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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

 4,131.7 4,146.8 4,169.6 4,179.3 4,192.0 4,205.3 4,212.0 4,223.4 4,227.1 4,239.2 4,267.2 4,281.5 4,298.4 16.9 0.4

Texas

 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 13,962.4 13,979.1 16.7 0.1

United States

 153,332 153,682 154,006 154,296 154,535 155,007 155,255 155,472 155,689 155,970 156,075 156,232 156,419 187 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

 4,124.7 4,276.8 4,279.5 154.8 3.8 2,955.4 3,063.6 3,068.1 112.7 3.8 1,169.3 1,213.2 1,211.4 42.1 3.6

Mining, Logging, & Construction(1)

 235.9 256.8 255.6 19.7 8.4 157.7 174.5 172.8 15.1 9.6 78.2 82.3 82.8 4.6 5.9

Manufacturing

 301.9 312.2 311.9 10.0 3.3 194.6 199.9 200.7 6.1 3.1 107.3 112.3 111.2 3.9 3.6

Trade, Transportation, & Utilities

 885.3 902.8 900.0 14.7 1.7 599.8 608.6 606.5 6.7 1.1 285.5 294.2 293.5 8.0 2.8

Information

 92.0 96.8 95.5 3.5 3.8 80.6 85.2 84.0 3.4 4.2 11.4 11.6 11.5 0.1 0.9

Financial Activities

 363.7 381.3 379.0 15.3 4.2 287.9 303.2 300.4 12.5 4.3 75.8 78.1 78.6 2.8 3.7

Professional & Business Services

 778.8 812.9 806.3 27.5 3.5 623.1 644.6 640.9 17.8 2.9 155.7 168.3 165.4 9.7 6.2

Education & Health Services

 479.7 496.4 495.3 15.6 3.3 330.6 343.9 342.0 11.4 3.4 149.1 152.5 153.3 4.2 2.8

Leisure & Hospitality

 409.3 423.4 421.0 11.7 2.9 280.3 290.4 288.8 8.5 3.0 129.0 133.0 132.2 3.2 2.5

Other Services

 130.4 144.1 146.5 16.1 12.3 89.7 101.6 103.8 14.1 15.7 40.7 42.5 42.7 2.0 4.9

Government

 447.7 450.1 468.4 20.7 4.6 311.1 311.7 328.2 17.1 5.5 136.6 138.4 140.2 3.6 2.6

(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

 153,423 145,083 146,033 144,909 135,095 163,531 180,561 171,005 149,837 166,470 170,259 184,966 186,757   33,334 21.7

Collin

 20,208 19,160 19,438 19,517 18,290 22,364 24,891 23,269 20,733 23,185 23,613 25,906 26,044   5,836 28.9

Dallas

 54,165 51,100 51,175 50,679 47,368 56,785 62,668 59,536 52,681 58,365 58,607 63,763 64,744   10,579 19.5

Denton

 18,078 17,172 17,423 17,308 16,240 19,767 21,891 21,025 18,296 20,479 21,612 22,937 23,001   4,923 27.2

Ellis

 3,716 3,455 3,507 3,500 3,310 4,038 4,442 4,213 3,554 3,969 4,128 4,491 4,523   807 21.7

Hood

 1,152 1,113 1,112 1,086 1,003 1,211 1,342 1,212 1,052 1,159 1,173 1,282 1,303   151 13.1

Hunt

 1,840 1,798 1,834 1,846 1,709 2,051 2,298 2,068 1,819 2,040 2,060 2,266 2,325   485 26.4

Johnson

 3,181 2,964 2,968 2,983 2,734 3,363 3,732 3,527 3,000 3,330 3,447 3,818 3,836   655 20.6

Kaufman

 2,900 2,771 2,839 2,810 2,592 3,119 3,452 3,331 2,948 3,279 3,344 3,601 3,628   728 25.1

Parker

 2,470 2,388 2,394 2,360 2,154 2,693 3,000 2,768 2,365 2,590 2,616 2,883 2,998   528 21.4

