From a sleepy town, Austin has grown to a vibrant city. The city is expanding into suburban cities like Round Rock, Cedar Park, Leander Liberty Hill, Jonestown, in the north and Kyle, Buda, Dripping Springs, Bastrop in the South.
The Austin area uniformly represents what is best in America. Beautiful and diverse scenery, hills and lakes, comfortable weather, multicultural outlook, enthusiastic business climate all help make Austin a fabulous place to live and work.
Austin is a legendary, lively city and a terrific place to live. The five-county region is known for its Hill Country scenery, historic communities and laid-back lifestyle.
A metropolitan region of 1.4 million people with a highly trained workforce, renowned quality of life, moderate cost environment and vast experience in technology, manufacturing and research and development.
Central Texas boasts a cosmopolitan atmosphere without the big-city hassle, reasonable cost of living, gorgeous scenery and friendly people. Austin gets high marks for its lifestyle and the opportunities to pursue challenging career opportunities.
Major employers:
- Austin Independent School District
- City of Austin
- Dell
- Federal Government
- Freescale Semiconductor
- IBM Corp.
- Seton Healthcare Network
- State of Texas
- University of Texas at Austin
- Advanced Micro Devices
