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April 2025 Employment Data:

Workforce Solutions Alamo releases monthly data from the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC.) Our data team then analyzes the data to provide monthly reports by County and City.

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UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN SAN ANTONIO-NEW BRAUNFELS MSA DECREASED TO 3.4 PERCENT

Workforce Solutions Alamo Releases April 2025 Job Market Information

(May 16, 2025) San Antonio, Texas – Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) reports that the April 2025 unemployment rate for the eight-county San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 3.4 percent, lower than the 3.7 rate reported in March 2025. The MSA unemployment rate decreased by three-tenths (0.3) points over the month, however, the unemployment rate was one-tenth of a point (0.1) higher than the 3.3 rate from a year ago in April 2024. The April 2025 unemployment rate for the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is lower than the state’s not seasonally adjusted (actual) April 2025 rate of 3.7 percent. The Civilian Labor force for the MSA increased by 15,080 individuals over the month and increased by 43,219 individuals over the year.

Texas & The Nation (Actual Rates) Comparison

Labor Force Summary

The Texas not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped by 0.3 points for the second month in a row to reach 3.7 percent in April 2025 from the March 2025 rate of 4.0. The unemployment rate was up 0.1 points from the April 2024 year-ago level of 3.6 percent.

The U.S. not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate also declined by three-tenths of a point (0.3) in April 2025 to reach 3.9 percent from a 4.2 rate in March. The rate was 0.4 points above the level of 3.5 percent in April 2024.

Texas & The Nation (Seasonally Adjusted Rates) Comparison

The Texas unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.1 percent in April 2025, an increase of 0.1 points over the April 2024 level of 4.0.

The U.S. unemployment rate was also unchanged at 4.2 percent, with an increase of 0.3 points since the April 2024 rate of 3.9.

In the San Antonio New Braunfels MSA, 23,900 jobs were added over the year at a 2.0% growth rate. Ten major industries showed monthly gains: In April 2025, the industry adding jobs over the month are Professional and Business Services, Leisure and Hospitality, Private Education and Health Services, Trade Transportation and Utilities, Government, Construction, Manufacturing, Information, Mining and Logging, and Financial Activities.

In April 2025, job loss occurred over the month in one major industries, but this industry achieved a positive annual job gain. Loss occurred in Other Services.

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