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April 2023 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 2023 Job Market Information

(May 19, 2023) San Antonio, Texas – Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) reports that the April unemployment rate for the eight-county San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is 3.4 percent, lower than the 3.9 rate in March.  Since April of 2022, the MSA unemployment rate increased 0.1 percentage points from a rate of 3.3 percent. The April 2023 unemployment rate for the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is lower than the state’s not seasonally adjusted (actual) rate of 3.7 percent.  The civilian Labor force for the MSA decreased by 2,498 over the month, however, indicated an increase of 43,290 over the year.

Texas & The Nation (Actual Rates)
Summarizing the not-seasonally adjusted (actual) unemployment rates for the state and the nation, the Texas not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by five tenths of a point from 4.2 percent in March to 3.7 in April. The April 2023 rate was 8.6 points below the peak value of 12.3 percent recorded in April 2020. Since April 2022, the unemployment rate increased 0.2 points from 3.5 percent. The U.S. not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by 0.5 percentage points to 3.1 percent in April, from a March rate of 3.6 percent. Reviewing over the year, the unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percentage points from a April 2022 rate of 3.3 percent to the April 2023 rate of 3.1 percent.

Texas & The Nation (Seasonally Adjusted Rates)
Summarizing the seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for the state and the nation, the Texas unemployment rate in April remained at 4.0 percent for the third consecutive month. On an annual basis, the unemployment rate rose by 0.2 percentage points from a reading of 3.8 percent in April 2022. The U.S. rate decreased 0.1 percentage points to 3.4 in April. Annually, the U.S. unemployment rate decreased 0.2 percentage points from an April 2022 level of 3.6 percent.

Jobs in the San Antonio-New Braunfels Metropolitan Statistical Area

Since April of 2022, 46,900 jobs were added in the MSA, resulting in an annual increase of 4.2 percent. Nine of eleven major industries showed monthly gains, one remained steady: Professional and Business Services, Leisure and Hospitality, Private Education and Health Services, Government, Trade Transportation and Utilities, Construction, Mining and Logging, the Information Industry, and Other Services. One industry, Manufacturing, remained steady. All industries showed a positive annual growth rate.

Monthly job loss occurred in one major industry:  Financial Activities, however this industry reached a positive annual growth rate.  The table below shows the job gains and losses for the San Antonio New Braunfels MSA. 

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