El Paso, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for El Paso fell 0.0 percentage points in August 2019 to 3.7%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in El Paso peaked in December 2009 at 9.6% and is now 5.9 percentage points lower. From a post peak low of 3.7% in July 2019, the unemployment rate has now grown by 0.0 percentage points. You can also compare El Paso unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	3.7%	0.0	-0.1
Texas	3.4%	0.0	-0.3
El Paso	3.7%	0.0	-0.5

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with August 2019 data as September 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 July 2011 at 33,466. There are now 20,037 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	August 2019	Month/Month	Year/Year
El Paso	13,429	-62	-1,554

Number of Unemployed Persons

El Paso, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployment Rate	El Paso Unemployed
September 2019	3.5%	3.4%	—	—
August 2019	3.7%	3.4%	3.7%	13,429
July 2019	3.7%	3.4%	3.7%	13,491
June 2019	3.7%	3.4%	3.8%	13,673
May 2019	3.6%	3.5%	3.9%	14,025
April 2019	3.6%	3.7%	4.0%	14,640
March 2019	3.8%	3.8%	4.2%	15,124
February 2019	3.8%	3.8%	4.2%	15,260
January 2019	4.0%	3.8%	4.2%	15,118
December 2018	3.9%	3.7%	4.1%	14,887
November 2018	3.7%	3.7%	4.1%	14,870
October 2018	3.8%	3.7%	4.1%	14,851