3 out of 4 largest Texas MSAs see decrease in job openings for August

Three out of the four largest MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) in Texas experienced a decrease in job openings for the month of August.

Dallas

Dallas experienced a decrease of 816 job openings from Jul 2014 to August 2014, a 0.90% decrease.

Date Total_Openings Monthly_Change Yearly_Change
Aug-14 89,770 -0.90% 27.29%
Jul-14 90,586 6.86% 28.67%
Jun-14 84,771 0.29% 15.23%
May-14 84,526 -5.64% 20.19%
Apr-14 89,581 23.25% 26.62%
Mar-14 72,682 2.48% -2.52%
Feb-14 70,922 -5.29% 1.27%
Jan-14 74,887 20.21% 12.54%
Dec-13 62,296 -4.16% -8.80%
Nov-13 65,003 -14.98% 17.30%
Oct-13 76,452 8.40% 26.29%
Sep-13 70,526 0.18% 0.12%

Austin

Austin experienced a decrease of 611 job openings from July 2014 to August 2014, a 1.57% decrease.

Date Total_Openings Monthly_Change Yearly_Change
Aug-14 38,327 -1.57% 28.78%
Jul-14 38,938 5.96% 28.50%
Jun-14 36,748 1.44% 15.98%
May-14 36,228 -4.59% 19.27%
Apr-14 37,971 22.48% 25.01%
Mar-14 31,001 1.83% -3.11%
Feb-14 30,443 -3.77% 0.38%
Jan-14 31,635 19.32% 9.52%
Dec-13 26,512 -4.77% -10.09%
Nov-13 27,840 -14.33% 15.78%
Oct-13 32,499 9.20% 25.10%
Sep-13 29,760 -1.79% -1.33%

Houston

Houston experienced a decrease of 1,493 job openings from July 2014 to August 2014, a 1.83% decrease.

Date Total_Openings Monthly_Change Yearly_Change
Aug-14 80,299 -1.83% 27.86%
Jul-14 81,792 8.29% 29.66%
Jun-14 75,527 -0.09% 14.68%
May-14 75,596 -5.17% 20.16%
Apr-14 79,716 20.94% 26.09%
Mar-14 65,912 3.59% -1.16%
Feb-14 63,626 -5.45% 2.27%
Jan-14 67,291 20.11% 12.98%
Dec-13 56,026 -3.63% -8.46%
Nov-13 58,138 -14.60% 16.91%
Oct-13 68,074 8.40% 25.92%
Sep-13 62,801 -0.44% 0.47%

San Antonio

San Antonio experienced an increase of 43 job openings from July 2014 to August 2014, a 0.12% increase.

Date Total_Openings Monthly_Change Yearly_Change
Aug-14 36,207 0.12% 27.65%
Jul-14 36,164 6.00% 27.85%
Jun-14 34,117 0.26% 15.48%
May-14 34,029 -5.52% 20.28%
Apr-14 36,017 23.93% 26.62%
Mar-14 29,061 2.62% -2.85%
Feb-14 28,320 -5.47% 0.33%
Jan-14 29,958 21.97% 12.89%
Dec-13 24,561 -5.12% -8.66%
Nov-13 25,887 -14.61% 17.03%
Oct-13 30,316 6.88% 25.77%
Sep-13 28,365 0.28% 1.02%

Source: BLS

Published by

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.