Workforce

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2015-11-20 09:22

MAJOR EMPLOYERS 

1,000+ Employees:
• Wal-Mart Distribution Center

200 – 499 Employees:
• Sanger Independent School District
• Sam’s Distribution Center

50-100 Employees:
• City of Sanger
• A&W Productions
• Eikon Engineering
• Babe’s Chicken

20-50 Employees:
• Super Save
• Ampco
• Hollingsworth Manufacturing
• North Texas Plastics
• Sanger Bank

 

LABOR FORCE

Denton County Workforce Data (as of May 2016)
• Labor Force:                  436,551
• Employment:                 423,129
• Unemployment:                13,422
• Unemployment Rate:          3.1%

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA (as of May 2016)
• Labor Force:              3,674,674
• Employment:             3,546,481
• Unemployment:             128,193
• Unemployment rate:          4.2%

Texas (as of May 2016)
• Labor Force:                  13,281,151
• Employment:               12,722,051
• Unemployment:               559,100
• Unemployment rate:             4.5%

Source:  Texas Workforce Commission (LAUS)