McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas Unemployment

The BLS reported that the unemployment rate for McAllen fell 0.2 percentage points in July 2020 to 11.8%. For the same month, the metro unemployment rate was 3.8 percentage points higher than the Texas rate. The unemployment rate in McAllen peaked in April 2020 at 19.0% and is now 7.2 percentage points lower. You can also compare McAllen unemployment with unemployment in other cities.

Unemployment Rate	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
National	10.2%	-0.9	+6.5
Texas	8.0%	-0.4	+4.5
McAllen	11.8%	-0.2	+5.6

Note: Metro level data is now seasonally adjusted.¹ All comparisons are made with July 2020 data as August metro level unemployment data has not yet been released.

Unemployment Rate: McAllen, Texas, National

Note: Recessions shown in gray.

McAllen, Texas Unemployed

The number of people unemployed in McAllen peaked in April 2020 at 63,793. There are now 21,907 fewer people unemployed in the metropolitan area. From a recent trough of 41,830 in June 2020, the number of unemployed has now grown by 56. McAllen employment and jobs data (including jobs lost/gained in McAllen, Texas) is also available.

Unemployed Persons	July 2020	Month/Month	Year/Year
McAllen	41,886	+56	+20,130

Number of Unemployed Persons

McAllen, Texas Unemployment History

Date	National Unemployment Rate	Texas Unemployment Rate	McAllen Unemployment Rate	McAllen Unemployed
August 2020	8.4%	6.8%	—	—
July 2020	10.2%	8.0%	11.8%	41,886
June 2020	11.1%	8.4%	12.0%	41,830
May 2020	13.3%	13.0%	18.2%	63,790
April 2020	14.7%	13.5%	19.0%	63,793
March 2020	4.4%	5.1%	9.7%	34,396
February 2020	3.5%	3.5%	6.5%	23,421
January 2020	3.6%	3.5%	6.5%	23,322
December 2019	3.5%	3.5%	6.6%	23,675
November 2019	3.5%	3.5%	6.5%	23,359
October 2019	3.6%	3.5%	6.5%	23,014
September 2019	3.5%	3.5%	6.4%	22,640