Austin Jobs

  Base Power, one of Austin’s most valuable startups, plans to create 500 jobs at a new manufacturing facility and is seeking assistance from the city of Austin to do so. The energy company, led by co-founder and CEO Zach Dell, the son of Dell Technologies Inc. founder Michael Dell, plans to invest $265 million in a new 486,000-square-foot manufacturing facility near Austin-Bergstrom International...

  An Austin-based artificial intelligence chipmaker has secured $110 million in new funding, thanks in part to backing from Microsoft Corp. Neurophos Inc. said Thursday it plans to expand its North Austin headquarters and hire 80 employees locally. The latest investment brings the company’s total funding to $118 million. Full article here: Austin AI chipmaker to expand, hire locally (512)...

  Remote work may no longer dominate the U.S. labor force as it did during the height of the pandemic in 2020, but it still represents a substantial share of employment today. The telework rate, which represents the number of people who teleworked as a percentage of people who were working, was 21.6% in April, and it has consistently ranged between 17.9% and 23.8% between October 2022 and April...

  Software developer is the most common occupation among Austin’s top earners and two-thirds of them are millennials, according to an American-Statesman analysis of census survey data. The analysis found the top 10% of earners in Austin made at least $173,000 in 2023, the most recent year with detailed occupational information available. That was notably higher than in every other Texas metro, the...

  Austin companies accounted for nearly half of the Texas entries on a new ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing technology firms, underscoring the city’s standing as the state’s tech leader. Texas placed 25 companies on 2025 Deloitte Technology Fast 500, which recognizes the 500 fastest-growing technology and life sciences companies in North America. Twelve of them are based in Austin, eight in...

Cedar Park is giving Firefly Aerospace Inc. as much as $1 million for a planned expansion of its headquarters, a move it says will bring hundreds of new jobs to the city north of Austin. The space and defense technology company is planning to move into a 44,000-square-foot building at 2203 Scottsdale Drive, about a mile from its current headquarters. The new location will serve as Firfely’s regional...

  Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas as the No. 1 state for jobs added over the last 12 months following the release of July employment data by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Texas added 232,500 nonfarm jobs from July 2024 to July 2025, more than any other state and outpacing the U.S. annual growth rate. Full article here: Texas Leads U.S. For Jobs Added Over Last Year (512)...

In a national landscape where recent college graduates are facing one of the toughest entry-level job markets in years, Austin continues to distinguish itself as a top destination. While graduates in major metropolitan areas like New York and Chicago struggle to find their footing, Austin stands out among a select group of cities proving fertile ground for new talent. Full article here: Study places...

  Texas added 35,900 jobs in April, the 58th month of growth out of the past 60. The state’s labor force grew to a record high of more than 15.8 million people. The number of people looking for work also increased and the state’s adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 4.1%. Full article here: Texas labor force hits record (512) 853-0110 or robert@AustinTxHomeSales.com If you are...

  Texas faced exponential growth in 2023 and 2024, and those trends aren't slowing down as the Lone Star State sees another month of record employment numbers. In March, Texas saw a new high with the largest labor force in the state's history at 15,778,500. Full article here: Texas records another month of record job growth in March (512) 853-0110 or robert@AustinTxHomeSales.com If you are...