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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 4,206.6 4,213.3 4,218.4 4,233.2 4,241.7 4,243.8 4,254.1 4,258.6 4,266.7 4,261.4 4,269.8 4,270.7 4,292.0 21.3 0.5

Texas

 13,853.0 13,878.9 13,921.4 13,900.9 13,936.8 13,962.5 14,001.7 14,012.4 14,034.5 14,053.9 14,096.6 14,116.4 14,159.0 42.6 0.3

United States

 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,111 158,286 175 0.1

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
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Total Nonfarm

 4,202.7 4,245.3 4,278.1 75.4 1.8 3,013.8 3,042.1 3,067.4 53.6 1.8 1,188.9 1,203.2 1,210.7 21.8 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 242.5 250.4 251.7 9.2 3.8 161.5 164.3 165.6 4.1 2.5 81.0 86.1 86.1 5.1 6.3

Manufacturing

 304.4 309.0 310.0 5.6 1.8 194.9 199.0 199.7 4.8 2.5 109.5 110.0 110.3 0.8 0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 888.6 892.4 895.9 7.3 0.8 601.4 604.2 606.4 5.0 0.8 287.2 288.2 289.5 2.3 0.8

Information

 92.9 91.0 90.9 -2.0 -2.2 81.1 79.8 79.6 -1.5 -1.8 11.8 11.2 11.3 -0.5 -4.2

Financial Activities

 364.9 367.4 370.4 5.5 1.5 289.0 292.3 295.1 6.1 2.1 75.9 75.1 75.3 -0.6 -0.8

Professional & Business Services

 780.2 767.5 774.3 -5.9 -0.8 628.7 616.5 621.8 -6.9 -1.1 151.5 151.0 152.5 1.0 0.7

Education & Health Services

 500.9 513.7 519.0 18.1 3.6 346.2 355.1 359.9 13.7 4.0 154.7 158.6 159.1 4.4 2.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 419.2 423.4 431.5 12.3 2.9 286.8 289.4 295.0 8.2 2.9 132.4 134.0 136.5 4.1 3.1

Other Services

 134.2 142.2 143.6 9.4 7.0 92.0 98.3 98.9 6.9 7.5 42.2 43.9 44.7 2.5 5.9

Government

 474.9 488.3 490.8 15.9 3.3 332.2 343.2 345.4 13.2 4.0 142.7 145.1 145.4 2.7 1.9

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 143,746 158,189 169,980 173,020 174,709 165,679 157,757 148,701 144,419 169,601 183,889 174,069 150,890   7,144 5.0

Collin

 19,883 22,040 23,586 24,245 24,409 23,524 22,371 21,134 20,593 24,260 26,184 24,907 21,529   1,646 8.3

Dallas

 50,565 55,478 58,533 59,655 60,588 57,464 54,384 51,271 49,733 58,032 62,853 59,305 52,029   1,464 2.9

Denton

 17,546 19,454 21,560 21,457 21,525 20,401 19,375 18,239 17,851 20,825 22,388 21,342 18,359   813 4.6

Ellis

 3,413 3,772 4,123 4,198 4,221 3,977 3,812 3,616 3,564 4,156 4,491 4,282 3,596   183 5.4

Hood

 1,006 1,098 1,168 1,197 1,214 1,127 1,056 1,003 966 1,202 1,280 1,150 1,011   5 0.5

Hunt

 1,744 1,937 2,058 2,118 2,173 2,082 1,954 1,804 1,742 2,089 2,287 2,125 1,836   92 5.3

Johnson

 2,872 3,162 3,436 3,567 3,570 3,321 3,180 3,006 2,918 3,493 3,826 3,620 3,080   208 7.2

Kaufman

 2,828 3,116 3,341 3,374 3,405 3,253 3,073 2,956 2,878 3,317 3,557 3,382 2,992   164 5.8

Parker

 2,268 2,457 2,607 2,692 2,798 2,581 2,467 2,290 2,220 2,691 2,957 2,727 2,323   55 2.4

Rockwall

 1,947 2,166 2,282 2,276 2,342 2,257 2,153 2,048 2,005 2,321 2,566 2,332 2,021   74 3.8

Somervell

 148 160 182 174 178 159 153 140 139 167 186 160 141   -7 -4.7

Tarrant

 38,415 42,141 45,674 46,656 46,892 44,267 42,545 40,057 38,698 45,684 49,804 47,331 40,763   2,348 6.1

Wise

 1,111 1,208 1,430 1,411 1,394 1,266 1,234 1,137 1,112 1,364 1,510 1,406 1,210   99 8.9

Texas

 528,711 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,537   13,826 2.6

United States (in thousands)

 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894   748 14.5

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Unemployment rate, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.4   0.1

Collin

 3.1 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.3   0.2

Dallas

 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.5   0.0

Denton

 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.2   0.1

Ellis

 3.2 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.3   0.1

Hood

 3.3 3.6 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.3   0.0

Hunt

 3.6 4.0 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 4.3 4.7 4.4 3.8   0.2

Johnson

 3.2 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.3   0.1

Kaufman

 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.8   0.1

Parker

 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.0   0.0

Rockwall

 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.3   0.1

Somervell

 3.2 3.4 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.0   -0.2

Tarrant

 3.3 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4   0.1

Wise

 3.2 3.5 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4   0.2

Texas

 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.5   0.0

United States (in thousands)

 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5   0.4

(p) Preliminary

NOTE: State, metropolitan area, and county data for both the current and prior year are subject to revised inputs, reestimation, and new statewide controls early in the following calendar year.
SOURCE: Local Area Unemployment Statistics and Current Population Survey
Covered employment and wages(1), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2023(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

                  

Collin

 34,575 335 540,230 15,879 3.0 1,632 3.6 11,428,085 6.7

Dallas

 84,953 -1,404 1,856,687 15,780 0.9 1,698 4.2 40,948,886 4.9

Denton

 20,503 253 315,937 15,338 5.1 1,243 4.0 5,083,076 9.0

Ellis

                  

Hood

                  

Hunt

                  

Johnson

                  

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Parker

                  

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Somervell

                  

Tarrant

 50,681 -148 1,013,646 20,742 2.1 1,397 5.4 18,345,477 7.4

Wise

                  

Texas

 835,116 18,819 13,905,413 314,019 2.3 $1,427 4.0 $257,677,536 6.5

United States

 12,090,132 335,223 154,848,113 2,322,828 1.5 1,435 3.6 2,886,734,623 5.2

(1) Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal Employees (UCFE) programs.
(2) Data are preliminary.
(3) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.

SOURCE: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages