Covered employment (QCEW) in Real County

Covered employment (QCEW) in Real County was 840 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 8% from 2024. That is the 229th highest of 254 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs840
Change on 2024+8%
Rank229th of 254Counties in Texas ranked
Series high8522022
Series low5942001

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Covered employment (QCEW) in Real County, 2001 to 2025

50060070080090020012005200920132017202120252001: 594 jobs2002: 599 jobs2003: 597 jobs2004: 624 jobs2005: 601 jobs2006: 629 jobs2007: 660 jobs2008: 707 jobs2009: 714 jobs2010: 711 jobs2011: 690 jobs2012: 665 jobs2013: 696 jobs2014: 712 jobs2015: 768 jobs2016: 736 jobs2017: 741 jobs2018: 746 jobs2019: 771 jobs2020: 783 jobs2021: 844 jobs2022: 852 jobs2023: 814 jobs2024: 778 jobs2025: 840 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodjobs
2025840
2024778
2023814
2022852
2021844
2020783
2019771
2018746
2017741
2016736
2015768
2014712
2013696
2012665
2011690
2010711
2009714
2008707
2007660
2006629
2005601
2004624
2003597
2002599
2001594

Compared with Texas and United States

Place2025
Real County840
Texas14,109,957
United States155,732,363

Rankings

Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), Real County, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Real County, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/real-county-texas. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), Real County, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/real-county-texas.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Real County, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/real-county-texas (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Real County?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Real County was 840 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 8% from 2024. That is the 229th highest of 254 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in Real County?

852 jobs in 2022, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

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