The Rio Grande Valley’s two largest metro areas added 7,600 more jobs in September than during the same month last year, new Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.
The McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro had 304,700 nonfarm jobs through September, an increase of 4,100 jobs, or 1.4%, compared to the year before.
The Brownsville-Harlingen metro recorded 166,200 nonfarm jobs through September, an increase of 3,500 over the previous year, or a 2.2% gain.
By comparison, Texas added 168,000 jobs through September, a 1.2% increase. U.S. job growth rose in 1.1% September.
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Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza
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Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza is a versatile multimedia news reporter who lives and works along the Texas-Mexico border in Hidalgo County. Mosbrucker-Garza is a news reporter for the Rio Grande Valley Business Journal. During her career she's worked for the McAllen Monitor, San Antonio Business Journal, The Advocate Newspaper in Louisiana, Phoenix New Times, and public media outlets in Baltimore and Philadelphia.
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