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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

 1,405.4 1,407.0 1,408.2 1,399.5 1,403.3 1,409.8 1,414.0 1,412.2 1,414.3 1,418.5 1,420.6 1,426.3 1,427.8 1.5 0.1

Texas

 14,302.4 14,309.9 14,307.0 14,297.2 14,306.5 14,339.4 14,363.1 14,356.7 14,394.0 14,401.4 14,426.2 14,466.4 14,468.0 1.6 0.0

United States

 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,798 158,861 158,881 158,858 -23 0.0

(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

 1,397.9 1,432.0 1,421.7 23.8 1.7 14,402.0 176.7 1.2 158,649 382 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 93.9 99.6 99.1 5.2 5.5                

Mining & Logging(2)

             212.6 0.8 0.4 615 -2 -0.3

Construction(2)

             925.1 19.2 2.1 8,536 60 0.7

Manufacturing

 85.6 86.5 87.0 1.4 1.6 982.9 -5.7 -0.6 12,694 1 0.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 212.2 213.7 214.0 1.8 0.8 2,803.6 31.4 1.1 28,652 -14 0.0

Information

 51.0 49.0 48.5 -2.5 -4.9 215.4 -10.7 -4.7 2,788 -94 -3.3

Financial Activities

 91.4 93.1 93.4 2.0 2.2 939.3 -7.1 -0.8 9,149 -129 -1.4

Professional & Business Services

 285.4 291.9 294.6 9.2 3.2 2,191.8 68.2 3.2 22,647 136 0.6

Private Education & Health Services

 169.5 171.9 172.1 2.6 1.5 2,006.5 40.0 2.0 27,666 554 2.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 152.6 156.8 155.3 2.7 1.8 1,588.5 37.8 2.4 17,676 77 0.4

Other Services

 55.2 56.4 56.7 1.5 2.7 500.0 5.9 1.2 6,113 46 0.8

Government

 201.1 213.1 201.0 -0.1 0.0 2,036.3 -3.1 -0.2 22,113 -253 -1.1

(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

 56,450 59,038 57,836 - 55,491 49,763 57,564 57,076 53,362 52,375 55,404 64,108 62,817 6,367 11.3

Bastrop

 2,439 2,365 2,275 - 2,124 1,883 2,222 2,205 1,991 1,961 2,166 2,587 2,530 91 3.7

Caldwell

 1,052 1,052 1,021 - 970 868 1,023 1,022 923 905 989 1,202 1,174 122 11.6

Hays

 6,108 6,368 6,218 - 6,032 5,463 6,391 6,355 5,784 5,600 6,062 7,064 6,884 776 12.7

Travis

 30,969 32,525 31,892 - 30,601 27,447 31,622 31,194 29,348 28,851 30,387 35,099 34,383 3,414 11.0

Williamson

 15,882 16,728 16,430 - 15,764 14,102 16,306 16,300 15,316 15,058 15,800 18,156 17,846 1,964 12.4

Texas

 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,695 701,937 649,000 632,637 677,770 780,770 766,270 57,335 8.1

United States (in thousands)

 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 7,476 7,435 -412 -5.3

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

 3.6 3.8 3.7 - 3.5 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.5 4.1 4.0 0.4 11.1

Bastrop

 4.2 4.1 3.9 - 3.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.7 4.4 4.3 0.1 2.4

Caldwell

 4.0 4.0 3.9 - 3.7 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.8 4.5 4.4 0.4 10.0

Hays

 3.6 3.8 3.7 - 3.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.6 4.1 4.0 0.4 11.1

Travis

 3.6 3.7 3.6 - 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.5 4.0 3.9 0.3 8.3

Williamson

 3.7 3.9 3.8 - 3.6 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.6 4.2 4.1 0.4 10.8

Texas

 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.9 4.8 0.3 6.7

United States

 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.4 -0.2 -4.3

(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
Covered employment and wages(1), Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2026(2)
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA

 76,121 -178 1,308,022 9,825 0.8 $1,957 5.7 $33,185,656 6.5

Bastrop

 1,882 28 24,290 1,008 4.3 1,071 2.2 333,219 6.2

Caldwell

 896 13 10,858 -133 -1.2 1,120 6.0 157,682 4.3

Hays

 6,455 44 99,377 2,364 2.4 1,089 3.1 1,405,257 5.7

Travis

 50,881 -446 931,218 594 0.1 2,087 5.4 25,209,391 5.4

Williamson

 16,007 183 242,279 5,992 2.5 1,938 8.8 6,080,106 11.5

Texas

 868,766 18,329 14,124,564 82,062 0.6 $1,646 3.8 $301,740,936 4.5

United States

 12,381,750 418,060 154,771,941 85,572 0.1 1,654 3.9 3,320,292,610 4.1

(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