Austin awas mong the top markets for employment in 2008

From Impact News, Janury 14, 2009...

Several Texas job markets reported the nation's highest gains in private-sector employment last year, according to employment figures released this week by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Austin ranked number 10 out of 100. Three other Texas markets were in the top five.

The following are the 15 biggest labor markets in America, ranked according to raw change in private-sector employment between November 2007 and November 2008:

1. Houston (up 42,400 jobs)
2. Dallas-Fort Worth (up 35,100 jobs)
3. Washington (up 15,600 jobs)
4. San Antonio (up 11,700 jobs)
5. Seattle (up 9,900 jobs)
6. Virginia Beach-Norfolk (up 9,100 jobs)
7. Oklahoma City (up 8,100 jobs)
8. New Orleans (up 7,200 jobs)
9. McAllen-Edinburg,Texas (up 6,700 jobs)
10. Austin (up 6,200 jobs)
11. Boston (up 4,600 jobs)
12. Raleigh (up 4,600 jobs)
13. El Paso (up 4,100 jobs)
14. Hartford (up 3,600 jobs)
15. Columbus (up 2,900 jobs)

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