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I'd love to see how those demand areas line up with the high unemployment areas. I'd wager they're geographically far apart because other than the pilots, the r
by caseysoftware 9y ago
I'd love to see how those demand areas line up with the high unemployment areas. I'd wager they're geographically far apart because other than the pilots, the rest don't take much training (days to weeks) to get up to speed.
In Austin, the unemployment rate is <3% and Texas as a whole is incredibly low. Since we're one of the largest population states with an unemployment rate well below average, I assume there are numerous smaller places with well above average unemployment.
- marcosdumay 9y agoI'd expect those jobs to also have the feature that they are in underpopulated areas and have a high seasonality or high instability so that people can't move to take them.
- randomdata 9y agoThe BLS suggests that Texas has one of the higher unemployment rates, at 4.8%, and is above the national rate of 4.4%. https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm https://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm But it is true that unemployment can vary widely even within state lines. Even from one town to the next. It is possible that localized unemployment is still quite low where the jobs are unable to be filled.