Austin TX is the #3 best city for jobs in America
Forbes.com ranked Austin TX the #3 best city for jobs in America for 2008. Of course, we all know that. It is kinda a tough for tech employers though — we have been trying to fill several Java / web positions for months. Almost every developer I know in town is gainfully employed.
In fact, according to the article, Texas in general is the best place to look for a job in 2008:
The Lone Star State shines brilliantly in a list of the best places to work in the U.S. when some economists peer into their crystal balls for 2008.
Austin, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio all rank high on the latest forecast data from Moody’s Economy.com. McAllen, Texas, is expected to have the highest job growth rate, as its leisure and hospitality, educational and health services and commercial construction jobs flourish.
Here is the detailed statistics for Austin. I noticed that Austin’s ranking is probably dragged down by its lower median income — that is very misleading since we have one of the nation’s largest public universities in town, and the students make very little income while they are still counted in the median. For people in the software field, Austin probably pays 10% less than San Francisco in raw salary but the cost of living is much much lower.
June 13th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Thats pretty interesting, didn’t know Austin Texas had the best employment rate.
Do you know which city has the highest unemployment rate in the US?
September 24th, 2008 at 7:08 pm
So, based on this table, I am guessing that once you get a computer science major, you should move to those places. Pay is less as you said, which might back down people on going.