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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

1,316.1 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 1,357.1 11.4 0.8

Texas

13,812.3 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 14,103.7 49.8 0.4

United States

155,060 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,533 157,808 275 0.2

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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics

Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA Texas U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

1,313.7 1,333.9 1,350.2 36.5 2.8 14,054.8 300.5 2.2 156,555 2,738 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

80.5 84.0 84.8 4.3 5.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

            207.6 -6.8 -3.2 631 7 1.1

Construction(2)

            834.2 27.9 3.5 7,855 213 2.8

Manufacturing

72.8 73.3 73.8 1.0 1.4 967.7 20.5 2.2 12,913 20 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

204.1 210.7 209.0 4.9 2.4 2,757.5 28.7 1.1 28,663 61 0.2

Information

54.7 51.3 51.4 -3.3 -6.0 232.4 -4.3 -1.8 2,996 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

80.8 83.7 84.3 3.5 4.3 911.8 16.2 1.8 9,180 83 0.9

Professional & Business Services

284.6 282.4 288.1 3.5 1.2 2,134.0 21.1 1.0 22,683 150 0.7

Private Education & Health Services

151.5 155.9 158.9 7.4 4.9 1,937.9 69.3 3.7 26,129 1,060 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

141.7 144.8 147.3 5.6 4.0 1,476.0 35.8 2.5 16,243 442 2.8

Other Services

49.5 52.7 53.0 3.5 7.1 484.6 23.6 5.1 5,819 95 1.7

Government

193.5 195.1 199.6 6.1 3.2 2,111.1 68.5 3.4 23,443 639 2.8

(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

52,797 50,303 44,196 49,705 50,542 55,514 56,537 52,400 48,815 44,469 43,178 50,267 54,825   2,028 3.8

Bastrop

1,917 1,934 1,541 1,712 1,853 2,072 2,000 1,769 1,660 1,490 1,432 1,724 1,891   -26 -1.4

Caldwell

907 854 700 790 838 960 911 784 736 693 677 819 885   -22 -2.4

Hays

5,340 4,853 4,301 4,855 5,002 5,465 5,511 5,012 4,717 4,289 4,122 4,950 5,413   73 1.4

Travis

30,414 29,152 25,758 29,081 29,412 32,281 33,146 30,745 28,511 25,912 25,116 29,097 31,604   1,190 3.9

Williamson

14,219 13,510 11,896 13,267 13,437 14,736 14,969 14,090 13,191 12,085 11,831 13,677 15,032   813 5.7

Texas

654,309 604,785 528,711 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 666,075   11,766 1.8

United States (in thousands)

6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970   505 7.8

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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

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

3.7 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.7   0.0 0.0

Bastrop

3.9 3.9 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.7   -0.2 -5.1

Caldwell

4.2 3.9 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.3 4.1 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.7 3.9   -0.3 -7.1

Hays

3.8 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.3 2.9 2.9 3.4 3.7   -0.1 -2.6

Travis

3.6 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.6   0.0 0.0

Williamson

3.8 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.1 3.6 3.9   0.1 2.6

Texas

4.4 4.0 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.4   0.0 0.0

United States (in thousands)

3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2   0.3 7.7

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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