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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

 1,281.1 1,290.4 1,295.1 1,296.5 1,298.8 1,301.1 1,303.7 1,303.6 1,307.5 1,313.8 1,318.7 1,323.4 1,326.0 2.6 0.2

Texas

 13,527.4 13,577.1 13,613.6 13,656.7 13,687.8 13,733.7 13,773.7 13,810.6 13,837.8 13,867.7 13,913.5 13,942.8 13,969.1 26.3 0.2

United States

 152,980 153,332 153,682 154,006 154,296 154,535 155,007 155,255 155,472 155,689 155,970 156,155 156,342 187 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

 1,282.0 1,329.4 1,321.5 39.5 3.1 13,918.5 448.2 3.3 156,126 3,251 2.1

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 80.6 84.7 84.5 3.9 4.8                

Mining & Logging(2)

             221.1 18.8 9.3 651 29 4.7

Construction(2)

             816.1 26.3 3.3 8,189 197 2.5

Manufacturing

 70.8 73.9 73.4 2.6 3.7 969.0 35.2 3.8 13,042 115 0.9

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 205.6 207.9 208.9 3.3 1.6 2,779.2 76.1 2.8 28,805 164 0.6

Information

 53.5 53.6 53.0 -0.5 -0.9 242.2 6.4 2.7 3,097 -33 -1.1

Financial Activities

 79.8 80.1 80.5 0.7 0.9 923.6 35.7 4.0 9,230 104 1.1

Professional & Business Services

 277.8 287.6 287.9 10.1 3.6 2,129.0 33.7 1.6 23,094 359 1.6

Private Education & Health Services

 143.9 149.2 148.7 4.8 3.3 1,897.7 100.0 5.6 25,113 994 4.1

Leisure & Hospitality

 140.8 150.3 150.6 9.8 7.0 1,494.0 45.8 3.2 17,371 659 3.9

Other Services

 49.5 51.4 51.7 2.2 4.4 477.3 20.7 4.5 5,966 166 2.9

Government

 179.7 190.7 182.3 2.6 1.4 1,969.3 49.5 2.6 21,568 497 2.4

(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

 41,598 41,112 39,284 40,041 39,573 37,225 46,448 52,797 50,303 44,196 49,705 50,542 55,387   13,789 33.1

Bastrop

 1,734 1,666 1,534 1,552 1,526 1,391 1,719 1,917 1,934 1,541 1,712 1,853 2,073   339 19.6

Caldwell

 809 740 673 693 703 650 822 907 854 700 790 838 959   150 18.5

Hays

 4,333 4,184 3,972 4,095 4,084 3,789 4,789 5,340 4,853 4,301 4,855 5,002 5,471   1,138 26.3

Travis

 23,847 23,736 22,745 23,022 22,623 21,440 26,716 30,414 29,152 25,758 29,081 29,412 32,166   8,319 34.9

Williamson

 10,875 10,786 10,360 10,679 10,637 9,955 12,402 14,219 13,510 11,896 13,267 13,437 14,718   3,843 35.3

Texas

 590,021 579,361 542,893 542,670 543,279 513,171 622,847 676,626 632,197 551,311 613,485 628,236 683,466   93,445 15.8

United States (in thousands)

 6,255 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372   117 1.9

(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

 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.6 3.3 3.7 3.5 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.8   0.8 26.7

Bastrop

 3.6 3.4 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.9 3.9 3.1 3.5 3.7 4.1   0.5 13.9

Caldwell

 3.8 3.5 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.3   0.5 13.2

Hays

 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.4 3.8 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.5 3.8   0.7 22.6

Travis

 2.9 2.9 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 3.2 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.4 3.4 3.8   0.9 31.0

Williamson

 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.7 3.3 3.8 3.6 3.2 3.5 3.6 3.9   0.9 30.0

Texas

 4.0 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 4.2 4.5 4.2 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.5   0.5 12.5

United States (in thousands)

 3.8 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8   0.0 0.0

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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 employment and wages(1), Austin-Round Rock metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2023(2)
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Austin-Round Rock, TX MSA

 75,701 1,176 1,234,246 62,673 5.3 $1,689 5.0 $26,962,067 11.0

Bastrop

 1,807 48 21,240 354 1.7 976 9.1 266,687 11.4

Caldwell

 870 31 9,817 438 4.7 942 16.0 119,999 22.1

Hays

 6,001 292 88,175 5,123 6.2 1,010 9.3 1,151,213 16.5

Travis

 51,854 505 896,498 40,801 4.8 1,799 5.3 20,853,033 10.7

Williamson

 15,169 300 218,516 15,957 7.9 1,615 2.5 4,571,136 10.8

Texas

 820,502 28,183 13,568,733 560,313 4.3 $1,480 8.1 $260,010,126 13.0

United States

 11,883,196 610,010 151,418,052 3,642,075 2.5 1,465 6.6 2,873,835,485 9.6

(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