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UT Dallas
Economic Development Update
January 8, 2025
From October to November, the DFW labor market gained 14,100 net jobs. This represents about 0.32% of its labor force as it stood as of June, which totaled 4,367,900. Primary gains in employment were felt most in the wholesale and retail trade which grew by 1.1%, adding 7,300 jobs.
Read how other sectors were affected in the latest DFW Labor Market Update.
![DFW Labor Market Update. A cash register processing a credit card payment. Photo Credit: Clay Banks on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/E2HgkL3LaFE]](https://economicengine.utdallas.edu/news/2025/img/newsletter_20250108_a.jpg "DFW Labor Market Update. A cash register processing a credit card payment. Photo Credit: Clay Banks on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/E2HgkL3LaFE]")
![A traveler with a piece of rolling luggage looks out of the full-length window of an airport terminal at a plane rising into a dawn sky whose light casts everything into silhouette while reflecting it onto the polished floor. Photo Credit: Yousef Alfuhigi on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/silhouette-of-man-holding-luggage-inside-airport-bMIlyKZHKMY]](https://economicengine.utdallas.edu/news/2025/img/newsletter_20250108_b.jpg "A traveler with a piece of rolling luggage looks out of the full-length window of an airport terminal at a plane rising into a dawn sky whose light casts everything into silhouette while reflecting it onto the polished floor. Photo Credit: Yousef Alfuhigi on Unsplash [https://unsplash.com/photos/silhouette-of-man-holding-luggage-inside-airport-bMIlyKZHKMY]")
Local economic development and city government professionals are encouraged to participate in a new professional certification program on sustainability launched by the Naveen Jindal School of Management (JSOM) in partnership with leading aviation, transportation and sustainability companies. While the two-day course will focus on sustainability in the aviation and
transportation industries, the modules will also cover sustainable management practices and how to prioritize sustainability in overall economic development strategies. The course will be held February 6-7 on the UT Dallas campus.
Learn more about the initiative on the JSOM website and/or register online.
We are happy to fulfill customized data requests for our North Texas economic development partners and to connect local industry with UT Dallas research and workforce development initiatives.
Please reach out to Jenny Mizutowicz, CEcD to learn how your organization can partner with UT Dallas.
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