Stats Summary: Austin's record breaking job growth in 2021

[Bryan Noth]

With the dust settling from 2021 the composite data from the year is beginning to emerge.  The Austin Business Journal did a recent article on the extent of job growth for the MSA.  

Some highlights from the data sets below:

• 26,697 new jobs were pledged in 2021.  This is not reflective of Musk's recent tweets announcing 20,000 jobs for the Gigafactory alone.  The original pledge from Tesla was 5,000 direct jobs.  
• 90 companies announced corporate relocations to Austin with only 36 to have completed the relocation so far
• 138 companies announced they would be expanding their presence in the MSA
• 275 additional companies have expressed a sincere interest in relocating to Central Texas

These numbers strongly indicate another year of impressive growth ahead.  

Article link:

https://www.bizjournals.com/au...