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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

El Paso, TX Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, El Paso metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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El Paso, TX

 317.7 320.6 321.0 320.2 323.2 323.9 322.6 323.9 324.1 323.4 322.3 321.4 326.2 4.8 1.5

Texas

 12,652.4 12,776.4 12,803.2 12,850.0 12,935.8 13,015.3 13,055.4 13,106.3 13,177.5 13,221.7 13,282.9 13,348.6 13,431.1 82.5 0.6

United States

 145,698 146,387 146,904 147,328 148,005 148,652 149,240 149,744 150,458 150,856 151,224 151,608 151,980 372 0.2

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, El Paso metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 El Paso, TX MSA Texas U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 315.6 322.7 325.2 9.6 3.0 13,467.6 790.0 6.2 152,692 6,199 4.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 17.1 17.6 18.0 0.9 5.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             212.8 35.1 19.8 629 60 10.5

Construction(2)

             782.6 46.4 6.3 7,858 301 4.0

Manufacturing

 17.1 17.3 17.3 0.2 1.2 926.3 52.5 6.0 12,875 522 4.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 67.6 68.5 69.3 1.7 2.5 2,682.0 137.8 5.4 28,692 1,069 3.9

Information

 4.6 4.8 4.9 0.3 6.5 235.0 26.6 12.8 3,031 208 7.4

Financial Activities

 13.2 13.1 12.9 -0.3 -2.3 898.8 70.3 8.5 8,994 214 2.4

Professional & Business Services

 36.4 36.1 37.2 0.8 2.2 2,021.5 145.5 7.8 22,310 1,154 5.5

Education & Health Services

 46.2 47.5 47.7 1.5 3.2 1,789.6 64.2 3.7 24,145 687 2.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 37.1 40.0 40.7 3.6 9.7 1,491.3 159.2 12.0 16,315 1,555 10.5

Other Services

 8.7 8.9 9.1 0.4 4.6 453.3 30.9 7.3 5,770 256 4.6

Government

 67.6 68.9 68.1 0.5 0.7 1,974.4 21.5 1.1 22,073 173 0.8

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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El Paso, TX MSA

 25,400 23,011 21,693 20,135 19,466 18,380 17,280 19,689 19,391 15,911 15,051 15,680 17,794   -7,606 -29.9

El Paso

 25,276 22,911 21,597 20,042 19,376 18,292 17,202 19,603 19,304 15,839 14,981 15,606 17,714   -7,562 -29.9

Hudspeth

 124 100 96 93 90 88 78 86 87 72 70 74 80   -44 -35.5

Texas

 902,411 831,463 781,301 721,589 685,248 651,011 608,019 694,175 685,161 562,546 530,006 553,760 639,455   -262,956 -29.1

United States (in thousands)

 9,883 9,221 8,556 7,366 6,896 6,302 5,964 7,207 6,782 6,168 5,458 5,548 6,334   -3,549 -35.9

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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, El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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El Paso, TX MSA

 7.0 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.4 5.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.9   -2.1 -30.0

El Paso

 7.0 6.3 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.7 5.4 5.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.9   -2.1 -30.0

Hudspeth

 6.8 5.5 5.2 5.0 4.9 4.9 4.4 4.8 4.6 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.3   -2.5 -36.8

Texas

 6.3 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.8 4.5 4.2 4.8 4.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.4   -1.9 -30.2

United States (in thousands)

 6.1 5.7 5.3 4.6 4.3 3.9 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8   -2.3 -37.7

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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(1)employment and wages, El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2021(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,673 574 317,120 13,111 4.3 $942 4.9 $3,865,655 9.3

El Paso

 16,584 577 315,798 13,193 4.4 940 4.9 3,841,675 9.4

Hudspeth

 89 -3 1,322 -82 -5.8 1,374 5.0 23,979 0.3

Texas

 779,417 32,669 13,012,661 748,010 6.1 $1,376 6.3 $231,555,638 12.7

United States

 11,194,120 496,568 148,293,597 7,293,341 5.2 1,418 5.9 2,726,086,283 11.0

(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