Houston Job Market Enters Transition Phase with Resilience and Sectoral Shifts in 2025

The Houston job market in mid-2025 is displaying mixed signals. According to data from June 2025, Houston recorded approximately 2.34 million filled jobs, reflecting a decrease of 27,850 positions or about 1.2 percent from the previous year as reported by Public Now. Despite this contraction, several underlying employment trends highlight Houston’s resilience and sectoral shifts. Energy, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution, and technology remain the backbone, with oil and gas extraction, aerospace, chemical manufacturing, and healthcare institutions like Texas Medical Center and major energy firms such as Halliburton continuing to provide a significant number of jobs. The Greater Houston Manufacturers Association notes that manufacturing is still the city’s largest contributor to GDP and anticipates the addition of 3,500 manufacturing jobs in 2025. The Dallas Federal Reserve’s July 2025 Texas Manufacturing Outlook Survey found labor market measures suggesting recent growth in employment and work hours, hinting at some momentum in certain areas even as overall employment tapers.

Retail in Houston is undergoing transition, with Colliers’ Q2 2025 report identifying new supply outpacing demand; retail deliveries rose 37.9 percent quarter over quarter and 7.3 percent year over year, which may lead to increased competition and pressure on retail hiring. Industrial vacancy in the broader region reached its highest in over a decade at 7.3 percent, attributed by CRE Daily to an oversupply amid changing warehouse and distribution dynamics. Houston’s small business and cottage food sectors anticipate growth following new regulations, as covered in the Houston Chronicle. Meanwhile, technology-related roles and logistics are gaining importance due to Houston’s position as a distribution hub. Immigration-driven talent continues to support mining, quarrying, and oil and gas employers as noted by Houston Republic, and government partnerships for logistics decarbonization and LNG expansion signal an evolution within the energy segment, evidenced by recent agreements between Galveston LNG Bunker Port and Loa Carbon.

The unemployment rate is not specified in recent official releases, representing a data gap. Commuting remains significant as the metropolitan sprawl challenges transit infrastructure, although flexible and hybrid work arrangements have modestly changed some commuting patterns. Public workforce development programs and municipal employment initiatives are ongoing, with local and state agencies supporting retraining and growth in advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and small business sectors. Seasonal fluctuations in hiring persist due to energy consumption cycles, construction demand in warmer months, and traditional retail hiring spikes ahead of holidays.

Growth is expected in healthcare, manufacturing, decarbonized logistics, and certain technology and retail segments. Notable current job openings include Field Service Project Manager at Siemens Gamesa, Senior Accountant at Nabors, and Team Lead IT Solution Build & Operate at Halliburton, all sourced from Rigzone.

Key findings are Houston’s employment market is stabilizing after a period of contraction, core sectors remain strong but are shifting, retail and industrial real estate markets are rebalancing, and government and private initiatives are steering the region toward future growth. For the most recent unemployment figures, listeners should consult upcoming Texas Workforce Commission releases. Thanks for tuning in and don’t forget to subscribe. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Houston job market in mid twenty twenty five is
displaying mixed signals. According to data from June twenty twenty five,
Houston recorded approximately two point three four million filled jobs,
reflecting a decrease of twenty seven thousand, eight hundred fifty positions,
or about one point two per cent from the previous year,
as reported by Public Now. Despite this contraction, several underlying

(00:23):
employment trends highlight Houston's resilience and sectoral shifts. Energy, healthcare, manufacturing, distribution,
and technology remain the backbone, with oil and gas extraction, aerospace,
chemical manufacturing, and healthcare institutions like Texas Medical Center, and
major energy firms such as Halliburton continuing to provide a

(00:45):
significant number of jobs. The Greater Houston Manufacturers Association notes
that manufacturing is still the city's largest contributor to GDP
and anticipates the addition of three thousand, five hundred manufacturing
jobs in twenty twenty five. The Dallas Federal Reserves July
twenty twenty five Texas Manufacturing Outlook survey found labor market

(01:08):
measures suggesting recent growth in employment and work hours, hinting
at some momentum in certain areas. Even as overall employment tapers.
Retail in Houston is undergoing transition, with Collier's Q twenty
twenty five report identifying new supply outpacing demand. Retail deliveries

(01:28):
rose thirty seven point nine percent quarter over quarter and
seven point three percent year over year, which may lead
to increased competition and pressure on retail hiring. Industrial vacancy
in the Broader region reached its highest in over a
decade at seven point three percent, attributed by Ceer Daily
to an oversupply amid changing warehouse and distribution dynamics. Houston's

(01:52):
small business and cottage food sectors anticipate growth following new regulations,
as covered in the Houston Chronicle. Meanwhile, well technology related
roles and logistics are gaining importance due to Houston's position
as a distribution hub. Immigration driven talent continues to support mining, quarrying,
and oil and gas employers, as noted by Houston Republic

(02:15):
and government partnerships for logistics, decarbonization and LNG expansion signal
and evolution within the energy segment, evidenced by recent agreements
between Galveston, l and G, Bunkerport and Lowa Carbon. The
unemployment rate is not specified. In recent official releases, representing
a data gap. Commuting remains significant as the metropolitan sprawl

(02:39):
challenges transit infrastructure, although flexible and hybrid work arrangements have
modestly changed some commuting patterns. Public workforce development programs in
municipal employment initiatives are ongoing, with local and state agencies
supporting retraining and growth in advanced manufacturing, clean energy, and
small business. Seasonal fluctuations in hiring persist due to energy

(03:05):
consumption cycles, construction demand in warmer months, and traditional retail
hiring spikes ahead of holidays. Growth is expected in healthcare, manufacturing,
decarbonized logistics, and certain technology and retail segments. Notable current
job openings include field service project manager at Siemen's gamesa

(03:27):
senior accountant at Nabors, and team lead IT Solution Build
and Operate at Haliburton, all sourced from rigs on defindings.
Our Houston's employment market is stabilizing after a period of contraction.
Core sectors remain strong but are shifting. Retail and industrial
real estate markets are rebalancing, and government and private initiatives

(03:50):
are steering the region toward future growth. For the most
recent unemployment figures, listeners should consult upcoming Texas Workforce Commission releases.
Thanks for tuning in and don't forget to subscribe. This
has been a quiet Please production. For more check out
Quiet please dot ai