El Paso County · Texas
El Paso, 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 El Paso, TX earn a median of $33,141 a year, 26% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 6.2% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 26.3% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $33,141#89 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 62.4%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 297,488Civilian employed, age 16+
What El Paso does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance26.3%
- Retail trade11.3%
- Professional, scientific & management11.3%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities7.1%
- Construction6.9%
- Public administration6.9%
- Manufacturing6.3%
- Finance, insurance & real estate5.3%
- Other services, except public administration3.9%
- Wholesale trade2.3%
- Information1.7%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.7%
Related data for El Paso
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
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%.