El Paso, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Paso fell 0.7 percentage points in May 2020 to 14.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 1.8 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in El Paso peaked in April 2020 at 15.5% and is now 0.7 percentage points lower. You can also compare El Paso unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	13.3%	-1.4	+9.7
Texas	13.0%	-0.5	+9.6
El Paso	14.8%	-0.7	+11.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with May 2020 data as June 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 April 2020 at 51,868. There are now 9 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	May 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Paso	51,859	-9	+38,352

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Paso, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployed
July 2020	10.2%	—	—	—
June 2020	11.1%	8.6%	—	—
May 2020	13.3%	13.0%	14.8%	51,859
April 2020	14.7%	13.5%	15.5%	51,868
March 2020	4.4%	5.1%	5.5%	20,055
February 2020	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	13,952
January 2020	3.6%	3.5%	3.8%	13,944
December 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	13,880
November 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	13,931
October 2019	3.6%	3.5%	3.8%	13,949
September 2019	3.5%	3.5%	3.8%	13,937
August 2019	3.7%	3.5%	3.8%	13,851