Innovation sector jobs decreased in both CA and TX for the month of August

California experienced a decrease of 1,011 innovation job openings from July 2014 to August 2014, a decrease of 4.02%. Texas experienced a decrease of 456 innovation job openings from July 2014 to August 2014, a decrease of 3.45%.

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State Total_Openings Monthly_Change Yearly_Change
CA 24,132 -4.02% 29.71%
TX 12,762 -3.45% 30.67%

Innovation jobs definition: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/26/1233/

Source: BLS

Image source: http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2013/09/23/symposium-innovation-ecosystems-jobs-wea.html

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Dwight Steward, Ph.D.

Dr. Steward regularly writes and speaks on topics involving business and individual economic damages, employment audits, and the analysis of payroll and time data in wage and hour investigations. Dr. Steward has also held teaching positions at The University of Texas-Austin in the Department of Economics and in the Red McCombs School of Business, The College of Business at Sam Houston State University, and at The University of Iowa. He has taught numerous courses in statistics, corporate finance, labor economics, business policies, managerial economics, and microeconomics.