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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

 334.9 335.5 337.4 337.4 340.1 339.4 338.6 338.8 339.5 341.0 341.8 342.8 341.6 -1.2 -0.4

Texas

 13,577.1 13,613.6 13,656.7 13,687.8 13,733.7 13,773.7 13,810.6 13,837.8 13,867.7 13,913.5 13,942.8 13,962.4 13,979.1 16.7 0.1

United States

 153,332 153,682 154,006 154,296 154,535 155,007 155,255 155,472 155,689 155,970 156,075 156,232 156,419 187 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

 334.5 339.9 338.7 4.2 1.3 13,907.4 378.6 2.8 156,302 3,017 2.0

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 17.4 17.9 17.8 0.4 2.3                

Mining & Logging(2)

             222.8 18.2 8.9 650 31 5.0

Construction(2)

             813.4 21.7 2.7 8,202 210 2.6

Manufacturing

 18.3 18.6 18.4 0.1 0.5 966.4 31.0 3.3 13,059 97 0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 71.5 73.3 72.9 1.4 2.0 2,762.2 49.2 1.8 28,737 97 0.3

Information

 6.0 6.4 6.4 0.4 6.7 240.0 5.3 2.3 3,066 -60 -1.9

Financial Activities

 13.2 13.5 13.6 0.4 3.0 924.2 33.7 3.8 9,209 88 1.0

Professional & Business Services

 40.6 38.0 37.0 -3.6 -8.9 2,133.9 24.8 1.2 23,096 301 1.3

Private Education & Health Services

 49.0 51.2 51.2 2.2 4.5 1,892.5 77.9 4.3 25,238 1,016 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 40.0 41.0 41.3 1.3 3.3 1,483.8 38.5 2.7 17,312 698 4.2

Other Services

 9.4 9.7 9.7 0.3 3.2 480.0 24.8 5.4 5,930 151 2.6

Government

 69.1 70.3 70.4 1.3 1.9 1,988.2 53.5 2.8 21,803 388 1.8

(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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Number Percent

El Paso, TX MSA

 15,846 15,292 15,423 15,348 14,027 17,113 19,236 17,601 15,377 16,894 16,929 19,637 19,664   3,818 24.1

El Paso

 15,772 15,218 15,345 15,277 13,960 17,031 19,143 17,523 15,310 16,825 16,859 19,556 19,583   3,811 24.2

Hudspeth

 74 74 78 71 67 82 93 78 67 69 70 81 81   7 9.5

Texas

 579,361 542,893 542,670 543,279 513,171 622,847 676,626 632,197 551,311 613,485 628,236 683,046 685,589   106,228 18.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623   367 5.9

(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

 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.5 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.5 5.1 5.2   0.9 20.9

El Paso

 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 3.7 4.5 5.0 4.6 4.1 4.5 4.5 5.1 5.2   0.9 20.9

Hudspeth

 3.9 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.6 4.4 4.8 4.0 3.5 3.6 3.7 4.2 4.2   0.3 7.7

Texas

 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 4.2 4.5 4.2 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.5   0.6 15.4

United States (in thousands)

 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9   0.1 2.6

(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
Covered employment and wages(1), El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2023(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,818 12 322,238 8,227 2.6 $936 8.2 $3,920,339 11.2

El Paso

 16,730 11 320,910 8,213 2.6 934 8.1 3,897,139 11.2

Hudspeth

 88 1 1,328 14 1.1 1,342 11.7 23,200 13.7

Texas

 820,502 28,183 13,568,733 560,313 4.3 $1,480 8.1 $260,010,126 13.0

United States

 11,883,196 610,010 151,418,052 3,642,075 2.5 1,465 6.6 2,873,835,485 9.6

(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