El Paso, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Paso fell 0.1 percentage points in February 2019 to 4.3%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.5 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in El Paso peaked in September 2009 at 9.6% and is now 5.3 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 4.0% in November 2018, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.3 percentage points. You can also compare El Paso unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.8%	-0.2	-0.3
Texas	3.8%	0.0	-0.3
El Paso	4.3%	-0.1	-0.1

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with February 2019 data as March 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 17,736 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 14,477 in November 2018, the number of unemployed has now grown by 1,276. El Paso employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in El Paso, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	February 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Paso	15,753	-75	-203

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Paso, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployed
March 2019	3.8%	3.8%	—	—
February 2019	3.8%	3.8%	4.3%	15,753
January 2019	4.0%	3.8%	4.4%	15,828
December 2018	3.9%	3.7%	4.2%	15,053
November 2018	3.7%	3.7%	4.0%	14,477
October 2018	3.8%	3.7%	4.1%	14,715
September 2018	3.7%	3.7%	4.2%	15,086
August 2018	3.8%	3.7%	4.2%	14,994
July 2018	3.9%	3.8%	4.2%	15,122
June 2018	4.0%	3.8%	4.3%	15,565
May 2018	3.8%	3.9%	4.3%	15,657
April 2018	3.9%	4.0%	4.5%	16,246