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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

338.6 339.2 339.8 340.5 341.5 343.5 342.9 343.2 343.3 346.1 346.5 346.7 346.5 -0.2 -0.1

Texas

13,789.5 13,812.3 13,845.0 13,853.0 13,878.9 13,921.4 13,900.9 13,936.8 13,962.5 14,001.7 14,012.4 14,034.5 14,053.4 18.9 0.1

United States

154,773 155,060 155,206 155,484 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,533 229 0.1

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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

336.5 350.6 345.2 8.7 2.6 13,946.3 289.9 2.1 155,414 2,726 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

16.7 17.1 16.8 0.1 0.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

            207.6 -3.8 -1.8 628 6 1.0

Construction(2)

            824.2 29.5 3.7 7,802 216 2.8

Manufacturing

17.4 17.3 17.1 -0.3 -1.7 960.7 18.7 2.0 12,882 28 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

72.9 76.6 74.5 1.6 2.2 2,774.6 34.3 1.3 28,769 39 0.1

Information

6.6 6.6 6.6 0.0 0.0 231.8 -5.0 -2.1 2,973 -47 -1.6

Financial Activities

13.1 13.5 13.4 0.3 2.3 907.8 16.3 1.8 9,178 85 0.9

Professional & Business Services

41.1 41.6 40.5 -0.6 -1.5 2,100.4 -1.2 -0.1 22,548 174 0.8

Private Education & Health Services

49.6 52.7 52.1 2.5 5.0 1,914.9 66.0 3.6 25,754 1,042 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

39.6 41.4 40.6 1.0 2.5 1,462.7 43.3 3.1 16,078 462 3.0

Other Services

9.5 10.0 10.1 0.6 6.3 483.6 29.0 6.4 5,794 88 1.5

Government

70.0 73.8 73.5 3.5 5.0 2,078.0 62.8 3.1 23,008 633 2.8

(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

17,113 19,236 17,601 15,377 16,894 16,929 19,637 19,656 17,626 16,627 15,109 14,623 17,129   16 0.1

El Paso

17,031 19,143 17,523 15,310 16,825 16,859 19,556 19,576 17,554 16,558 15,046 14,558 17,051   20 0.1

Hudspeth

82 93 78 67 69 70 81 80 72 69 63 65 78   -4 -4.9

Texas

633,885 654,309 604,785 528,711 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,737   -15,148 -2.4

United States (in thousands)

6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778   400 6.3

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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

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

4.5 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.5 5.1 5.2 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.9 4.5   0.0 0.0

El Paso

4.5 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.5 5.1 5.2 4.7 4.4 4.0 3.9 4.5   0.0 0.0

Hudspeth

4.4 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.2 3.8 3.7 3.3 3.5 4.1   -0.3 -6.8

Texas

4.3 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1   -0.2 -4.7

United States (in thousands)

3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1   0.2 5.1

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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 2023(2)
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Establishments Employment Average Weekly Wages(3) Total Wages (in thousands)
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El Paso, TX MSA

16,933 -57 329,101 6,320 2.0 $926 0.0 $3,933,956 2.1

El Paso

16,848 -53 327,787 6,351 2.0 924 0.0 3,910,807 2.1

Hudspeth

85 -4 1,314 -31 -2.3 1,380 3.7 23,149 -0.9

Texas

831,938 20,249 13,731,145 342,081 2.6 $1,336 0.3 $237,546,673 2.9

United States

12,026,378 421,791 153,772,811 2,247,832 1.5 1,334 0.1 2,653,972,298 1.6

(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