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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

 4,273.4 4,277.8 4,276.7 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 4,303.9 -2.1 0.0

Texas

 14,175.8 14,179.9 14,174.7 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 14,343.8 4.6 0.0

United States

 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 108 0.1

(p) Preliminary

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

 4,264.8 4,295.9 4,298.9 34.1 0.8 3,066.9 3,083.6 3,087.5 20.6 0.7 1,197.9 1,212.3 1,211.4 13.5 1.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 257.9 262.5 263.3 5.4 2.1 171.4 173.2 173.9 2.5 1.5 86.5 89.3 89.4 2.9 3.4

Manufacturing

 312.0 309.8 308.7 -3.3 -1.1 204.2 199.7 199.9 -4.3 -2.1 107.8 110.1 108.8 1.0 0.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 889.9 893.0 892.7 2.8 0.3 602.1 603.9 602.1 0.0 0.0 287.8 289.1 290.6 2.8 1.0

Information

 88.4 89.1 88.2 -0.2 -0.2 76.4 77.2 76.5 0.1 0.1 12.0 11.9 11.7 -0.3 -2.5

Financial Activities

 381.8 384.0 383.0 1.2 0.3 305.1 305.9 305.3 0.2 0.1 76.7 78.1 77.7 1.0 1.3

Professional & Business Services

 775.3 766.7 765.6 -9.7 -1.3 621.0 615.2 614.7 -6.3 -1.0 154.3 151.5 150.9 -3.4 -2.2

Education & Health Services

 513.2 528.6 529.7 16.5 3.2 356.7 369.8 370.9 14.2 4.0 156.5 158.8 158.8 2.3 1.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 426.3 439.2 435.5 9.2 2.2 291.0 298.7 296.8 5.8 2.0 135.3 140.5 138.7 3.4 2.5

Other Services

 141.4 142.8 142.0 0.6 0.4 98.5 99.9 99.7 1.2 1.2 42.9 42.9 42.3 -0.6 -1.4

Government

 478.6 480.2 490.2 11.6 2.4 340.5 340.1 347.7 7.2 2.1 138.1 140.1 142.5 4.4 3.2

(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

 177,386 175,695 176,071 157,683 175,649 185,157 171,597 159,466 169,324 172,811 179,798 199,246 191,350 13,964 7.9

Collin

 26,125 25,907 25,950 23,235 26,112 27,623 25,609 24,064 25,496 25,946 26,932 30,050 29,000 2,875 11.0

Dallas

 59,575 58,878 58,900 52,970 58,378 61,281 56,844 52,952 55,908 56,733 58,950 65,305 63,399 3,824 6.4

Denton

 22,453 22,026 22,243 19,769 22,147 23,366 21,747 20,134 21,326 21,742 22,922 25,645 24,047 1,594 7.1

Ellis

 4,542 4,550 4,544 4,092 4,648 4,876 4,577 4,184 4,463 4,620 4,830 5,290 5,091 549 12.1

Hunt

 2,313 2,329 2,326 2,072 2,337 2,462 2,237 2,083 2,240 2,265 2,344 2,642 2,530 217 9.4

Johnson

 3,769 3,767 3,835 3,420 3,870 4,074 3,741 3,379 3,657 3,805 3,985 4,340 4,117 348 9.2

Kaufman

 4,041 3,967 3,939 3,631 3,965 4,260 4,002 3,685 3,890 3,968 4,202 4,645 4,464 423 10.5

Parker

 3,057 3,117 3,131 2,744 3,153 3,346 3,031 2,800 3,072 3,058 3,178 3,571 3,336 279 9.1

Rockwall

 2,596 2,574 2,589 2,321 2,624 2,791 2,569 2,376 2,562 2,608 2,720 3,064 2,943 347 13.4

Tarrant

 47,401 47,066 47,105 42,078 46,890 49,479 45,779 42,514 45,329 46,636 48,161 52,910 50,865 3,464 7.3

Wise

 1,514 1,514 1,509 1,351 1,525 1,599 1,461 1,295 1,381 1,430 1,574 1,784 1,558 44 2.9

Texas

 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 671,937 740,432 708,789 63,542 9.8

United States (in thousands)

 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 800 12.3

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

 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.2 0.3

Collin

 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.9 4.4 4.2 0.4

Dallas

 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.1 4.5 4.3 0.2

Denton

 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.0 0.3

Ellis

 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.8 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.1 0.4

Hunt

 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.5 0.4

Johnson

 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.9 0.3

Kaufman

 4.1 4.0 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.5 0.4

Parker

 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.6 0.2

Rockwall

 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.0 0.5

Tarrant

 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.3 4.2 0.3

Wise

 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.8 4.3 3.8 0.1

Texas

 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.4 0.3

United States

 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 0.4

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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), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2025(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 209,123 -2,483 3,993,792 32,367 0.8 $1,720 4.1 $89,161,128 4.9

Collin

 34,821 227 552,951 15,568 2.9 1,945 6.9 13,960,907 10.1

Dallas

 82,438 -2,099 1,808,341 -1,550 -0.1 1,934 3.9 45,451,951 3.9

Denton

 20,715 60 317,955 5,739 1.8 1,364 3.9 5,619,886 5.9

Ellis

 3,977 77 63,448 1,472 2.4 1,149 3.8 947,828 6.9

Hunt

 1,805 0 33,259 219 0.7 1,256 4.5 540,886 5.0

Johnson

 4,080 22 60,063 -28 0.0 1,130 2.4 873,542 2.9

Kaufman

 2,673 18 44,570 1,936 4.5 1,062 1.4 614,683 5.8

Parker

 3,783 86 42,367 1,507 3.7 1,122 4.7 613,837 8.1

Rockwall

 3,373 1 42,718 1,948 4.8 1,115 5.2 615,949 10.1

Tarrant

 49,791 -889 1,006,631 5,495 0.5 1,501 2.7 19,605,072 3.4

Wise

 1,667 14 21,489 61 0.3 1,142 0.4 316,587 0.2

Texas

 847,604 4,764 14,015,912 161,102 1.2 $1,587 3.1 $288,503,447 4.5

United States

 12,249,320 341,465 154,523,785 675,355 0.4 1,589 4.1 3,182,535,733 4.8

(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