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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)
Area

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El Paso, TX

 352.2 353.0 353.1 353.7 354.3 354.8 354.8 355.4 356.0 356.3 356.7 358.1 357.9 -0.2 -0.1

Texas

 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 14,282.4 14,312.7 14,340.8 28.1 0.2

United States

 157,828 157,915 158,003 158,074 158,314 158,358 158,619 158,942 159,053 159,155 159,275 159,422 159,561 139 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

 352.7 357.7 358.6 5.9 1.7 14,359.3 213.8 1.5 159,964 1,708 1.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 16.1 16.1 16.0 -0.1 -0.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             225.4 5.4 2.5 624 0 0.0

Construction(2)

             876.2 23.4 2.7 8,354 117 1.4

Manufacturing

 17.4 17.6 17.6 0.2 1.1 975.1 3.9 0.4 12,740 -89 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 74.3 75.3 75.5 1.2 1.6 2,797.5 47.7 1.7 28,954 160 0.6

Information

 6.4 6.3 6.3 -0.1 -1.6 224.7 -0.9 -0.4 2,928 -11 -0.4

Financial Activities

 14.7 14.7 14.7 0.0 0.0 940.3 19.2 2.1 9,223 97 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 42.9 43.7 43.4 0.5 1.2 2,132.3 13.6 0.6 22,618 -64 -0.3

Private Education & Health Services

 54.2 55.6 55.8 1.6 3.0 1,971.8 40.0 2.1 27,296 921 3.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 42.8 42.8 43.7 0.9 2.1 1,551.8 19.8 1.3 17,331 255 1.5

Other Services

 10.3 10.2 10.2 -0.1 -1.0 490.8 5.3 1.1 6,059 76 1.3

Government

 73.6 75.4 75.4 1.8 2.4 2,173.4 36.4 1.7 23,837 246 1.0

(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

 16,062 18,821 18,760 18,671 17,266 17,361 17,534 15,712 17,789 18,523 17,666 16,658 17,910   1,848 11.5

El Paso

 16,024 18,775 18,714 18,624 17,222 17,314 17,491 15,676 17,746 18,479 17,626 16,619 17,866   1,842 11.5

Hudspeth

 38 46 46 47 44 47 43 36 43 44 40 39 44   6 15.8

Texas

 588,166 695,974 712,239 697,032 645,247 635,875 643,552 583,802 647,700 676,524 629,674 588,007 632,140   43,974 7.5

United States (in thousands)

 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452 7,467 7,572 7,242 6,582 6,815   580 9.3

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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
Unemployment rate, El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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El Paso, TX MSA

 3.9 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2   0.3 7.7

El Paso

 3.9 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 4.2   0.3 7.7

Hudspeth

 3.6 4.3 4.3 4.5 4.2 4.5 4.1 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.6 4.2   0.6 16.7

Texas

 3.8 4.5 4.5 4.4 4.1 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.7 4.0   0.2 5.3

United States

 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.4 4.5 4.2 3.9 4.0   0.3 8.1

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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 2024(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,676 -270 339,854 6,667 2.0 $984 2.1 $4,336,978 4.3

El Paso

 16,597 -267 338,530 6,582 2.0 983 2.2 4,312,923 4.3

Hudspeth

 79 -3 1,324 85 6.9 1,393 -5.9 24,055 -0.1

Texas

 845,999 7,599 14,129,720 213,741 1.5 $1,488 4.3 $272,949,711 5.9

United States

 12,265,395 255,970 156,202,874 1,188,409 0.8 1,507 5.0 3,062,610,422 6.0

(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