El Paso, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Paso fell 0.1 percentage points in March 2012 to 9.4%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.4 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in El Paso peaked in September 2011 at 10.6% and is now 1.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare El Paso unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	8.2%	-0.1	-0.7
Texas	7.0%	-0.1	-1.0
El Paso	9.4%	-0.1	-0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with March 2012 data as April metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: El Paso, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

El Paso, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in El Paso peaked in October 2011 at 34,428. There are now 3,763 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. El Paso employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Paso, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	March 2012	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Paso	30,665	-159	-1,745

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Paso, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployed
April 2012	8.1%	6.9%	—	—
March 2012	8.2%	7.0%	9.4%	30,665
February 2012	8.3%	7.1%	9.5%	30,824
January 2012	8.3%	7.3%	9.7%	31,368
December 2011	8.5%	7.4%	9.9%	32,060
November 2011	8.7%	7.6%	10.2%	33,247
October 2011	8.9%	7.8%	10.6%	34,428
September 2011	9.0%	7.9%	10.6%	34,403
August 2011	9.1%	8.1%	10.5%	34,035
July 2011	9.1%	8.1%	10.4%	33,813
June 2011	9.1%	8.1%	10.3%	33,310
May 2011	9.0%	8.1%	10.1%	32,751
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	10.1%	32,482