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Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX

Title	BLS Subject	Product Type	Date Published

Austin Area Economic Summary (PDF)	Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment	Economic Summary	Aug 2026
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics	Employment, Unemployment	Table	Aug 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos — May 2025	Employment, Pay	News Release	Aug 2026
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas	Workplace fatalities	Table	Feb 2026
Industry employment and annual change: Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso (PDF)	Employment	Table	Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — July 2026	Consumer price indexes	News Release	Aug 2026
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables	Employment, Pay, Unemployment	Table	Jul 2026

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX Economy at a Glance:

Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
Data Series	Feb 2026	Mar 2026	Apr 2026	May 2026	June 2026	July 2026
Labor Force Data
Civilian Labor Force(1)	1,559.5	1,556.9	1,560.0	1,564.2	(p)1,569.3
Employment(1)	1,502.4	1,503.6	1,507.6	1,508.8	(p)1,505.3
Unemployment(1)	57.1	53.4	52.4	55.4	(p)64.0
Unemployment Rate(2)	3.7	3.4	3.4	3.5	(p)4.1
Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment
Total Nonfarm(3)	1,406.7	1,410.0	1,417.4	1,422.9	1,432.0	(p)1,421.7
12-month % change	1.0	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.9	(p)1.7
Mining, Logging, and Construction(3)	95.1	95.9	96.3	98.0	99.6	(p)99.1
12-month % change	5.2	4.9	4.8	5.7	6.5	(p)5.5
Manufacturing(3)	85.0	85.5	85.1	85.3	86.5	(p)87.0
12-month % change	-1.7	-0.8	-1.2	-0.7	0.3	(p)1.6
Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(3)	212.5	212.3	213.0	213.2	213.7	(p)214.0
12-month % change	0.1	0.4	0.6	0.4	0.8	(p)0.8
Information(3)	48.9	48.5	49.0	48.8	49.0	(p)48.5
12-month % change	-3.4	-4.2	-3.0	-3.2	-3.5	(p)-4.9
Financial Activities(3)	91.1	91.4	91.5	92.2	93.1	(p)93.4
12-month % change	3.2	3.0	1.8	2.3	2.4	(p)2.2
Professional and Business Services(3)	285.9	285.2	287.1	287.0	291.9	(p)294.6
12-month % change	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.1	2.8	(p)3.2
Education and Health Services(3)	170.1	171.3	172.2	172.0	171.9	(p)172.1
12-month % change	1.2	2.1	1.4	1.3	2.0	(p)1.5
Leisure and Hospitality(3)	149.8	151.6	153.4	155.1	156.8	(p)155.3
12-month % change	0.2	-0.6	-0.6	-0.3	1.6	(p)1.8
Other Services(3)	54.2	54.2	54.7	55.3	56.4	(p)56.7
12-month % change	1.3	0.9	0.7	0.7	2.0	(p)2.7
Government(3)	214.1	214.1	215.1	216.0	213.1	(p)201.0
12-month % change	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.0	1.4	(p)0.0
Footnotes (1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. (2) In percent, not seasonally adjusted. (3) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data. (p) Preliminary