Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Austin fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 6.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.0 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Austin peaked in September 2011 at 7.4% and is now 0.6 percentage points lower. You can also compare Austin unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.5%	-0.2	-0.9
Texas	7.8%	-0.3	-0.5
Austin	6.8%	-0.3	-0.4

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2011 data as January metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Austin, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Austin, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Austin peaked in September 2011 at 68,439. There are now 5,829 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Austin employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Austin, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
Austin	62,610	-3,029	-2,969

Number of Unemployed Persons

Austin, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	6.8%	62,610
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	7.1%	65,639
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	7.4%	68,325
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	7.4%	68,439
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	7.3%	67,090
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	7.2%	66,139
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	7.0%	64,353
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.8%	62,417
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	6.8%	61,838
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	6.8%	62,207
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	6.9%	63,026
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	7.1%	64,615