AUSTIN JOB POSTINGS REPORT OCTOBER 2017

AUSTIN - ROUND ROCK - SAN MARCOS MSA
(SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 to OCTOBER 13, 2017)
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INSIGHTS

• 40,400 Available Job Openings, but fewer than a year ago. 40,400 Available Job Postings during October 2017, or 2,200 less compared to October 2016. Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, Computer and Mathematical Occupations and Sales and Related Occupations saw the largest decline in year-to-year Available Job Postings.

• The Education, Training and Library Occupations, Architecture, Training and Library Occupations and Community and Social Services Occupations have the largest year-to-year Available Job Posting increases.

• Available Job Postings in October 2017 is lower than October of 2015 and 2016.

• Demand for Tech talent remains high. Eight of the Top 20 occupations are tech-related. Registered Nurses is the top posted occupation currently for October 2017 and Teacher Assistants saw the largest year-to-year increase in postings for all occupations posted and is not a too difficult-to-hire occupation in our region.

• When compared nationally, harder-to-fill occupations in the Top 20 Available Job Postings mostly require a high school diploma or less. Most of the more difficult-to-hire occupations in the Top 20 posted jobs, when compared nationwide, require a high school diploma or less. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support and First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers are the job postings that more difficult to fill in our region.

• Unemployment rate is 2.9%. According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the Austin MSA reported an unemployment rate of 2.9% or 33,300 unemployed in September 2017.

• More jobs ahead. Companies recently announced new location or expansion plans in the Austin MSA, representing about 2,685 plus jobs. The list includes Alert Media, American Advisors Group, Arsenal Products, Association of British Healthcare Industries, Asure Software, Baxter Planning Systems, CSDC, eBay, Ericsson, ESO Solutions, Innovative Funding Services, Living Spaces, Mitratech, National Real Estate Solutions, Software International House, Sonic Healthcare USA, Tethr, vXchnge, WeWork, Deloitte, Facebook, Jask, LVL Technologies, Main Street Hub, Nolan Ryan Beef, OriGen Biomedical, Siemens Building Technologies and TrustRadius.

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 lists the available unique ads in major occupation groups from September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017, 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 40,400 Available Job Postings during the October 2017 monthly reporting period, a decrease of about 2,200 Available Job Postings compared to October 2016. About 7,000 or 17 percent of the Available Job Postings during the October reporting period fell under Computer and Mathematical Occupations. 47 percent or 18,800 are New Job Postings.

The Major Occupational Groups that saw the largest increases in the volume of Available Job Postings compared to October 2016 are Education, Training and Library Occupations, Architecture and Engineering Occupations, Community and Social Services Occupations, Life, Physical and Social Science Occupations and Business and Financial Operations Occupations. Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations, Computer and Mathematical Occupations and Sales and Related Occupations saw the largest decline in year-to-year Available Job Postings.

According to the Texas Workforce Commission, the Austin MSA reported an unemployment rate of 2.9% or 33,300 unemployed in September 2017. This represents an decrease of 4,500 unemployed compared to August 2017 which had a 3.3% unemployment rate or 37,800 unemployed. Approximately 63% of 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.

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 October 2013 through October 2017.

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

Note: The data for October 2017 would be the sum of all posted ads from September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017. 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 saw more than 40,000 Available Job Postings in October 2014 through October 2016 and is slightly above 40,000 in October 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 September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2016

Teacher Assistants, Social and Human Service Assistants, Information Technology Project Managers, Public Relations and Fundraising Managers and Security Guards all saw a 70 or more increase in year-to-year postings. Web Developers, Network and Computer Systems Administrators, Customer Service Representatives, Registered Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Surgical Technologists, Demonstrators and Product Promoters and Computer Systems Analysts had a 120 or more decrease 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 September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

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 Score scores jobs from 1 to 99 based on their projected difficulty-to-recruit.

Almost half of the Top 20 occupations posted require less than an associate's degree as the typical education needed for entry. All but two, Retail Salesperson and Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, posted an annual median wage of $30,000 or more in the Austin MSA.

When compared nationwide, Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants, Computer Systems Analysts, Customer Service Representatives, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers and Computer User Support Specialists are the easier-to-hire occupations in the Austin MSA. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, Registered Nurses, Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, Management Analysts, First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers, First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support and First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers are the job postings that more difficult to fill in our region, when compared nationwide. Approximately 46 percent of all Available Job Postings require a Bachelor's degree or more as the entry level of educational qualification needed for the posted occupation.

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 September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2016

Information Technology Project Managers saw the largest year-to-year increase in Available Jobs Postings, followed by Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers and Computer and Information Research Scientists. Network and Computer Systems Administrators, Computer Systems Analysts and Computer User Support Specialistssaw the largest decline in Available Job Postings. In terms of New Job Postings, Web Developers, Network and Computer Systems Administrators and Computer Systems Analysts saw the largest year-to-year decreases in October 2017.

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 September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

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.

Companies such as Apple Inc., Merck, Deloitte, Leidos and The University of Texas System posted the 40 or more year-to-year increase in postings under this category.

Compared nationwide, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos MSA has a lower hiring difficulty for Computer and Mathematical Occupations. The Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell MSA, Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA, Boston-Cambridge-Newton 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 September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

Source: The Conference Board Help Wanted OnLine ® (HWOL) and Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2016

Registered Nurses and Critical Care Nurses saw the largest decline in Available Job Postings.

All the Top 20 occupations in this category pay an annual median wage of more than $30,000 in the Austin MSA.

Seton Family of Hospitals, TX, HCA-The Healthcare Company and South Austin Medical Clinic PA had an increase of 40 or more year-to-year Available Job Postings.

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations saw approximately 800 less Available Job Postings compared to the same period last year.

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 September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

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.

More than half of these top posted occupations require an associate's degree or less as the typical level of education needed for entry into the occupation. The highest hiring difficulty is for Surgical Technologists which require at least a postsecondary award and has an annual median wage of $44,390.

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 September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

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 September 14, 2017 to October​ 13, 2017, 2,244 job postings required “Java” as a skill and 30% or more of those 2,244 job postings also had other required/optional skill(s) such as “Python", "Linux" and "JavaScript (JS).

Hard skills that have seen an increase of 200 or more increase in year-to-year postings are Quality Control, Geriatrics, English Speaker, Behavioral Health, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Office Visio, Food Preparation, Python, SalesForce CRM SFDC and Public Accounting.

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 September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

Certifications in Demand provides a real-time view of certifications currently in demand by employers. For example, of the available job postings from September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017, 5,180 job postings required “Certified Registered Nurse” as a certification and 30% or more of those 5,180 job postings also had other required/optional certification(s) such as “Basic Life Support (BLS)”.

Certifications that saw an increase of 200 or more postings are Driver's License, Certified Registered Nurse, Basic Life Support (BLS), Secret Clearance, Certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Continuing Education (CE) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS).

TOP EMPLOYERS

The table below lists the employers in the Austin - Round Rock - San Marcos MSA that posted available unique ads from September 14, 2017 to October 13, 2017.

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

The University of Texas System, Austin Independent School District, Apple Inc., DELL, General Electric, Target Corporation, Massage Envy and MedOptions are the companies that have seen an increase of more than 120 Available Job Postings year-to-year. For New Job Postings in October 2017, Austin Independent School District, The University of Texas System, Target Corporation, Instacart, Apple Inc. and Walgreens 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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