Job growth & unemployment

Mar 13, 2023

Austin ranks as the best performing major job market since the beginning of the pandemic and the third best over the last 12 months.

Gross domestic product by metro & county

Feb 27, 2023

Austin’s economy grew by 10.5% in 2021, making it the fourth best performing major metro.

Real personal income, metropolitan price parities & inflation

Feb 13, 2023

In 2021, Austin saw strong growth of 9.3% in real (price-adjusted) total personal income, an important, broad-based measure of the economy. Austin's growth was the best among the 50 largest U.S. metros.

Job growth & unemployment

Jan 24, 2023

Austin ranks as the second best performing major job market since the beginning of the pandemic and the 18th best over the last 12 months.

Job growth & unemployment

Dec 19, 2022

Austin ranks as the second best performing major job market since the beginning of the pandemic and the 17th best over the last 12 months.

Job growth & unemployment

Nov 21, 2022

Austin ranks as the best performing major job market since the beginning of the pandemic and the tenth best over the last 12 months.

Business Dynamics Statistics – firm startups & related measures

Nov 8, 2022

Austin’s startup density, 194 per 100,000 population, is 144% of the national rate, and ranks 5th among the 50 largest metros.

Job growth & unemployment

Oct 25, 2022

Austin ranks as the best performing major job market since the beginning of the pandemic and the tenth best over the last 12 months.

Job growth & unemployment

Sep 20, 2022

Austin ranks as the best performing major job market since the beginning of the pandemic and the 13th best over the last 12 months.

Job growth & unemployment

Aug 22, 2022

Austin ranks as the best performing major job market since the beginning of the pandemic and the seventh best over the last 12 months.

Job growth & unemployment

Jul 25, 2022

Austin ranks as the best performing major job market since the beginning of the pandemic and the eighth best over the last 12 months.

High tech industry

Jul 12, 2022

Jobs in Austin’s tech industries total 184,177, or 16.7% of all jobs, compared to 9.2% nationally.