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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

1,353.9 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 1,376.0 3.1 0.2

Texas

14,104.6 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 14,320.1 37.7 0.3

United States

157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,340 159,517 177 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)
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA Texas U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

1,356.1 1,367.7 1,374.0 17.9 1.3 14,302.5 208.0 1.5 159,316 1,878 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

87.7 88.7 88.6 0.9 1.0                

Mining & Logging(2)

            223.2 2.4 1.1 620 -4 -0.6

Construction(2)

            873.4 26.4 3.1 8,226 137 1.7

Manufacturing

73.8 71.4 72.0 -1.8 -2.4 971.7 1.5 0.2 12,716 -85 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

206.7 209.9 210.1 3.4 1.6 2,787.3 45.6 1.7 28,915 259 0.9

Information

50.3 47.6 47.3 -3.0 -6.0 226.1 -0.2 -0.1 2,922 -12 -0.4

Financial Activities

86.6 89.0 89.4 2.8 3.2 939.3 19.8 2.2 9,202 105 1.2

Professional & Business Services

278.2 280.1 282.6 4.4 1.6 2,135.8 19.8 0.9 22,577 -16 -0.1

Private Education & Health Services

161.5 166.3 168.0 6.5 4.0 1,965.2 35.9 1.9 27,321 894 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

150.3 148.9 150.2 -0.1 -0.1 1,520.6 7.3 0.5 16,857 217 1.3

Other Services

53.7 53.5 53.4 -0.3 -0.6 488.2 8.7 1.8 6,021 78 1.3

Government

207.3 212.3 212.4 5.1 2.5 2,171.7 40.8 1.9 23,939 305 1.3

(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

46,453 49,247 57,159 57,457 57,594 53,734 53,442 53,537 47,710 52,981 55,976 51,689 47,966 1,513 3.3

Bastrop

1,694 1,843 2,327 2,333 2,204 2,024 2,022 2,025 1,792 2,036 2,168 2,015 1,824 130 7.7

Caldwell

737 828 1,013 1,028 994 880 900 904 803 931 970 884 808 71 9.6

Hays

4,598 5,039 5,932 5,966 5,985 5,542 5,530 5,561 4,947 5,602 5,962 5,437 4,985 387 8.4

Travis

26,354 27,806 31,991 32,084 32,231 30,186 29,906 29,962 26,693 29,419 31,045 28,768 26,762 408 1.5

Williamson

13,070 13,731 15,896 16,046 16,180 15,102 15,084 15,085 13,475 14,993 15,831 14,585 13,587 517 4.0

Texas

551,610 588,166 695,974 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 587,689 36,079 6.5

United States (in thousands)

5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,580 686 11.6

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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

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

Bastrop

3.1 3.3 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.6 3.2 0.1 3.2

Caldwell

3.0 3.4 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.2 0.2 6.7

Hays

2.9 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.3 3.0 0.1 3.4

Travis

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

Williamson

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

Texas

3.6 3.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 0.1 2.8

United States

3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 0.4 11.4

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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 2024(2)
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Establishments Employment Average Weekly Wages(3) Total Wages (in thousands)
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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX MSA

76,458 -330 1,265,199 13,789 1.1 $1,646 4.8 $27,014,976 5.9

Bastrop

1,835 13 22,523 830 3.8 1,035 6.2 302,277 10.2

Caldwell

880 -2 10,318 297 3.0 999 4.3 132,652 6.5

Hays

6,329 184 95,949 4,003 4.4 1,040 3.0 1,279,976 8.1

Travis

51,752 -690 904,401 783 0.1 1,782 5.4 20,906,106 5.3

Williamson

15,662 165 232,008 7,876 3.5 1,453 4.2 4,393,966 7.8

Texas

844,485 8,073 13,933,505 190,267 1.4 $1,396 4.6 $251,861,608 5.9

United States

12,297,414 393,630 155,360,357 1,300,697 0.8 1,394 4.5 2,803,068,632 5.5

(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