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El Paso, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Paso fell 0.1 percentage points in January 2023 to 4.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.4 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in El Paso peaked in April 2020 at 14.1% and is now 9.8 percentage points lower. You can also compare El Paso unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
National 3.4% -0.1 -0.6
Texas 3.9% +0.1 -0.4
El Paso 4.3% -0.1 -0.9
Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.1 All comparisons are made with January 2023 data as February metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: El Paso, Texas, National

El Paso, Texas monthly unemployment rate chart

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

El Paso, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in El Paso peaked in April 2020 at 48,366. There are now 32,429 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 15,933 in December 2022, the number of unemployed has now grown by 4. El Paso employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Paso, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons January 2023 Month/Month Year/Year
El Paso 15,937 +4 -3,287

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Paso, Texas Unemployment History

Date National
Unemployment Rate
Texas
Unemployment Rate
El Paso
Unemployment Rate
El Paso
Unemployed
February
2023
3.6%
January
2023
3.4% 3.9% 4.3% 15,937
December
2022
3.5% 3.8% 4.4% 15,933
November
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.4% 16,070
October
2022
3.7% 3.9% 4.4% 16,146
September
2022
3.5% 3.8% 4.4% 16,177
August
2022
3.7% 3.7% 4.5% 16,422
July
2022
3.5% 3.8% 4.6% 16,622
June
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.6% 16,948
May
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.7% 17,296
April
2022
3.6% 3.8% 4.8% 17,689
March
2022
3.6% 3.9% 5.0% 18,232

1. Metro area unemployment rates are now seasonally adjusted. The BLS has started publishing smoothed seasonally adjusted metropolitan area data which makes comparisons to state and national data more relevant than the unadjusted numbers.