Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey: Part-time employment: Current (increase vs decrease; diffusion index; percentage points; seasonally adjusted) - United States - Dallas FED - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Texas Service Sector Outlook Survey (Dallas FED)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to survey data about service-sector firms collected by the Federal Reserve in Texas, the seasonally adjusted diffusion index for part-time employment (share of CEOs seeing a recent increase minus share reporting a decrease) stood at 4.0 in September 2026, versus -1.8 in August 2026.
Sample. There are 237 observations overall in the monthly time series displayed in the chart above. The period covered by the series goes from January 2007 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few statistics we computed on the full sample: the diffusion index reached its highest level of 12.9 in June 2007; it reached a trough of -32.6 in April 2020; it had an average value of 1.2.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Percentage points |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | -0.100000 |
| 2026-08-31 | -1.80000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 4.00000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Diffusion index for the question: Did part-time employment increase or decrease in the past month? |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Business survey response |
| Data type | Coincident indicator of the business cycle |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Seasonally adjusted | Yes |
| Rescaling | None |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Percentage points |
| Source | Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
| Source type | Central bank |
| Data licence | Not copyrightable under U.S. law |
| Measure type | Diffusion index (share of respondents reporting an increase minus share reporting a decrease) |
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