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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

 355.4 356.0 356.3 356.7 358.1 357.4 357.4 358.0 357.6 357.2 356.1 355.9 355.7 -0.2 -0.1

Texas

 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,331.1 14,325.1 14,330.1 14,339.2 14,335.7 14,313.7 14,321.3 14,341.0 19.7 0.1

United States

 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,511 159,485 159,593 159,420 159,476 159,526 50 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

 359.2 358.8 359.2 0.0 0.0 14,450.1 120.7 0.8 160,448 525 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 16.1 15.8 15.7 -0.4 -2.5                

Mining & Logging(2)

             221.1 3.6 1.7 606 -17 -2.7

Construction(2)

             876.6 12.7 1.5 8,231 12 0.1

Manufacturing

 17.4 17.1 17.2 -0.2 -1.1 972.7 -3.5 -0.4 12,711 -75 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 77.2 77.8 78.5 1.3 1.7 2,887.9 34.9 1.2 29,707 -92 -0.3

Information

 6.5 6.2 6.3 -0.2 -3.1 225.8 -4.6 -2.0 2,932 -32 -1.1

Financial Activities

 14.9 14.5 14.4 -0.5 -3.4 943.4 0.8 0.1 9,274 39 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 45.1 42.7 42.6 -2.5 -5.5 2,134.2 -14.7 -0.7 22,605 -102 -0.4

Private Education & Health Services

 55.7 56.6 56.5 0.8 1.4 1,991.8 42.8 2.2 27,793 700 2.6

Leisure & Hospitality

 41.5 42.1 42.0 0.5 1.2 1,526.4 25.0 1.7 16,861 189 1.1

Other Services

 10.1 10.3 10.3 0.2 2.0 495.3 8.5 1.7 6,042 60 1.0

Government

 74.7 75.7 75.7 1.0 1.3 2,174.9 15.2 0.7 23,686 -157 -0.7

(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

 15,712 17,789 18,523 17,666 16,658 17,844 17,878 18,851 20,674 20,600 - 18,990 17,279 1,567 10.0

El Paso

 15,676 17,746 18,479 17,626 16,619 17,800 17,833 18,804 20,623 20,554 - 18,944 17,242 1,566 10.0

Hudspeth

 36 43 44 40 39 44 45 47 51 46 - 46 37 1 2.8

Texas

 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 671,937 740,432 708,789 - 677,576 624,263 40,461 6.9

United States (in thousands)

 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 551 8.5

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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

 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.8 - 4.5 4.1 0.4 10.8

El Paso

 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.8 - 4.5 4.1 0.4 10.8

Hudspeth

 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.7 4.3 - 4.2 3.5 0.0 0.0

Texas

 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.4 - 4.2 3.9 0.2 5.4

United States

 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 0.3 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
Covered employment and wages(1), El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2025(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,682 -340 340,768 7,616 2.3 $963 1.2 $4,285,944 3.6

El Paso

 16,605 -338 339,623 7,737 2.3 962 1.3 4,265,187 3.6

Hudspeth

 77 -2 1,145 -121 -9.6 1,416 -2.6 20,757 -12.2

Texas

 849,474 4,906 14,070,522 136,266 1.0 $1,420 3.0 $260,374,583 4.3

United States

 12,244,089 222,362 156,428,758 420,473 0.3 1,436 3.4 2,916,174,912 3.9

(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