Houston adds most jobs since beginning of recession - Houston Business Journal

Houston is the top market nationwide for private-sector jobs added between February 2008 and February 2012, a new report shows.

Houston added 49,500 jobs during the time period, increasing its private-sector jobs from 2.213 million to 2.263 million, the Business Journals' On the Numbers analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.

Austin ranked No. 2 for jobs added, with 29,6000, and Pittsburgh is No. 3, with 10,500. Three other Texas markets — McAllen-Edinburg, El Paso and San Antonio — ranked No. 4, 5 and 6, followed by New Orleans at No. 7. Those seven markets were the only ones of the nation's 100 largest metro areas to add jobs during the time period.

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