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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

 4,315.1 4,304.6 4,316.2 4,316.4 4,318.6 4,308.0 4,311.9 4,319.6 4,323.5 4,319.9 4,340.8 4,343.9 4,345.8 1.9 0.0

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, 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

 4,325.6 4,335.3 4,350.3 24.7 0.6 3,114.2 3,122.5 3,130.7 16.5 0.5 1,211.4 1,212.8 1,219.6 8.2 0.7

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 266.2 267.8 270.3 4.1 1.5 178.2 178.0 179.9 1.7 1.0 88.0 89.8 90.4 2.4 2.7

Manufacturing

 314.5 309.6 310.9 -3.6 -1.1 204.5 200.5 201.6 -2.9 -1.4 110.0 109.1 109.3 -0.7 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 885.1 890.8 894.2 9.1 1.0 598.6 601.8 603.2 4.6 0.8 286.5 289.0 291.0 4.5 1.6

Information

 87.3 84.7 85.0 -2.3 -2.6 75.3 73.3 73.6 -1.7 -2.3 12.0 11.4 11.4 -0.6 -5.0

Financial Activities

 390.2 387.7 387.3 -2.9 -0.7 311.6 311.8 311.1 -0.5 -0.2 78.6 75.9 76.2 -2.4 -3.1

Professional & Business Services

 779.4 793.8 790.3 10.9 1.4 627.9 639.5 635.4 7.5 1.2 151.5 154.3 154.9 3.4 2.2

Education & Health Services

 527.9 528.7 528.1 0.2 0.0 367.9 367.5 367.5 -0.4 -0.1 160.0 161.2 160.6 0.6 0.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 441.0 435.5 443.8 2.8 0.6 299.2 294.0 299.3 0.1 0.0 141.8 141.5 144.5 2.7 1.9

Other Services

 143.7 142.5 144.5 0.8 0.6 100.7 99.8 101.7 1.0 1.0 43.0 42.7 42.8 -0.2 -0.5

Government

 490.3 494.2 495.9 5.6 1.1 350.3 356.3 357.4 7.1 2.0 140.0 137.9 138.5 -1.5 -1.1

(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

 167,886 180,888 189,942 196,455 192,348 - 184,630 165,713 190,228 188,699 175,535 172,479 184,221 16,335 9.7

Collin

 25,535 27,416 28,676 29,903 29,392 - 28,257 25,431 29,134 29,010 27,008 26,774 28,292 2,757 10.8

Dallas

 55,152 59,110 62,019 64,050 63,421 - 60,101 54,405 62,077 61,397 57,355 56,556 60,074 4,922 8.9

Denton

 21,237 22,842 24,284 25,372 24,252 - 24,012 20,875 23,981 23,842 22,356 21,903 23,377 2,140 10.1

Ellis

 4,454 4,864 5,129 5,249 5,152 - 4,942 4,506 5,164 5,157 4,741 4,594 4,953 499 11.2

Hunt

 2,239 2,392 2,505 2,635 2,569 - 2,476 2,267 2,627 2,576 2,364 2,284 2,469 230 10.3

Johnson

 3,637 3,993 4,230 4,297 4,155 - 4,049 3,648 4,230 4,226 3,866 3,653 4,013 376 10.3

Kaufman

 3,927 4,224 4,525 4,666 4,564 - 4,405 3,998 4,581 4,548 4,220 4,189 4,498 571 14.5

Parker

 3,063 3,219 3,381 3,545 3,376 - 3,333 2,918 3,399 3,379 3,070 2,979 3,252 189 6.2

Rockwall

 2,572 2,765 2,913 3,063 2,996 - 2,837 2,525 2,919 2,885 2,636 2,612 2,830 258 10.0

Tarrant

 44,698 48,563 50,612 51,908 50,896 - 48,541 43,758 50,466 50,058 46,454 45,499 48,921 4,223 9.4

Wise

 1,372 1,500 1,668 1,767 1,575 - 1,677 1,382 1,650 1,621 1,465 1,436 1,542 170 12.4

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

 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 - 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.8 4.0 0.3

Collin

 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.1 - 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.8 4.0 0.4

Dallas

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

Denton

 3.5 3.8 4.0 4.1 4.0 - 3.9 3.4 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.8 0.3

Ellis

 3.6 3.9 4.1 4.2 4.1 - 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.9 0.3

Hunt

 3.9 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.3 0.4

Johnson

 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.0 3.9 - 3.7 3.4 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.7 0.3

Kaufman

 3.8 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.4 - 4.2 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.3 0.5

Parker

 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 3.6 - 3.6 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.5 0.2

Rockwall

 3.4 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.0 - 3.8 3.4 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.8 0.4

Tarrant

 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 - 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.0 0.3

Wise

 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.2 3.8 - 4.0 3.3 4.0 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.7 0.4

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

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

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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, 4th quarter 2025(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 210,497 -390 4,098,507 34,361 0.8 $1,651 3.9 $87,746,104 4.7

Collin

 35,427 497 572,394 11,804 2.1 1,786 3.7 13,254,498 5.9

Dallas

 82,560 -1,064 1,853,927 3,344 0.2 1,823 4.1 43,873,460 4.2

Denton

 21,024 255 323,919 6,321 2.0 1,344 3.7 5,654,096 5.6

Ellis

 4,049 124 65,272 1,147 1.8 1,177 1.6 998,376 3.0

Hunt

 1,847 51 33,535 568 1.7 1,258 6.3 549,865 7.7

Johnson

 4,126 81 61,302 1,542 2.6 1,205 5.4 957,601 7.7

Kaufman

 2,707 55 47,780 3,016 6.7 1,233 4.3 757,619 10.9

Parker

 3,853 77 43,683 1,226 2.9 1,221 6.0 692,875 9.5

Rockwall

 3,442 70 44,868 1,621 3.7 1,259 5.7 732,526 10.5

Tarrant

 49,779 -569 1,029,763 3,096 0.3 1,493 3.8 19,909,009 4.0

Wise

 1,683 33 22,064 676 3.2 1,276 6.0 366,178 10.0

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