Job growth & unemployment

Apr 18, 2022

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

Job growth & unemployment

Mar 28, 2022

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

Job growth & unemployment

Mar 14, 2022

Austin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 3.2% in January, unchanged from December.

Austin Migration Insights

Feb 8, 2022

The Austin metro area gains about 33,700 people annually from domestic migration, 6,660 from international migration, and 15,980 from natural increase.

Job growth & unemployment

Jan 25, 2022

Austin's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is 3.3% in December, improved from 3.5% in November.

Gross domestic product by metro & county

Jan 10, 2022

Austin’s economy grew by 1.2% in 2020. Only one other major metro, San Jose, also saw positive growth.

Job growth & unemployment

Dec 20, 2021

Austin has made up all of 2020’s pandemic-related job losses and currently has 47,000 more jobs than it had in February 2020.

Job growth & unemployment

Nov 22, 2021

Austin has made up all of 2020’s pandemic-related job losses and currently has nearly 32,500 more jobs than it had in February 2020.

Job growth & unemployment

Oct 26, 2021

Austin has made up all of 2020’s pandemic-related job losses and currently has nearly 17,000 more jobs than it had in February 2020.

Highlights from Census 2020

Oct 6, 2021

Austin metro grew by 33.0% (adding 567,082 people) from 2010 to 2020, ranking as the fastest growing large metro.

Job growth & unemployment

Sep 21, 2021

Adding jobs in 15 of the last 16 months, Austin has made up all of spring 2020’s pandemic-related job losses.

Job growth & unemployment

Aug 24, 2021

Adding jobs in 14 of the 15 months, Austin has regained all but 300 of last spring's pandemic-related job losses.