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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

4,243.8 4,254.1 4,258.6 4,266.7 4,261.4 4,269.8 4,270.7 4,285.9 4,288.5 4,285.0 4,279.1 4,316.7 4,322.6 5.9 0.1

Texas

13,962.5 14,001.7 14,012.4 14,034.5 14,053.9 14,096.6 14,116.4 14,153.8 14,190.0 14,180.9 14,161.2 14,260.7 14,289.9 29.2 0.2

United States

156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,692 158,851 159,105 254 0.2

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

4,234.6 4,302.3 4,317.9 83.3 2.0 3,033.3 3,079.7 3,093.7 60.4 2.0 1,201.3 1,222.6 1,224.2 22.9 1.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

250.2 259.5 258.6 8.4 3.4 165.8 169.7 169.2 3.4 2.1 84.4 89.8 89.4 5.0 5.9

Manufacturing

308.6 317.0 315.2 6.6 2.1 197.5 204.4 203.3 5.8 2.9 111.1 112.6 111.9 0.8 0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

895.6 904.2 908.7 13.1 1.5 604.6 610.7 613.4 8.8 1.5 291.0 293.5 295.3 4.3 1.5

Information

90.7 91.7 91.8 1.1 1.2 79.3 80.4 80.5 1.2 1.5 11.4 11.3 11.3 -0.1 -0.9

Financial Activities

368.5 378.9 377.8 9.3 2.5 293.2 301.6 300.9 7.7 2.6 75.3 77.3 76.9 1.6 2.1

Professional & Business Services

778.1 780.7 788.4 10.3 1.3 625.5 625.3 632.2 6.7 1.1 152.6 155.4 156.2 3.6 2.4

Education & Health Services

506.2 519.0 523.0 16.8 3.3 349.6 358.5 361.5 11.9 3.4 156.6 160.5 161.5 4.9 3.1

Leisure & Hospitality

425.4 433.4 429.1 3.7 0.9 291.6 296.1 293.2 1.6 0.5 133.8 137.3 135.9 2.1 1.6

Other Services

137.3 143.8 143.9 6.6 4.8 94.1 98.8 99.1 5.0 5.3 43.2 45.0 44.8 1.6 3.7

Government

474.0 474.1 481.4 7.4 1.6 332.1 334.2 340.4 8.3 2.5 141.9 139.9 141.0 -0.9 -0.6

(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

165,679 157,757 148,701 144,419 169,601 183,889 174,069 150,990 158,551 191,722 182,741 184,691 173,963   8,284 5.0

Collin

23,524 22,371 21,134 20,593 24,260 26,184 24,907 21,569 22,511 27,167 25,643 26,026 24,560   1,036 4.4

Dallas

57,464 54,384 51,271 49,733 58,032 62,853 59,305 52,045 54,328 65,110 62,018 62,989 59,819   2,355 4.1

Denton

20,401 19,375 18,239 17,851 20,825 22,388 21,342 18,382 19,340 23,648 22,914 23,245 21,473   1,072 5.3

Ellis

3,977 3,812 3,616 3,564 4,156 4,491 4,282 3,598 3,762 4,640 4,387 4,440 4,173   196 4.9

Hood

1,127 1,056 1,003 966 1,202 1,280 1,150 1,009 1,068 1,301 1,226 1,268 1,165   38 3.4

Hunt

2,082 1,954 1,804 1,742 2,089 2,287 2,125 1,839 2,018 2,411 2,293 2,271 2,178   96 4.6

Johnson

3,321 3,180 3,006 2,918 3,493 3,826 3,620 3,078 3,272 4,008 3,797 3,755 3,518   197 5.9

Kaufman

3,253 3,073 2,956 2,878 3,317 3,557 3,382 2,987 3,137 3,811 3,626 3,662 3,540   287 8.8

Parker

2,581 2,467 2,290 2,220 2,691 2,957 2,727 2,323 2,521 3,033 2,931 2,964 2,736   155 6.0

Rockwall

2,257 2,153 2,048 2,005 2,321 2,566 2,332 2,025 2,143 2,561 2,418 2,484 2,359   102 4.5

Somervell

159 153 140 139 167 186 160 140 154 205 188 191 184   25 15.7

Tarrant

44,267 42,545 40,057 38,698 45,684 49,804 47,331 40,782 43,039 52,277 49,706 49,781 46,823   2,556 5.8

Wise

1,266 1,234 1,137 1,112 1,364 1,510 1,406 1,213 1,258 1,550 1,594 1,615 1,435   169 13.3

Texas

597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,726 699,900 677,745 676,811 633,085   35,885 6.0

United States (in thousands)

6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524   475 7.9

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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

3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.6 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.9   0.1

Collin

3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.7 4.0 3.8 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.7   0.1

Dallas

3.9 3.7 3.5 3.4 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.0   0.1

Denton

3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.4 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.7   0.1

Ellis

3.7 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.0 4.1 3.8   0.1

Hood

3.7 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.3 3.4 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.7   0.0

Hunt

4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 4.3 4.7 4.4 3.8 4.1 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.4   0.1

Johnson

3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.7   0.1

Kaufman

4.2 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.4   0.2

Parker

3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.0 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.5   0.1

Rockwall

3.7 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.8 4.2 3.8 3.3 3.5 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.7   0.0

Somervell

3.4 3.3 3.0 3.0 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.0 3.3 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.8   0.4

Tarrant

3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.6 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.9   0.1

Wise

3.6 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.5 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.0   0.4

Texas

3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1   0.2

United States (in thousands)

3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9   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, 1st quarter 2024(2)
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Establishments Employment Average Weekly Wages(3) Total Wages (in thousands)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

210,857 -2,430 3,954,348 10,151 0.3 $1,654 4.1 $84,920,937 4.5

Collin

34,445 247 536,733 15,293 2.9 1,822 4.8 12,687,004 7.9

Dallas

84,297 -1,211 1,806,178 -17,657 -1.0 1,862 3.3 43,717,590 2.4

Denton

20,573 237 312,398 8,836 2.9 1,312 3.6 5,309,227 6.7

Ellis

3,887 50 61,804 1,902 3.2 1,107 3.3 884,782 6.2

Hood

1,701 18 18,195 579 3.3 970 4.3 227,795 7.9

Hunt

1,803 25 33,043 1,956 6.3 1,203 12.0 515,602 19.3

Johnson

4,044 110 60,273 5,155 9.4 1,106 5.9 854,642 15.3

Kaufman

2,641 55 42,574 2,528 6.3 1,047 3.4 579,764 9.9

Parker

3,670 64 40,724 548 1.4 1,064 1.5 561,713 3.8

Rockwall

3,359 133 40,699 1,685 4.3 1,060 2.5 559,041 7.0

Somervell

267 7 3,957 111 2.9 1,844 25.4 92,318 28.3

Tarrant

50,493 -227 998,588 12,340 1.3 1,461 5.9 18,936,259 7.4

Wise

1,645 30 21,334 -973 -4.4 1,138 -2.6 315,313 -6.2

Texas

839,551 15,667 13,826,904 237,203 1.7 $1,540 4.1 $275,836,834 6.0

United States

12,169,000 402,702 153,585,576 2,015,839 1.3 1,527 4.2 3,035,291,673 5.6

(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