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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

 1,327.3 1,332.1 1,335.1 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 1,359.3 4.1 0.3

Texas

 13,878.9 13,921.4 13,900.9 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 14,195.6 41.8 0.3

United States

 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,271 158,543 272 0.2

(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

 1,330.2 1,352.8 1,357.8 27.6 2.1 14,198.7 308.0 2.2 158,918 2,786 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 82.3 85.2 86.1 3.8 4.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             206.9 -6.4 -3.0 633 -7 -1.1

Construction(2)

             849.0 30.0 3.7 8,278 254 3.2

Manufacturing

 72.7 73.1 73.3 0.6 0.8 971.3 18.7 2.0 12,940 30 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 205.4 209.2 209.5 4.1 2.0 2,768.7 30.3 1.1 28,892 193 0.7

Information

 52.5 50.6 50.3 -2.2 -4.2 233.4 -1.9 -0.8 2,995 -44 -1.4

Financial Activities

 82.3 83.7 83.9 1.6 1.9 914.9 14.9 1.7 9,200 36 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 284.9 285.5 284.2 -0.7 -0.2 2,141.8 29.0 1.4 22,987 115 0.5

Private Education & Health Services

 154.3 159.7 159.8 5.5 3.6 1,942.6 52.6 2.8 26,269 1,059 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 148.5 151.2 155.0 6.5 4.4 1,550.5 52.8 3.5 17,194 412 2.5

Other Services

 51.1 54.1 54.4 3.3 6.5 494.1 23.3 4.9 5,927 97 1.7

Government

 196.2 200.5 201.3 5.1 2.6 2,125.5 64.7 3.1 23,603 641 2.8

(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

 47,256 50,496 51,953 52,893 50,492 47,657 44,673 43,122 50,267 54,859 51,724 44,737 47,011   -245 -0.5

Bastrop

 1,624 1,851 1,938 1,870 1,705 1,621 1,497 1,431 1,724 1,888 1,876 1,510 1,621   -3 -0.2

Caldwell

 750 833 897 851 755 719 696 674 819 884 867 698 781   31 4.1

Hays

 4,608 4,989 5,114 5,150 4,829 4,605 4,308 4,102 4,950 5,410 4,927 4,238 4,614   6 0.1

Travis

 27,666 29,403 30,214 31,017 29,624 27,832 26,026 25,090 29,097 31,649 29,950 25,985 27,209   -457 -1.7

Williamson

 12,608 13,420 13,790 14,005 13,579 12,880 12,146 11,825 13,677 15,028 14,104 12,306 12,786   178 1.4

Texas

 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,938   -7,967 -1.4

United States (in thousands)

 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235   535 9.4

(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 metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.4 3.7 3.5 3.0 3.2   -0.1 -3.0

Bastrop

 3.3 3.7 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.7 3.7 3.0 3.2   -0.1 -3.0

Caldwell

 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.8 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.1 3.5   0.1 2.9

Hays

 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.8 3.4 3.7 3.4 2.9 3.2   0.0 0.0

Travis

 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.1   -0.1 -3.1

Williamson

 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.3   0.0 0.0

Texas

 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.8   -0.1 -2.6

United States (in thousands)

 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7   0.3 8.8

(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, 4th quarter 2023(2)
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 76,379 260 1,270,338 36,509 3.0 $1,676 3.7 $27,624,914 6.7

Bastrop

 1,810 26 22,065 606 2.8 1,034 1.8 296,506 4.7

Caldwell

 883 33 10,236 576 6.0 1,009 8.4 134,291 14.1

Hays

 6,123 143 94,722 6,696 7.6 1,053 1.3 1,289,314 8.7

Travis

 52,086 -254 915,224 14,091 1.6 1,824 4.2 21,673,588 5.7

Williamson

 15,477 312 228,091 14,540 6.8 1,431 4.1 4,231,215 11.2

Texas

 835,116 18,819 13,905,413 314,019 2.3 $1,427 4.0 $257,677,536 6.5

United States

 12,090,132 335,223 154,848,113 2,322,828 1.5 1,435 3.6 2,886,734,623 5.2

(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