The number of jobs in Austin (Click here) continued to steadily increase during May.
That month, the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos area’s unemployment rate decreased from 7 percent to 6.9 percent, following a decrease from 7.1 percent during April. The latest decrease keeps the area’s rate below the national average at the time of 9.7 percent.
The Austin area had a total non-farm employment of 767,700 workers during May, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is up from 765,700 workers during April and a .5 percent increase from last year.