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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

 360.7 360.6 361.1 361.7 361.2 361.2 360.9 360.7 361.1 360.5 360.6 361.1 362.0 0.9 0.2

Texas

 14,267.3 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 14,379.5 40.1 0.3

United States

 158,268 158,310 158,377 158,485 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 160 0.1

(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

 359.0 364.5 361.0 2.0 0.6 14,276.9 131.6 0.9 156,728 346 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 16.1 16.7 16.6 0.5 3.1                

Mining & Logging(2)

             208.5 -5.0 -2.3 595 -20 -3.3

Construction(2)

             903.6 36.0 4.1 8,003 65 0.8

Manufacturing

 17.8 18.1 18.0 0.2 1.1 974.0 -8.6 -0.9 12,505 -93 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 79.2 82.6 80.4 1.2 1.5 2,794.0 13.7 0.5 28,606 -154 -0.5

Information

 6.5 6.5 6.4 -0.1 -1.5 216.7 -7.0 -3.1 2,782 -69 -2.4

Financial Activities

 14.8 15.3 15.1 0.3 2.0 938.7 7.3 0.8 9,100 -45 -0.5

Professional & Business Services

 44.7 43.7 43.4 -1.3 -2.9 2,117.6 22.0 1.0 22,040 -45 -0.2

Private Education & Health Services

 55.2 56.3 56.0 0.8 1.4 2,002.6 43.4 2.2 27,647 782 2.9

Leisure & Hospitality

 41.7 42.7 42.9 1.2 2.9 1,504.0 23.6 1.6 16,252 116 0.7

Other Services

 9.9 10.2 10.1 0.2 2.0 492.0 8.8 1.8 5,957 54 0.9

Government

 73.1 72.4 72.1 -1.0 -1.4 2,125.2 -2.6 -0.1 23,241 -245 -1.0

(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

 17,789 18,523 17,666 16,658 17,844 17,878 18,851 20,674 20,600 - 18,990 17,279 19,392 1,603 9.0

El Paso

 17,746 18,479 17,626 16,619 17,800 17,833 18,804 20,623 20,554 - 18,944 17,242 19,352 1,606 9.0

Hudspeth

 43 44 40 39 44 45 47 51 46 - 46 37 40 -3 -7.0

Texas

 660,179 674,622 634,055 593,972 625,154 673,220 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,711 52,532 8.0

United States (in thousands)

 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 475 6.4

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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

 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.8 - 4.5 4.1 4.6 0.4 9.5

El Paso

 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.8 - 4.5 4.1 4.6 0.4 9.5

Hudspeth

 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.3 - 4.2 3.5 3.6 -0.4 -10.0

Texas

 4.2 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 0.3 7.1

United States

 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 0.3 6.8

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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), El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, 3rd quarter 2025(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,751 -152 342,203 5,701 1.7 $990 3.1 $4,384,909 5.2

El Paso

 16,673 -151 341,052 5,838 1.7 988 3.2 4,361,718 5.3

Hudspeth

 78 -1 1,151 -137 -10.6 1,552 -2.4 23,191 -11.9

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