Dwight Steward, Ph.D. and Ryan Willett – Page 7

4 largest California MSAs see decrease in job openings for August

All 4 of the largest MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) in California experienced a decrease in job openings for the month of August.

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana MSA experienced a decrease of 394 job openings in August 2014, a -0.29% change from July 2014.

Month	Total_Openings	Percent_Monthly_Change	Percent_Yearly_Change
Sep-13	107,881	0.16	26.93
Oct-13	116,232	7.74	26.93
Nov-13	99,534	-14.37	26.93
Dec-13	94,076	-5.48	26.93
Jan-14	113,912	21.09	26.93
Feb-14	108,563	-4.7	26.93
Mar-14	110,825	2.08	26.93
Apr-14	137,352	23.94	26.93
May-14	129,540	-5.69	26.93
Jun-14	129,782	0.19	26.93
Jul-14	137,333	5.82	26.93
Aug-14	136,939	-0.29	26.93

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont

The San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont MSA experienced a decrease of 581 job openings in August 2014, a -0.83% change from July 2014.

Month	Total_Openings	Percent_Monthly_Change	Percent_Yearly_Change
Sep-13	54,100	-0.73	27.93
Oct-13	58,926	8.92	27.93
Nov-13	50,552	-14.21	27.93
Dec-13	47,699	-5.64	27.93
Jan-14	57,523	20.59	27.93
Feb-14	55,345	-3.79	27.93
Mar-14	56,460	2.01	27.93
Apr-14	69,647	23.36	27.93
May-14	65,783	-5.55	27.93
Jun-14	66,213	0.65	27.93
Jul-14	69,790	5.4	27.93
Aug-14	69,209	-0.83	27.93

Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA experienced a decrease of 436 job openings in August 2014, a 0.83% change from July 2014.

Month	Total_Openings	Percent_Monthly_Change	Percent_Yearly_Change
Sep-13	41,049	-0.3	26.49
Oct-13	43,869	6.87	26.49
Nov-13	37,771	-13.9	26.49
Dec-13	35,578	-5.81	26.49
Jan-14	42,940	20.69	26.49
Feb-14	40,977	-4.57	26.49
Mar-14	41,811	2.03	26.49
Apr-14	51,583	23.37	26.49
May-14	48,935	-5.13	26.49
Jun-14	49,141	0.42	26.49
Jul-14	52,360	6.55	26.49
Aug-14	51,924	-0.83	26.49

San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos

The San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos MSA experienced a decrease of 251 job openings in August 2014, a 0.51% change from July 2014.

Month	Total_Openings	Percent_Monthly_Change	Percent_Yearly_Change
Sep-13	38,068	-1.18	28.74
Oct-13	41,147	8.09	28.74
Nov-13	35,358	-14.07	28.74
Dec-13	33,336	-5.72	28.74
Jan-14	40,242	20.72	28.74
Feb-14	38,895	-3.35	28.74
Mar-14	39,795	2.31	28.74
Apr-14	48,989	23.1	28.74
May-14	46,354	-5.38	28.74
Jun-14	46,681	0.71	28.74
Jul-14	49,258	5.52	28.74
Aug-14	49,007	-0.51	28.74

Source: BLS

Waiters and Waitresses experienced the largest increase of job openings nationwide for August

Waiters and waitresses experienced the largest increase of new openings of all occupations in the US for the month of August with 2,951 new job openings.

Month	Occupation	Total_Openings	New_Openings
Aug-14	waiters and waitresses	57,761	2,951

Source: BLS

Image Source: http://www.clipartpanda.com/categories/waiter-20clipart

California and Texas both saw decrease in job openings in August 2014

California

California experienced a decrease of 3,814 job openings from July 2014 to August 2014, a 0.67% monthly decrease.

Month	Total_Openings	Monthly_Change	Yearly_Change
Aug-14	566,834	-0.67%	27.78%
Jul-14	570,648	6.01%	27.68%
Jun-14	538,310	0.55%	16.09%
May-14	535,368	-5.24%	20.85%
Apr-14	565,001	23.20%	26.68%
Mar-14	458,591	2.14%	-2.59%
Feb-14	448,997	-4.13%	0.79%
Jan-14	468,361	20.57%	11.64%
Dec-13	388,443	-5.47%	-9.36%
Nov-13	410,918	-14.15%	16.93%
Oct-13	478,665	7.91%	24.94%
Sep-13	443,593	-0.75%	0.01%

Texas

Texas experienced a decrease of 4,548 job openings from July 2014 to August 2014, a 1.23% monthly decrease.

