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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX

 3,966.6 3,975.1 4,001.9 4,031.5 4,068.0 4,102.5 4,117.8 4,133.7 4,138.2 4,155.4 4,180.3 4,193.3 4,201.8 8.5 0.2

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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
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Total Nonfarm

 3,999.9 4,231.9 4,234.6 234.7 5.9 2,865.4 3,049.9 3,047.5 182.1 6.4 1,134.5 1,182.0 1,187.1 52.6 4.6

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 224.9 237.1 236.9 12.0 5.3 150.9 159.7 160.0 9.1 6.0 74.0 77.4 76.9 2.9 3.9

Manufacturing

 288.1 304.9 308.0 19.9 6.9 186.8 200.1 200.2 13.4 7.2 101.3 104.8 107.8 6.5 6.4

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 894.4 922.5 930.3 35.9 4.0 597.9 623.3 627.9 30.0 5.0 296.5 299.2 302.4 5.9 2.0

Information

 85.6 87.5 88.9 3.3 3.9 75.8 77.3 78.8 3.0 4.0 9.8 10.2 10.1 0.3 3.1

Financial Activities

 351.0 372.2 375.5 24.5 7.0 279.4 300.4 302.4 23.0 8.2 71.6 71.8 73.1 1.5 2.1

Professional & Business Services

 721.0 777.6 764.4 43.4 6.0 589.7 636.8 622.8 33.1 5.6 131.3 140.8 141.6 10.3 7.8

Education & Health Services

 470.8 505.8 511.4 40.6 8.6 326.5 348.9 354.8 28.3 8.7 144.3 156.9 156.6 12.3 8.5

Leisure & Hospitality

 382.7 429.8 424.6 41.9 10.9 257.5 289.6 286.5 29.0 11.3 125.2 140.2 138.1 12.9 10.3

Other Services

 127.9 136.1 136.4 8.5 6.6 85.9 94.3 94.8 8.9 10.4 42.0 41.8 41.6 -0.4 -1.0

Government

 453.5 458.4 458.2 4.7 1.0 315.0 319.5 319.3 4.3 1.4 138.5 138.9 138.9 0.4 0.3

(1) Data unavailable at the State and U.S. levels.
(p) Preliminary

SOURCE: Current Employment Statistics
Unemployment, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 151,376 172,496 172,146 141,536 133,193 139,967 162,216 161,390 155,758 144,620 144,265 141,892 136,569   -14,807 -9.8

Collin

 18,975 21,692 21,854 18,217 16,916 17,819 21,073 20,779 19,955 18,635 18,804 18,745 18,119   -856 -4.5

Dallas

 55,978 63,471 62,989 51,720 48,890 51,063 58,064 58,035 56,336 52,031 51,518 50,489 48,708   -7,270 -13.0

Denton

 16,891 19,337 19,530 16,033 15,031 15,966 18,912 18,716 17,877 16,726 16,863 16,636 16,126   -765 -4.5

Ellis

 3,332 3,882 3,915 3,211 3,034 3,259 3,803 3,793 3,654 3,354 3,387 3,360 3,281   -51 -1.5

Hood

 1,099 1,256 1,259 1,057 973 1,035 1,161 1,168 1,150 1,093 1,085 1,052 1,008   -91 -8.3

Hunt

 1,745 2,020 2,039 1,670 1,546 1,623 1,923 1,884 1,833 1,765 1,786 1,786 1,710   -35 -2.0

Johnson

 3,060 3,491 3,500 2,861 2,657 2,825 3,345 3,375 3,158 2,897 2,885 2,880 2,728   -332 -10.8

Kaufman

 2,658 3,043 3,048 2,524 2,391 2,546 2,963 3,022 2,887 2,713 2,762 2,716 2,586   -72 -2.7

Parker

 2,380 2,704 2,739 2,223 2,066 2,204 2,535 2,486 2,429 2,312 2,311 2,262 2,141   -239 -10.0

Rockwall

 1,825 2,104 2,128 1,748 1,636 1,726 2,055 2,028 1,968 1,870 1,898 1,875 1,767   -58 -3.2

Somervell

 171 190 184 152 141 159 189 190 185 166 169 166 166   -5 -2.9

Tarrant

 42,091 47,935 47,597 39,008 36,874 38,668 44,849 44,647 43,126 39,943 39,672 38,817 37,159   -4,932 -11.7

Wise

 1,171 1,371 1,364 1,112 1,038 1,074 1,344 1,267 1,200 1,115 1,125 1,108 1,070   -101 -8.6

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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 3.6 4.1 4.1 3.3 3.2 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.2   -0.4

Collin

 3.1 3.5 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.8   -0.3

Dallas

 4.0 4.5 4.5 3.7 3.5 3.6 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4   -0.6

Denton

 3.1 3.6 3.6 2.9 2.7 2.9 3.4 3.4 3.2 3.0 3.0 2.9 2.9   -0.2

Ellis

 3.3 3.8 3.8 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.1   -0.2

Hood

 3.8 4.3 4.3 3.6 3.3 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.4   -0.4

Hunt

 3.8 4.4 4.4 3.6 3.3 3.5 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.6   -0.2

Johnson

 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.0   -0.5

Kaufman

 3.6 4.1 4.1 3.4 3.2 3.4 3.9 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.4   -0.2

Parker

 3.3 3.7 3.7 3.0 2.8 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 2.9   -0.4

Rockwall

 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.0 2.8 2.9 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.1 2.9   -0.3

Somervell

 3.8 4.3 4.1 3.4 3.1 3.5 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.6   -0.2

Tarrant

 3.8 4.3 4.2 3.5 3.3 3.4 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2   -0.6

Wise

 3.5 4.1 4.0 3.3 3.1 3.2 3.9 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.1   -0.4

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

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

(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, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2022(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 210,762 7,448 3,835,205 180,079 4.9 $1,386 6.0 $69,151,453 11.9

Collin

 33,344 2,034 501,467 41,465 9.0 1,497 6.4 9,755,539 17.0

Dallas

 85,564 1,765 1,786,266 63,697 3.7 1,535 6.8 35,659,936 11.4

Denton

 19,714 1,261 287,273 12,263 4.5 1,136 0.8 4,287,667 6.7

Ellis

 3,757 194 58,512 3,197 5.8 999 5.4 764,025 11.9

Hood

 1,656 54 17,179 842 5.2 932 9.3 207,231 16.3

Hunt

 1,744 60 29,483 1,612 5.8 1,055 5.2 408,638 12.1

Johnson

 3,881 178 53,688 2,064 4.0 997 2.8 697,426 7.6

Kaufman

 2,493 149 37,733 1,531 4.2 956 3.6 469,468 13.3

Parker

 3,481 201 38,501 2,780 7.8 983 7.4 492,875 16.7

Rockwall

 3,136 167 37,403 2,330 6.6 986 7.1 478,844 15.2

Somervell

 255 18 3,804 357 10.4 1,237 8.0 60,589 18.8

Tarrant

 50,177 1,332 962,610 47,135 5.1 1,246 5.3 15,576,316 11.3

Wise

 1,560 35 21,286 806 3.9 1,061 9.6 292,901 14.5

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