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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Texas > El Paso

El Paso

Title BLS Subject Product Type Date Published
Southwest - Labor Force Statistics Employment, Unemployment Table May 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in El Paso — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2025
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 — March 2026 Consumer price indexes News Release Apr 2026
El Paso Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Apr 2026
El Paso, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Apr 2026
El Paso, TX Economy at a Glance:
El Paso, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025		 Dec
2025		 Jan
2026		 Feb
2026		 Mar
2026

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 (2)- 425.2 (p)422.6 421.9 (p)422.5  

Employment(1)

 (2)- 406.2 (p)405.3 402.5 (p)403.3  

Unemployment(1)

 (2)- 19.0 (p)17.3 19.4 (p)19.2  

Unemployment Rate(3)

 (2)- 4.5 (p)4.1 4.6 (p)4.5  

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 361.1 363.5 364.5 360.9 361.0 (p)361.8

12-month % change

 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.3 (p)0.5

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 16.9 16.7 16.7 16.6 16.6 (p)16.5

12-month % change

 1.8 0.0 0.6 3.1 1.8 (p)0.6

Manufacturing(4)

 18.1 18.0 18.1 18.0 18.0 (p)18.1

12-month % change

 2.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.0 (p)1.1

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 79.9 81.5 82.6 80.4 79.9 (p)80.1

12-month % change

 1.0 1.2 2.2 1.5 1.0 (p)1.4

Information(4)

 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.4 (p)6.4

12-month % change

 -1.5 -1.5 -1.5 -1.5 0.0 (p)0.0

Financial Activities(4)

 15.2 15.2 15.3 15.1 15.1 (p)15.1

12-month % change

 2.7 2.7 3.4 2.0 1.3 (p)1.3

Professional and Business Services(4)

 43.4 43.7 43.7 43.4 43.7 (p)43.6

12-month % change

 -2.9 -3.1 -2.7 -2.9 -1.1 (p)0.2

Education and Health Services(4)

 56.1 56.2 56.3 56.0 56.1 (p)56.1

12-month % change

 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.4 0.9 (p)0.9

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 43.1 43.0 42.7 42.8 42.9 (p)43.6

12-month % change

 1.4 0.7 0.5 2.6 1.9 (p)1.6

Other Services(4)

 10.2 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.1 (p)10.1

12-month % change

 -1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 (p)1.0

Government(4)

 71.8 72.5 72.4 72.1 72.2 (p)72.2

12-month % change

 -0.6 -1.5 -1.5 -1.4 -1.6 (p)-1.5

Footnotes
(1) Number of persons, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted.
(2) Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations.
(3) In percent, not seasonally adjusted.
(4) Number of jobs, in thousands, not seasonally adjusted. See About the data.
(p) Preliminary