{"id":86163,"date":"2025-08-16T02:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/86163\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T02:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T02:16:09","slug":"texas-upstream-employment-declines-in-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/86163\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Upstream Employment Declines in\u00a0July"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"According<\/a>According to TIPRO\u2019s analysis, direct Texas upstream employment for\u00a0July\u00a0totaled\u00a0205,200,\u00a0a decline of 1,400 industry positions from revised June employment numbers. Image for illustration purposes<\/p>\n

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AUSTIN, Texas \u2013\u00a0Citing the latest Current Employment Statistics (CES) report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) highlighted new employment figures showing a decrease in upstream employment in Texas in the month of\u00a0July. According to TIPRO\u2019s analysis, direct Texas upstream employment for\u00a0July\u00a0totaled\u00a0205,200,\u00a0a decline of 1,400 industry positions from revised June employment numbers. This represented an increase of 200\u00a0jobs in oil and gas extraction and a decrease of 1,600 jobs in the services sector. As communicated in previous reports, TIPRO says fluctuations in monthly employment are normal and subject to revisions with CES data, also noting that demand for talent in the Texas upstream sector remains high.<\/p>\n

TIPRO\u2019s new workforce data indicated strong job postings for the\u00a0Texas oil and natural gas industry. According to the association, there were\u00a08,853\u00a0active unique jobs postings for the Texas oil and natural gas industry last month,\u00a0compared to 8,457 postings in\u00a0June, and\u00a03,840\u00a0new postings, compared to 3,533 in the previous month. In comparison, the state of Pennsylvania had\u00a03,089\u00a0unique job postings in\u00a0July, followed by California (2,641), Ohio (2,515), and Illinois (2,035). TIPRO reported a total of\u00a057,472\u00a0unique job postings nationwide last month within the oil and natural gas sector,\u00a0compared to\u00a051,661 in June, including\u00a026,666\u00a0new postings, representing an increase of 4,805 in new employment opportunities.<\/p>\n

Among the 19 specific industry sectors TIPRO uses to define the Texas oil and natural gas industry, Support Activities for Oil and Gas Operations led in the ranking for unique job listings in\u00a0July\u00a0with 2,207\u00a0postings, followed by\u00a0Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores (1,522), Petroleum Refineries\u00a0(868), and\u00a0Crude Petroleum Extraction\u00a0(661). The leading four cities by total unique oil and natural gas job postings were Houston (2,038), Midland (611), Odessa (335) and Dallas (303), said TIPRO.<\/p>\n

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The top four companies ranked by unique job postings in\u00a0July\u00a0were Love\u2019s\u00a0(689), Energy Transfer\u00a0(348), ExxonMobil (303),\u00a0and\u00a0Halliburton (287), according to the association. Of the top ten companies listed by unique job postings last month,\u00a0four\u00a0companies were in the services sector, two\u00a0midstream companies, one in the gasoline stations with convenience stores category, one petroleum refinery company, one in oil and natural gas extraction, and\u00a0one\u00a0fully integrated oil and natural gas company.\u00a0Top posted industry occupations\u00a0for\u00a0July\u00a0included maintenance and repair workers general (371),\u00a0retail salespersons (344), and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers\u00a0(290). The top posted job\u00a0titles for\u00a0July\u00a0included maintenance technicians\u00a0(150),\u00a0team leaders\u00a0(122) and\u00a0retail cashiers\u00a0(86).<\/p>\n

Top qualifications for unique job postings in\u00a0July\u00a0included valid driver\u2019s license (1,750),\u00a0commercial driver\u2019s license (CDL) (253), and transportation worker identification credential (TWIC) (168). TIPRO reports that 36 percent of unique job postings had no education requirement listed, 34\u00a0percent required a bachelor\u2019s degree and 30 percent required a high school diploma or GED. There were 1,887\u00a0advertised salary observations (21 percent of the 8,853\u00a0matching postings) with a median salary of $54,100. The highest percentage of advertised salaries (31 percent) were in the $85,000 to $500,000 range.<\/p>\n

Additional TIPRO workforce trends data:\u00a0A list of unique job postings by state in\u00a0July\u00a0can be viewed\u00a0here<\/a>.A sample of industry job postings in Texas for\u00a0July\u00a0can be viewed\u00a0here<\/a>.The top three posting sources in\u00a0July\u00a0\u200bincluded\u00a0www.indeed.com<\/a>\u00a0(3,404),\u00a0www.simplyhired.com<\/a>\u00a0(2,497) and\u00a0www.dejobs.org<\/a>\u00a0(2,114).<\/p>\n

TIPRO also points to the strong tax contributions made by the state\u2019s oil and gas industry that continue to offer critical support of government coffers and provide important sources of funding for public services and programs that include Texas\u2019 public schools and universities, roads, first responders and other essential services. Texas energy producers in July paid $433 million in oil production taxes, according to the Texas comptroller\u2019s office. Last month, producers also paid $178\u00a0million to the state in natural gas production taxes, up 8 percent from July 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Additionally, TIPRO highlights recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) showing crude oil production in Texas grew to 5.752 million barrels per day (bpd) in May, up from 5.751 million bpd pumped in April. Natural gas production in the Lone Star State last month also held steady at 36.75 billion cubic feet per day (bcf\/d), data from the EIA showed, hovering near record levels of output.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe are acutely aware of the challenges facing some companies in the upstream sector. Texas oil and gas producers have gained significant market, regulatory and fiscal advantages relative to the pre-pandemic era, driven largely by the\u00a0One Big Beautiful Bill Act\u00a0and EPA\u2019s deregulatory actions that will reduce barriers and costs for operators, but those benefits will take time to fully realize or feel,\u201d said Ed Longanecker, president of TIPRO. \u201cWhile uncertainties remain relative to geopolitical conflicts, OPEC output and tariffs, this new era of American energy dominance will unquestionably be fueled by domestic oil and natural gas, with Texas as the undisputed leader,\u201d concluded Longanecker.<\/p>\n

Information source: Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association<\/p>\n

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