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Principal Economists Dwight Steward discusses the economic impact of Tesla beginning production in Austin, Texas, with KEYE-TV Journalist Jessica Taylor. 

With new production beginning in January 2022, Dr. Steward believes more jobs and infrastructure will follow. He agrees with expert projections of 5-15,000 jobs being created because the onset of production will result in more jobs and infrastructure. Likely, it will be closer to 15,000 because factory jobs have the potential to create a lot more opportunities according to Steward. Unlike their competitors, Tesla has had no labor and chip shortages. 

Elon Musk announced near the end of 2021 that the headquarters will be moving to Austin alongside the gigafactory which began construction during the Summer of 2020. 

Check out the full article here: https://cbsaustin.com/newsletter-daily/analysts-say-tesla-could-begin-production-at-austin-gigafactory-before-end-of-january

On November 01 there were 200951 job postings open in the state of Texas. On December 01 there were 227808 job postings open in the state of Texas. The state of Texas experienced a 13% percent change in the number of total job postings open. The Houston/Galveston region experienced the highest number of job postings open as of November 01 , and Houston/Galveston region experienced the highest number of job postings open as of December 01 . Del Rio/Eagle Pass experienced the largest change in job postings over the November 2020 to December 01 time period.
 
The job postings open in the following Texas regions are outlined below:

 Abilene : 49% change in job postings ( From 1620 openings on November 01 to 2420 openings on December 01 )
 Amarillo : 20% change in job postings ( From 3381 openings on November 01 to 4055 openings on December 01 )
 Austin : 14% change in job postings ( From 9761 openings on November 01 to 11175 openings on December 01 )
 Beaumont : 31% change in job postings ( From 1834 openings on November 01 to 2403 openings on December 01 )
 Bryan : 30% change in job postings ( From 2124 openings on November 01 to 2761 openings on December 01 )
 Corpus Christi : 25% change in job postings ( From 6499 openings on November 01 to 8127 openings on December 01 )
 Dallas/Fort Worth : 7% change in job postings ( From 53917 openings on November 01 to 57935 openings on December 01 )
 Del Rio/Eagle Pass : 70% change in job postings ( From 386 openings on November 01 to 656 openings on December 01 )
 El Paso : 17% change in job postings ( From 8000 openings on November 01 to 9380 openings on December 01 )
 Houston/Galveston : 8% change in job postings ( From 56735 openings on November 01 to 61228 openings on December 01 )
 Laredo : 52% change in job postings ( From 2380 openings on November 01 to 3619 openings on December 01 )
 Lubbock : 37% change in job postings ( From 5815 openings on November 01 to 7950 openings on December 01 )
 Lufkin/Nacogdoches : 29% change in job postings ( From 1234 openings on November 01 to 1590 openings on December 01 )
 McAllen/Brownsville : 12% change in job postings ( From 2410 openings on November 01 to 2707 openings on December 01 )
 Midland/Odessa : 34% change in job postings ( From 3156 openings on November 01 to 4219 openings on December 01 )
 San Angelo : 50% change in job postings ( From 500 openings on November 01 to 748 openings on December 01 )
 San Antonio : 9% change in job postings ( From 29795 openings on November 01 to 32450 openings on December 01 )
 Sherman/Denison : 16% change in job postings ( From 1483 openings on November 01 to 1724 openings on December 01 )
 Texarkana : 15% change in job postings ( From 1320 openings on November 01 to 1517 openings on December 01 )
 Tyler/Longview : 34% change in job postings ( From 3522 openings on November 01 to 4703 openings on December 01 )
 Victoria : 40% change in job postings ( From 576 openings on November 01 to 807 openings on December 01 )
 Waco/Temple/Killeen : 18% change in job postings ( From 3620 openings on November 01 to 4271 openings on December 01 )
 Wichita Falls : 54% change in job postings ( From 883 openings on November 01 to 1363 openings on December 01 )