STEM jobs decreased in CA, but increased in TX for June

California experienced a decrease of 549 innovation job openings from May 2015 to June 2015, a decrease of 0.69%. Texas experienced an increase of 79 innovation job openings from May 2015 to June 2015, an increase of 0.16%.

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 79,402 -0.69% 8.76%
TX 48,441 0.16% 9.83%

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.