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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

 360.9 360.7 361.1 360.5 360.6 361.1 361.7 361.7 363.4 363.6 364.8 365.5 365.7 0.2 0.1

Texas

 14,302.4 14,309.9 14,307.0 14,297.2 14,306.5 14,339.4 14,363.1 14,356.7 14,394.0 14,401.4 14,426.2 14,466.4 14,468.0 1.6 0.0

United States

 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,798 158,861 158,881 158,858 -23 0.0

(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

 359.7 365.3 364.3 4.6 1.3 14,402.0 176.7 1.2 158,649 382 0.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 16.8 17.2 17.1 0.3 1.8                

Mining & Logging(2)

             212.6 0.8 0.4 615 -2 -0.3

Construction(2)

             925.1 19.2 2.1 8,536 60 0.7

Manufacturing

 18.2 18.3 18.4 0.2 1.1 982.9 -5.7 -0.6 12,694 1 0.0

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 78.9 80.5 80.2 1.3 1.6 2,803.6 31.4 1.1 28,652 -14 0.0

Information

 6.6 6.4 6.4 -0.2 -3.0 215.4 -10.7 -4.7 2,788 -94 -3.3

Financial Activities

 15.3 15.2 15.1 -0.2 -1.3 939.3 -7.1 -0.8 9,149 -129 -1.4

Professional & Business Services

 42.4 44.2 44.5 2.1 5.0 2,191.8 68.2 3.2 22,647 136 0.6

Private Education & Health Services

 55.6 56.1 56.4 0.8 1.4 2,006.5 40.0 2.0 27,666 554 2.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 43.6 45.2 44.9 1.3 3.0 1,588.5 37.8 2.4 17,676 77 0.4

Other Services

 10.3 10.3 10.3 0.0 0.0 500.0 5.9 1.2 6,113 46 0.8

Government

 72.0 71.9 71.0 -1.0 -1.4 2,036.3 -3.1 -0.2 22,113 -253 -1.1

(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

 19,648 20,105 20,452 - 18,956 17,084 19,390 19,210 17,507 16,929 18,108 20,666 20,154 506 2.6

El Paso

 19,598 20,055 20,406 - 18,909 17,047 19,350 19,169 17,469 16,888 18,062 20,612 20,099 501 2.6

Hudspeth

 50 50 46 - 47 37 40 41 38 41 46 54 55 5 10.0

Texas

 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,695 701,937 649,000 632,637 677,770 780,770 766,270 57,335 8.1

United States (in thousands)

 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 7,476 7,435 -412 -5.3

(p) Preliminary

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

 4.6 4.7 4.8 - 4.5 4.0 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.9 4.8 0.2 4.3

El Paso

 4.6 4.8 4.8 - 4.5 4.0 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.3 4.9 4.8 0.2 4.3

Hudspeth

 4.5 4.5 4.2 - 4.2 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 4.1 4.8 4.8 0.3 6.7

Texas

 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.9 4.8 0.3 6.7

United States

 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 4.4 4.4 -0.2 -4.3

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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), El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2026(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,611 -113 339,011 1,325 0.4 $1,031 3.3 $4,552,049 4.0

El Paso

 16,533 -114 337,874 1,321 0.4 1,029 3.3 4,528,579 4.0

Hudspeth

 78 1 1,137 4 0.4 1,590 3.5 23,471 4.6

Texas

 868,766 18,329 14,124,564 82,062 0.6 $1,646 3.8 $301,740,936 4.5

United States

 12,381,750 418,060 154,771,941 85,572 0.1 1,654 3.9 3,320,292,610 4.1

(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