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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

 4,296.2 4,301.0 4,309.9 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 4,319.5 -4.0 -0.1

Texas

 14,280.8 14,286.3 14,311.9 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 14,354.6 -8.5 -0.1

United States

 158,310 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,459 -133 -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

 4,274.3 4,291.9 4,298.5 24.2 0.6 3,080.2 3,092.6 3,099.0 18.8 0.6 1,194.1 1,199.3 1,199.5 5.4 0.5

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 260.1 265.9 266.3 6.2 2.4 174.2 177.3 176.9 2.7 1.5 85.9 88.6 89.4 3.5 4.1

Manufacturing

 313.9 310.7 310.7 -3.2 -1.0 204.7 201.5 201.5 -3.2 -1.6 109.2 109.2 109.2 0.0 0.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 888.3 887.4 883.8 -4.5 -0.5 600.9 600.6 598.3 -2.6 -0.4 287.4 286.8 285.5 -1.9 -0.7

Information

 87.2 85.1 85.0 -2.2 -2.5 75.7 73.6 73.6 -2.1 -2.8 11.5 11.5 11.4 -0.1 -0.9

Financial Activities

 387.8 388.2 388.0 0.2 0.1 309.8 312.8 312.6 2.8 0.9 78.0 75.4 75.4 -2.6 -3.3

Professional & Business Services

 767.8 779.7 783.6 15.8 2.1 619.2 629.1 632.8 13.6 2.2 148.6 150.6 150.8 2.2 1.5

Education & Health Services

 521.5 522.8 523.8 2.3 0.4 362.8 362.4 363.6 0.8 0.2 158.7 160.4 160.2 1.5 0.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 420.2 424.0 425.2 5.0 1.2 287.2 287.4 287.7 0.5 0.2 133.0 136.6 137.5 4.5 3.4

Other Services

 140.5 141.5 140.8 0.3 0.2 98.3 99.0 98.5 0.2 0.2 42.2 42.5 42.3 0.1 0.2

Government

 487.0 486.6 491.3 4.3 0.9 347.4 348.9 353.5 6.1 1.8 139.6 137.7 137.8 -1.8 -1.3

(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

 185,157 171,597 159,466 169,324 172,811 179,798 199,246 191,350 - 182,593 165,531 190,228 188,684 3,527 1.9

Collin

 27,623 25,609 24,064 25,496 25,946 26,932 30,050 29,000 - 27,692 25,190 29,134 29,005 1,382 5.0

Dallas

 61,281 56,844 52,952 55,908 56,733 58,950 65,305 63,399 - 59,750 54,598 62,077 61,391 110 0.2

Denton

 23,366 21,747 20,134 21,326 21,742 22,922 25,645 24,047 - 23,663 20,773 23,981 23,838 472 2.0

Ellis

 4,876 4,577 4,184 4,463 4,620 4,830 5,290 5,091 - 4,858 4,481 5,164 5,159 283 5.8

Hunt

 2,462 2,237 2,083 2,240 2,265 2,344 2,642 2,530 - 2,425 2,242 2,627 2,576 114 4.6

Johnson

 4,074 3,741 3,379 3,657 3,805 3,985 4,340 4,117 - 3,987 3,630 4,230 4,226 152 3.7

Kaufman

 4,260 4,002 3,685 3,890 3,968 4,202 4,645 4,464 - 4,282 3,922 4,581 4,546 286 6.7

Parker

 3,346 3,031 2,800 3,072 3,058 3,178 3,571 3,336 - 3,278 2,900 3,399 3,379 33 1.0

Rockwall

 2,791 2,569 2,376 2,562 2,608 2,720 3,064 2,943 - 2,773 2,493 2,919 2,884 93 3.3

Tarrant

 49,479 45,779 42,514 45,329 46,636 48,161 52,910 50,865 - 48,233 43,927 50,466 50,058 579 1.2

Wise

 1,599 1,461 1,295 1,381 1,430 1,574 1,784 1,558 - 1,652 1,375 1,650 1,622 23 1.4

Texas

 674,622 634,055 593,972 625,154 673,220 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,695 701,959 27,337 4.1

United States (in thousands)

 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 480 6.3

(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

 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.4 4.2 - 4.0 3.6 4.2 4.1 0.0

Collin

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

Dallas

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

Denton

 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.2 4.0 - 3.9 3.4 4.0 3.9 0.0

Ellis

 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.9 4.3 4.1 - 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.1 0.2

Hunt

 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.5 - 4.3 4.0 4.6 4.5 0.1

Johnson

 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.8 4.1 3.9 - 3.7 3.4 4.0 4.0 0.1

Kaufman

 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.2 4.7 4.5 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 0.1

Parker

 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.6 - 3.5 3.1 3.7 3.6 0.0

Rockwall

 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.7 4.1 4.0 - 3.7 3.4 3.9 3.8 0.0

Tarrant

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

Wise

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

Texas

 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 0.1

United States

 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 0.2

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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, 3rd quarter 2025(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 210,029 -1,549 4,037,476 35,463 0.9 $1,537 3.9 $80,634,863 4.9

Collin

 35,170 237 562,215 13,199 2.4 1,699 4.8 12,410,056 7.5

Dallas

 82,423 -1,639 1,829,997 6,343 0.3 1,683 4.3 40,069,657 4.7

Denton

 20,967 188 317,454 5,565 1.8 1,276 4.2 5,252,754 5.9

Ellis

 4,028 103 64,066 974 1.5 1,133 2.1 943,015 4.4

Hunt

 1,833 26 33,115 403 1.2 1,259 4.1 539,033 5.5

Johnson

 4,135 79 60,698 855 1.4 1,149 4.5 911,078 6.0

Kaufman

 2,716 45 45,814 1,881 4.3 1,078 3.0 638,178 7.6

Parker

 3,851 92 42,945 1,481 3.6 1,111 2.3 616,392 5.7

Rockwall

 3,417 28 44,095 2,713 6.6 1,115 3.9 634,586 10.2

Tarrant

 49,800 -747 1,015,247 1,052 0.1 1,387 2.6 18,279,991 2.9

Wise

 1,689 39 21,830 997 4.8 1,194 5.6 340,121 10.6

Texas

 854,878 7,056 14,062,349 103,352 0.7 $1,444 3.6 $263,683,989 4.7

United States

 12,353,804 251,610 155,767,691 123,258 0.1 1,459 4.7 2,946,280,747 5.0

(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