[Novacek]

Originally Posted by clubtokyo

"Austin unemployment rate decreased slightly to 3.0% in November 2023"

https://www.wfscapitalarea.com/news-...Capital%20Area

What was it pre-covid?

Looks like it was about 2.5% November 2019

https://www.statesman.com/story/busi...ow/3955062001/

I wouldn't necessarily call this any worse. In some respects 2.5% (or even 3) is too tight of a labor market.

And of course the Austin metro is probably 10-15% larger than it was then.