Below is a summary of job posting trends for Austin MSA for the full month of February 2021. To dive deeper, see the full respective reports here.
February 1 – February 28, 2021 Job Posting Trends
- 20,623 new job ads were posted in Austin MSA in February 2021 (-4,828 from Feb. 2020)
- Job postings were -5.2 the week ending on Feb. 26th, 2021 when compared to Feb. 2020 pre-COVID trends. (Opportunity Insight)
- Job openings are wide-ranging:
- The region’s top hiring occupation groups in February were in IT (3,307), management (2,906), sales and related (2,171) administrative & support (1,765), healthcare practitioners and technical (1,645)
- Top titles posted in job ads were sales representative (51), sales associate (50), customer service rep (48), housekeeper (43), and admin assistant (42).
- Top companies hiring were IBM (342), Baylor Scott & White (244), Dell (232), Hospital Corporation of America (224), and Ascension Health (208).
Targeted Industry Profile Trends:
- Professional, Scientific and Tech Industry:
- Top occupations posted in job ads were Software Developers/Engineers (181), Business/Management Analyst (67), Network Engineer/Architect (63), IT Project Manager (50), Computer Systems Engineer/Architect (43).
- Top employers hiring were IBM (342), Ernst & Young (125), Deloitte (117), Accenture (90), and KPMG (46).
- Healthcare Industry:
- Top occupations posted in job ads were Registered Nurse (444), Caregiver/Personal Care Aide (155), LPN/LVN (143), Nursing Assistant (121), and Medical Assistant (88)
- Top employers hiring were Baylor Scott and White (244), Hospital Corporation of America (224), Ascension Health (208), St. David’s Healthcare, (64) and Soliant (53).
- Skilled Trades:
- Top occupations posted in job ads were Tractor-Trailer Truck Driver (103), Construction Manager (49), Warehouse Worker (31), Plumber (31), and Sales Rep (28).
- Top employers hiring were DR Horton (44), Chalk Mountain Services of Texas (38), Absolute Business Solutions (20), Procore (18), and Austin Energy (14).
- Manufacturing:
- Top occupations posted in job ads were Software Developer/Engineer (126), Sales Rep (44), Product Manager (42), Computer Systems Engineer/Architect (37), and Marketing Manager (36).
- Top employers hiring were Dell (232), Advanced Micro Devices (188), Applied Materials (82), Cisco Systems Incorporated (51), and Samsung America, Inc. (47).