Coastal Bend employers create a record number of jobs - Corpus Christi Caller-Times
The Corpus Christi Metropolitan Statistical Area had a record 200,300 jobs in April, the most up-to-date labor statistics released Monday by the Texas Workforce Commission. The region’s job market is both larger and growing at a faster rate than 2008, the year Petrohawk Energy Corp. Back then, the area’s job market had 179,800 jobs in 2008, and grew at a rate of 1 percent a year. “In addition to our new global economy, our existing businesses have also made significant capital investments breeding new jobs for our region. Our best days are still ahead of us. ”. The Corpus Christi MSA spans Aransas, Nueces and San Patricio counties, and includes the cities of Corpus Christi, Portland, Robstown, Rockport and Aransas Pass. The region enjoyed an unemployment rate of 4. 5 percent in April and has seen an increase of 7,200 jobs since April 2014 in all 10 of its employment sectors. Most of the job growth came from the transportation and construction industries, each of which have reported gains in consecutive months since January, according to the workforce commission’s report. , credited the growth to the roughly $30 billion in new industrial investment that has been made in the area the past five years as Eagle Ford exploration began to take off. Source: www.caller.com
