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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

 1,355.9 1,357.1 1,361.0 1,363.1 1,367.9 1,363.8 1,365.4 1,368.9 1,369.2 1,372.1 1,372.9 1,374.4 1,377.1 2.7 0.2

Texas

 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 14,256.1 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,340.8 28.1 0.2

United States

 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,422 159,561 139 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

 1,360.3 1,372.1 1,378.8 18.5 1.4 14,359.3 213.8 1.5 159,964 1,708 1.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 88.6 88.7 89.5 0.9 1.0                

Mining & Logging(2)

             225.4 5.4 2.5 624 0 0.0

Construction(2)

             876.2 23.4 2.7 8,354 117 1.4

Manufacturing

 73.5 72.3 72.5 -1.0 -1.4 975.1 3.9 0.4 12,740 -89 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 207.0 210.6 210.4 3.4 1.6 2,797.5 47.7 1.7 28,954 160 0.6

Information

 49.8 47.0 47.2 -2.6 -5.2 224.7 -0.9 -0.4 2,928 -11 -0.4

Financial Activities

 87.0 89.1 90.1 3.1 3.6 940.3 19.2 2.1 9,223 97 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 277.8 279.3 279.1 1.3 0.5 2,132.3 13.6 0.6 22,618 -64 -0.3

Private Education & Health Services

 161.8 168.0 167.7 5.9 3.6 1,971.8 40.0 2.1 27,296 921 3.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 151.9 151.0 154.7 2.8 1.8 1,551.8 19.8 1.3 17,331 255 1.5

Other Services

 54.5 53.6 53.8 -0.7 -1.3 490.8 5.3 1.1 6,059 76 1.3

Government

 208.4 212.5 213.8 5.4 2.6 2,173.4 36.4 1.7 23,837 246 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

 49,247 57,159 57,457 57,594 53,734 53,442 53,537 47,710 52,981 55,976 51,689 48,060 50,881 1,634 3.3

Bastrop

 1,843 2,327 2,333 2,204 2,024 2,022 2,025 1,792 2,036 2,168 2,015 1,824 2,021 178 9.7

Caldwell

 828 1,013 1,028 994 880 900 904 803 931 970 884 808 887 59 7.1

Hays

 5,039 5,932 5,966 5,985 5,542 5,530 5,561 4,947 5,602 5,962 5,437 4,999 5,497 458 9.1

Travis

 27,806 31,991 32,084 32,231 30,186 29,906 29,962 26,693 29,419 31,045 28,768 26,823 28,169 363 1.3

Williamson

 13,731 15,896 16,046 16,180 15,102 15,084 15,085 13,475 14,993 15,831 14,585 13,606 14,307 576 4.2

Texas

 588,166 695,974 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 632,140 43,974 7.5

United States (in thousands)

 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 580 9.3

(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

 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.3 0.0 0.0

Bastrop

 3.3 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.6 0.3 9.1

Caldwell

 3.4 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 0.1 2.9

Hays

 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.4 0.3 9.7

Travis

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

Williamson

 3.4 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.4 0.0 0.0

Texas

 3.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 0.2 5.3

United States

 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 0.3 8.1

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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, 4th quarter 2024(2)
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA

 75,882 -787 1,282,782 9,594 0.8 $1,794 7.2 $29,879,675 8.0

Bastrop

 1,816 1 23,164 1,020 4.6 1,128 9.2 337,443 13.8

Caldwell

 879 -11 10,543 309 3.0 1,065 5.4 145,901 8.5

Hays

 6,265 119 98,543 3,447 3.6 1,098 4.6 1,399,531 8.4

Travis

 51,326 -944 913,887 -3,073 -0.3 1,959 7.5 23,286,264 7.4

Williamson

 15,596 48 236,645 7,891 3.4 1,538 7.5 4,710,536 11.0

Texas

 845,999 7,599 14,129,720 213,741 1.5 $1,488 4.3 $272,949,711 5.9

United States

 12,265,395 255,970 156,202,874 1,188,409 0.8 1,507 5.0 3,062,610,422 6.0

(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