Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown MSA
(Austin MSA, Oct 14, 2025 – Nov 13, 2025)
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INSIGHTS
- There were approximately 69,187 available job postings during the Dec 2025 reporting period, a marginal increase of 70 postings from November. New, first-time job postings totaled 29,772, representing 43% of all available postings. Regional new job postings decreased by 0.1% in the Austin–San Antonio metros, while the Houston–Dallas metros saw a 1% decline compared to the previous month.
- Approximately 13%, or 9,061, of all available job postings fell under Management occupations, while 6,597 available job postings fell under Healthcare Practitioners and Technical occupations, and an additional 1,951 fell under Healthcare Support. This combined total reflects 8,548 postings in healthcare occupations and shows consistently strong demand for healthcare talent in our region. Computer and math-related postings totaled 7,235, while Sales postings accounted for 10% and 11% of all available December job postings, respectively.
- A total of 1,845 postings offered “signing bonuses,” an increase of 151 postings from the previous month.
- Fifty-six percent, or 38,104, of available job postings pay an annual median wage between $25,000 and $75,000. Of these, 46%, or 17,652, require a high school diploma as the entry-level education, and 20%, or 7,584, require associate or bachelor’s degrees.
- There are about 1,189 internship positions posted, in-person or hybrid. The top three companies with the most postings remain Amazon, IBM, and the State of Texas.
- There are 1,965 jobs posted within the Austin venture capital, startup, scaleup, and innovation ecosystem on the Austin Ecosystem Dealroom Platform for this reporting period
- For Nov 2025, the Austin region saw a total of 1,069 jobs announced through new relocations or expansion plans. Announcing new location plans were companies such as Nvidia (650 jobs) and ARM (200 jobs). Expansions included Phoenix Semiconductor (55 jobs), CS Erickson (52 jobs), McKinstry (50 jobs), CynLR (25 jobs), Bull Equipment (20 jobs), and Bravo Ordinance (17 jobs).
- Job postings measured in this report refer to employers who are actively advertising online. It is not a representation of job openings, which measures all positions that are open (not filled) on the last business day of the month.
- This report uses Lightcast’s Developer tool, which deduplicates job postings. Developer codes job postings to SOC 2018 occupational codes, allowing for more granular reporting on occupational trends, and uses HWOL datasets aligned with mid-monthly unemployment figures.
The following job market report aims to provide insight into current employer demands, skills, and occupations in the Austin MSA.
Top 15 Occupational Group Postings
The top three occupations with the most job postings were in Management, Sales, and Computer and Mathematical related jobs.
Top Posted Job Ads and Entry-Level Education
The table below lists the top three available job postings by typical entry-level educational requirement.
Typical Entry-Level Educational Requirements
For all job postings in the Austin MSA, across occupations and industries, 56% require postsecondary education beyond high school as the typical entry-level education.
Monthly Job Posting Trends
New job postings represented 43% of all available job postings for this reporting period and increased marginally from November.
Note: Any discrepancies in the total available job postings and new job postings listed above for the referenced period reflect ads that are not classified to an occupational code. The data for Dec 2025 is the sum of all posted ads from Oct 14, 2025, to Nov 13, 2025. This period is aligned with the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) unemployment job search period to provide a more accurate comparison of labor supply and labor demand.
Top 20 Job Postings and Annual Median Wages
For the top 20 job postings, 63% require some form of postsecondary education beyond high school as the typical entry-level education, and 59% pay an annual median salary over $65,000.
Top 10 Management Job Postings and Annual Median Wages
For all job postings under management occupations, 85% require a bachelor’s degree, or more, as the typical entry-level education. The top three job postings in this category are Marketing Managers, Sales Managers, and General and Operations Managers.
Top 10 Tech Job Postings and Annual Median Wages
For all job postings under tech occupations, 95% require a bachelor’s degree or more as the typical entry-level education. The top three postings in this category are Software Developers, Computer Occupations, and Data Scientists.
Top 10 Healthcare Job Postings and Annual Median Wages
For all job postings under healthcare occupations, 95% require some form of postsecondary education beyond high school as the typical entry-level education, and 65% require at least a bachelor’s degree. The top three job postings in this category are Registered Nurses, Health Technologists and Technicians, and Nurse Practitioners.
Top 10 Healthcare Support Job Postings and Annual Median Wages
For all job postings under healthcare occupations, 95% require some form of postsecondary education beyond high school as the typical entry-level education, and 65% require at least a bachelor’s degree. The top three job postings in this category are Registered Nurses, Health Technologists and Technicians, and Nurse Practitioners.
Top 20 Skills in Greatest Demand
The top three common skills in demand by employers include communication, customer service, and management, reflecting the overall demand for talent in management occupations.
Top 20 Certifications in Greatest Demand
Twelve out of the top 20 in-demand certifications are healthcare-related, with the largest demand for registered nurses, basic life support, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Top 20 Employers
Top job postings for this period come from Amazon, HCA Healthcare, and The University of Texas at Austin.
Source: The Conference Board®-Lightcast® Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Index, The Conference Board®-Lightcast® Help Wanted OnLine® (HWOL) Data Series, and Bureau of Labor Statistics.
