Austin-Round Rock, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Austin fell 0.1 percentage points in July 2019 to 2.6%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.8 percentage points lower than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in Austin peaked in August 2009 at 7.4% and is now 4.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare Austin unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.2
Texas	3.4%	0.0	-0.4
Austin	2.6%	-0.1	-0.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2019 data as August metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: Austin, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

Austin, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in Austin peaked in February 2010 at 66,272. There are now 34,587 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. Austin employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Austin, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	July 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Austin	31,685	-600	-2,949

Number of Unemployed Persons

Austin, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployed
September 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	3.4%	—	—
July 2019	3.7%	3.4%	2.6%	31,685
June 2019	3.7%	3.4%	2.7%	32,285
May 2019	3.6%	3.5%	2.8%	33,313
April 2019	3.6%	3.7%	2.9%	34,647
March 2019	3.8%	3.8%	2.9%	35,488
February 2019	3.8%	3.8%	3.0%	35,869
January 2019	4.0%	3.8%	3.0%	35,620
December 2018	3.9%	3.7%	2.9%	34,748
November 2018	3.7%	3.7%	2.9%	34,715
October 2018	3.8%	3.7%	2.9%	34,590