El Paso, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Paso fell 0.3 percentage points in December 2011 to 9.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 2.1 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in El Paso peaked in September 2011 at 10.6% and is now 0.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare El Paso 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
El Paso	9.9%	-0.3	-0.2

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: 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 2,368 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	December 2011	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Paso	32,060	-1,187	-295

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Paso, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployed
January 2012	8.3%	—	—	—
December 2011	8.5%	7.8%	9.9%	32,060
November 2011	8.7%	8.1%	10.2%	33,247
October 2011	8.9%	8.4%	10.6%	34,428
September 2011	9.0%	8.5%	10.6%	34,403
August 2011	9.1%	8.5%	10.5%	34,035
July 2011	9.1%	8.4%	10.4%	33,813
June 2011	9.1%	8.2%	10.3%	33,310
May 2011	9.0%	8.0%	10.1%	32,751
April 2011	9.0%	8.0%	10.1%	32,482
March 2011	8.9%	8.1%	10.1%	32,410
February 2011	9.0%	8.2%	10.1%	32,355
January 2011	9.1%	8.3%	10.1%	32,452