El Paso, Texas Job Growth

There were 316,600 jobs in El Paso, Texas in April 2018 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 344,900 employed persons for the month. El Paso lost 100 jobs in April 2018 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment rose by 343 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare El Paso job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	April 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	316,600	-100	+4,500
CPS	344,900	+343	+7,259

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 March 2018 at 316,700. Since then 100 jobs have been lost in El Paso according to the employer survey.

CPS employment in April 2018 for El Paso is at a new high of 344,900.

Employment: CES, CPS

El Paso, Texas Employment History

Date	CES Employment	CES Month/Month	CPS Employment	CPS Month/Month
April 2018	316,600	-100	344,900	343
March 2018	316,700	1,000	344,557	1,095
February 2018	315,700	1,300	343,462	3,309
January 2018	314,400	400	340,153	-283
December 2017	314,000	0	340,436	160
November 2017	314,000	500	340,276	51
October 2017	313,500	1,900	340,225	361
September 2017	311,600	100	339,864	911
August 2017	311,500	800	338,953	792
July 2017	310,700	-1,500	338,161	541
June 2017	312,200	0	337,620	165
May 2017	312,200	100	337,455	-186