Shared from the 6/8/2017 Austin American Statesman eEdition

AUSTIN WORKFORCE

Austin tops LinkedIn list for workers’ migration

Workers arrive in Central Texas from Houston, Bay Area, N.Y.

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Paddle boarders and kayakers take to Lady Bird Lake near Barton Creek to enjoy a warm spring day in Austin. Austin’s job market has a broad appeal, LinkedIn economist Guy Berger said. “Overall, it’s a nice big talent magnet,” he said. RALPH BARRERA / AMERICAN-STATESMAN

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We know Austin is a hot destination for job-seekers.

But where, you might wonder, are all the workers moving here from?

According to a new LinkedIn Workforce Report, Central Texas gained the most workers from Houston, the San Francisco Bay Area and New York, in that order.

The figures are based on the number of people who changed their location on their LinkedIn profile in the past 12 months.

But Central Texas’ workforce is pretty mobile, so Austin also topped the list of cities that experienced the most total migration — or, in simple terms, the most workers moving into and out of a city. Next on the list were Orange County and San Diego.

For every 10,000 LinkedIn members in Austin, 569.5 arrived or left the city in the past 12 months, report said.

So when workers leave Austin, where do they go? The top three destinations, according to the report, are Seattle, Denver and Nashville.

Austin is benefiting from San Francisco’s skyrocketing cost of living, said Guy Berger, LinkedIn’s economist.

The net number of workers moving to the Bay area dropped 17 percent from February to May.

The cities gaining the most workers from San Francisco over the past 12 months were Seattle, Portland and Austin.

Austin’s job market has a broad appeal, Berger said.

“Overall, it’s a nice big talent magnet,” he said. “While Austin is still pulling a lot of people from San Francisco, it’s also attracting large amounts of people from the Midwest, the Northeast, and from Houston as well.”

Meanwhile, he said, “the only places attracting large amounts of people from Austin are Seattle and Denver.”

Contact Lori Hawkins at 512-912-5955.

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