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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

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

 1,349.9 1,351.3 1,353.9 1,355.9 1,357.1 1,361.0 1,363.1 1,367.9 1,363.8 1,365.4 1,368.9 1,369.2 1,371.5 2.3 0.2

Texas

 14,071.9 14,090.5 14,104.6 14,127.5 14,130.9 14,101.3 14,152.1 14,175.8 14,179.9 14,174.7 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,254.2 20.1 0.1

United States

 157,271 157,517 157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,170 117 0.1

(p) Preliminary

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

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

 1,346.4 1,358.0 1,365.0 18.6 1.4 14,214.1 197.3 1.4 157,950 1,943 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 86.7 87.9 89.0 2.3 2.7                

Mining & Logging(2)

             222.3 1.7 0.8 619 -4 -0.6

Construction(2)

             865.9 24.1 2.9 7,989 157 2.0

Manufacturing

 74.2 72.5 71.8 -2.4 -3.2 968.3 -2.2 -0.2 12,709 -91 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 207.6 209.9 210.2 2.6 1.3 2,782.9 36.8 1.3 28,881 276 1.0

Information

 51.0 48.2 48.3 -2.7 -5.3 226.2 0.0 0.0 2,922 -17 -0.6

Financial Activities

 85.3 88.8 89.1 3.8 4.5 938.6 22.8 2.5 9,185 89 1.0

Professional & Business Services

 276.5 278.0 279.5 3.0 1.1 2,117.4 8.1 0.4 22,330 -62 -0.3

Private Education & Health Services

 159.3 165.6 165.3 6.0 3.8 1,949.6 30.8 1.6 27,160 912 3.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 145.3 144.5 146.5 1.2 0.8 1,492.2 22.4 1.5 16,355 239 1.5

Other Services

 53.1 53.1 52.9 -0.2 -0.4 485.8 11.4 2.4 5,958 89 1.5

Government

 207.4 209.5 212.4 5.0 2.4 2,164.9 41.4 1.9 23,842 355 1.5

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

 54,006 50,655 45,507 48,212 55,928 56,223 56,276 52,626 52,275 52,387 46,785 52,981 55,921 1,915 3.5

Bastrop

 1,859 1,837 1,536 1,660 2,105 2,109 1,979 1,829 1,822 1,826 1,625 2,036 2,171 312 16.8

Caldwell

 870 849 710 798 977 993 955 845 862 868 776 931 971 101 11.6

Hays

 5,326 4,825 4,311 4,717 5,551 5,577 5,573 5,196 5,161 5,198 4,659 5,602 5,965 639 12.0

Travis

 31,157 29,331 26,432 27,918 32,135 32,237 32,379 30,312 30,048 30,099 26,792 29,419 30,994 -163 -0.5

Williamson

 14,794 13,813 12,518 13,119 15,160 15,307 15,390 14,444 14,382 14,396 12,933 14,993 15,820 1,026 6.9

Texas

 655,374 609,670 551,610 588,166 695,974 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,715 21,341 3.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 602 8.6

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

 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.5 3.7 0.1 2.8

Bastrop

 3.6 3.6 3.0 3.2 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.8 0.2 5.6

Caldwell

 3.8 3.7 3.1 3.5 4.2 4.3 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.9 0.1 2.6

Hays

 3.6 3.2 2.9 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.6 0.0 0.0

Travis

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

Williamson

 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.3 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 0.0 0.0

Texas

 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 0.1 2.4

United States (in thousands)

 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 0.3 7.1

(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), Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2024(2)
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA

 76,458 -330 1,265,199 13,789 1.1 $1,646 4.8 $27,014,976 5.9

Bastrop

 1,835 13 22,523 830 3.8 1,035 6.2 302,277 10.2

Caldwell

 880 -2 10,318 297 3.0 999 4.3 132,652 6.5

Hays

 6,329 184 95,949 4,003 4.4 1,040 3.0 1,279,976 8.1

Travis

 51,752 -690 904,401 783 0.1 1,782 5.4 20,906,106 5.3

Williamson

 15,662 165 232,008 7,876 3.5 1,453 4.2 4,393,966 7.8

Texas

 844,485 8,073 13,933,505 190,267 1.4 $1,396 4.6 $251,861,608 5.9

United States

 12,297,414 393,630 155,360,357 1,300,697 0.8 1,394 4.5 2,803,068,632 5.5

(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