Texas Upstream Oil and Gas Jobs Rise 1,800 to 193,300 in March

1 articles · Updated · Midland Reporter-Telegram · Jun 16

1,800 jobs were added in March, lifting Texas upstream oil and gas employment to 193,300, according to the Texas Workforce Commission.
That monthly gain still left upstream employment down 7,100 jobs, or 3.5%, from March 2025, even as the industry group said some companies have announced production expansions.
495,000 direct jobs are supported statewide when extraction, refining, petrochemicals, pipelines and equipment manufacturing are included, TXOGA said.
$133,000 was the average salary in TXOGA's latest report, which also said related taxes and royalties topped $27 billion in a year.
193,300 jobs remain well above historical norms: upstream employment averaged about 142,000 from 1998 to 2006 and fell to roughly 157,000 in September 2020.