Austin Job Postings Name AI Tools More Than Three Times as Often as Houston’s

Austin led four Texas metros: 5.45% of its September 2026 job postings named a specific AI tool or skill, against 3.90% in Dallas-Fort Worth, 1.56% in Houston and 0.84% in San Antonio.

In September 2026, 5.45% of Austin job postings named a specific AI tool or skill, the highest share of the four Texas metros in the Aravise AI Jobs Index (Texas). Dallas-Fort Worth followed at 3.90%, Houston at 1.56% and San Antonio at 0.84%. The counts come from TheirStack job postings data, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Job postings first posted in September 2026, by metro. Source: TheirStack job postings data, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Four findings

1. Austin asks for Claude more than ChatGPT

Austin postings named Claude or Anthropic 364 times and ChatGPT or OpenAI 318 times. In the other three metros ChatGPT or Copilot led.

2. Dallas-Fort Worth is a three-way tie

ChatGPT (628 postings), Copilot (621) and Claude (616) are within 12 postings of each other.

3. San Antonio is a Copilot market

Copilot appeared in 70 San Antonio postings, twice ChatGPT's 34.

4. "Agentic AI" outpaces any single product in Austin

1,076 Austin postings (2.65%) asked for agentic AI skills, more than Claude, ChatGPT or Copilot alone. Dallas-Fort Worth showed the same pattern with 1,640 postings (1.76%).

Job postings first posted in September 2026 that name each tool or skill. One posting can name more than one. Source: TheirStack job postings data, retrieved October 30, 2026.

How to read these numbers

A posting counts when its description names a specific AI tool or skill, such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot or RAG. Broader trackers that count any mention of AI or machine learning would report higher shares for the same postings; the methodology explains how this index differs from broader AI job trackers. One posting can list more than one metro, so the metros are not added together.

A posting is a job advertisement, not a hire. The counts cover the job postings TheirStack collects from job boards and employer career sites, not every job. September 2026 is the index's first edition, so these figures show where each metro stands this month, not a change over time.

What employer requests tell an executive

We at Aravise AI publish this index because our team coaches executives one-on-one on current AI tools, and what employers ask for is one signal of which tools matter in each metro. It is not a verdict on which tool fits your work, which depends on the outcome you want, the tools your company has approved and the risk you can accept. For that decision, see our comparisons of ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini for executives and ChatGPT and Microsoft 365 Copilot for executives. When you want help with that decision on your own work, our team works around your schedule and provides continuing accountability.

Frequently asked questions

Which Texas metro's job postings name AI tools most often?

Austin. In September 2026, 2,215 of 40,613 Austin job postings (5.45%) named a specific AI tool or skill, against 3.90% in Dallas-Fort Worth, 1.56% in Houston and 0.84% in San Antonio.

Which AI tool do Texas job postings name most often?

It depends on the metro. In September 2026, Claude or Anthropic led in Austin, ChatGPT or OpenAI led in Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston, and Copilot led in San Antonio.

Can the four metro counts be added together?

No. One posting can list more than one metro, so a sum of the four metros would count some postings more than once. Each metro's share is reported on its own.

Method and source

The methodology explains how each count is made, which terms each tool family covers and the limits of the counts.

Cite as: Aravise (2026). Aravise AI Jobs Index (Texas): September 2026 edition, revision 2. Published October 30, 2026. Source: TheirStack job postings data. https://www.aravise.ai/ai-jobs-index