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February 2026 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 HELD STEADY AT 4.3 PERCENT

Workforce Solutions Alamo Releases February 2026 Labor Market Information

(April 17, 2026) San Antonio, Texas – Workforce Solutions Alamo (WSA) reports that the February 2026 unemployment rate for the eight-county San Antonio–New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area (MSA) was 4.3 percent. The rate remained unchanged from January 2026 and was 0.3 percentage points higher than the 4.0 percent rate recorded in February 2025. The February 2026 unemployment rate for the San Antonio-New Braunfels metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is lower than the state’s not seasonally adjusted (actual) February 2026 rate of 4.4 percent. The Civilian Labor Force for the MSA increased by 2,849  individuals over the month and increased by 1,981 individuals over the year.

Texas & The Nation (Actual Rates) Comparison

The Texas not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 4.4 percent in February 2026, lower than January 2026 rate of 4.5; however, February 2026 was a higher rate than the 4.3 in February 2025.

The U.S. not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained the same at 4.7 percent in February 2026, three-tenths of a point above the Texas rate of 4.4 percent and two-tenths of a point higher than the February 2025 level of 4.5 percent.

Texas & The Nation (Seasonally Adjusted Rates) Comparison

The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.3 percent in February 2026, matching the last four available monthly readings in the series.  This rate was two-tenths of a point (0.2) higher than the 4.1 percent in February 2025.

The U.S. seasonally adjusted unemployment rate edged up to 4.4 percent in February 2026,  higher than the 4.3 percent in January 2026 and was two tenth of a point (02) higher than  the February 2025 rate of 4.2 percent.

Labor Force Summary

In the San Antonio New Braunfels MSA, 600 jobs were lost over the year at a –0.1% loss rate.  Three major industries showed monthly gains in February of 2026. The jobs in industries adding jobs over the month are the Government, Professional and Business Services, and Construction, while the Financial Activities industry remained steady. Two of these industries achieved positive annual jobs gains over the year.

In February 2026, job losses occurred over the month in seven major industries, Trade Transportation and Utilities, Leisure and Hospitality, Private Education and Health Services, Other Services, the Information industry, Manufacturing, and the Mining and Logging Industry.  Trade Transportation and Utilities, Leisure and Hospitality, Private Education and Health Services, and Other Services achieved positive annual job gains over the year.

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