Unemployment claims filed by Texas workers decrease week-over-week

The number of unemployment claims filed by Texas workers decreased last week, according to new data.

Texans filed 23,189 first-time unemployment insurance claims during the week ended Nov. 28, the U.S. Labor Department announced Dec. 3. That’s a decrease of nearly 16,000 jobless claims from the week prior, when Texas workers filed 38,915 claims.

The 23,189 jobless claims filed in Texas last week represents one of the lowest weekly volumes since the pandemic began in March. The number of unemployment…