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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

 353.7 354.3 354.8 354.8 355.4 356.0 356.3 356.7 358.1 357.4 357.4 358.0 357.2 -0.8 -0.2

Texas

 14,152.1 14,175.8 14,179.9 14,174.7 14,208.5 14,234.1 14,256.1 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,331.1 14,325.1 14,330.1 14,347.7 17.6 0.1

United States

 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,433 159,452 159,439 159,518 159,540 22 0.0

(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

 353.6 356.4 355.5 1.9 0.5 14,281.6 156.4 1.1 159,410 1,340 0.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 16.2 15.8 16.0 -0.2 -1.2                

Mining & Logging(2)

             222.0 2.9 1.3 617 -14 -2.2

Construction(2)

             884.7 20.1 2.3 8,505 47 0.6

Manufacturing

 17.4 17.5 17.4 0.0 0.0 970.5 -6.0 -0.6 12,783 -85 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 74.3 75.6 75.7 1.4 1.9 2,801.2 34.0 1.2 28,940 136 0.5

Information

 6.5 6.4 6.3 -0.2 -3.1 227.6 1.5 0.7 2,950 -6 -0.2

Financial Activities

 14.7 14.7 14.5 -0.2 -1.4 941.0 13.1 1.4 9,305 76 0.8

Professional & Business Services

 43.7 42.5 42.5 -1.2 -2.7 2,128.2 -7.2 -0.3 22,646 -68 -0.3

Private Education & Health Services

 54.9 55.7 55.9 1.0 1.8 1,980.4 39.8 2.1 27,169 847 3.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 42.7 43.4 43.2 0.5 1.2 1,552.4 27.5 1.8 17,688 221 1.3

Other Services

 10.4 10.3 10.3 -0.1 -1.0 493.2 0.8 0.2 6,099 74 1.2

Government

 72.8 74.5 73.7 0.9 1.2 2,080.4 29.9 1.5 22,708 112 0.5

(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

 18,671 17,266 17,361 17,534 15,712 17,789 18,523 17,666 16,658 17,844 17,878 18,851 20,703 2,032 10.9

El Paso

 18,624 17,222 17,314 17,491 15,676 17,746 18,479 17,626 16,619 17,800 17,833 18,804 20,652 2,028 10.9

Hudspeth

 47 44 47 43 36 43 44 40 39 44 45 47 51 4 8.5

Texas

 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 631,844 644,367 671,937 740,574 43,542 6.2

United States (in thousands)

 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815 7,460 7,847 7,747 332 4.5

(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

 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.9 0.4 8.9

El Paso

 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.9 0.4 8.9

Hudspeth

 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.6 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.7 0.2 4.4

Texas

 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.7 0.3 6.8

United States

 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.6 4.5 0.1 2.3

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

 16,640 -303 336,408 2,932 0.9 $998 2.4 $4,364,427 3.5

El Paso

 16,563 -299 335,275 3,070 0.9 996 2.4 4,341,982 3.6

Hudspeth

 77 -4 1,133 -138 -10.9 1,535 12.5 22,444 -0.8

Texas

 847,604 4,764 14,015,912 161,102 1.2 $1,587 3.1 $288,503,447 4.5

United States

 12,249,320 341,465 154,523,785 675,355 0.4 1,589 4.1 3,182,535,733 4.8

(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