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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

 1,397.3 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 1,414.0 1,412.2 1,416.0 3.8 0.3

Texas

 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 14,363.1 14,356.7 14,403.5 46.8 0.3

United States

 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,621 185 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

 1,395.7 1,406.7 1,411.5 15.8 1.1 14,357.2 106.2 0.7 157,769 229 0.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 91.4 95.1 96.0 4.6 5.0                

Mining & Logging(2)

             208.1 -7.6 -3.5 598 -17 -2.8

Construction(2)

             908.6 15.5 1.7 8,088 39 0.5

Manufacturing

 86.2 85.0 85.5 -0.7 -0.8 974.5 -12.1 -1.2 12,553 -67 -0.5

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 211.5 212.5 212.4 0.9 0.4 2,780.6 16.9 0.6 28,417 -137 -0.5

Information

 50.6 48.9 49.1 -1.5 -3.0 216.1 -6.8 -3.1 2,772 -84 -2.9

Financial Activities

 88.7 91.1 91.4 2.7 3.0 937.2 2.0 0.2 9,073 -72 -0.8

Professional & Business Services

 281.1 285.9 285.9 4.8 1.7 2,144.2 47.7 2.3 22,214 -6 0.0

Private Education & Health Services

 167.7 170.1 171.4 3.7 2.2 2,006.0 36.2 1.8 27,883 652 2.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 152.5 149.8 151.6 -0.9 -0.6 1,532.2 9.9 0.7 16,543 137 0.8

Other Services

 53.7 54.2 54.1 0.4 0.7 492.1 4.3 0.9 5,984 34 0.6

Government

 212.3 214.1 214.1 1.8 0.8 2,157.6 0.2 0.0 23,644 -250 -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

 52,235 48,719 50,710 53,970 56,450 59,038 57,836 - 55,491 49,763 57,564 57,076 53,341 1,106 2.1

Bastrop

 2,047 1,856 2,020 2,287 2,439 2,365 2,275 - 2,124 1,883 2,222 2,205 1,993 -54 -2.6

Caldwell

 901 827 886 965 1,052 1,052 1,021 - 970 868 1,023 1,022 923 22 2.4

Hays

 5,527 5,091 5,484 5,754 6,108 6,368 6,218 - 6,032 5,463 6,391 6,355 5,787 260 4.7

Travis

 28,944 27,071 28,004 29,754 30,969 32,525 31,892 - 30,601 27,447 31,622 31,194 29,333 389 1.3

Williamson

 14,816 13,874 14,316 15,210 15,882 16,728 16,430 - 15,764 14,102 16,306 16,300 15,305 489 3.3

Texas

 634,055 593,972 625,154 673,220 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,695 701,937 649,044 14,989 2.4

United States (in thousands)

 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 95 1.3

(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

 3.4 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.7 - 3.5 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.4 0.0 0.0

Bastrop

 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.9 - 3.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 -0.1 -2.9

Caldwell

 3.5 3.2 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.9 - 3.7 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.5 0.0 0.0

Hays

 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.7 - 3.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 0.1 3.0

Travis

 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 - 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.4 0.1 3.0

Williamson

 3.4 3.2 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 - 3.6 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.5 0.1 2.9

Texas

 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 0.1 2.5

United States

 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 0.1 2.4

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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