El Paso, Texas Job Growth

There were 321,400 jobs in El Paso, Texas in July 2019 according to the CES survey of employers. The CPS survey of households showed 349,419 employed persons for the month. El Paso lost 300 jobs in July 2019 according to the CES survey while the broader CPS measure of employment fell by 166 (Comparing CES and CPS employment numbers.). You can also compare El Paso job growth to job growth in other cities.

Employment Survey	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
CES	321,400	-300	+3,700
CPS	349,419	-166	+4,292

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 May 2019 at 321,700. Since then 300 jobs have been lost in El Paso according to the employer survey.

CPS employment reached a maximum of 349,585 for El Paso in June 2019. 166 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
July 2019	321,400	-300	349,419	-166
June 2019	321,700	0	349,585	73
May 2019	321,700	800	349,512	406
April 2019	320,900	100	349,106	334
March 2019	320,800	700	348,772	596
February 2019	320,100	0	348,176	832
January 2019	320,100	900	347,344	467
December 2018	319,200	600	346,877	-72
November 2018	318,600	-600	346,949	30
October 2018	319,200	400	346,919	445
September 2018	318,800	500	346,474	664
August 2018	318,300	600	345,810	683