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Top 10 Jobs in Austin, Texas

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By Patty Inglish, MS

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Top 10 Jobs in Austin

The Top 10 Fastest Growing Jobs in capital Austin, Texas begin with Choreographer and also include Healthcare and Engineering positions, Education professionals, Oil Industry workers, Performers' Agents, IT staff, Bus Drivers and Fast Food Cooks. Even the last job on this is increasing by over 40% by 2014.

Job Titles and Percentage increase are listed below:

  1. Choreographers 58.6%
  2. Biomedical Engineers 56.3
  3. Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 52.8
  4. Ed Administrators, Elementary/Secondary School 51.5
  5. Derrick Operators, Oil & Gas 50.0
  6. Computer Software Engineers, Applications 45.2
  7. Bus Drivers 44.6
  8. Cardiovascular Techs 43.4
  9. Agents & Managers of Performers, Artists, Athletes 42.9
  10. Fast Food Cooks 40.8

Additional Fast Growing Jobs in Austin

The Job in the following list are high-growth and increasing overall by at least 33% - 40% in number of jobs available by 2014.

  • Database Administrators
  • Audio-Visual Collections Specialists
  • Combined Dining and Fast Food Preparation & Serving Workers
  • Anesthesiologists
  • Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, & Coffee Shops
  • Computer Systems Analysts
  • Education Teachers, Postsecondary
  • Dietetic Techs
  • Athletic Trainers
  • Cooks, Restaurant
  • Actuaries
  • Crossing Guards
  • Economics Teachers
  • Desktop Publishers
  • Area, Ethnic, & Cultural Studies Teachers

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Littlefield Fountain and Main Building of The University of Texas at Austin.
Littlefield Fountain and Main Building of The University of Texas at Austin.

Sport Opportunities in Austin

Minor League Teams

  • Austin Ice Bats (WPHL) at Chaparal Ice
  • Round Rock Express at the Dell Diamond
  • Austin Lightning at the Tony Burger Center
  • Austin Outlaws at the House Park
  • Austin Wranglers at the Frank Erwin Center
  • Austin Toros at the Austin Convention Center

College Teams: Texas Longhorns

 

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Top 5 Largest Employers

This Top 5 List organizations to employ and recruit workers overall in the Austin area:

  1. The State of Texas
  2. The University of Texas
  3. SETON Healthcare Network
  4. Dell
  5. IBM

Additional Faster-Growing High-Tech Employers:

  • Apple Inc.
  • Hewlett-Packard
  • Vignette
  • AMD
  • Applied Materials
  • Cirrus Logic
  • Hoover's, Inc.
  • Intel
  • Motive Inc.
  • National Instruments 

Top 10 Jobs in Austin, Texas in the News

  • Round-Up: Gamasutra Network Jobs, Week Of November 27Gamasutra2 days ago

    In this round-up, Gamasutra highlights some of the notable jobs posted in its industry-leading game jobs section this week, including positions from Rockstar North, BioWare Austin, and more. Each position posted by employers will appear on the main Gamasutra job board, and appear in the site's daily and weekly newsletters, reaching our readers directly. It will also be cross-posted for free ...

  • Roy Lang III: Austin deserves, appreciates his rising starThe Shreveport Times2 days ago

    ARLINGTON, Texas — Is there any doubt Miles Austin is having the time of his life? Could there have been a more deserving member of the Dallas Cowboys to excel Thursday?

  • At This School, Itâs Marijuana in Every ClassMalaysiaNews.net16 hours ago

    “This state needs jobs, and we think medical marijuana can stimulate the state economy with hundreds of jobs and millions of dollars,” said Nick Tennant, the 24-year-old founder of the col...

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Prince Maak  says:
2 years ago

Interesting.

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Patty Inglish, MS  says:
2 years ago

Thanks for visiting Prince Maak. You're still making great requests!

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This is very helpful.

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