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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

 1,351.3 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 1,374.1 2.0 0.1

Texas

 14,090.5 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 14,282.6 26.5 0.2

United States

 157,517 157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,170 159,398 228 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

 1,349.8 1,366.7 1,369.0 19.2 1.4 14,230.0 182.0 1.3 158,506 1,894 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 87.6 88.6 88.7 1.1 1.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             221.0 0.5 0.2 618 -12 -1.9

Construction(2)

             871.4 23.1 2.7 8,079 140 1.8

Manufacturing

 74.2 71.7 71.7 -2.5 -3.4 966.3 -4.4 -0.5 12,710 -80 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 206.3 210.0 209.9 3.6 1.7 2,780.7 41.5 1.5 28,911 297 1.0

Information

 50.9 48.0 47.9 -3.0 -5.9 226.6 0.5 0.2 2,922 -18 -0.6

Financial Activities

 85.9 88.9 88.9 3.0 3.5 936.4 19.8 2.2 9,188 94 1.0

Professional & Business Services

 276.6 280.8 279.0 2.4 0.9 2,105.1 -2.5 -0.1 22,357 -39 -0.2

Private Education & Health Services

 159.0 166.2 167.2 8.2 5.2 1,956.8 42.0 2.2 27,232 907 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 148.8 147.1 149.6 0.8 0.5 1,504.0 9.3 0.6 16,572 210 1.3

Other Services

 53.8 53.1 53.6 -0.2 -0.4 491.1 13.7 2.9 5,996 91 1.5

Government

 206.7 212.3 212.5 5.8 2.8 2,170.6 38.5 1.8 23,921 304 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

 51,750 46,453 49,247 57,159 57,457 57,594 53,734 53,442 53,537 47,710 52,981 55,976 51,659 -91 -0.2

Bastrop

 2,017 1,694 1,843 2,327 2,333 2,204 2,024 2,022 2,025 1,792 2,036 2,168 2,017 0 0.0

Caldwell

 882 737 828 1,013 1,028 994 880 900 904 803 931 970 886 4 0.5

Hays

 5,161 4,598 5,039 5,932 5,966 5,985 5,542 5,530 5,561 4,947 5,602 5,962 5,437 276 5.3

Travis

 29,227 26,354 27,806 31,991 32,084 32,231 30,186 29,906 29,962 26,693 29,419 31,045 28,733 -494 -1.7

Williamson

 14,463 13,070 13,731 15,896 16,046 16,180 15,102 15,084 15,085 13,475 14,993 15,831 14,586 123 0.9

Texas

 609,670 551,610 588,166 695,974 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,942 20,272 3.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 638 9.7

(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

 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.7 3.4 -0.1 -2.9

Bastrop

 3.6 3.1 3.3 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.6 0.0 0.0

Caldwell

 3.6 3.0 3.4 4.1 4.1 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.5 -0.1 -2.8

Hays

 3.2 2.9 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.6 3.3 0.1 3.1

Travis

 3.5 3.1 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1 3.4 3.6 3.3 -0.2 -5.7

Williamson

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

Texas

 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 0.1 2.6

United States

 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 0.3 7.7

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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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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