El Paso, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Paso fell 0.1 percentage points in October 2018 to 4.1%. 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 September 2009 at 9.6% and is now 5.5 percentage points lower. You can also compare El Paso unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.4
Texas	3.7%	-0.1	-0.2
El Paso	4.1%	-0.1	-0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with October 2018 data as November metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: El Paso, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

El Paso, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in El Paso peaked in May 2011 at 33,489. There are now 18,778 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. El Paso employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Paso, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	October 2018	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Paso	14,711	-375	-340

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Paso, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployed
November 2018	3.7%	—	—	—
October 2018	3.7%	3.7%	4.1%	14,711
September 2018	3.7%	3.8%	4.2%	15,086
August 2018	3.9%	3.9%	4.2%	14,994
July 2018	3.9%	4.0%	4.2%	15,122
June 2018	4.0%	4.0%	4.3%	15,565
May 2018	3.8%	4.1%	4.3%	15,657
April 2018	3.9%	4.1%	4.5%	16,246
March 2018	4.1%	4.0%	4.5%	16,367
February 2018	4.1%	4.0%	4.4%	15,956
January 2018	4.1%	4.0%	4.4%	15,494
December 2017	4.1%	4.0%	4.3%	15,148