STEM jobs decreased in CA but increased in TX for Jan

California experienced a decrease of 10,856 innovation job openings from December 2014 to January 2015, a decrease of 16.18%. Texas experienced an increase of 4,472 innovation job openings from December 2014 to January 2015, an increase of 11.30%.

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

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State Total Openings Monthly Change Yearly Change
CA 56,235 -16.18% -1.70%
TX 44,042 11.30% 28.05%

Source: BLS

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