Travis County · Texas
Austin, TX jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Austin, TX earn a median of $54,283 a year, 22% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4.5% against 5.2% nationally, and professional, scientific & management is the largest employer at 22.4% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $54,283#10 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 75%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 578,459Civilian employed, age 16+
What Austin does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Professional, scientific & management22.4%
- Education, health care & social assistance19.2%
- Retail trade9.4%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food9%
- Finance, insurance & real estate7.4%
- Manufacturing7%
- Construction5.8%
- Public administration5.4%
- Other services, except public administration4.5%
- Information4%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities3.7%
- Wholesale trade1.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.5%
Related data for Austin
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.
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