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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

 1,339.0 1,342.2 1,341.2 1,346.0 1,346.4 1,345.7 1,354.2 1,351.9 1,355.2 1,359.0 1,356.0 1,351.4 1,357.4 6.0 0.4

Texas

 13,936.8 13,962.5 14,001.7 14,012.4 14,034.5 14,053.9 14,096.6 14,116.4 14,153.8 14,190.0 14,180.9 14,161.2 14,239.2 78.0 0.6

United States

 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,637 158,779 142 0.1

(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

 1,332.9 1,346.0 1,350.2 17.3 1.3 14,178.3 279.5 2.0 158,650 2,295 1.5

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 84.4 87.6 89.3 4.9 5.8                

Mining & Logging(2)

             210.4 -4.1 -1.9 644 -8 -1.2

Construction(2)

             868.6 42.2 5.1 8,497 234 2.8

Manufacturing

 74.0 74.0 74.0 0.0 0.0 985.3 25.1 2.6 12,982 -19 -0.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 208.3 210.0 210.6 2.3 1.1 2,781.7 27.7 1.0 28,924 212 0.7

Information

 52.8 50.4 50.2 -2.6 -4.9 235.4 1.7 0.7 3,023 2 0.1

Financial Activities

 84.0 84.6 84.6 0.6 0.7 931.0 21.6 2.4 9,313 35 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 284.3 279.9 281.7 -2.6 -0.9 2,145.1 20.7 1.0 23,068 88 0.4

Private Education & Health Services

 156.2 159.8 159.9 3.7 2.4 1,951.4 53.8 2.8 26,190 972 3.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 147.8 154.1 153.2 5.4 3.7 1,539.7 32.0 2.1 17,594 288 1.7

Other Services

 52.5 54.5 54.6 2.1 4.0 495.7 17.1 3.6 5,959 64 1.1

Government

 188.6 191.1 192.1 3.5 1.9 2,034.0 41.7 2.1 22,456 427 1.9

(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

 52,893 50,492 47,657 44,673 43,122 50,267 54,859 51,724 44,737 47,110 56,244 53,501 54,543   1,650 3.1

Bastrop

 1,870 1,705 1,621 1,497 1,431 1,724 1,888 1,876 1,510 1,622 2,117 2,007 1,922   52 2.8

Caldwell

 851 755 719 696 674 819 884 867 698 780 983 945 929   78 9.2

Hays

 5,150 4,829 4,605 4,308 4,102 4,950 5,410 4,927 4,238 4,609 5,582 5,307 5,414   264 5.1

Travis

 31,017 29,624 27,832 26,026 25,090 29,097 31,649 29,950 25,985 27,280 32,316 30,676 31,354   337 1.1

Williamson

 14,005 13,579 12,880 12,146 11,825 13,677 15,028 14,104 12,306 12,819 15,246 14,566 14,924   919 6.6

Texas

 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,726 699,900 677,745 677,057   36,294 5.7

United States (in thousands)

 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415   792 12.0

(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

 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.2 3.8 3.6 3.7   0.1 2.8

Bastrop

 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.0 3.2 4.1 3.9 3.8   0.1 2.7

Caldwell

 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.1 3.5 4.3 4.2 4.1   0.3 7.9

Hays

 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.7 3.4 2.9 3.1 3.8 3.6 3.7   0.1 2.8

Travis

 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.1 3.7 3.5 3.6   0.0 0.0

Williamson

 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.8   0.1 2.7

Texas

 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.5 4.4 4.4   0.2 4.8

United States (in thousands)

 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4   0.5 12.8

(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 metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2024(2)
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 76,130 155 1,252,672 16,883 1.4 $1,817 7.7 $29,449,676 9.2

Bastrop

 1,806 -4 22,588 1,336 6.3 1,001 4.1 290,304 10.4

Caldwell

 889 19 10,201 346 3.5 992 5.3 131,394 9.1

Hays

 6,213 216 94,280 5,891 6.7 1,027 1.7 1,258,448 9.1

Travis

 51,696 -373 896,550 -817 -0.1 1,939 7.8 22,495,218 7.9

Williamson

 15,526 297 229,053 10,127 4.6 1,782 10.4 5,274,312 15.3

Texas

 839,551 15,667 13,826,904 237,203 1.7 $1,540 4.1 $275,836,834 6.0

United States

 12,169,000 402,702 153,585,576 2,015,839 1.3 1,527 4.2 3,035,291,673 5.6

(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