Lancaster Workforce

Lancaster has an excellent pool of workers that fill an array of occupational careers - from professional, highly skilled trades to semiskilled, assembly-type workers. In addition, Lancaster's location within the Dallas Metroplex provides ready access to a multi-county labor pool numbering in excess of 2 million.
 

Labor Force 

Category	Lancaster	Dallas Metropolitan Statistical Area	Texas
Labor Force	17,943	1,288 million	13,081 million
Employment	17,481	1,208 million	12,484 million
Unemployment	1,462	0.065 million	0.597 million
Unemployment Percentage	8.9%	5.3%	4.7%