Austin-Round Rock, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for Austin fell 0.0 percentage points in November 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. From a post peak low of 2.6% in July 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare Austin unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	November 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.5%	-0.1	-0.2
Texas	3.4%	0.0	-0.3
Austin	2.6%	0.0	-0.3

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with November 2019 data as December 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 34,440 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 31,251 in September 2019, the number of unemployed has now grown by 581. Austin employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in Austin, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	November 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
Austin	31,832	+360	-2,883

Number of Unemployed Persons

Austin, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployment Rate	Austin Unemployed
December 2019	3.5%	—	—	—
November 2019	3.5%	3.4%	2.6%	31,832
October 2019	3.6%	3.4%	2.6%	31,472
September 2019	3.5%	3.4%	2.6%	31,251
August 2019	3.7%	3.4%	2.6%	31,352
July 2019	3.7%	3.4%	2.6%	31,687
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