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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

 351.7 351.4 352.2 353.0 353.1 353.7 354.3 354.8 354.8 355.4 356.0 356.3 355.9 -0.4 -0.1

Texas

 14,090.5 14,104.6 14,127.5 14,130.9 14,101.3 14,152.1 14,175.8 14,179.9 14,174.7 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.6 26.5 0.2

United States

 157,517 157,635 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,170 159,398 228 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

 350.4 356.2 355.0 4.6 1.3 14,230.0 182.0 1.3 158,506 1,894 1.2

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 16.0 16.0 16.0 0.0 0.0                

Mining & Logging(2)

             221.0 0.5 0.2 618 -12 -1.9

Construction(2)

             871.4 23.1 2.7 8,079 140 1.8

Manufacturing

 17.4 17.3 17.4 0.0 0.0 966.3 -4.4 -0.5 12,710 -80 -0.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 74.4 75.3 75.3 0.9 1.2 2,780.7 41.5 1.5 28,911 297 1.0

Information

 6.5 6.3 6.3 -0.2 -3.1 226.6 0.5 0.2 2,922 -18 -0.6

Financial Activities

 14.7 14.7 14.6 -0.1 -0.7 936.4 19.8 2.2 9,188 94 1.0

Professional & Business Services

 43.4 44.2 43.2 -0.2 -0.5 2,105.1 -2.5 -0.1 22,357 -39 -0.2

Private Education & Health Services

 53.4 55.5 55.6 2.2 4.1 1,956.8 42.0 2.2 27,232 907 3.4

Leisure & Hospitality

 41.4 41.9 42.3 0.9 2.2 1,504.0 9.3 0.6 16,572 210 1.3

Other Services

 10.1 10.0 10.1 0.0 0.0 491.1 13.7 2.9 5,996 91 1.5

Government

 73.1 75.0 74.2 1.1 1.5 2,170.6 38.5 1.8 23,921 304 1.3

(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

 16,778 15,120 16,062 18,821 18,760 18,671 17,266 17,361 17,534 15,712 17,789 18,523 17,662   884 5.3

El Paso

 16,738 15,087 16,024 18,775 18,714 18,624 17,222 17,314 17,491 15,676 17,746 18,479 17,622   884 5.3

Hudspeth

 40 33 38 46 46 47 44 47 43 36 43 44 40   0 0.0

Texas

 609,670 551,610 588,166 695,974 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,942   20,272 3.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242   638 9.7

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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

 4.1 3.7 3.9 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2   0.1 2.4

El Paso

 4.1 3.7 3.9 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2   0.1 2.4

Hudspeth

 3.8 3.1 3.6 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.8   0.0 0.0

Texas

 3.9 3.6 3.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0   0.1 2.6

United States

 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2   0.3 7.7

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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 2024(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,851 -140 335,805 6,249 1.9 $961 3.8 $4,167,133 5.8

El Paso

 16,772 -134 334,516 6,274 1.9 959 3.8 4,140,797 5.8

Hudspeth

 79 -6 1,289 -25 -1.9 1,589 15.1 26,335 13.8

Texas

 844,485 8,073 13,933,505 190,267 1.4 $1,396 4.6 $251,861,608 5.9

United States

 12,297,414 393,630 155,360,357 1,300,697 0.8 1,394 4.5 2,803,068,632 5.5

(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