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UT Dallas
Economic Development Update
February 11, 2026
![DFW Labor Market Update. A fuzzy white dog pants as a veterinarian approaches from behind with a stethoscope. Photo Credit: CC-BY-2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) 2021 by Nenad Stojkovic from Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dog_portrait_with_a_veterinarian_in_blue_uniform_holding_a_stethoscope_-_51647083727.jpg]](https://economicengine.utdallas.edu/news/2026/img/newsletter_20260211_a.jpg "DFW Labor Market Update. A fuzzy white dog pants as a veterinarian approaches from behind with a stethoscope. Photo Credit: CC-BY-2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/) 2021 by Nenad Stojkovic from Wikimedia Commons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dog_portrait_with_a_veterinarian_in_blue_uniform_holding_a_stethoscope_-_51647083727.jpg]")
DFW gained 2,100 jobs from November to December 2025, while job postings declined by 3.8%. Truck driver and veterinarian job postings increased, nurses and counselors declined, and inflation fell in Texas and the U.S. as it rose slightly in the Southern Region. See the current issue of the DFW Labor Market Update for more details.
Texas Instruments announced that it will buy Austin-based tech firm Silicon Labs for $7.5 billion to extend its chips enterprise. Per Texas Instruments, the deal enhances global leadership in embedded wireless connectivity solutions and will transfer manufacturing of Silicon Labs’ chips from external foundries to Texas Instruments’ wafer fab facilities.
UT Dallas president Dr. Prabhas Moghe was recently featured in D CEO’s Dallas 500, a list of the 500 most powerful business leaders in Dallas-Fort Worth.
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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