Prop 23 Update: Texas grabs 1,000 more high paying California jobs

Russ Steele

The Austin City Council has approved an eBay incentives deal which will bring 1,000 new jobs to the city. These are green jobs, mostly software programming, with an average yearly salary topping $122,500.

"This is precisely the kind of company we would like to see expand in Austin. This project will include great jobs for Central Texans," stated Mayor Lee Leffingwell.

Gov. Rick Perry's office said the deal will bring an estimated $5.1 million in capital investment to the region
 
“Austin’s high-tech economy and skilled workforce are perfect for eBay, and I’m pleased to welcome this expansion and the more than 1,000 quality jobs it will bring to Texas,” Perry said.

More details are here.  During the debate over Prop 23, the opponents said that enacting AB32 would bring those high tech green job flooding into California.  So why did eBay chose Texas over California, they got support from the State and the City, rather than a bag full of job strangling regulation.  

"Austin is a vibrant, exciting city with a strong heritage for technology expertise and lots of growth potential," said Mark Carges, an sBay vice president. "Our state-of-the-art facility there has room for expansion and the support we have received from the state of Texas and the city of Austin reinforces our commitment to attracting top talent in regions where we operate.

With no personal income taxes and no nanny state rules governing peoples lives in Texas, eBay should not have any problem recruiting some of California's top talent to move to Austin.