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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

 1,404.2 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 1,414.3 1,418.5 1,421.2 2.7 0.2

Texas

 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 14,394.0 14,401.4 14,419.2 17.8 0.1

United States

 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,829 159,001 172 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

 1,409.4 1,417.4 1,424.3 14.9 1.1 14,454.6 98.0 0.7 159,467 435 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 92.7 96.3 98.4 5.7 6.1                

Mining & Logging(2)

             213.6 -1.1 -0.5 612 -6 -1.0

Construction(2)

             919.5 15.1 1.7 8,384 58 0.7

Manufacturing

 85.9 85.1 85.3 -0.6 -0.7 975.1 -11.8 -1.2 12,595 -47 -0.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 212.4 213.0 213.4 1.0 0.5 2,793.5 25.0 0.9 28,595 -36 -0.1

Information

 50.4 49.0 48.8 -1.6 -3.2 213.8 -9.7 -4.3 2,776 -87 -3.0

Financial Activities

 90.1 91.5 92.8 2.7 3.0 936.1 -3.6 -0.4 9,079 -107 -1.2

Professional & Business Services

 283.8 287.1 286.8 3.0 1.1 2,161.4 38.6 1.8 22,532 39 0.2

Private Education & Health Services

 169.8 172.2 171.7 1.9 1.1 2,009.9 27.0 1.4 27,903 629 2.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 155.5 153.4 155.2 -0.3 -0.2 1,568.8 8.0 0.5 17,309 147 0.9

Other Services

 54.9 54.7 55.5 0.6 1.1 499.9 4.3 0.9 6,053 32 0.5

Government

 213.9 215.1 216.4 2.5 1.2 2,163.0 6.2 0.3 23,629 -187 -0.8

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

 50,710 53,970 56,450 59,038 57,836 - 55,491 49,763 57,564 57,076 53,362 52,375 55,301 4,591 9.1

Bastrop

 2,020 2,287 2,439 2,365 2,275 - 2,124 1,883 2,222 2,205 1,991 1,961 2,163 143 7.1

Caldwell

 886 965 1,052 1,052 1,021 - 970 868 1,023 1,022 923 905 992 106 12.0

Hays

 5,484 5,754 6,108 6,368 6,218 - 6,032 5,463 6,391 6,355 5,784 5,600 6,048 564 10.3

Travis

 28,004 29,754 30,969 32,525 31,892 - 30,601 27,447 31,622 31,194 29,348 28,851 30,311 2,307 8.2

Williamson

 14,316 15,210 15,882 16,728 16,430 - 15,764 14,102 16,306 16,300 15,316 15,058 15,787 1,471 10.3

Texas

 625,154 673,220 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,695 701,937 649,000 632,637 677,888 52,734 8.4

United States (in thousands)

 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 89 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

 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.7 - 3.5 3.2 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.5 0.2 6.1

Bastrop

 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.9 - 3.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.4 3.7 0.2 5.7

Caldwell

 3.4 3.7 4.0 4.0 3.9 - 3.7 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.8 0.4 11.8

Hays

 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.8 3.7 - 3.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.6 0.3 9.1

Travis

 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.6 - 3.5 3.1 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.5 0.3 9.4

Williamson

 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.8 - 3.6 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.6 0.3 9.1

Texas

 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 0.3 7.5

United States

 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 0.1 2.5

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

 76,604 310 1,316,516 32,151 2.5 $1,878 5.4 $32,101,625 8.1

Bastrop

 1,858 30 23,841 735 3.2 1,095 -2.9 339,603 0.9

Caldwell

 895 16 11,361 811 7.7 1,160 9.0 171,230 17.3

Hays

 6,438 118 101,609 2,523 2.5 1,134 3.2 1,492,831 6.0

Travis

 51,464 -127 939,358 24,601 2.7 2,061 6.1 25,138,970 8.8

Williamson

 15,949 273 240,347 3,481 1.5 1,590 3.6 4,958,991 5.4

Texas

 860,781 11,747 14,255,229 107,806 0.8 $1,549 4.2 $286,798,263 5.0

United States

 12,428,415 230,709 156,700,218 299,175 0.2 1,569 4.2 3,199,848,462 4.4

(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