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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

 1,395.7 1,395.9 1,397.3 1,401.6 1,404.2 1,398.4 1,405.4 1,407.0 1,408.2 1,399.5 1,403.3 1,409.8 1,415.5 5.7 0.4

Texas

 14,267.3 14,280.8 14,286.3 14,311.9 14,321.2 14,291.7 14,302.4 14,309.9 14,307.0 14,297.2 14,306.5 14,339.4 14,379.5 40.1 0.3

United States

 158,268 158,310 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 160 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

 1,385.8 1,420.1 1,404.6 18.8 1.4 14,276.9 131.6 0.9 156,728 346 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 89.1 94.5 95.0 5.9 6.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             208.5 -5.0 -2.3 595 -20 -3.3

Construction(2)

             903.6 36.0 4.1 8,003 65 0.8

Manufacturing

 86.2 85.5 84.7 -1.5 -1.7 974.0 -8.6 -0.9 12,505 -93 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 213.4 221.6 214.5 1.1 0.5 2,794.0 13.7 0.5 28,606 -154 -0.5

Information

 50.6 49.1 48.4 -2.2 -4.3 216.7 -7.0 -3.1 2,782 -69 -2.4

Financial Activities

 87.9 93.1 91.3 3.4 3.9 938.7 7.3 0.8 9,100 -45 -0.5

Professional & Business Services

 279.4 287.7 283.9 4.5 1.6 2,117.6 22.0 1.0 22,040 -45 -0.2

Private Education & Health Services

 166.3 170.9 170.7 4.4 2.6 2,002.6 43.4 2.2 27,647 782 2.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 147.8 149.5 148.8 1.0 0.7 1,504.0 23.6 1.6 16,252 116 0.7

Other Services

 53.4 54.9 54.5 1.1 2.1 492.0 8.8 1.8 5,957 54 0.9

Government

 211.7 213.3 212.8 1.1 0.5 2,125.2 -2.6 -0.1 23,241 -245 -1.0

(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

 52,981 55,976 51,689 48,060 51,071 51,502 53,318 59,831 57,484 - 54,832 49,626 57,554 4,573 8.6

Bastrop

 2,036 2,168 2,015 1,824 2,020 2,171 2,283 2,375 2,242 - 2,087 1,866 2,222 186 9.1

Caldwell

 931 970 884 808 883 912 984 1,049 1,002 - 945 856 1,024 93 10.0

Hays

 5,602 5,962 5,437 4,999 5,493 5,461 5,737 6,411 6,142 - 5,926 5,427 6,388 786 14.0

Travis

 29,419 31,045 28,768 26,823 28,335 28,515 29,385 33,139 31,859 - 30,394 27,478 31,615 2,196 7.5

Williamson

 14,993 15,831 14,585 13,606 14,340 14,443 14,929 16,857 16,239 - 15,480 13,999 16,305 1,312 8.8

Texas

 660,179 674,622 634,055 593,972 625,154 673,220 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,711 52,532 8.0

United States (in thousands)

 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 475 6.4

(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

 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.9 3.8 - 3.6 3.2 3.7 0.2 5.7

Bastrop

 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.9 - 3.6 3.3 3.8 0.2 5.6

Caldwell

 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.0 - 3.7 3.4 3.9 0.2 5.4

Hays

 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.7 - 3.6 3.3 3.8 0.4 11.8

Travis

 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.7 - 3.5 3.2 3.6 0.2 5.9

Williamson

 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 4.0 3.9 - 3.7 3.3 3.8 0.2 5.6

Texas

 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 0.3 7.1

United States

 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 0.3 6.8

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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
Covered employment and wages(1), Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2025(2)
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA

 76,346 -387 1,300,766 34,763 2.7 $1,741 5.8 $29,402,920 8.9

Bastrop

 1,848 7 23,396 835 3.7 1,040 0.6 312,954 3.6

Caldwell

 906 19 11,173 821 7.9 1,090 9.7 157,562 18.9

Hays

 6,400 41 98,728 2,698 2.8 1,092 5.1 1,384,501 8.4

Travis

 51,291 -626 929,910 25,243 2.8 1,891 6.2 22,845,436 9.3

Williamson

 15,901 172 237,559 5,166 2.2 1,520 4.7 4,702,467 6.9

Texas

 854,878 7,056 14,062,349 103,352 0.7 $1,444 3.6 $263,683,989 4.7

United States

 12,353,804 251,610 155,767,691 123,258 0.1 1,459 4.7 2,946,280,747 5.0

(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