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UT Dallas
Economic Development Update
November 8, 2023
![DFW Labor Market Update. Dallas City Hall. Photo Credit: CC BY SA 3.0 2010 Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dallas_City_Hall_2.jpg]](https://economicengine.utdallas.edu/news/2023/img/newsletter_20231108_a.jpg "DFW Labor Market Update. Dallas City Hall. Photo Credit: CC BY SA 3.0 2010 Loadmaster (David R. Tribble) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dallas_City_Hall_2.jpg]")
DFW saw a spike in job growth this September with the addition of 25,600 new jobs to the metro. Topping the charts was government, consisting of 6,300 of those new positions. The consumer price index for the Metroplex also came out and points to a large spike since the last observation in July. To learn more about these trends and other activity, read this month’s DFW Labor Market Update.
The UT Dallas Office of Facilities & Economic Development hosted its Fifth Annual Economic Development Summit last Wednesday. The event attracted more than 100 professionals in business, government, and academia to listen to transformative talks on the region’s emerging industries and infrastructure needs. The highlight of the event was a fireside chat between our own President, Dr. Richard Benson, and our keynote speaker, Ross Perot, Jr. Learn more about the Summit at F&ED This Week.
![Neon letters outside the Texas Theater spelling out the word TEXAS. Photo Credit: Micah Boswell on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/texas-neon-signage-48FZv7fHYhw]](https://economicengine.utdallas.edu/news/2023/img/newsletter_20231108_c.jpg "Neon letters outside the Texas Theater spelling out the word TEXAS. Photo Credit: Micah Boswell on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/texas-neon-signage-48FZv7fHYhw]")
According to the annual listing by Site Selection, Texas’ business climate outranked every other state in the nation last year. Governor Greg Abbott remarked that the “…ranking highlights Texas’ business-friendly policies and the efforts of state and local economic development officials.” Read more at the Dallas Morning News.
We are happy to fulfill customized data requests for our North Texas economic development partners and to connect your organization with resources and contacts at UT Dallas that could lead to mutual economic development partnerships.
Please reach out to F&ED to learn how your organization can partner with UT Dallas.
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