With the latest number released by the Texas Workforce Commission. Mission has reached a new milestone. Figures released for Feb. 2018 show the city has 34,433 people employed, thanks in part to the 900 jobs added to the local economy last year. This is the highest number of people in employment in Mission since TWC began keeping figures for cities in 2005.

Mission’s 6.0 percent unemployment rate for February was a drop from the city’s 7.7 percent drop one year ago. It is also the second lowest February rate in a decade. The 1.7 percent decline shows a sustained economic vitality in the city, said Mission EDC CEO Alex Meade.

“The Mission EDC is engaging local small and large businesses, recruiting new companies, facilitating startups and providing cyber-security training all with the goal of creating new jobs for Mission,” said Meade. “We are very pleased to see the addition of new jobs and the growth the city is experiencing. It gives our board, Mayor Salinas and our staff a positive indication that we are moving in the right direction.”

The new unemployment rate ranks Mission third among all RGV cities the Texas Workforce Commission measured, bested by both Edinburg and McAllen.