Jobs leaving California, coming to Texas

California's been losing out to Texas recently, and it's been paying off in the Lone Star state in the form of jobs. Click ahead to see which companies are relocating or expanding to the Lone Star State. California's been losing out to Texas recently, and it's been paying off in the Lone Star state in the form of jobs. Click ahead to see which companies are relocating or expanding to the Lone Star State. Image 1 of / 20 Caption Close Jobs leaving California, coming to Texas 1 / 20 Back to Gallery

SAN ANTONIO -- California's been losing out to Texas recently, and it's been paying off in the Lone Star State in the form of jobs.

The Dallas Business Journal reported Monday that Gov. Rick Perry's Texas Enterprise Fund has spent nearly $62 million this year to lure companies and jobs to the state. The Journal said, according to figures from Perry's office, that means 6,145 jobs and $400 million in capital investment.

Perry also is known to go to other states to woo business to Texas. "I also travel to spread the word about why our system works, and how it can work elsewhere," the governor wrote in a commentary in Wednesday's edition of the Chicago Tribune. "States like Florida, South Carolina and Wisconsin have instituted Texas-style reforms and they're starting to see benefits."

How popular is it to office in Texas?

The conservative non-profit organization Americans for Economic Freedom has compiled a list of businesses that have moved, will move or are considering relocating jobs from the Golden State to the Lone State State, according to a report in the Austin American-Statesman.

Chevron will move about 400 employees and create a total of 1,752 jobs in Houston and additional 400 in Midland and initiated plans in late 2012 to build a data center in San Antonio according to the report.

Also, just earlier this year, the noodle maker Maruchan an Irvine-based company, opened a new plant that created about 600 jobs in the Alamo City.

Other companies that are relocating, expanding to Texas include Apple, eBay, Dropbox, LegalZoom, Motorola, PennyMac and Visa. Most of the jobs in the report are heading to Austin, Houston, and the Dallas-Forth Worth metropolitan area.

Click the gallery above to see more companies headed to Texas.

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