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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

 361.2 361.2 360.9 360.7 361.1 360.5 360.6 361.1 361.7 361.7 363.4 363.6 364.5 0.9 0.2

Texas

 14,321.2 14,291.7 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 14,419.2 17.8 0.1

United States

 158,498 158,478 158,542 158,472 158,548 158,408 158,449 158,432 158,592 158,436 158,650 158,829 159,001 172 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

 361.7 363.3 364.7 3.0 0.8 14,454.6 98.0 0.7 159,467 435 0.3

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 16.9 16.7 17.0 0.1 0.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             213.6 -1.1 -0.5 612 -6 -1.0

Construction(2)

             919.5 15.1 1.7 8,384 58 0.7

Manufacturing

 18.2 18.1 18.1 -0.1 -0.5 975.1 -11.8 -1.2 12,595 -47 -0.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 79.1 79.9 80.1 1.0 1.3 2,793.5 25.0 0.9 28,595 -36 -0.1

Information

 6.4 6.4 6.4 0.0 0.0 213.8 -9.7 -4.3 2,776 -87 -3.0

Financial Activities

 15.2 15.1 15.1 -0.1 -0.7 936.1 -3.6 -0.4 9,079 -107 -1.2

Professional & Business Services

 42.9 44.1 44.0 1.1 2.6 2,161.4 38.6 1.8 22,532 39 0.2

Private Education & Health Services

 55.9 56.3 56.4 0.5 0.9 2,009.9 27.0 1.4 27,903 629 2.3

Leisure & Hospitality

 43.6 43.9 44.4 0.8 1.8 1,568.8 8.0 0.5 17,309 147 0.9

Other Services

 10.2 10.2 10.3 0.1 1.0 499.9 4.3 0.9 6,053 32 0.5

Government

 73.3 72.6 72.9 -0.4 -0.5 2,163.0 6.2 0.3 23,629 -187 -0.8

(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

 17,435 18,460 19,648 20,105 20,452 - 18,956 17,084 19,390 19,210 17,507 16,929 18,128 693 4.0

El Paso

 17,393 18,413 19,598 20,055 20,406 - 18,909 17,047 19,350 19,169 17,469 16,888 18,082 689 4.0

Hudspeth

 42 47 50 50 46 - 47 37 40 41 38 41 46 4 9.5

Texas

 625,154 673,220 708,935 728,735 711,320 - 683,814 623,892 712,695 701,937 649,000 632,637 677,888 52,734 8.4

United States (in thousands)

 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 7,324 - 7,401 7,003 7,942 8,052 7,337 6,768 6,904 89 1.3

(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

 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.7 4.8 - 4.5 4.0 4.6 4.5 4.1 4.0 4.3 0.1 2.4

El Paso

 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.8 - 4.5 4.0 4.6 4.5 4.2 4.0 4.3 0.1 2.4

Hudspeth

 3.9 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.2 - 4.2 3.3 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.6 4.1 0.2 5.1

Texas

 4.0 4.2 4.5 4.6 4.4 - 4.3 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.3 0.3 7.5

United States

 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 4.3 - 4.3 4.1 4.7 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.1 0.1 2.5

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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
Covered employment and wages(1), El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2025(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,754 5 344,039 3,406 1.0 $1,023 3.9 $4,557,371 4.8

El Paso

 16,678 8 342,914 3,605 1.1 1,020 3.8 4,530,539 4.8

Hudspeth

 76 -3 1,125 -199 -15.0 1,823 30.9 26,832 11.5

Texas

 860,781 11,747 14,255,229 107,806 0.8 $1,549 4.2 $286,798,263 5.0

United States

 12,428,415 230,709 156,700,218 299,175 0.2 1,569 4.2 3,199,848,462 4.4

(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