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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

 341.5 343.5 342.9 343.2 343.3 346.1 346.5 346.7 346.1 346.7 347.1 347.4 347.7 0.3 0.1

Texas

 13,878.9 13,921.4 13,900.9 13,936.8 13,962.5 14,001.7 14,012.4 14,034.5 14,053.9 14,096.6 14,116.4 14,153.8 14,195.6 41.8 0.3

United States

 155,787 156,027 156,211 156,421 156,667 156,832 157,014 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,271 158,543 272 0.2

(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

 341.6 346.9 348.1 6.5 1.9 14,198.7 308.0 2.2 158,918 2,786 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 16.5 16.8 16.9 0.4 2.4                

Mining & Logging(2)

             206.9 -6.4 -3.0 633 -7 -1.1

Construction(2)

             849.0 30.0 3.7 8,278 254 3.2

Manufacturing

 17.5 17.1 17.2 -0.3 -1.7 971.3 18.7 2.0 12,940 30 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 73.0 74.0 74.2 1.2 1.6 2,768.7 30.3 1.1 28,892 193 0.7

Information

 6.6 6.6 6.6 0.0 0.0 233.4 -1.9 -0.8 2,995 -44 -1.4

Financial Activities

 13.3 13.3 13.5 0.2 1.5 914.9 14.9 1.7 9,200 36 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 40.0 39.7 39.7 -0.3 -0.8 2,141.8 29.0 1.4 22,987 115 0.5

Private Education & Health Services

 51.9 52.6 52.5 0.6 1.2 1,942.6 52.6 2.8 26,269 1,059 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 42.1 42.5 43.1 1.0 2.4 1,550.5 52.8 3.5 17,194 412 2.5

Other Services

 9.7 10.3 10.3 0.6 6.2 494.1 23.3 4.9 5,927 97 1.7

Government

 71.0 74.0 74.1 3.1 4.4 2,125.5 64.7 3.1 23,603 641 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

 16,058 16,902 18,374 18,389 16,980 16,225 15,168 14,544 17,126 18,657 17,197 14,918 15,812   -246 -1.5

El Paso

 15,992 16,832 18,298 18,315 16,911 16,158 15,104 14,479 17,048 18,574 17,123 14,859 15,745   -247 -1.5

Hudspeth

 66 70 76 74 69 67 64 65 78 83 74 59 67   1 1.5

Texas

 582,905 627,158 638,794 640,763 597,200 564,364 536,761 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,938   -7,967 -1.4

United States (in thousands)

 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623 6,049 6,098 5,827 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235   535 9.4

(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 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.5 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.1   -0.1 -2.4

El Paso

 4.3 4.5 4.8 4.8 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.5 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.1   -0.2 -4.7

Hudspeth

 3.5 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.4 3.5 4.1 4.3 3.8 3.0 3.5   0.0 0.0

Texas

 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.8   -0.1 -2.6

United States (in thousands)

 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7   0.3 8.8

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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 2023(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,889 -49 333,313 6,171 1.9 $963 3.2 $4,155,822 5.1

El Paso

 16,807 -43 332,074 6,244 1.9 961 3.2 4,131,737 5.1

Hudspeth

 82 -6 1,239 -73 -5.6 1,481 5.9 24,085 0.0

Texas

 835,116 18,819 13,905,413 314,019 2.3 $1,427 4.0 $257,677,536 6.5

United States

 12,090,132 335,223 154,848,113 2,322,828 1.5 1,435 3.6 2,886,734,623 5.2

(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