# Cities in Texas by employed residents, 2025

All 134 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `employed_residents`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Residents who did any work for pay or profit in the reference week, or were temporarily absent from a job, annual average. People aged 16 and over by place of residence, from the Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS) program of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Active-duty military personnel and people living in institutions are excluded.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average (https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Local Area Unemployment Statistics, cities and towns, not seasonally adjusted: employment (measure 05), annual average. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/la/la.data.0.CurrentU25-29. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/employed-residents/texas-cities

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Houston, TX | 1,177,925 |
| 2 | San Antonio, TX | 728,899 |
| 3 | Dallas, TX | 695,391 |
| 4 | Austin, TX | 639,658 |
| 5 | Fort Worth, TX | 513,832 |
| 6 | El Paso, TX | 320,426 |
| 7 | Arlington, TX | 213,619 |
| 8 | Plano, TX | 161,784 |
| 9 | Corpus Christi, TX | 148,743 |
| 10 | Irving, TX | 139,116 |
| 11 | Lubbock, TX | 137,717 |
| 12 | Garland, TX | 129,242 |
| 13 | Frisco, TX | 126,130 |
| 14 | McKinney, TX | 121,338 |
| 15 | Laredo, TX | 112,076 |
| 16 | Grand Prairie, TX | 105,708 |
| 17 | Amarillo, TX | 102,679 |
| 18 | Denton, TX | 90,264 |
| 19 | Carrollton, TX | 82,037 |
| 20 | Brownsville, TX | 80,700 |
| 21 | Round Rock, TX | 80,389 |
| 22 | Lewisville, TX | 80,290 |
| 23 | Midland, TX | 77,837 |
| 24 | Mesquite, TX | 77,376 |
| 25 | McAllen, TX | 70,151 |
| 26 | College Station, TX | 69,010 |
| 27 | Waco, TX | 68,858 |
| 28 | Richardson, TX | 66,368 |
| 29 | Pasadena, TX | 65,009 |
| 30 | Pearland, TX | 64,877 |
| 31 | Odessa, TX | 62,491 |
| 32 | Killeen, TX | 61,284 |
| 33 | Abilene, TX | 60,806 |
| 34 | League City, TX | 60,265 |
| 35 | Allen, TX | 60,065 |
| 36 | New Braunfels, TX | 60,053 |
| 37 | Conroe, TX | 56,407 |
| 38 | Tyler, TX | 54,519 |
| 39 | Sugar Land, TX | 53,894 |
| 40 | Beaumont, TX | 52,160 |
| 41 | Leander, TX | 52,002 |
| 42 | San Angelo, TX | 50,326 |
| 43 | Edinburg, TX | 49,513 |
| 44 | Bryan, TX | 47,040 |
| 45 | Georgetown, TX | 46,773 |
| 46 | San Marcos, TX | 44,705 |
| 47 | Cedar Park, TX | 44,590 |
| 48 | Flower Mound, TX | 44,149 |
| 49 | Mansfield, TX | 43,316 |
| 50 | Wichita Falls, TX | 43,232 |
| 51 | Pflugerville, TX | 40,769 |
| 52 | Temple, TX | 40,672 |
| 53 | Missouri City, TX | 39,350 |
| 54 | North Richland Hills, TX | 39,031 |
| 55 | Kyle, TX | 38,223 |
| 56 | Rowlett, TX | 37,873 |
| 57 | Baytown, TX | 37,772 |
| 58 | Mission, TX | 37,206 |
| 59 | Longview, TX | 36,981 |
| 60 | Euless, TX | 35,349 |
| 61 | Pharr, TX | 34,756 |
| 62 | Wylie, TX | 33,681 |
| 63 | Little Elm, TX | 32,380 |
| 64 | Grapevine, TX | 31,045 |
| 65 | DeSoto, TX | 30,296 |
| 66 | Harlingen, TX | 30,206 |
| 67 | Rockwall, TX | 29,123 |
| 68 | Victoria, TX | 29,019 |
| 69 | The Colony, TX | 28,829 |
| 70 | Burleson, TX | 28,490 |
| 71 | Bedford, TX | 27,269 |
| 72 | Celina, TX | 27,104 |
| 73 | Texas City, TX | 26,303 |
| 74 | Hutto, TX | 26,011 |
| 75 | Cedar Hill, TX | 25,480 |
| 76 | Waxahachie, TX | 25,455 |
| 77 | Galveston, TX | 24,620 |
| 78 | Sherman, TX | 24,090 |
| 79 | Keller, TX | 24,010 |
| 80 | Coppell, TX | 23,308 |
| 81 | Midlothian, TX | 23,291 |
| 82 | Haltom City, TX | 23,002 |
| 83 | Farmers Branch, TX | 22,814 |
| 84 | Fulshear, TX | 22,808 |
| 85 | Prosper, TX | 21,651 |
| 86 | Hurst, TX | 21,088 |
| 87 | Forney, TX | 20,788 |
| 88 | Port Arthur, TX | 20,646 |
| 89 | Rosenberg, TX | 20,612 |
| 90 | Princeton, TX | 20,259 |
| 91 | Schertz, TX | 20,169 |
| 92 | Weatherford, TX | 19,909 |
| 93 | Friendswood, TX | 19,201 |
| 94 | Lancaster, TX | 19,162 |
| 95 | Seguin, TX | 18,388 |
| 96 | Sachse, TX | 18,272 |
| 97 | Socorro, TX | 18,247 |
| 98 | La Porte, TX | 18,096 |
| 99 | Weslaco, TX | 18,055 |
| 100 | Cleburne, TX | 18,028 |
| 101 | Huntsville, TX | 17,869 |
| 102 | Duncanville, TX | 17,639 |
| 103 | Anna, TX | 17,141 |
| 104 | Cibolo, TX | 17,083 |
| 105 | Deer Park, TX | 16,332 |
| 106 | San Juan, TX | 15,979 |
| 107 | Greenville, TX | 15,961 |
| 108 | Copperas Cove, TX | 15,669 |
| 109 | Converse, TX | 14,964 |
| 110 | Harker Heights, TX | 14,772 |
| 111 | Texarkana, TX | 14,683 |
| 112 | Del Rio, TX | 14,500 |
| 113 | Royse City, TX | 14,283 |
| 114 | Nacogdoches, TX | 14,250 |
| 115 | Fate, TX | 14,025 |
| 116 | Alvin, TX | 13,991 |
| 117 | Southlake, TX | 13,964 |
| 118 | Lufkin, TX | 13,602 |
| 119 | Saginaw, TX | 13,595 |
| 120 | Lake Jackson, TX | 13,582 |
| 121 | Melissa, TX | 13,208 |
| 122 | Balch Springs, TX | 13,162 |
| 123 | Colleyville, TX | 12,827 |
| 124 | Katy, TX | 12,573 |
| 125 | Eagle Pass, TX | 11,818 |
| 126 | Denison, TX | 11,229 |
| 127 | Kingsville, TX | 11,219 |
| 128 | University Park, TX | 11,027 |
| 129 | Kerrville, TX | 10,899 |
| 130 | Belton, TX | 10,890 |
| 131 | Corsicana, TX | 10,803 |
| 132 | Paris, TX | 10,672 |
| 133 | Big Spring, TX | 9,166 |
| 134 | San Benito, TX | 9,048 |