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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

 1,368.9 1,369.2 1,372.1 1,372.9 1,374.4 1,375.5 1,372.6 1,373.3 1,376.3 1,373.9 1,373.6 1,375.7 1,379.0 3.3 0.2

Texas

 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,331.1 14,325.1 14,330.1 14,339.2 14,335.7 14,313.7 14,321.3 14,341.0 19.7 0.1

United States

 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 159,420 159,476 159,526 50 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

 1,379.3 1,388.3 1,389.4 10.1 0.7 14,450.1 120.7 0.8 160,448 525 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 89.9 90.3 90.2 0.3 0.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             221.1 3.6 1.7 606 -17 -2.7

Construction(2)

             876.6 12.7 1.5 8,231 12 0.1

Manufacturing

 73.2 72.9 73.1 -0.1 -0.1 972.7 -3.5 -0.4 12,711 -75 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 216.8 216.1 219.6 2.8 1.3 2,887.9 34.9 1.2 29,707 -92 -0.3

Information

 49.8 48.3 47.8 -2.0 -4.0 225.8 -4.6 -2.0 2,932 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 89.9 91.7 91.7 1.8 2.0 943.4 0.8 0.1 9,274 39 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 282.1 275.1 276.1 -6.0 -2.1 2,134.2 -14.7 -0.7 22,605 -102 -0.4

Private Education & Health Services

 165.1 169.6 169.3 4.2 2.5 1,991.8 42.8 2.2 27,793 700 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 147.6 150.5 149.2 1.6 1.1 1,526.4 25.0 1.7 16,861 189 1.1

Other Services

 53.7 54.2 54.1 0.4 0.7 495.3 8.5 1.7 6,042 60 1.0

Government

 211.2 219.6 218.3 7.1 3.4 2,174.9 15.2 0.7 23,686 -157 -0.7

(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

 47,710 52,981 55,976 51,689 48,060 51,071 51,502 53,318 59,831 57,484 - 54,832 49,626 1,916 4.0

Bastrop

 1,792 2,036 2,168 2,015 1,824 2,020 2,171 2,283 2,375 2,242 - 2,087 1,866 74 4.1

Caldwell

 803 931 970 884 808 883 912 984 1,049 1,002 - 945 856 53 6.6

Hays

 4,947 5,602 5,962 5,437 4,999 5,493 5,461 5,737 6,411 6,142 - 5,926 5,427 480 9.7

Travis

 26,693 29,419 31,045 28,768 26,823 28,335 28,515 29,385 33,139 31,859 - 30,394 27,478 785 2.9

Williamson

 13,475 14,993 15,831 14,585 13,606 14,340 14,443 14,929 16,857 16,239 - 15,480 13,999 524 3.9

Texas

 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 671,937 740,432 708,789 - 677,576 624,263 40,461 6.9

United States (in thousands)

 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 551 8.5

(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

 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.4 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.9 3.8 - 3.6 3.2 0.1 3.2

Bastrop

 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 3.9 - 3.6 3.3 0.1 3.1

Caldwell

 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.9 4.2 4.0 - 3.7 3.4 0.2 6.3

Hays

 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.7 - 3.6 3.3 0.3 10.0

Travis

 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.1 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.7 - 3.5 3.2 0.1 3.2

Williamson

 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 4.0 3.9 - 3.7 3.3 0.1 3.1

Texas

 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.4 - 4.2 3.9 0.2 5.4

United States

 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 0.3 7.9

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

 75,916 -1,223 1,292,530 25,112 2.0 $1,683 3.5 $28,286,124 5.8

Bastrop

 1,847 14 23,477 858 3.8 1,023 2.6 312,093 6.4

Caldwell

 886 -6 10,937 626 6.1 1,097 7.4 156,296 14.0

Hays

 6,375 -17 96,859 3,237 3.5 1,080 3.0 1,373,259 6.3

Travis

 51,011 -1,252 921,880 15,182 1.7 1,826 3.6 21,894,341 5.7

Williamson

 15,797 38 239,377 5,209 2.2 1,465 3.4 4,550,135 6.1

Texas

 849,474 4,906 14,070,522 136,266 1.0 $1,420 3.0 $260,374,583 4.3

United States

 12,244,089 222,362 156,428,758 420,473 0.3 1,436 3.4 2,916,174,912 3.9

(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