Austin Employment
The Austin metro unemployment rate was 4.1% in June 2026, across a civilian labor force of 1,562,547 and 1.4M total nonfarm jobs. Figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published through FRED.
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%June 2026 · BLS LAUS
- Civilian labor force
- 1.6M+0.4% year over yearBLS LAUS, via FRED
- Total nonfarm jobs
- 1.4M+1.5% year over yearBLS CES, via FRED
- Average weekly wage
- $1,836+5.4% year over yearBLS QCEW — a quarterly series
Unemployment
Metro trend, then county by county
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.
County comparison
Unemployment rate by county, June 2026 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED (series LAUS county series)
What the county spread shows
Travis County had the lowest reported unemployment rate of the 5 Austin-metro counties at 4.0% in June 2026, 0.1 percentage points below the metro rate. The highest was Caldwell County at 4.5%, a spread of 0.5 percentage points across the metro.
As of — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED (series LAUS county series). Not seasonally adjusted.
Construction sector
Jobs on site, and the filings behind them
- Not retrieved (The request for this figure did not return when this page was built. This says nothing about whether the agency published it.)
- Mining, logging & construction jobs
- 11,600
- Non-closed TDLR filings
- $76.91B
- Declared value
seasonally adjusted
Across the 5 metro counties
Cost as filed, not market value
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 employment
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, and a ratio across two different months is not a share of anything. Note that this is not construction alone: the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no standalone construction total for this metropolitan area, so mining and logging employment is counted in the same supersector. We do not compare the share to a national one, because we do not hold a national series to compare it against.
Wages and income
Two different series, on two different clocks
- $1,836
- Average weekly wage · quarterly
- $95,472
- Our annualisation: weekly wage × 52. Not a published series.
- $80,471
- Per capita personal income · annual · BEA
- +5.4%
- Wage growth, year over year
Average weekly wage comes from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, via FRED (series ENUC124240010SA) and is published quarterly; per capita personal income comes from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, via FRED (series AUST448PCPI) and is published annually. They describe different periods and are not directly comparable. Neither series carries its reference period in the feed we read, so neither is dated on screen — we would rather leave a date off than invent one.
Metro snapshot
June 2026 · BLS LAUS via FRED
- Metro labor force
- 1.6M
- Counties with published rates
- 5 of 5
- Lowest reported rate
- Travis
- Metro GDP
- $248.1B
4.0% unemployment
Most recent annual observation from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Our feed does not carry its reference year, so we do not state one.
Explore by county
Sources and vintages
- Unemployment & labor force: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448URN). Newest observation June 2026.
- Total nonfarm jobs: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448NA). Seasonally adjusted. Newest observation not in the data this page was built from.
- Construction-sector jobs: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Employment Statistics, via FRED (series AUST448NRMN), seasonally adjusted by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Newest observation not in the data this page was built from. This is the Mining, Logging, and Construction supersector; BLS publishes no standalone construction total for this metro.
- Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, via FRED (series ENUC124240010SA), quarterly. Income: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, via FRED (series AUST448PCPI), annual.
- Construction filings: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. This feed carries no as-of date, so none is shown.
- No single “last updated” date applies to this page: it mixes monthly, quarterly and annual series that land at different times. Each figure states its own period instead.
Austin jobs & unemployment: frequently asked questions
What is the unemployment rate in Austin?
The Austin–Round Rock–Georgetown metro unemployment rate was 4.1% in June 2026, the most recent month published in the data we hold, measured against a civilian labor force of 1,562,547. The figure comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics programme, retrieved through FRED (series AUST448URN).
Which Austin-area county has the lowest unemployment?
Travis County had the lowest reported unemployment rate of the 5 Austin-metro counties, at 4.0% in June 2026. The highest was Caldwell County at 4.5%. Rankings only include counties with a published rate for that month; a county with no published figure is left out rather than counted as zero. Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED.
How many people work in construction in Austin?
The request for the Austin metro mining, logging and construction employment series did not return when this page was built, so no figure is shown. That says nothing about whether the Bureau of Labor Statistics published one.
How big is the Austin labor force?
The Austin metro civilian labor force was 1,562,547 in June 2026, +0.4% against a year earlier. The labor force counts everyone employed plus everyone actively looking for work, so it grows with in-migration as well as with hiring. Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, via FRED.
Where does Austin employment data come from, and how current is it?
Unemployment and labor force come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics programme; total nonfarm employment and the Mining, Logging, and Construction supersector from BLS Current Employment Statistics; average weekly wages from the BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; per capita personal income and metro GDP from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. All are retrieved through the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis's FRED service. Federal labor statistics publish weeks after the month they describe, so every figure here names its reference period — the newest observation on this page is June 2026. We do not show the date the page was rebuilt, because it says nothing about how old the data is.