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Bureau of Labor Statistics > Geographic Information > Southwest > Table

El Paso, TX Metropolitan Area Data Tables

Employees on nonfarm payrolls, El Paso metropolitan area, seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
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El Paso, TX

 322.6 323.9 324.1 323.4 322.3 321.4 326.5 329.9 328.7 327.2 327.6 328.6 330.5 1.9 0.6

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, El Paso metropolitan area, not seasonally adjusted (numbers in thousands)
Area and Industry

 El Paso, TX MSA Texas U.S.
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Total Nonfarm

 325.2 331.6 333.4 8.2 2.5 13,817.1 647.6 4.9 154,771 4,419 2.9

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 17.6 17.9 17.6 0.0 0.0                

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

 17.3 17.8 18.0 0.7 4.0 942.4 49.2 5.5 12,947 368 2.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 71.6 71.4 72.5 0.9 1.3 2,795.5 93.5 3.5 29,512 469 1.6

Information

 4.7 5.0 5.0 0.3 6.4 242.5 25.2 11.6 3,066 141 4.8

Financial Activities

 13.4 13.1 13.3 -0.1 -0.7 920.6 57.3 6.6 9,029 136 1.5

Professional & Business Services

 36.8 36.8 37.1 0.3 0.8 2,040.6 57.3 2.9 22,541 577 2.6

Education & Health Services

 46.9 48.6 48.9 2.0 4.3 1,868.5 106.0 6.0 25,052 962 4.0

Leisure & Hospitality

 38.9 41.3 41.1 2.2 5.7 1,508.0 152.8 11.3 15,766 962 6.5

Other Services

 8.9 9.2 9.2 0.3 3.4 463.1 27.9 6.4 5,759 173 3.1

Government

 69.1 70.5 70.7 1.6 2.3 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, El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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Number Percent

El Paso, TX MSA

 17,280 19,689 19,391 15,911 15,051 15,680 17,781 17,384 16,786 15,771 15,699 15,454 14,604   -2,676 -15.5

El Paso

 17,202 19,603 19,304 15,839 14,981 15,606 17,701 17,303 16,711 15,697 15,621 15,382 14,535   -2,667 -15.5

Hudspeth

 78 86 87 72 70 74 80 81 75 74 78 72 69   -9 -11.5

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, El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, not seasonally adjusted
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El Paso, TX MSA

 4.7 5.4 5.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.0   -0.7 -14.9

El Paso

 4.7 5.4 5.3 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.9 4.8 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.0   -0.7 -14.9

Hudspeth

 4.4 4.8 4.6 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.1 4.4 4.0 3.8   -0.6 -13.6

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, El Paso metropolitan area and its component counties, 2nd quarter 2022(2)
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El Paso, TX MSA

 16,788 282 315,724 10,599 3.5 $895 5.0 $3,694,840 9.4

El Paso

 16,699 283 314,358 10,623 3.5 893 4.9 3,671,200 9.4

Hudspeth

 89 -1 1,366 -24 -1.7 1,351 8.5 23,640 6.4

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