 20264.314,426.2Published
April 20264.314,401.4Published
March 20264.314,394.0Published
February 20264.314,356.7Published
January 20264.314,363.1Published
December 20254.314,339.4Published
November 20254.314,306.5Published
October 2025Not published14,297.2Not published
September 20254.314,307.0Published
August 20254.214,309.9Published
July 20254.214,302.4Published
June 20254.114,291.7Published
May 20254.114,321.2Published
April 20254.114,311.9Published
March 20254.114,286.3Published
February 20254.114,280.8Published
January 20254.114,267.3Published
December 20244.114,259.4Published
November 20244.214,240.6Published
October 20244.214,220.8Published
September 20244.214,204.6Published
August 20244.214,185.3Published
July 20244.214,114.4Published
June 20244.114,153.1Published
May 20244.114,126.5Published
April 20244.114,098.2Published
March 20244.014,088.9Published
February 20244.014,069.6Published
January 20244.014,049.9Published
December 20234.014,024.1Published
November 20234.014,002.4Published
October 20234.013,991.4Published
September 20234.013,986.5Published
August 20234.013,952.1Published
July 20234.013,921.2Published
June 20234.013,947.3Published
May 20234.013,886.4Published
April 20234.013,859.0Published
March 20234.113,852.4Published
February 20234.113,817.8Published
January 20234.113,795.1Published
December 20224.113,720.7Published
November 20224.013,699.6Published
October 20223.913,672.6Published
September 20223.813,644.5Published
August 20223.713,593.7Published
July 20223.813,546.9Published
June 20223.813,425.3Published
May 20223.813,397.5Published
April 20223.913,360.0Published
March 20224.013,269.1Published
February 20224.113,231.0Published
January 20224.313,136.1Published
December 20214.513,137.1Published
November 20214.613,064.6Published
October 20214.813,010.8Published
September 20215.012,867.1Published
August 20215.312,809.6Published
July 20215.612,783.3Published
June 20215.812,667.1Published
May 20216.012,597.7Published
April 20216.212,540.5Published
March 20216.412,490.4Published
February 20216.612,362.9Published
January 20216.812,404.0Published
December 20206.912,360.5Published
November 20207.012,310.5Published
October 20207.112,263.9Published
September 20207.712,175.2Published
August 20208.012,102.0Published
July 20209.311,991.8Published
June 202010.111,988.4Published
May 202011.711,754.1Published
April 202012.811,512.4Published
March 20205.012,905.4Published
February 20203.612,958.1Published
January 20203.512,940.9Published
December 20193.512,919.7Published
November 20193.512,915.5Published
October 20193.512,880.1Published
September 20193.512,877.4Published
August 20193.512,861.8Published
July 20193.512,833.9Published
June 20193.412,810.2Published
May 20193.412,784.9Published
April 20193.512,753.9Published
March 20193.612,726.4Published
February 20193.712,714.6Published
January 20193.712,681.0Published
December 20183.812,657.5Published
November 20183.812,631.6Published
October 20183.812,612.8Published
September 20183.812,591.8Published
August 20183.812,579.2Published
July 20183.912,546.0Published
June 20183.912,525.1Published
May 20184.012,486.8Published
April 20184.012,448.8Published
March 20184.012,437.8Published
February 20184.112,393.2Published
January 20184.112,355.5Published
December 20174.112,340.5Published
November 20174.112,311.9Published
October 20174.112,292.7Published
September 20174.112,253.0Published
August 20174.212,245.7Published
July 20174.212,229.2Published
June 20174.312,241.3Published
May 20174.412,215.4Published
April 20174.612,192.1Published
March 20174.712,183.7Published
February 20174.712,141.9Published
January 20174.812,129.4Published

Largest published industries in Texas

The table orders non-overlapping broad sectors by their 2025 current-dollar GDP in BEA SAGDP2. These shares describe production structure; they do not establish the sectors responsible for the most recent real growth. Suppressed or unavailable cells are omitted rather than reconstructed.

Texas largest acquired broad industries · 2025 · current dollars
IndustryProducer classificationOutput, $ millionsShare of state GDP
Real estate and rental and leasing53373,122.812.72%
Manufacturing31-33332,089.211.33%
Government and government enterprises92264,084.29.01%
Wholesale trade42253,206.18.63%
Professional, scientific, and technical services54219,258.77.48%

Real estate and rental and leasing is the largest of the acquired broad sectors, at 12.7% of total nominal output. The next sectors are Manufacturing and Government and government enterprises. The original industry classification and table line remain in the JSON download; no occupational wage or employment estimate is inferred from an output share.

Compare economies of a similar nominal size

The three states nearest Texas in 2025 nominal GDP are New York, Florida, California. These peers are selected by the absolute difference in total GDP, not by neighboring borders, household income, industry similarity or policy. Use the separate rankings to compare other dimensions.

Sources, downloads and geographic coverage

BEA state accounts: SAGDP1, SAINC1 and SARPP. BLS unemployment code: LASST480000000000003; payroll code: SMS48000000000000001. Geography: Texas, state FIPS 48; BEA area code 48000. Industry output uses the 2017 NAICS classification in SAGDP2. Original codes are text and must retain leading zeroes.

Source-file dates: GDP/income September 30, 2026; prices February 19, 2026; state labor September 18, 2026. Snapshot: regional-2026-09-30-reviewed. Estimates are revisable. This archive preserves the acquired figures and does not reproduce earlier published vintages. County or metro values are not inferred from this state profile.

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