Austin-Round Rock, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Austin fell 0.0 percentage points in February 2018 to 2.9%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.1 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 2.7% in October 2017, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.2 percentage points. You can also compare Austin unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	4.1%	0.0	-0.6
Texas	4.0%	0.0	-0.7
Austin	2.9%	0.0	-0.7

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2018 data as March 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 March 2010 at 66,427. There are now 31,745 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 30,366 in October 2017, the number of unemployed has now grown by 4,316. Austin employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Austin, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
Austin	34,682	+1,064	-6,328

Number of Unemployed Persons

Austin, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployed
March 2018	4.1%	—	—	—
February 2018	4.1%	4.0%	2.9%	34,682
January 2018	4.1%	4.0%	2.9%	33,618
December 2017	4.1%	4.0%	2.9%	33,554
November 2017	4.1%	3.9%	2.8%	32,207
October 2017	4.1%	3.9%	2.7%	30,366
September 2017	4.2%	4.0%	2.9%	33,231
August 2017	4.4%	4.0%	3.1%	35,341
July 2017	4.3%	4.1%	3.0%	33,429
June 2017	4.3%	4.2%	3.2%	36,161
May 2017	4.3%	4.4%	3.4%	38,660
April 2017	4.4%	4.5%	3.6%	40,566