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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

 4,264.0 4,270.8 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 4,300.0 -0.3 0.0

Texas

 14,101.3 14,152.1 14,175.8 14,179.9 14,174.7 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,331.1 14,325.1 14,333.8 8.7 0.1

United States

 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,466 159,539 73 0.0

(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

 4,249.3 4,304.8 4,292.6 43.3 1.0 3,056.9 3,090.9 3,079.1 22.2 0.7 1,192.4 1,213.9 1,213.5 21.1 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 257.3 262.5 262.6 5.3 2.1 170.9 173.2 173.4 2.5 1.5 86.4 89.3 89.2 2.8 3.2

Manufacturing

 313.4 310.7 310.9 -2.5 -0.8 205.2 201.5 201.5 -3.7 -1.8 108.2 109.2 109.4 1.2 1.1

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 887.0 894.7 895.0 8.0 0.9 600.1 604.8 604.4 4.3 0.7 286.9 289.9 290.6 3.7 1.3

Information

 89.2 89.3 89.4 0.2 0.2 76.9 77.3 77.4 0.5 0.7 12.3 12.0 12.0 -0.3 -2.4

Financial Activities

 382.9 385.0 386.5 3.6 0.9 305.9 306.7 308.0 2.1 0.7 77.0 78.3 78.5 1.5 1.9

Professional & Business Services

 776.1 761.9 768.3 -7.8 -1.0 623.6 611.3 615.4 -8.2 -1.3 152.5 150.6 152.9 0.4 0.3

Education & Health Services

 506.4 526.6 523.1 16.7 3.3 351.9 367.8 364.3 12.4 3.5 154.5 158.8 158.8 4.3 2.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 434.3 446.5 442.1 7.8 1.8 298.0 304.3 300.8 2.8 0.9 136.3 142.2 141.3 5.0 3.7

Other Services

 142.9 143.5 142.9 0.0 0.0 99.6 101.0 100.2 0.6 0.6 43.3 42.5 42.7 -0.6 -1.4

Government

 459.8 484.1 471.8 12.0 2.6 324.8 343.0 333.7 8.9 2.7 135.0 141.1 138.1 3.1 2.3

(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

 192,151 190,393 177,386 175,695 176,071 157,683 175,649 185,157 171,597 159,466 169,324 172,811 179,701 -12,450 -6.5

Collin

 28,207 28,059 26,125 25,907 25,950 23,235 26,112 27,623 25,609 24,064 25,496 25,946 26,862 -1,345 -4.8

Dallas

 63,577 63,234 59,575 58,878 58,900 52,970 58,378 61,281 56,844 52,952 55,908 56,733 58,911 -4,666 -7.3

Denton

 24,661 24,592 22,453 22,026 22,243 19,769 22,147 23,366 21,747 20,134 21,326 21,742 22,899 -1,762 -7.1

Ellis

 4,947 4,919 4,542 4,550 4,544 4,092 4,648 4,876 4,577 4,184 4,463 4,620 4,833 -114 -2.3

Hunt

 2,522 2,453 2,313 2,329 2,326 2,072 2,337 2,462 2,237 2,083 2,240 2,265 2,350 -172 -6.8

Johnson

 4,206 4,086 3,769 3,767 3,835 3,420 3,870 4,074 3,741 3,379 3,657 3,805 3,992 -214 -5.1

Kaufman

 4,308 4,274 4,041 3,967 3,939 3,631 3,965 4,260 4,002 3,685 3,890 3,968 4,199 -109 -2.5

Parker

 3,377 3,361 3,057 3,117 3,131 2,744 3,153 3,346 3,031 2,800 3,072 3,058 3,180 -197 -5.8

Rockwall

 2,763 2,788 2,596 2,574 2,589 2,321 2,624 2,791 2,569 2,376 2,562 2,608 2,723 -40 -1.4

Tarrant

 51,854 50,906 47,401 47,066 47,105 42,078 46,890 49,479 45,779 42,514 45,329 46,636 48,174 -3,680 -7.1

Wise

 1,729 1,721 1,514 1,514 1,509 1,351 1,525 1,599 1,461 1,295 1,381 1,430 1,578 -151 -8.7

Texas

 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 672,060 -40,179 -5.6

United States (in thousands)

 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 162 2.1

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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
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

 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.5 3.9 4.1 3.8 3.5 3.7 3.8 4.0 -0.2

Collin

 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.7 3.8 3.9 -0.2

Dallas

 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.1 -0.3

Denton

 4.1 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.6 3.8 -0.3

Ellis

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

Hunt

 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.0 4.2 -0.3

Johnson

 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.6 3.2 3.7 3.9 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.8 -0.2

Kaufman

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

Parker

 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.0 3.5 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.5 -0.2

Rockwall

 3.8 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.2 3.6 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.5 3.5 3.7 -0.1

Tarrant

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

Wise

 4.2 4.2 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.7 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.8 -0.4

Texas

 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 -0.3

United States

 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 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 2024(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 209,859 -4,330 4,051,124 1,848 0.0 $1,590 3.7 $83,605,136 3.8

Collin

 34,730 51 558,692 18,847 3.5 1,720 5.5 12,458,579 9.1

Dallas

 83,230 -1,958 1,844,755 -12,094 -0.7 1,754 3.3 42,026,463 2.7

Denton

 20,656 95 316,080 500 0.2 1,296 4.2 5,331,067 4.9

Ellis

 3,909 28 64,011 2,349 3.8 1,160 5.2 968,264 9.2

Hunt

 1,788 -15 32,850 -783 -2.3 1,186 1.2 510,345 0.0

Johnson

 4,028 19 59,654 1,483 2.5 1,143 3.3 887,981 6.7

Kaufman

 2,639 11 44,520 1,784 4.2 1,184 4.0 681,248 8.7

Parker

 3,748 104 42,130 1,034 2.5 1,152 1.1 628,448 3.4

Rockwall

 3,358 5 43,125 2,046 5.0 1,192 4.1 661,876 8.3

Tarrant

 50,134 -705 1,023,953 9,230 0.9 1,440 3.2 19,119,092 4.2

Wise

 1,639 12 21,354 -313 -1.4 1,201 -0.3 331,773 -3.2

Texas

 845,999 7,599 14,129,720 213,741 1.5 $1,488 4.3 $272,949,711 5.9

United States

 12,265,395 255,970 156,202,874 1,188,409 0.8 1,507 5.0 3,062,610,422 6.0

(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