Labor Market in Midland/Odessa Coming Back From Pandemic
The labor market in Midland and Odessa is slowing coming back from the pandemic and the oil market crash.
According to the Midland Reporter-Telegram, the Texas Workforce Commission reports that April unemployment in Midland and Martin counties fell from 7.6% to 6.8% which is better numbers from April 2020 when Midland was at 10.2%.
Odessa s unemployment went from 10.9% down to 9.9% in April and was also much better than April 2020 when unemployment was at 13.5%.
Willie Taylor, Chief Executive Officer of the Texas Workforce Commission s Workforce Solutions Permian Basin said the region is not close to full employment but we are on the right path to it.