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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX

 1,156.5 1,159.6 1,159.7 1,163.2 1,165.9 1,172.0 1,175.1 1,180.6 1,176.8 1,177.4 1,179.8 1,181.4 1,183.9 2.5 0.2

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, San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA Texas U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,156.1 1,181.0 1,186.1 30.0 2.6 14,198.7 308.0 2.2 158,918 2,786 1.8

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 71.1 73.1 73.6 2.5 3.5                

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

 60.9 62.0 62.2 1.3 2.1 971.3 18.7 2.0 12,940 30 0.2

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 205.1 206.5 207.3 2.2 1.1 2,768.7 30.3 1.1 28,892 193 0.7

Information

 18.4 16.9 16.9 -1.5 -8.2 233.4 -1.9 -0.8 2,995 -44 -1.4

Financial Activities

 99.2 100.1 100.1 0.9 0.9 914.9 14.9 1.7 9,200 36 0.4

Professional & Business Services

 160.3 161.9 162.1 1.8 1.1 2,141.8 29.0 1.4 22,987 115 0.5

Private Education & Health Services

 176.1 181.7 182.0 5.9 3.4 1,942.6 52.6 2.8 26,269 1,059 4.2

Leisure & Hospitality

 142.6 148.2 150.6 8.0 5.6 1,550.5 52.8 3.5 17,194 412 2.5

Other Services

 40.6 42.8 43.0 2.4 5.9 494.1 23.3 4.9 5,927 97 1.7

Government

 181.8 187.8 188.3 6.5 3.6 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, San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA

 46,528 49,356 51,254 51,522 47,616 45,204 42,251 40,568 48,515 53,646 49,126 42,470 45,258   -1,270 -2.7

Atascosa

 827 893 912 941 864 859 810 779 918 1,027 944 813 873   46 5.6

Bandera

 368 371 413 410 372 362 342 326 406 451 421 356 383   15 4.1

Bexar

 37,013 39,201 40,561 40,846 37,830 35,825 33,441 32,093 38,225 42,320 38,645 33,589 35,761   -1,252 -3.4

Comal

 2,938 3,165 3,364 3,333 3,073 2,879 2,713 2,667 3,201 3,499 3,323 2,786 2,892   -46 -1.6

Guadalupe

 2,906 3,094 3,239 3,242 2,957 2,869 2,691 2,578 3,142 3,472 3,218 2,724 2,930   24 0.8

Kendall

 790 834 880 890 809 765 716 670 827 895 796 673 741   -49 -6.2

Medina

 862 910 955 946 878 840 793 768 928 1,027 919 809 881   19 2.2

Wilson

 824 888 930 914 833 805 745 687 868 955 860 720 797   -27 -3.3

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, San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA

 3.7 3.8 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.7 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.5   -0.2 -5.4

Atascosa

 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4 4.0 4.4 4.0 3.5 3.7   0.1 2.8

Bandera

 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.7 4.1 3.8 3.2 3.5   0.1 2.9

Bexar

 3.7 3.9 4.0 4.0 3.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.8 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.5   -0.2 -5.4

Comal

 3.5 3.7 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.4   -0.1 -2.9

Guadalupe

 3.3 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.0 2.9 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.0 3.3   0.0 0.0

Kendall

 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 3.4 3.6 3.2 2.7 3.0   -0.3 -9.1

Medina

 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.3 4.0 4.3 3.9 3.4 3.7   0.0 0.0

Wilson

 3.1 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 3.2 3.5 3.2 2.7 2.9   -0.2 -6.5

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), San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan area and its component counties, 4th quarter 2023(2)
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San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX MSA

 58,378 -114 1,118,347 26,528 2.4 $1,229 3.8 $17,862,585 6.5

Atascosa

 944 -13 14,257 21 0.1 1,179 0.3 218,743 0.8

Bandera

 504 -3 3,685 16 0.4 874 -2.1 41,947 -2.2

Bexar

 45,512 -226 938,070 21,006 2.3 1,249 3.7 15,219,936 6.3

Comal

 5,033 34 73,219 2,673 3.8 874 -2.1 41,947 -2.2

Guadalupe

 2,680 68 48,085 1,669 3.6 1,139 2.4 711,199 6.4

Kendall

 1,910 33 20,597 813 4.1 1,267 9.1 338,214 14.0

Medina

 888 -30 10,924 272 2.6 948 2.0 134,195 4.4

Wilson

 907 23 9,510 58 0.6 981 2.6 121,123 4.1

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