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Dallas Area Nears Full Jobs Recovery After Strong Hiring

Some sectors are all the way back and more: Professional, scientific and technical services have 13,000 more workers than before the pandemic

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Dallas-Plano-Irving continues to lead the way in the jobs recovery.

Last month, that metro division added 18,500 positions, well ahead of the pace in the go-go days before the pandemic and on par with recent results. For the past three months, Dallas-Plano-Irving has added almost 59,000 jobs, accounting for nearly a third of Texas’ total job gains over the period.

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That’s nearly triple the number of jobs added in Houston and Austin for the three months. North Texas’ other metro division, Fort Worth-Arlington, added just 1,800 jobs over the time.

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