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Business

Dallas Fed says wage growth for manufacturing workers reached record high in March

Joseph Leahy, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on March 30, 2022 · The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reports March marked another month of solid growth in Texas’ manufacturing and service sectors despite rising costs and supply chain disruptions.

Tags dallas fed employment manufacturing wage growth wages

Houston Matters

Wednesday’s Show: Wage Inequity For Minority Women, And Vanished Houston Landmarks (Feb. 19, 2020)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on February 19, 2020 · On Wednesday's Houston Matters: The wage gap for minority women in Texas, the week in politics, how to leave work at work, and vanished Houston landmarks.

Tags Houston history landmarks Mark Lardas Political Roundup politics Vanished Houston Landmarks wage gap wages women's wages work workplace

Business

Study Shows Houston Black, Hispanic Women’s Wages Less Than Half That Of White Men

Daniela Benites, HPM Intern

Posted on February 17, 2020 · The study analyzes gender, ethnicity, race and sexual orientation as factors that contribute to the city’s economy.

Tags wages women's wages

Local

Construction Workers At UH Demand Payment For Work On New Student Housing

Kirk McDaniel, HPM Intern

Posted on January 23, 2020 · The eight workers who were employed by a contractor working for the university claim they are owed at least $43,000 in back pay, including unpaid overtime wages.

Tags Austin Commercial construction student housing The University of Houston wages workers defense project

Business

Greater Houston Average Wage Tops $26 An Hour

Andrew Schneider

Posted on June 14, 2019 · The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the median Houston-area wage is more than $1 an hour above the national average.

Tags labor Occupational Employment and Wages Report oil and gas industry U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages

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The Latina Wage Gap Is Bigger in Texas

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on November 2, 2018 · In Texas, Latinas earn 44.7 cents for every dollar white, non-Hispanic males earn.

Tags latina latina workers texas wages

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U.S. Economy Added 157,000 Jobs in July; Unemployment Dips to 3.9 Percent

AVIE SCHNEIDER, NPR

Posted on August 3, 2018 · The economy continued to add jobs at a steady pace last month and the unemployment rate remained low. Analysts have been looking for signs that wage growth might pick up, but it held steady, too.

Tags employment jobs report unemployment wages

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Salaries In Houston Growing Slower Than In Rest Of Country

Florian Martin

Posted on May 7, 2018 · The reasons why are not clear

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US Added Strong 200K Jobs In January; Pay Up Most In 8 Years

Associated Press

Posted on February 2, 2018 · The unemployment rate remained 4.1 percent for a fourth straight month

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Three Sam’s Clubs Abruptly Close In Houston

HPM Digital Team / Joseph Pisani, AP

Posted on January 11, 2018 · The world's largest private employer said it was closing 63 Sam's Clubs over the next week, with some shut already

Tags boosts starting pay Sam's Sam's Club wages Walmart

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Houston’s Attempt To Curb Wage Theft

Houston Public Media Staff

Posted on July 19, 2017 · Whatever came from Houston's Wage Theft Ordinance? We take a look.

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Business

Southern Employers Pay Less In Wages And Benefits Than In Northeast

Ed Mayberry

Posted on June 16, 2016 · Private businesses in the South pay about $10 less per hour for employees compared to those in the Northeast. That's according to a report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Tags benefits salaries Total compensation costs U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics wages

Business

Greater Houston Wages And Salaries Rising Faster

Andrew Schneider

Posted on November 3, 2015 · Workers are seeing their buying power increase, as pay rates run well ahead of inflation.

Tags Bureau of Labor Statistics salaries wages

Business

Houston-Area Hourly Wages 8 Percent Above Nationwide Average

Andrew Schneider

Posted on April 10, 2015 · A Bureau of Labor Statistics report shows workers in Greater Houston earn $1.73 more per hour, on average, than their counterparts around the country.

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U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia on the State of the Union Address, Immigration Reform, Education in Employment, and More

Garrett Bohlmann

Posted on February 15, 2023 · The Congresswoman discusses her current efforts to help the American people.

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Houston Matters

Houston being America’s dirtiest city: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week

Michael Hagerty

Posted on January 27, 2023 · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.

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Houston’s GDP growth rate of 1.9% ranked near the bottom of U.S. metro areas in 2021

Andrew Schneider

Posted on January 4, 2023 · The pandemic slowdown led the region’s oil and natural gas sector to crater in value by 51%, dragging down manufacturing with it.

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The Houston area will add more than 75,000 jobs in 2022, according to an annual forecast

Andrew Schneider

Posted on December 1, 2021 · The annual report forecasts the metro region will gain back most of the jobs lost during the pandemic by the end of next year.

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