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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Austin-Roundrock, TX Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Austin-Round Rock, TX

 1,210.4 1,213.2 1,219.0 1,223.3 1,225.2 1,226.7 1,237.0 1,249.8 1,252.1 1,255.2 1,259.1 1,260.5 1,262.3 1.8 0.1

Texas

 13,055.4 13,106.3 13,177.5 13,221.7 13,282.9 13,348.6 13,440.3 13,513.7 13,531.8 13,580.5 13,639.3 13,676.0 13,705.5 29.5 0.2

United States

 149,240 149,744 150,458 150,856 151,224 151,610 151,903 152,440 152,732 153,001 153,264 153,520 153,743 223 0.1

(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Employees on nonfarm payrolls by industry supersector, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA Texas U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 1,220.2 1,271.5 1,271.1 50.9 4.2 13,817.1 647.6 4.9 154,771 4,419 2.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 75.3 72.6 71.8 -3.5 -4.6                

Mining & Logging(2)

             230.0 40.0 21.1 643 54 9.2

Construction(2)

             777.0 15.7 2.1 7,691 242 3.2

Manufacturing

 66.9 71.7 70.1 3.2 4.8 942.4 49.2 5.5 12,947 368 2.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 202.6 205.5 208.3 5.7 2.8 2,795.5 93.5 3.5 29,512 469 1.6

Information

 47.5 50.3 50.4 2.9 6.1 242.5 25.2 11.6 3,066 141 4.8

Financial Activities

 76.7 76.7 77.1 0.4 0.5 920.6 57.3 6.6 9,029 136 1.5

Professional & Business Services

 251.6 261.7 264.2 12.6 5.0 2,040.6 57.3 2.9 22,541 577 2.6

Education & Health Services

 138.7 145.8 145.6 6.9 5.0 1,868.5 106.0 6.0 25,052 962 4.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 128.9 153.7 150.9 22.0 17.1 1,508.0 152.8 11.3 15,766 962 6.5

Other Services

 45.7 47.0 46.5 0.8 1.8 463.1 27.9 6.4 5,759 173 3.1

Government

 186.3 186.5 186.2 -0.1 -0.1 2,028.9 22.7 1.1 22,765 335 1.5

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(2) Data unavailable for the metropolitan area.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 38,751 44,462 44,947 36,624 33,865 36,184 42,266 41,770 40,460 38,077 38,613 37,936 36,833   -1,918 -4.9

Bastrop

 1,526 1,768 1,782 1,453 1,353 1,439 1,749 1,737 1,636 1,481 1,496 1,464 1,380   -146 -9.6

Caldwell

 718 827 815 666 633 669 823 816 735 658 673 678 650   -68 -9.5

Hays

 4,004 4,661 4,660 3,777 3,483 3,707 4,437 4,319 4,101 3,836 3,935 3,904 3,741   -263 -6.6

Travis

 22,390 25,674 25,967 21,191 19,516 20,879 24,184 24,031 23,421 22,097 22,245 21,724 21,237   -1,153 -5.1

Williamson

 10,113 11,532 11,723 9,537 8,880 9,490 11,073 10,867 10,567 10,005 10,264 10,166 9,825   -288 -2.8

Texas

 608,019 694,175 685,161 562,546 530,006 553,760 639,147 632,432 606,802 556,395 549,564 543,883 530,622   -77,397 -12.7

United States (in thousands)

 5,964 7,207 6,782 6,168 5,458 5,548 6,334 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352   -612 -10.3

(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, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 2.9 3.3 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.7   -0.2 -6.9

Bastrop

 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.1 2.9 3.1 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9   -0.4 -12.1

Caldwell

 3.5 4.1 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.3 4.0 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1   -0.4 -11.4

Hays

 3.0 3.5 3.5 2.8 2.6 2.8 3.3 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7   -0.3 -10.0

Travis

 2.8 3.3 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.6 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6   -0.2 -7.1

Williamson

 2.9 3.3 3.3 2.7 2.5 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.8 2.7   -0.2 -6.9

Texas

 4.2 4.8 4.7 3.9 3.7 3.8 4.4 4.3 4.2 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6   -0.6 -14.3

United States (in thousands)

 3.7 4.4 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3   -0.4 -10.8

(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
Covered(1)employment and wages, Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2022(2)
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 74,887 3,782 1,192,317 86,016 7.8 $1,518 6.9 $23,487,971 16.2

Bastrop

 1,765 76 20,835 1,297 6.6 907 7.0 247,197 14.8

Caldwell

 832 0 9,483 516 5.8 866 8.8 106,637 15.2

Hays

 5,787 424 82,042 6,362 8.4 961 8.8 1,041,043 19.1

Travis

 51,569 2,373 872,128 64,091 7.9 1,646 6.9 18,604,319 16.4

Williamson

 14,934 909 207,829 13,750 7.1 1,296 6.4 3,488,774 14.9

Texas

 796,895 31,894 13,135,732 654,575 5.2 $1,284 6.1 $219,474,567 12.4

United States

 11,460,819 646,560 149,901,995 5,716,182 4.0 1,294 4.3 2,517,903,681 9.0

(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