Texas has a whole lot of jobs pouring in as Fortune 500 companies are relocating here in droves, and with all of the new residents chasing a better quality of life in our beloved Lone Star State. The job market in Texas remains hot for people seeking employment and better career opportunities.

Read More: Texas New Hires To Make $23/Hr At Massive Grocery Chain

Yes, the thermometer may not be indicating that we are approaching mid October, but the calendar certainly does, and there is no better time to begin a new job than in the highly profitable fourth quarter as retailers everywhere are expecting a massive windfall of sales with the holiday season now upon us.

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New Texas Employees Make Almost $20/Hr At These 116 Stores

In the above video you see that Hobby Lobby just raised their starting pay for full-time employees at the beginning of 2022 to $18.50 an hour, but now those same full-time employees have received an increase of $.75 an hour to $19.25 as of the first of October.

There have been some current and former employees that say the steady increase in hourly pay for full-time employees is nice, but that the company does not reward individual employees with raises. They claim you are stuck making the company minimum wage until the company decides to raise that pay, which they appear to do fairly frequently at a pace of about every two years or less.

Read More: Texans Getting Paid Now For Ice Cream, This Is How

What do you think is a fair starting pay for a full-time employee?

LOOK: The 25 least expensive states to live in

Here are the top 25 states with the lowest cost of living in 2022, using data Stacker culled from the Council for Community and Economic Research.

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Blue Bell Ice Cream On The List of Top 15 Brands Nationwide

Blue Bell is the official ice cream of Texas, and my personal favorite. According to a new list of the 15 best brands of ice cream nationwide, Blue Bell was ranked in the middle.

In addition to ingredients, texture, and variety, Tasting Table used Influenster and other site reviews as part of its ranking process.

Scroll on to find out how Blue Bell compared to the number one ice cream, and how all 15 on the list were judged.

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Most popular grocery stores in America

The most popular grocery stores in America, from corporate chains to family-owned enterprises. Stacker ranked them using consumer ratings sourced from YouGov polls.

Gallery Credit: Stacker