The school districts educate almost 19,000 area students. TDCJ will hire about 260 workers upon completion of the 1,000 bed facility. Services Services employment accounted for 13,200 jobs or one-fifth of the metro area's employment in March 1995 and added 700 jobs during the year. Health services accounted for 37 percent of total services employment in the third quarter of 1994, while business services accounted for 16 percent. Over 4,000 people are employed in Bryan-College Station's health services sector.
Local hospitals are the major source of health service employment.
St. Joseph Hospital, a 204 bed facility has 1,170 employees, while Brazos Valley Medical Center employs 410 workers and has 126 in-patient beds. In an effort to increase services provided to area residents, during the past year the Brazos Valley Medical Center has opened a Home Health Agency, which provides in-home nursing care to area residents, and a Rural Health Clinic. May. In addition, St. Joseph Hospital recently added a cancer center and a new physician's office building will open in February 1996. Manufacturing Manufacturing employment in Bryan-College Station declined by 100 jobs from March 1994 to March 1995 to stand at 3,800. Manufacturing makes up 5.9 percent of total employment in the metro area, which is well below the statewide average of 12.9 percent.