Month	Total_Openings	Monthly_Change	Yearly_Change
Aug-14	364,236	-1.23%	27.59%
Jul-14	368,784	7.36%	28.75%
Jun-14	343,517	0.21%	14.99%
May-14	342,800	-5.20%	20.03%
Apr-14	361,597	22.06%	25.80%
Mar-14	296,241	3.08%	-1.95%
Feb-14	287,386	-5.31%	1.30%
Jan-14	303,498	20.51%	12.47%
Dec-13	251,841	-4.38%	-8.61%
Nov-13	263,377	-14.41%	16.67%
Oct-13	307,730	7.80%	25.44%
Sep-13	285,468	-0.34%	0.57%

Source: BLS

Top 3 occupations with the most new job openings in Texas for August

The top three occupations with the most new job openings in Texas for the month of August were elementary and middle school teachers with 221.93 new openings, waiters and waitresses with 230.08 new openings, and cooks with 236.90 new openings.

August 2014

Date	Occupation	Total_Openings	New_Openings
Aug-14	Elementary and middle school teachers	3,594.52	221.93
Aug-14	Waiters and waitresses	4,610.36	230.08
Aug-14	Cooks	4,963.26	236.90

Source: BLS

California RN’s, PA’s, and therapists see increase in job openings from July 2014 to August 2014

The number of job openings in California for nurses, therapists, and physician assistants increased from 16,429 in July 2014 to 16,994 in August 2014. The searcher-to-job opening ratio decreased from 2.10 to 1.90 in the same span.

Source: BLS

Image source: http://pediatric-nurse-practitioners.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-5-cardiac-care-nursing-jobs-for-we.html

Texas STEM job openings decreased from July 2014 to August 2014

The number of job openings in Texas for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) jobs decreased from 44,105 in July 2014 to 43,210 in August 2014. The searcher-to-job opening ratio also decreased from 1.30 to 1.24 in the same span.

Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

Source: BLS

Image source: http://projecttomorrowblog.blogspot.com/2013/11/i-am-scientist.html

California STEM job openings decreased from July 2014 to August 2014

The number of job openings in California for STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) jobs decreased from 73,005 in July 2014 to 71,821 in August 2014. The searcher-to-job opening ratio also decreased from 1.69 to 1.57 in the same span.

Our definition of STEM jobs: http://www.employstats.com/blog/2014/09/19/growing-national-interest-in-stem-fields-has-focused-our-research/

Source: BLS

Image source: http://fairmountinc.com/help-wanted-1-2-million-good-paying-jobs-available/

Median rent and housing prices on average fell for three largest Eagle Ford Shale MSAs

Median rent rose in San Antonio from July 2014 to August 2014; it fell in both Laredo and Corpus Christi during the same span.

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Median house prices for all three MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) fell from July 2014 to August 2014.

Image source: http://www.asemooni.com/news/economic-news/the-president-agreed-with-the-increase-in-housing

Crude oil prices decreased while natural gas prices increased from July to August

Crude oil price decreased from $98.23 per barrel in July 2014 to $97.86 per barrel in August 2014. Natural gas price went up from $3.78 per million BTU (one million BTU is approximately 974 cubic feet) in July 2014 to $4.04 per million BTU in August 2014.

production_2014_07

Texas crude oil production for July 2014 was 69,573,013 barrels, down from 70,108,403 barrels reported in April 2014. Texas natural gas production was 632,494,096 Mcf (thousand cubic feet) of gas in July 2014, down from the June 2014 gas production total of 639,345,631 Mcf.

Sources: eia.gov, rrc.state.tx.us

Texas job openings increased from June 2014 to July 2014

The number of job openings in Texas increased from 343,517 in June 2014 to 368,784 in July 2014. The median number of job searchers per job opening across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) and occupations in Texas was 1.47 in June 2014 and 1.42 in July 2014.

Source: BLS