Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown
The Austin metro recorded 4.1% unemployment in June 2026 across 1.4M nonfarm jobs, with a median listing price of $462K in July 2026. Every figure on this page names the month, quarter or year it describes.
- Gross domestic product
- $248.1BMost recent annual observation from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (series NGMP12420). Our data feed does not carry its reference year, so we do not state one.
- Total nonfarm jobs
- 1.4M+1.5% year over yearBLS CES, via FRED. Seasonally adjusted.
- Civilian labor force
- 1.6M+0.4% year over yearBLS LAUS, via FRED
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%June 2026 · BLS LAUS
Employment and wages
Four series, three different publication clocks
- Employed persons
- 1.5M
- Weekly wage
- $1,836
- Annualised wage
- $95,472
- Per capita income
- $80,471
BLS LAUS, monthly
+5.4% YoY
BLS QCEW, quarterly
Our arithmetic: weekly wage × 52. Not a published series.
BEA, annual
Austin metro unemployment rate
Unemployment rate, Austin metro ran 3.5% in June 2025 and 4.1% in June 2026 — up 0.6 percentage points across 12 observations. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448URN).
The vertical axis starts at 3.1%, not zero, so the variation is visible. Read the axis labels before reading the slope.
Show the 12 observations behind this chart
| Period | Percent of labor force |
|---|---|
| June 2025 | 3.5% |
| July 2025 | 3.6% |
| August 2025 | 3.8% |
| September 2025 | 3.7% |
| November 2025 | 3.5% |
| December 2025 | 3.2% |
| January 2026 | 3.7% |
| February 2026 | 3.7% |
| March 2026 | 3.4% |
| April 2026 | 3.4% |
| May 2026 | 3.5% |
| June 2026 | 4.1% |
As of — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448URN). Not seasonally adjusted.
The labor market in one sentence
The Austin metro had a civilian labor force of 1,562,547 and an unemployment rate of 4.1% in June 2026.
As of — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448URN). Not seasonally adjusted.
Housing market
Asking prices, inventory and sales speed
- Median list price
- $462K
- Active listings
- 12,655
- Days on market
- 67 days
- Price per sq ft
- $234
-9.6% YoY
July 2026
-3.6% YoY
Realtor.com
-6.9% YoY
Median, Realtor.com
Median list, Realtor.com
Median listing price, Austin metro
Median listing price, Austin metro ran $499K in August 2025 and $462K in July 2026 — down 7.4% across 12 observations. Source: Realtor.com, via FRED (series MEDLISPRI12420).
Show the 12 observations behind this chart
| Period | US dollars |
|---|---|
| August 2025 | $499K |
| September 2025 | $495K |
| October 2025 | $490K |
| November 2025 | $479K |
| December 2025 | $462K |
| January 2026 | $455K |
| February 2026 | $455K |
| March 2026 | $469K |
| April 2026 | $475K |
| May 2026 | $475K |
| June 2026 | $474K |
| July 2026 | $462K |
As of — Realtor.com, via FRED (series MEDLISPRI12420).
Active listings, Austin metro
Active listing count, Austin metro ran 12,474 in August 2025 and 12,655 in July 2026 — up 1.5% across 12 observations. Source: Realtor.com, via FRED (series ACTLISCOU12420).
Show the 12 observations behind this chart
| Period | Count |
|---|---|
| August 2025 | 12,474 |
| September 2025 | 11,910 |
| October 2025 | 11,484 |
| November 2025 | 10,602 |
| December 2025 | 9,322 |
| January 2026 | 8,442 |
| February 2026 | 9,074 |
| March 2026 | 10,019 |
| April 2026 | 11,051 |
| May 2026 | 11,974 |
| June 2026 | 12,456 |
| July 2026 | 12,655 |
As of — Realtor.com, via FRED (series ACTLISCOU12420).
- 3,112
- New listings
- 3,736
- Pending
- 1,681
- Units permitted · June 2026
- -0.8%
- House price index YoY · FHFA, quarterly
Construction pipeline
Jobs on site, filings on record
- 11,600
- Non-closed TDLR filings
- $76.91B
- Declared value, as filed
- 5,400
- New construction
- 1,354
- Registered in 6 months
City of Austin site plans
Every case on record in the City of Austin open-data set, all years combined.
- 23,630
- Cases on record
- 338
- Approved
- 27,671
- Proposed units
No observations for this series were available when this page was built, so no chart is drawn. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448NRMN).
Mining, logging and construction as a share of nonfarm jobs
Not available (No value for this figure was in the data this page was built from. It may not have been published for this period, or the request for it may not have returned — we cannot tell which, so we do not say.)
No share is shown: series AUST448NRMN and series AUST448NA did not both return an observation for the same month in the data this page was built from. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no standalone construction total for this metro — mining and logging are counted in the same supersector. We do not compare the share to a national one, because no national series is fetched anywhere on this site.
Counties
Unemployment rate, June 2026 · BLS LAUS via FRED
Sources and vintages
- Unemployment & labor force: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448URN). Newest observation June 2026.
- Nonfarm & construction-sector jobs: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448NA); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448NRMN). Both seasonally adjusted. BLS publishes no standalone construction total for this metro, so the construction figure is the Mining, Logging, and Construction supersector.
- Wages & income: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, via FRED (series ENUC124240010SA), quarterly; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, via FRED (series AUST448PCPI), annual.
- GDP: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, via FRED (series NGMP12420), annual. Reference year not carried in our feed.
- Housing: Realtor.com, via FRED (series MEDLISPRI12420); U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, via FRED (series ATNHPIUS12420Q), quarterly; U.S. Census Bureau Building Permits Survey, via FRED (series AUST448BPPRIVSA).
- Construction filings & site plans: Texas TDLR and City of Austin Open Data — cumulative totals with no as-of date published by either feed.
- This page carries no single “last updated” date. It mixes monthly, quarterly and annual series that land at different times, so each figure states its own period.
Austin MSA economy: frequently asked questions
What is the Austin MSA?
The Austin MSA — the Austin–Round Rock–Georgetown Metropolitan Statistical Area, CBSA code 12420 — is the federal statistical definition of the Austin metro. It covers five counties: Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop and Caldwell. Federal agencies publish most Austin-area economic data at this geography, which is why the figures on this page cover all five counties rather than the city of Austin alone.
How big is the Austin metro economy?
The most recent annual gross domestic product observation we hold for the Austin metro is $248.1B, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (FRED series NGMP12420). Our data feed carries the value but not its reference year, so we do not state one — check the series on FRED if you need the exact year before citing it.
How many people work in the Austin metro area?
Total nonfarm employment in the Austin metro was 1,426,400 jobs. The civilian labor force — everyone employed plus everyone actively looking for work — was 1,562,547 in June 2026. These are two different counts of two different things: jobs are counted at the workplace, the labor force at the household. Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics and Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED.
How current are the figures on this page?
Each one names the month, quarter or year it describes. The newest monthly observation anywhere on this page is July 2026. Federal statistics publish in arrears — labor figures by several weeks, GDP and per capita income by considerably longer — so the most recent number available is never today's. We deliberately do not stamp this page with the date it was last rebuilt, because that date describes our servers, not the economy.
Where does Austin MSA economic data come from?
Jobs and unemployment come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; GDP and per capita personal income from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; residential building permits from the U.S. Census Bureau; the house price index from the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency; and listing prices, inventory and days on market from Realtor.com. All are retrieved through the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's FRED service, which is an aggregator rather than the producer — so this page names the producing agency and the FRED series identifier next to every figure.