El Paso, Texas Job Growth

There were 287,100 jobs in El Paso, Texas in April 2020 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 283,512 employed persons for the month. El Paso lost 41,100 jobs in April 2020 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 60,434 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare El Paso job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	April 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	287,100	-41,100	-35,300
CPS	283,512	-60,434	-64,670

Note: The CPS survey data is now seasonally adjusted at the metropolitan level by with the new BLS SSA series.

El Paso, Texas Employment Changes

The charts below show the monthly job growth for El Paso as measured by the CES and CPS surveys. To illustrate the trend, the 3 month moving average change in employment is shown in green.

CES Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

CPS Employment Change: 1 Month, Rolling 3 Month

Total Employment for El Paso, Texas

CES employment for El Paso peaked in February 2020 at 328,700. Since then 41,600 jobs have been lost in El Paso according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 354,173 for El Paso in February 2020. 70,661 jobs have been lost in El Paso since then according to the household survey.

Employment: CES, CPS

El Paso, Texas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
April 2020	287,100	-41,100	283,512	-60,434
March 2020	328,200	-500	343,946	-10,227
February 2020	328,700	700	354,173	768
January 2020	328,000	800	353,405	-739
December 2019	327,200	300	354,144	354
November 2019	326,900	400	353,790	584
October 2019	326,500	600	353,206	806
September 2019	325,900	800	352,400	1,067
August 2019	325,100	400	351,333	1,183
July 2019	324,700	1,800	350,150	1,014
June 2019	322,900	500	349,136	680
May 2019	322,400	0	348,456	274