Fayette County Unemployment Rate is at 4.7%

The labor market recovery in the Rural Capital Area of Central Texas picked up momentum in July 2021, with the unadjusted unemployment rate sliding down to 4.3 percent, after a slight increase to 4.9 percent in June, according to figures released today by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC). The local economy added 9,191 jobs from June to July, with employment rising by 36,911 year-to-year. The 4.3 percent unemployment rate in the nine-county Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area (WSRCA) represented 25,279 residents seeking jobs. The region’s unemployment rate remained below Texas’ (6.0 percent) and the national (5.7 percent) rates, which both saw drops in July as well.

All counties within the Rural Capital Area region saw their unemployment rates decline in July. Among them, Blanco recorded the lowest unemployment rate at 3.7 percent. Burnet County was at 3.9 percent, and Williamson County came in at 4.2 percent. In Hays County, the unemployment rate dropped to 4.4 percent, and in Fayette County, the rate slid down to 4.7 percent. Bastrop and Lee counties were at 4.9 percent, Llano County recorded a 5.2 percent unemployment rate, and Caldwell came in at 5.3 percent.