Originally Published on Yahoo!Finance.comh
- Texas appears to be leading the country in terms of employment growth.
- The state’s capital, Austin, had a big year-over-year increase in hiring in 2018.
- LinkedIn’s January 2019 workforce report assessed that Texas drew in many workers from both coasts.
Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the job market. And that’s especially true for the Lone Star State’s weird capital, Austin.
LinkedIn’s January 2019 workforce report indicated that Austin drew in many workers from both coasts and had the biggest year-over-year increase in hiring rate at 15.8 percent higher. Many of the workers who came to Austin were coming from either New York or the San Francisco Bay Area, two major coastal powerhouses of industry. The report attributes these jobs moving to Texas to the state’s strong economic growth.
