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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

4,266.7 4,261.4 4,269.8 4,270.7 4,285.9 4,288.5 4,285.0 4,279.1 4,316.7 4,321.4 4,326.2 4,323.6 4,333.9 10.3 0.2

Texas

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 14,286.9 14,277.6 14,281.2 14,318.7 37.5 0.3

United States

157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,692 158,770 159,025 159,068 159,280 159,536 256 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)
Area and Industry

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
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Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

Total Nonfarm

4,303.7 4,365.5 4,371.5 67.8 1.6 3,084.8 3,128.5 3,132.6 47.8 1.5 1,218.9 1,237.0 1,238.9 20.0 1.6

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

251.6 257.7 256.5 4.9 1.9 166.2 168.3 167.6 1.4 0.8 85.4 89.4 88.9 3.5 4.1

Manufacturing

311.2 314.9 315.5 4.3 1.4 199.3 202.8 203.3 4.0 2.0 111.9 112.1 112.2 0.3 0.3

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

931.6 931.2 941.0 9.4 1.0 631.3 628.1 633.9 2.6 0.4 300.3 303.1 307.1 6.8 2.3

Information

90.8 92.5 92.4 1.6 1.8 79.4 81.3 81.2 1.8 2.3 11.4 11.2 11.2 -0.2 -1.8

Financial Activities

369.1 383.5 383.9 14.8 4.0 293.6 305.5 306.2 12.6 4.3 75.5 78.0 77.7 2.2 2.9

Professional & Business Services

784.6 789.3 791.7 7.1 0.9 630.7 633.9 636.7 6.0 1.0 153.9 155.4 155.0 1.1 0.7

Education & Health Services

511.5 527.7 524.9 13.4 2.6 353.0 364.9 362.1 9.1 2.6 158.5 162.8 162.8 4.3 2.7

Leisure & Hospitality

427.0 430.3 428.7 1.7 0.4 292.7 294.4 293.6 0.9 0.3 134.3 135.9 135.1 0.8 0.6

Other Services

139.2 142.1 140.7 1.5 1.1 96.0 97.8 96.7 0.7 0.7 43.2 44.3 44.0 0.8 1.9

Government

487.1 496.3 496.2 9.1 1.9 342.6 351.5 351.3 8.7 2.5 144.5 144.8 144.9 0.4 0.3

(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

144,419 169,601 183,889 174,069 150,990 158,551 191,722 182,741 184,691 173,963 177,309 179,184 156,412   11,993 8.3

Collin

20,593 24,260 26,184 24,907 21,569 22,511 27,167 25,643 26,026 24,576 25,042 25,289 22,139   1,546 7.5

Dallas

49,733 58,032 62,853 59,305 52,045 54,328 65,110 62,018 62,989 59,797 60,931 61,451 53,690   3,957 8.0

Denton

17,851 20,825 22,388 21,342 18,382 19,340 23,648 22,914 23,245 21,496 21,644 22,057 19,151   1,300 7.3

Ellis

3,564 4,156 4,491 4,282 3,598 3,762 4,640 4,387 4,440 4,173 4,292 4,323 3,815   251 7.0

Hood

966 1,202 1,280 1,150 1,009 1,068 1,301 1,226 1,268 1,162 1,198 1,218 1,064   98 10.1

Hunt

1,742 2,089 2,287 2,125 1,839 2,018 2,411 2,293 2,271 2,170 2,244 2,258 1,964   222 12.7

Johnson

2,918 3,493 3,826 3,620 3,078 3,272 4,008 3,797 3,755 3,516 3,611 3,711 3,239   321 11.0

Kaufman

2,878 3,317 3,557 3,382 2,987 3,137 3,811 3,626 3,662 3,546 3,563 3,565 3,242   364 12.6

Parker

2,220 2,691 2,957 2,727 2,323 2,521 3,033 2,931 2,964 2,743 2,878 2,919 2,507   287 12.9

Rockwall

2,005 2,321 2,566 2,332 2,025 2,143 2,561 2,418 2,484 2,352 2,392 2,429 2,139   134 6.7

Somervell

139 167 186 160 140 154 205 188 191 183 184 182 170   31 22.3

Tarrant

38,698 45,684 49,804 47,331 40,782 43,039 52,277 49,706 49,781 46,809 47,851 48,297 41,991   3,293 8.5

Wise

1,112 1,364 1,510 1,406 1,213 1,258 1,550 1,594 1,615 1,440 1,479 1,485 1,301   189 17.0

Texas

525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,726 699,900 677,745 676,811 632,943 642,129 655,328 579,036   53,129 10.1

United States (in thousands)

5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452   545 9.2

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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

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

3.3 3.9 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.6 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.5   0.2

Collin

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

Dallas

3.4 4.0 4.3 4.0 3.5 3.7 4.4 4.2 4.2 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.6   0.2

Denton

3.1 3.6 3.9 3.7 3.2 3.4 4.1 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.3   0.2

Ellis

3.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.0 4.1 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.5   0.2

Hood

3.2 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.3 3.4 4.2 3.9 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.4   0.2

Hunt

3.6 4.3 4.7 4.4 3.8 4.1 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.5 3.9   0.3

Johnson

3.2 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.3 3.5 4.3 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.4   0.2

Kaufman

3.7 4.3 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.0   0.3

Parker

2.9 3.5 3.8 3.5 3.0 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.2   0.3

Rockwall

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

Somervell

3.0 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.0 3.3 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.5   0.5

Tarrant

3.3 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.6 4.4 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.5   0.2

Wise

3.2 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.4 3.5 4.3 4.4 4.4 4.0 4.1 4.1 3.6   0.4

Texas

3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7   0.2

United States (in thousands)

3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8   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, 2nd 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

211,230 -2,982 3,987,442 -5,348 -0.1 $1,487 4.8 $77,030,925 4.9

Collin

34,694 225 542,158 9,552 1.8 1,618 6.9 11,401,909 9.4

Dallas

84,102 -1,517 1,820,885 -18,260 -1.0 1,644 4.7 38,890,520 3.9

Denton

20,748 310 311,551 6,388 2.1 1,218 4.1 4,984,812 6.9

Ellis

3,904 9 62,101 908 1.5 1,076 4.3 869,376 5.9

Hood

1,697 -2 18,873 580 3.2 968 3.3 234,341 6.7

Hunt

1,805 4 32,786 1,638 5.3 1,146 9.9 494,769 16.5

Johnson

4,060 96 61,084 4,425 7.8 1,078 5.0 855,387 14.2

Kaufman

2,677 66 43,473 2,656 6.5 1,026 4.7 579,223 12.2

Parker

3,728 97 41,886 1,349 3.3 1,064 3.7 576,357 7.1

Rockwall

3,364 83 41,514 1,497 3.7 1,052 4.6 565,702 8.9

Somervell

267 4 3,957 28 0.7 1,370 3.2 71,384 4.8

Tarrant

50,493 -414 1,008,798 7,798 0.8 1,340 3.7 17,510,184 4.6

Wise

1,655 21 21,206 -1,077 -4.8 1,097 -1.4 302,687 -5.1

Texas

840,923 12,814 13,905,729 166,438 1.2 $1,381 4.5 $249,686,022 6.2

United States

12,238,175 452,458 155,710,239 1,250,609 0.8 1,390 4.4 2,804,558,689 5.5

(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