Finding a job in Texas is much easier than trying to locate employment in much of the nation, according to the most recent U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Several different metro areas in the state managed to post large year-over-year job gains, despite the struggling economy.
Statistics from the Bureau shows that employers in the Austin area created a total of 6,200 jobs between November of 2007 and November of 2008, causing the city to ranked 10th in the nation for job growth. Other major metro areas that made the list include Houston, where 42,400 jobs were added in 12 months and Dallas-Forth Worth, which added 35,100 new employment opportunities. Aside from these two areas, no other major U.S. market managed to add more than 15,600 jobs in their private-sector in this time period.
Another city in Texas that posted large job growth last year was San Antonio, where employers created a total of 11,700 new jobs. This caused the city to be listed as 4th in the nation as far as job growth goes.
While the Texas job market continues to grow, the rest of the nation isn’t so lucky. According to the Bureau’s data, only one-fifth the largest metropolitan areas in the nation managed to create any new jobs at all. A total of 78 of these markets reported they lost jobs, 21 posted gains and only one remained the same.
The worst metro for jobs during the 12 month period ended up being Detroit. Employers in the area cut a total of 67,700 private-sector jobs in the last year. Since jobs continued to decline into November, Detroit has now had 38 straight months of losing jobs.
Only four other major metro areas reported job losses in the excess of 50,000. This small list included, Atlanta, which had expected to gain a significant number of employment opportunities earlier in 2007, Los Angeles, Miami-Fort Lauderdale and Phoenix.
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