AUSTIN JOB POSTINGS REPORT JULY 2018

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AUSTIN - ROUND ROCK - SAN MARCOS MSA
(JUNE 14, 2018 to JULY 13, 2018)
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INSIGHTS

• There were approximately 41,000 Available Job Postings during the July 2018 monthly reporting period, 340 more postings when compared to July 2017.

• 8,600 or 21 percent of the Available Job Postings during the July reporting period fell under Computer and Mathematical Occupations.

• The Austin MSA had approximately 5,100 more Available Job Postings than the number of unemployed for June 2018. There has been more Available Job Postings than the unemployed in the Austin MSA each month since May 2017.

• Approximately 42 percent or about 17,400 of job postings are New Job Postings with Computer and Mathematical Occupations and Business and Financial Operations Occupations leading in this category.

• 15,100 or 37% of all Available Job Postings which pay between $30,000 to $65,000.

• According to the Travis County Poverty Brief, the American Community Survey 2012-2016 data shows that 32 percent or 355,874 of Travis County residents have an income under 200% of the poverty threshold. The Master Community Workforce Plan's top-line target is to ensure an additional 1,800-plus Austin residents currently in poverty receive training, credentialing, and are placed in jobs paying at least $40,000 in technology, healthcare and skilled trades between 2017-2021.

• 60 percent of the approximate 17,200 unemployment insurance (UI) claimants that are actively seeking a job in Travis County have less than an associate's degree, according to Workforce Solutions Capital Area for FY 2017-2018.

• More jobs ahead. Opportunity Austin, the Austin Chamber’s five-year regional economic development program, made an aggressive bid to bring the Army Futures Command to Central Texas", landing a 500 job announcement in Austin for the Army's second headquarters in July 2018. Companies have recently announced new location or expansion plans in the Austin MSA, representing almost 1,150 jobs. The expansion list includes St. Croix Capital Corp., SparkCognition, ScaleFactor, Luminex, Insurance Zebra, HomeAway, Fluence Bioengineering and All Web Leads. Employers such as Visionary Fiber Technologies (San Marcos, TX), U.S. Army Futures Command (Arlington, VA), Moxie Solar (Davenport, IA), Kettle & Fire Bone Broth (San Francisco, CA), Fetch Package (Dallas, TX) and AEND Industies (Huntington Beach, CA) are the companies that have announced new location plans in Austin.

The following job market report is designed to provide insight into current employer demands, skills and occupations in the Austin MSA.

TOP JOB POSTINGS

The chart and table below list the available unique ads in major occupation groups from June 14, 2018, to July 13, 2018, a mid-monthly timeframe closely associated with federal jobs numbers.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)

There were approximately 41,000 Available Job Postings during the July 2018 monthly reporting period, 340 more postings when compared to July 2017.

8,600 or 21 percent of the Available Job Postings during the July reporting period fell under Computer and Mathematical Occupations and had the largest year-to-year increases in postings. The Business and Financial Operations Occupations and Management Occupations also had significant increases in year-to-year postings.

The Major Occupational Groups that saw more than 100 year-to-year increases in Available Job Postings, when compared to July 2017, are Computer and Mathematical Occupations, Business and Financial Operations Occupations, Management Occupations, Architecture and Engineering Occupations and Protective Service Occupations.

Approximately 42 percent or about 17,400 of job postings are New Job Postings with Computer and Mathematical Occupations and Business and Financial Operations Occupations leading in this category.

According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the Austin MSA reported an unemployment rate of 3.2% or 38,100 unemployed in June 2018, with 5,200 more people unemployed when compared to the previous month. The unemployment rate was 3.3% or 37,600 back in June 2017. The current labor force for the Austin MSA is 1,192,100, an increase of 39,100 into our regions' labor force, when compared to the same time last year.

MONTHLY AD TRENDS

The line chart below shows the monthly total volume of online ads posted in the Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos MSA from July 2014 through July 2018.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL), Texas Workforce Commission

Note: The data for July 2018 would be the sum of all posted ads from June 14, 2018, to July 13, 2018. This reference period is aligned to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) unemployment job search time period to provide a more accurate comparison of labor supply and labor demand.

The Austin MSA had approximately 5,100 more Available Job Postings than the number of unemployed for June 2018. There has been more Available Job Postings than the unemployed in the Austin MSA each month since May 2017.

TOP 20 JOB POSTINGS

The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2018, to July 13, 2018.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2017

Software Developers, Applications, Management Analysts, Marketing Managers, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists, Lawyers, Software Developers, Sysytems Software, Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers and Human Resources Specialists saw a 85 or more increase in year-to-year postings.

TOP 20 JOB POSTINGS AND HIRING DIFFICULTY

The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings and its hiring difficulty in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2018, to July 13, 2018.

Source: Wanted Technologies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Hiring Scale views the difficulty-to-fill indicator on market conditions. It calculates a score for each position that the employer is trying to fill. Several factors affect the hiring scale score that includes the supply of available candidates, the overall demand for employers for people in the position, the location, the occupation, local unemployment rates, job site source, offered pay level, etc. The Hiring Score scores jobs from 1 to 99 based on their projected difficulty-to-recruit.

