Best Texas Jobs Sites

Texas jobs are holding their own, with a current unemployment rate of 4.8%, down from 5.1% a year ago but slightly above the national unemployment rate of 4.7%.

The current economic growth stands at 4.6%, placing Texas at number 17 in economic growth out of the 50 states. The ten year population growth is a respectable 22.8%.

These numbers indicate that the job market in Texas is about average and holding. Hopefully, the economic growth will continue to drive the unemployment rate downward, although the population growth may continue to be a drag on employment.

However, Texas is huge state and a huge economy and there will always be jobs there for qualified applicants.

Here are the top five online job sites for Texas, as measured by the Alexa rating (the lower the rating, the more popular the site. See our Online Job Search page for a detailed explanation of Alexa ratings.

• Houston Employment (Alexa rating 4,849)
• Austin 360 (Alexa rating 6,600)
• Houston Jobs (Alexa rating 167,000)
• Texas Jobs (Alexa rating 335,400)
• Austin Jobs (Alexa rating 593,700)