Hill Country Chronicle

Burnet County recorded an unemployment rate of 3.7% among residents aged 16 and 65 years old in 2021. That’s 826 people out of the 48,424 living in Burnet County at the time, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The unemployment rate in Burnet County has increased compared to the 3.2% registered in 2020.

The percentage of people unemployed in Burnet County was less than the statewide unemployment rate of 5.3%.

Of the 21,776 people who had a job during that time, 27 were employed in the Armed Forces and 21,749 belonged to the civilian labor force.

Employment status	Number of people	Percentage of population
Unemployed	826	3.7%
Employed	21,776	96.3%
Employed in civilian labor force	21,749	96.2%
Employed in armed forces	27	0.1%