Austin-Round Rock, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Austin rose 0.1 percentage points in December 2018 to 2.9%. 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 July 2009 at 7.4% and is now 4.5 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 2.8% in October 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.1 percentage points. You can also compare Austin unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	December 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.9%	+0.2	-0.2
Texas	3.7%	0.0	-0.3
Austin	2.9%	+0.1	0.0

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with December 2018 data as January 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 January 2010 at 66,409. There are now 30,919 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 32,919 in October 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 2,571. Austin employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Austin, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	December 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Austin	35,490	+1,690	+1,506

Number of Unemployed Persons

Austin, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployed
January 2019	4.0%	—	—	—
December 2018	3.9%	3.7%	2.9%	35,490
November 2018	3.7%	3.7%	2.8%	33,800
October 2018	3.8%	3.7%	2.8%	33,393
September 2018	3.7%	3.8%	2.8%	33,993
August 2018	3.8%	3.9%	2.8%	33,561
July 2018	3.9%	4.0%	2.8%	33,477
June 2018	4.0%	4.0%	3.0%	35,118
May 2018	3.8%	4.1%	3.0%	35,194
April 2018	3.9%	4.1%	3.1%	36,775
March 2018	4.0%	4.0%	3.1%	36,755
February 2018	4.1%	4.0%	3.0%	35,037