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During the first three quarters of 2016 the Average Weekly Wage of all non-governmental employees in the County was $695. Despite not having fourth quarter wages for 2016 released yet, this represents a 19% increase over the past 5 years. Typically fourth quarter wages are the highest and when release could mean wages have increased by over 20% since 2011.

On March 27, 2017 the Hays CISD school board voted to approve the freeport tax exemption, which had been previously denied in 1989. The freeport exemption provides a property tax exemption on inventory such as goods, wares, and merchandise that leave the state of Texas in 175 days or less.

The Buda Economic Development Corporation in conjunction with The Retail Coach is excited to announce the release of new demographics reports for Buda. The 2017 edition of these reports not only includes demographic information for the City of Buda, the Primary Retail Trade Area, and Secondary Retail Trade Area but now includes drive time and radius reports as well. These reports can be downloaded from the Buda EDC website under the documents tab.