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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 Jan 2026
Occupational Employment and Wages in El Paso — May 2024 Employment, Pay News Release Jun 2025
Fatal Occupational Injuries in Texas Workplace fatalities Table Jan 2025
Industry employment and annual change: Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso (PDF) Employment Table Jun 2022
Consumer Price Index, South Region — December 2025 Consumer price indexes News Release Jan 2026
El Paso Area Economic Summary (PDF)
Benefits, Consumer price indexes, Consumer spending, Employment, Industry price indexes, Pay, Unemployment
 Economic Summary Dec 2025
El Paso, TX, Metropolitan Area Data Tables Employment, Pay, Unemployment Table Jan 2026
El Paso, TX Economy at a Glance:
El Paso, TX
Data Series Back
Data		 June
2025		 July
2025		 Aug
2025		 Sept
2025		 Oct
2025		 Nov
2025

Labor Force Data

Civilian Labor Force(1)

 421.0 422.5 423.0 426.0 (2)- (p)425.2

Employment(1)

 403.2 403.7 402.3 405.4 (2)- (p)406.2

Unemployment(1)

 17.9 18.9 20.7 20.6 (2)- (p)19.0

Unemployment Rate(3)

 4.2 4.5 4.9 4.8 (2)- (p)4.5

Nonfarm Wage and Salary Employment

Total Nonfarm(4)

 356.6 356.4 356.0 356.7 356.9 (p)358.8

12-month % change

 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.1 (p)0.3

Mining, Logging, and Construction(4)

 15.9 15.8 15.9 16.0 16.0 (p)15.8

12-month % change

 -1.9 -1.9 -1.9 -1.8 -1.2 (p)-1.9

Manufacturing(4)

 17.5 17.5 17.4 17.4 17.3 (p)17.1

12-month % change

 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 -0.6 (p)-1.2

Trade, Transportation, and Utilities(4)

 75.6 75.6 75.7 75.5 76.1 (p)77.8

12-month % change

 1.6 2.3 1.9 1.2 1.3 (p)1.8

Information(4)

 6.3 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.2 (p)6.2

12-month % change

 -4.5 -3.0 -3.1 -3.1 -3.1 (p)-4.6

Financial Activities(4)

 14.7 14.7 14.5 14.4 14.3 (p)14.5

12-month % change

 0.0 0.0 -1.4 -2.0 -3.4 (p)-2.7

Professional and Business Services(4)

 42.4 42.5 42.8 42.6 42.6 (p)42.7

12-month % change

 -0.7 -1.6 -2.1 -3.6 -4.5 (p)-4.5

Education and Health Services(4)

 55.5 55.7 55.9 56.1 56.5 (p)56.6

12-month % change

 2.8 2.8 1.8 2.2 2.2 (p)1.8

Leisure and Hospitality(4)

 43.7 43.4 43.4 42.7 42.5 (p)42.1

12-month % change

 1.6 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.2 (p)0.5

Other Services(4)

 10.4 10.3 10.3 10.2 10.3 (p)10.3

12-month % change

 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 -1.0 1.0 (p)1.0

Government(4)

 74.6 74.5 73.8 75.6 75.1 (p)75.7

12-month % change

 1.9 1.9 1.4 3.1 0.8 (p)2.2

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