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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Austin-Roundrock, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Austin-Round Rock, TX

 1,320.6 1,324.1 1,327.3 1,332.1 1,335.1 1,339.0 1,342.2 1,341.2 1,346.0 1,346.4 1,345.7 1,354.2 1,352.6 -1.6 -0.1

Texas

 13,845.0 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 14,115.7 19.1 0.1

United States

 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,111 315 0.2

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA Texas U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,319.8 1,349.0 1,348.6 28.8 2.2 14,066.6 266.2 1.9 157,213 2,960 1.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 81.5 84.8 85.0 3.5 4.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             211.8 -3.3 -1.5 639 11 1.8

Construction(2)

             836.6 22.3 2.7 7,972 271 3.5

Manufacturing

 72.8 73.6 73.5 0.7 1.0 964.9 17.2 1.8 12,903 14 0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 204.2 209.3 208.5 4.3 2.1 2,749.3 21.7 0.8 28,701 148 0.5

Information

 54.2 51.3 51.3 -2.9 -5.4 232.5 -3.9 -1.6 3,004 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 81.1 83.6 83.1 2.0 2.5 908.7 12.3 1.4 9,169 75 0.8

Professional & Business Services

 285.6 287.7 285.6 0.0 0.0 2,125.6 16.0 0.8 22,724 172 0.8

Private Education & Health Services

 151.7 159.0 158.7 7.0 4.6 1,929.9 57.7 3.1 26,187 1,054 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 145.8 147.1 149.2 3.4 2.3 1,497.6 30.1 2.1 16,483 452 2.8

Other Services

 50.1 53.1 53.6 3.5 7.0 488.6 24.2 5.2 5,854 104 1.8

Government

 192.8 199.5 200.1 7.3 3.8 2,121.1 71.9 3.5 23,577 691 3.0

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 48,138 42,423 47,256 50,496 51,953 52,893 50,492 47,657 44,673 43,122 50,267 54,859 51,652   3,514 7.3

Bastrop

 1,845 1,479 1,624 1,851 1,938 1,870 1,705 1,621 1,497 1,431 1,724 1,888 1,885   40 2.2

Caldwell

 814 668 750 833 897 851 755 719 696 674 819 884 867   53 6.5

Hays

 4,644 4,126 4,608 4,989 5,114 5,150 4,829 4,605 4,308 4,102 4,950 5,410 4,926   282 6.1

Travis

 27,913 24,735 27,666 29,403 30,214 31,017 29,624 27,832 26,026 25,090 29,097 31,649 29,881   1,968 7.1

Williamson

 12,922 11,415 12,608 13,420 13,790 14,005 13,579 12,880 12,146 11,825 13,677 15,028 14,093   1,171 9.1

Texas

 604,785 528,711 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,898   18,113 3.0

United States (in thousands)

 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604   561 9.3

(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, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 3.3 2.9 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.5   0.2 6.1

Bastrop

 3.7 3.0 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.7   0.0 0.0

Caldwell

 3.7 3.0 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.9   0.2 5.4

Hays

 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.7 3.4   0.2 6.3

Travis

 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.4   0.1 3.0

Williamson

 3.4 3.0 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.6   0.2 5.9

Texas

 4.0 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1   0.1 2.5

United States (in thousands)

 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9   0.3 8.3

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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), Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2023(2)
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 76,432 1 1,249,954 34,939 2.9 $1,571 -0.6 $25,500,107 2.4

Bastrop

 1,816 16 21,699 642 3.0 976 2.2 274,689 4.7

Caldwell

 879 28 10,033 372 3.9 957 3.3 124,501 7.8

Hays

 6,116 184 91,938 5,769 6.7 1,010 -0.8 1,184,707 5.8

Travis

 52,182 -313 902,553 13,840 1.6 1,691 -1.1 19,841,523 0.7

Williamson

 15,439 86 223,731 14,316 6.8 1,396 3.0 4,074,686 10.3

Texas

 831,938 20,249 13,731,145 342,081 2.6 $1,336 0.3 $237,546,673 2.9

United States

 12,026,378 421,791 153,772,811 2,247,832 1.5 1,334 0.1 2,653,972,298 1.6

(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