Austin ranked best-performing city for jobs despite pandemic
From August 2019 to August 2020, the metro area saw an employment loss of 2.7%, or 29,800 jobs, according to a report published September 22 by the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce. Despite that massive dip, it still makes Austin the best-performing city for jobs among the country’s 50 largest metro areas.
At 2.7%, Austin’s year-over-year job loss was the lowest among the country's biggest cities, the report shows