Austin Real Estate

Top 25 Employers in the Austin Area (2006)

1. The State of Texas - 65,688 employees.
2. Dell Computer Corporation - 17,000 employees.
3. The University of Texas at Austin - 13,577 employees.
4. Austin Independent School District - 10,714 employees.
5. U.S. Government - 10,624 employees.
6. City of Austin - 10,000 employees.
7. Seton Healthcare Network - 7,538 employees.
8. IBM Corporation - 6,200 employees.
9. St. David's Healthcare - 5,712 employees.
10. Freescale Semiconductor (formerly Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector) - 5,600 employees.
11. U.S. Internal Revenue Service - 4,728 employees
12. Round Rock Independent School District - 4,400 employees.
13. Travis County - 4,000 employees.
14. Austin Community College - 3,285 employees.
15. Solectron Texas - 2,900 employees
16. Leander Independent School District - 2,800 employees.
17. Brackenridge Hospital/Children's Hospital - 2,537 employees
18. Applied Materials - 2,500 employees.
19. AT&T Communications - 2,400 employees
20. AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) - 2,300 employees.
21. Seton Medical Center - 2,112 employees
22. National Instruments - 2,058 employees.
23. Texas State University - San Marcos - 1,995 employees
24. Girling Health Care - 1,956 employees
25. Pflugerville Independent School District - 1,800 employees.

(Source: Austin Chamber of Commerce)

Local Newspapers & Magazines

1. Austin American-Statesman - primary Austin daily paper
2. Austin Business Journal
3. Austin Chronicle
4. Austin Monthly
5. Hill Country Highlander
6. Round Rock Leader
7. Texas Monthly
8. Texas Observer
9. Texas Weekly