Austin is all a buzz in the Business Journals again, this time ranking for job growth.
Houston had the best year of any market, picking up an additional 57,300 jobs. Rounding out the top five were Dallas-Fort Worth (up 43,300 jobs), San Antonio (up 14,900), Washington, D.C. (up 11,800), and Austin, Texas (up 9,600).
Here are the top 10 of the 88 markets, ranked in order of raw employment growth between December 2007 and December 2008:
1. Houston, up 57,300 jobs
2. Dallas-Fort Worth, up 43,300 jobs
3. San Antonio, up 14,900 jobs
4. Washington, up 11,800 jobs
5. Austin, Texas, up 9,600 jobs
6. Virginia Beach-Norfolk, up 7,700 jobs
7. New Orleans, up 6,600 jobs
8. Oklahoma City, up 5,800 jobs
9. El Paso, up 5,300 jobs
10. Baton Rouge, up 4,000 jobs
