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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

 1,363.1 1,367.9 1,363.8 1,365.4 1,368.9 1,369.2 1,372.1 1,372.9 1,374.4 1,375.5 1,372.6 1,373.3 1,375.9 2.6 0.2

Texas

 14,152.1 14,175.8 14,179.9 14,174.7 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,331.1 14,325.1 14,330.1 14,347.7 17.6 0.1

United States

 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,518 159,540 22 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

 1,358.7 1,366.6 1,368.4 9.7 0.7 14,281.6 156.4 1.1 159,410 1,340 0.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 89.9 89.4 89.4 -0.5 -0.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             222.0 2.9 1.3 617 -14 -2.2

Construction(2)

             884.7 20.1 2.3 8,505 47 0.6

Manufacturing

 74.4 73.6 72.8 -1.6 -2.2 970.5 -6.0 -0.6 12,783 -85 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 209.3 210.7 211.1 1.8 0.9 2,801.2 34.0 1.2 28,940 136 0.5

Information

 49.3 48.5 48.1 -1.2 -2.4 227.6 1.5 0.7 2,950 -6 -0.2

Financial Activities

 88.1 90.8 90.7 2.6 3.0 941.0 13.1 1.4 9,305 76 0.8

Professional & Business Services

 278.6 276.0 275.0 -3.6 -1.3 2,128.2 -7.2 -0.3 22,646 -68 -0.3

Private Education & Health Services

 164.4 166.5 166.8 2.4 1.5 1,980.4 39.8 2.1 27,169 847 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 149.5 152.5 152.2 2.7 1.8 1,552.4 27.5 1.8 17,688 221 1.3

Other Services

 54.6 54.2 54.1 -0.5 -0.9 493.2 0.8 0.2 6,099 74 1.2

Government

 200.6 204.4 208.2 7.6 3.8 2,080.4 29.9 1.5 22,708 112 0.5

(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

 57,594 53,734 53,442 53,537 47,710 52,981 55,976 51,689 48,060 51,071 51,502 53,318 59,725 2,131 3.7

Bastrop

 2,204 2,024 2,022 2,025 1,792 2,036 2,168 2,015 1,824 2,020 2,171 2,283 2,376 172 7.8

Caldwell

 994 880 900 904 803 931 970 884 808 883 912 984 1,047 53 5.3

Hays

 5,985 5,542 5,530 5,561 4,947 5,602 5,962 5,437 4,999 5,493 5,461 5,737 6,408 423 7.1

Travis

 32,231 30,186 29,906 29,962 26,693 29,419 31,045 28,768 26,823 28,335 28,515 29,385 33,057 826 2.6

Williamson

 16,180 15,102 15,084 15,085 13,475 14,993 15,831 14,585 13,606 14,340 14,443 14,929 16,837 657 4.1

Texas

 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 671,937 740,574 43,542 6.2

United States (in thousands)

 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 332 4.5

(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, 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

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

Bastrop

 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 0.3 7.7

Caldwell

 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.2 0.2 5.0

Hays

 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.9 0.2 5.4

Travis

 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.8 0.0 0.0

Williamson

 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 4.0 0.1 2.6

Texas

 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 0.3 6.8

United States

 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 0.1 2.3

(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 2025(2)
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA

 75,885 -554 1,281,418 28,294 2.3 $1,857 3.1 $30,868,798 5.7

Bastrop

 1,841 24 23,222 641 2.8 1,053 5.2 314,524 8.3

Caldwell

 878 -13 10,907 623 6.1 1,062 6.7 150,956 13.6

Hays

 6,362 114 96,701 2,081 2.2 1,057 2.7 1,326,780 4.8

Travis

 51,073 -808 915,323 18,988 2.1 1,991 3.8 23,645,013 6.3

Williamson

 15,731 129 235,265 5,961 2.6 1,779 -0.1 5,431,524 3.0

Texas

 847,604 4,764 14,015,912 161,102 1.2 $1,587 3.1 $288,503,447 4.5

United States

 12,249,320 341,465 154,523,785 675,355 0.4 1,589 4.1 3,182,535,733 4.8

(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