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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 4,286.6 4,287.1 4,292.0 4,300.4 4,305.2 4,309.0 4,300.3 4,299.4 4,306.0 4,303.1 4,299.7 4,297.9 4,300.8 2.9 0.1

Texas

 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,331.1 14,325.1 14,330.1 14,339.2 14,335.7 14,313.7 14,321.3 14,341.0 19.7 0.1

United States

 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 159,420 159,476 159,526 50 0.0

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SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Fort Worth-Arlington-Grapevine, TX
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Total Nonfarm

 4,324.3 4,336.4 4,338.5 14.2 0.3 3,110.0 3,112.6 3,112.7 2.7 0.1 1,214.3 1,223.8 1,225.8 11.5 0.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 255.0 262.0 259.9 4.9 1.9 169.3 172.0 169.7 0.4 0.2 85.7 90.0 90.2 4.5 5.3

Manufacturing

 311.9 306.6 307.6 -4.3 -1.4 204.1 197.8 198.4 -5.7 -2.8 107.8 108.8 109.2 1.4 1.3

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 922.2 915.9 925.7 3.5 0.4 622.0 616.7 623.8 1.8 0.3 300.2 299.2 301.9 1.7 0.6

Information

 89.8 89.4 91.8 2.0 2.2 77.7 77.7 79.9 2.2 2.8 12.1 11.7 11.9 -0.2 -1.7

Financial Activities

 387.6 382.0 384.4 -3.2 -0.8 310.0 304.6 307.1 -2.9 -0.9 77.6 77.4 77.3 -0.3 -0.4

Professional & Business Services

 783.8 769.2 762.1 -21.7 -2.8 628.1 619.2 612.6 -15.5 -2.5 155.7 150.0 149.5 -6.2 -4.0

Education & Health Services

 514.4 532.7 530.9 16.5 3.2 358.0 370.9 369.2 11.2 3.1 156.4 161.8 161.7 5.3 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 428.2 435.0 432.3 4.1 1.0 293.4 297.1 294.9 1.5 0.5 134.8 137.9 137.4 2.6 1.9

Other Services

 139.2 142.8 142.4 3.2 2.3 97.2 99.9 99.8 2.6 2.7 42.0 42.9 42.6 0.6 1.4

Government

 492.2 500.8 501.4 9.2 1.9 350.2 356.7 357.3 7.1 2.0 142.0 144.1 144.1 2.1 1.5

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 157,683 175,649 185,157 171,597 159,466 169,324 172,811 179,798 199,246 191,350 - 182,593 165,531 7,848 5.0

Collin

 23,235 26,112 27,623 25,609 24,064 25,496 25,946 26,932 30,050 29,000 - 27,692 25,190 1,955 8.4

Dallas

 52,970 58,378 61,281 56,844 52,952 55,908 56,733 58,950 65,305 63,399 - 59,750 54,598 1,628 3.1

Denton

 19,769 22,147 23,366 21,747 20,134 21,326 21,742 22,922 25,645 24,047 - 23,663 20,773 1,004 5.1

Ellis

 4,092 4,648 4,876 4,577 4,184 4,463 4,620 4,830 5,290 5,091 - 4,858 4,481 389 9.5

Hunt

 2,072 2,337 2,462 2,237 2,083 2,240 2,265 2,344 2,642 2,530 - 2,425 2,242 170 8.2

Johnson

 3,420 3,870 4,074 3,741 3,379 3,657 3,805 3,985 4,340 4,117 - 3,987 3,630 210 6.1

Kaufman

 3,631 3,965 4,260 4,002 3,685 3,890 3,968 4,202 4,645 4,464 - 4,282 3,922 291 8.0

Parker

 2,744 3,153 3,346 3,031 2,800 3,072 3,058 3,178 3,571 3,336 - 3,278 2,900 156 5.7

Rockwall

 2,321 2,624 2,791 2,569 2,376 2,562 2,608 2,720 3,064 2,943 - 2,773 2,493 172 7.4

Tarrant

 42,078 46,890 49,479 45,779 42,514 45,329 46,636 48,161 52,910 50,865 - 48,233 43,927 1,849 4.4

Wise

 1,351 1,525 1,599 1,461 1,295 1,381 1,430 1,574 1,784 1,558 - 1,652 1,375 24 1.8

Texas

 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 671,937 740,432 708,789 - 677,576 624,263 40,461 6.9

United States (in thousands)

 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 551 8.5

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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
Unemployment rate, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 3.5 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.2 - 4.0 3.6 0.1

Collin

 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.2 - 4.0 3.6 0.2

Dallas

 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.5 4.3 - 4.1 3.8 0.1

Denton

 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.0 - 3.9 3.4 0.1

Ellis

 3.3 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.1 - 3.9 3.6 0.3

Hunt

 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.5 - 4.3 4.0 0.3

Johnson

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

Kaufman

 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.5 - 4.3 3.9 0.2

Parker

 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.6 - 3.5 3.1 0.1

Rockwall

 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.0 - 3.7 3.4 0.2

Tarrant

 3.5 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.2 - 3.9 3.6 0.1

Wise

 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.3 3.8 - 4.0 3.3 0.0

Texas

 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.4 - 4.2 3.9 0.2

United States

 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 0.3

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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), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2025(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 209,203 -3,027 4,032,109 29,588 0.7 $1,520 2.4 $79,821,021 3.5

Collin

 34,896 34 559,742 14,713 2.7 1,651 2.2 12,069,034 5.8

Dallas

 82,275 -2,229 1,827,523 577 0.0 1,675 2.0 39,799,496 2.2

Denton

 20,809 -27 314,914 2,636 0.8 1,250 2.9 5,198,728 4.5

Ellis

 4,007 81 64,169 1,901 3.1 1,094 1.6 911,751 4.5

Hunt

 1,823 13 33,724 786 2.4 1,172 2.4 511,560 3.3

Johnson

 4,107 16 61,216 332 0.5 1,120 3.6 891,210 4.4

Kaufman

 2,694 2 45,406 1,867 4.3 1,047 2.1 617,265 6.5

Parker

 3,819 64 42,748 731 1.7 1,097 3.5 610,304 6.1

Rockwall

 3,379 2 43,764 2,132 5.1 1,093 3.8 620,730 9.4

Tarrant

 49,708 -1,008 1,016,909 3,190 0.3 1,380 3.1 18,257,198 4.0

Wise

 1,686 25 21,994 723 3.4 1,175 7.2 333,746 10.2

Texas

 849,474 4,906 14,070,522 136,266 1.0 $1,420 3.0 $260,374,583 4.3

United States

 12,244,089 222,362 156,428,758 420,473 0.3 1,436 3.4 2,916,174,912 3.9

(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