Rockwall

 2,007 1,933 1,972 1,965 1,800 2,235 2,472 2,270 2,031 2,282 2,286 2,437 2,515   508 25.3

Somervell

 187 174 175 174 170 205 202 182 155 169 182 186 191   4 2.1

Tarrant

 42,314 39,914 40,038 39,535 36,657 44,393 48,704 46,210 40,052 44,357 45,764 49,893 50,161   7,847 18.5

Wise

 1,205 1,141 1,158 1,146 1,068 1,307 1,467 1,394 1,151 1,266 1,427 1,503 1,488   283 23.5

Texas

 579,361 542,893 542,670 543,279 513,171 622,847 676,626 632,197 551,311 613,485 628,236 683,046 685,589   106,228 18.3

United States (in thousands)

 6,256 5,460 5,609 5,523 5,352 6,378 6,465 6,043 5,146 5,700 6,351 6,372 6,623   367 5.9

(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, 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 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.1 3.8 4.1 3.9 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.2   0.6

Collin

 3.2 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.9 4.0   0.8

Dallas

 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.9 4.3 4.1 3.6 4.0 4.0 4.3 4.3   0.5

Denton

 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.8 3.7 3.2 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.0   0.7

Ellis

 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.2   0.6

Hood

 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.6 3.3 4.0 4.4 3.9 3.4 3.8 3.8 4.1 4.2   0.4

Hunt

 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.9 3.6 4.3 4.8 4.3 3.8 4.3 4.3 4.6 4.7   0.8

Johnson

 3.6 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.7 4.1 3.8 3.3 3.6 3.7 4.1 4.1   0.5

Kaufman

 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.4 4.1 4.5 4.3 3.8 4.2 4.3 4.6 4.6   0.8

Parker

 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.1 2.9 3.5 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.4 3.7 3.8   0.5

Rockwall

 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.0 3.7 4.0 3.7 3.3 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.0   0.6

Somervell

 4.1 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.7 4.4 4.3 3.9 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.9 4.0   -0.1

Tarrant

 3.7 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.8 4.2 3.9 3.4 3.8 3.9 4.2 4.2   0.5

Wise

 3.5 3.3 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.7 4.2 3.9 3.3 3.6 4.0 4.2 4.1   0.6

Texas

 3.9 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.5 4.2 4.5 4.2 3.7 4.1 4.2 4.5 4.5   0.6

United States (in thousands)

 3.8 3.3 3.4 3.4 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.1 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.9   0.1

(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 employment and wages(1), Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area and its component counties, 1st quarter 2023(2)
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Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX MSA

 212,551 1,780 3,937,534 135,610 3.6 $1,590 7.1 $81,227,015 11.4

Collin

 34,064 684 521,569 28,686 5.8 1,744 6.7 11,797,015 13.3

Dallas

 85,281 -504 1,821,038 47,252 2.7 1,804 6.8 42,653,673 10.1

Denton

 20,261 684 303,462 14,173 4.9 1,268 10.6 4,980,033 16.2

Ellis

 3,822 68 59,853 1,098 1.9 1,074 9.1 834,345 11.9

Hood

 1,678 40 17,662 835 5.0 929 8.1 211,645 13.6

Hunt

 1,770 20 31,039 1,339 4.5 1,076 9.3 432,467 14.2

Johnson

 3,920 76 55,039 2,141 4.0 1,043 7.2 738,967 11.4

Kaufman

 2,569 108 40,023 2,525 6.7 1,014 7.9 527,461 15.9

Parker

 3,579 97 40,060 2,620 7.0 1,046 10.6 538,449 18.0

Rockwall

 3,208 94 38,883 2,767 7.7 1,036 9.7 522,547 18.9

Somervell

 257 4 3,825 197 5.4 1,476 10.7 71,880 15.9

Tarrant

 50,534 361 982,793 30,626 3.2 1,380 7.5 17,582,118 11.1

Wise

 1,608 48 22,288 1,351 6.5 1,170 8.4 336,416 15.4

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