Austin, TX, United States, 07/14/2021 / Moove It /
It seems like almost everyday Austin, Texas tops a new list for growth in the technology industry.
According to Microsoft Corp.’s LinkedIn profiles, Over the past year, Austin has been listed as the top beneficiary for tech-related migration.
For every 10,000 existing software and information technology company workers in the Texas capital, Austin captured a net inflow of 217 new Microsoft employees from May 2020 to April 2021. Austin has had the best net migration rate with at least 2,000 Linkedin users migrating over the past 12 months, compared among 35 metropolitan areas.
Austin has been steadily growing as a tech hub since 2004. In 2015, Forbes released a study with a list of cities with the strongest growth rate in tech-related employment. According to the study, Austin came out as number one with a 73.9% expansion in tech-related jobs from 2004-2014. Austin also experienced a 36.4% growth in STEM-related jobs during this