Occupations that post a Hiring Difficulty of over 80 are technology-related jobs and/or require management experience such as Marketing Managers, Web Developers, Information Technology Project Managers, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects and Software Quality Assurance and Engineers.

TOP 20 TECH JOB POSTINGS

The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings under Computer and Mathematical Occupations in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2017

Computer and Mathematical Occupations saw about 1,000 year-to-year increase in Available Job Postings. Software Developers, Applications saw the greatest share of the year-to-year increase in Available Job Postings. Occupations that had a 100 or more increase in year-to-year postings were Software Developers, Applications, Computer Systems Engineers/Architects and Software Developers, Systems Software.

Companies that have posted 40 or more jobs under this occupational category in our region are Visa, IBM, DELL, EPACE TECHNOLOGIES and Texas Education Agency.

TOP 20 TECH JOB POSTINGS AND HIRING DIFFICULTY

The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings and its hiring difficulty under Computer and Mathematical Occupations in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018.

Source: Wanted Technologies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Hiring Scale views the difficulty-to-fill indicator on market conditions. It calculates a score for each position that the employer is trying to fill. Several factors affect the hiring scale score that includes the supply of available candidates, the overall demand for employers for people in the position, the location, the occupation, local unemployment rates, job site source, offered pay level, etc. The Hiring Scale scores jobs from 1 to 99 based on their projected difficulty-to-recruit.

Compared nationwide, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA now has a lower hiring difficulty for Computer and Mathematical Occupations. The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria MSA, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, Boston-Cambridge-Newton MSA, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin MSA, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington MSA and the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood MSA have a higher hiring difficulty in this occupational category when compared to the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA.

TOP 20 HEALTHCARE JOB POSTINGS

The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings under Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2017

Psychiatric Technicians, Pharmacy Technicians, Diagnostic Medical Sonographers, Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Physician Assistants and saw a year-to-year increase of 15 or more Available Job Postings.

Seton Health, Ascension Health, South Austin Medical Clinic PA, Brookdale, Universal Health Services, Adventist Healthcare, Health-Physician Practice/Clin, Aveanna Healthcare, Community Health Systems, Inc. and Banfield Pet Hospital had an increase of 20 or more year-to-year Available Job Postings.

TOP 20 HEALTHCARE JOB POSTINGS AND HIRING DIFFICULTY

The chart below lists the top 20 unique available job postings and its hiring difficulty under Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018.

Source: Wanted Technologies and the Bureau of Labor Statistics

The Hiring Scale views the difficulty-to-fill indicator on market conditions. It calculates a score for each position that the employer is trying to fill. Several factors affect the hiring scale score that include the supply of available candidates, the overall demand for employers for people in the position, the location, the occupation, local unemployment rates, job site source, offered pay level, etc. The Hiring Scale scores jobs from 1 to 99 based on their projected difficulty-to-recruit.

Compared to technology-related jobs, the top posted healthcare-related jobs in the region do not have a Hiring Difficulty of over 80. Only three occupations posted are over 70 on the Hiring Difficulty scale, Surgical Technologists, Physician Assistants and Psychiatrists.

TOP HARD SKILLS IN DEMAND

The table below lists the top hard skills in demand for the available jobs in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018.

Source: Wanted Technologies

Skills in Demand provides a real-time view of skills currently in demand by employers. For example, of the available jobs posted from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018, 2,983 job postings required “Microsoft PowerPoint” as a skill and 30% or more of those 2,983 job postings also had other required/optional skill(s) such as “Microsoft PowerPoint".

Hard skills that have seen an increase of 250 or more increase in year-to-year postings are Microsoft Office, Microsoft PowerPoint, Software Development, Application Development, Behavioral Health, Quality Assurance, Python, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Software as a Service (SaaS), Structured Query Language (SQL), Docker, Internet of Things (IoT), DevOps, Jenkins and Scrum Agile Methodology.

TOP CERTIFICATIONS IN DEMAND

The table below lists the top certifications in demand for the available jobs in the Austin – Round Rock – San Marcos MSA from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018.

Certifications in Demand provides a real-time view of certifications currently in demand by employers. For example, of the available job postings from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018, 3,197 job postings required “Certified Registered Nurse (RNC)” as a certification and 30% or more of those 3,197 job postings also had other required/optional certification(s) such as “Basic Life Support (BLS)”.

Certifications that saw an increase of 150 or more postings are Basic Life Support (BLS), Class A Commercial Drivers License (CDL A), Security Clearance, Patient Care Technician (PCT), Petroleum Oriented Safety Training (POST), Special Education (SPED), Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).

TOP EMPLOYERS

The table below lists the employers in the Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos MSA that posted available unique ads from June 14, 2018 to July 13, 2018.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL)

Ascension Health, Seton Health, IBM, Target Corporation, The University of Texas System, Visa, DELL, Texas Education Agency, Army, General Electric and Apex Systems, Inc.are the companies that have seen an increase of more than 100 Available Job Postings year-to-year. For New Job Postings in July 2018, Seton Health, Ascension Health, Army, Target Corporation and IBM saw a year-to-year increase of 70 or more postings.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) Program (with data collection by Wanted Technologies)

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