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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

 346.7 346.1 346.7 347.1 347.4 347.9 349.0 349.5 350.9 351.3 351.7 351.1 352.0 0.9 0.3

Texas

 14,034.5 14,053.9 14,096.6 14,116.4 14,153.8 14,190.0 14,180.9 14,161.2 14,260.7 14,286.9 14,277.6 14,281.2 14,318.7 37.5 0.3

United States

 157,304 157,560 157,796 158,106 158,214 158,430 158,548 158,692 158,770 159,025 159,068 159,280 159,536 256 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

 350.6 354.7 356.1 5.5 1.6 14,432.7 277.3 2.0 160,458 2,189 1.4

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 17.1 17.5 17.6 0.5 2.9                

Mining & Logging(2)

             211.4 -3.2 -1.5 634 -8 -1.2

Construction(2)

             870.0 28.7 3.4 8,242 191 2.4

Manufacturing

 17.3 16.9 17.0 -0.3 -1.7 986.9 21.0 2.2 12,898 -93 -0.7

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 76.6 76.3 76.7 0.1 0.1 2,873.5 25.0 0.9 29,842 194 0.7

Information

 6.6 6.7 6.8 0.2 3.0 238.8 5.2 2.2 3,020 -8 -0.3

Financial Activities

 13.5 13.8 13.9 0.4 3.0 944.9 33.3 3.7 9,317 52 0.6

Professional & Business Services

 41.6 42.0 42.6 1.0 2.4 2,180.8 44.8 2.1 23,045 80 0.3

Private Education & Health Services

 52.7 54.3 54.4 1.7 3.2 1,981.1 50.6 2.6 26,962 982 3.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 41.4 42.5 42.0 0.6 1.4 1,516.4 35.1 2.4 16,784 299 1.8

Other Services

 10.0 10.3 10.2 0.2 2.0 484.7 2.7 0.6 5,917 71 1.2

Government

 73.8 74.4 74.9 1.1 1.5 2,144.2 34.1 1.6 23,797 429 1.8

(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

 14,544 17,126 18,657 17,197 14,918 15,774 19,035 17,954 18,223 17,027 17,602 17,935 15,655   1,111 7.6

El Paso

 14,479 17,048 18,574 17,123 14,859 15,708 18,952 17,876 18,140 16,953 17,520 17,857 15,591   1,112 7.7

Hudspeth

 65 78 83 74 59 66 83 78 83 74 82 78 64   -1 -1.5

Texas

 525,907 618,547 665,729 622,531 542,274 574,726 699,900 677,745 676,811 632,943 642,129 655,328 579,036   53,129 10.1

United States (in thousands)

 5,907 6,778 6,970 6,604 5,894 6,235 7,233 7,685 7,415 6,524 6,631 6,708 6,452   545 9.2

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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

 3.8 4.5 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.1 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.0   0.2 5.3

El Paso

 3.8 4.5 4.8 4.5 3.9 4.1 4.9 4.6 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.5 4.0   0.2 5.3

Hudspeth

 3.5 4.1 4.3 3.8 3.0 3.4 4.3 4.0 4.3 3.8 4.3 4.0 3.3   -0.2 -5.7

Texas

 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.1 3.5 3.8 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.1 4.1 4.2 3.7   0.2 5.7

United States (in thousands)

 3.5 4.1 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.7 4.3 4.5 4.4 3.9 3.9 4.0 3.8   0.3 8.6

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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