In accordance with the Texas Impartial Producers and Royalty House owners Affiliation’s (TIPRO) evaluation, direct Texas upstream employment for April totaled 206,000.
That’s what TIPRO mentioned in a press release despatched to Rigzone on Friday, which cited the newest Present Employment Statistics (CES) report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Within the assertion, TIPRO highlighted that the April determine was “a rise of 1,700 trade positions from March employment numbers, topic to revisions”. TIPRO additionally famous within the assertion that this represented a rise of 900 jobs within the providers sector and 800 jobs in oil and gasoline extraction.
“TIPRO’s new workforce knowledge nonetheless indicated sturdy job postings for the Texas oil and pure gasoline trade, though April knowledge confirmed a decline in general distinctive postings in comparison with the earlier month, regardless of a rise in new postings,” TIPRO famous in its assertion.
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“There have been 8,826 energetic distinctive jobs postings for the Texas oil and pure gasoline trade final month, in comparison with 10,120 postings in March, and 3,919 new postings, in comparison with 3,458 within the earlier month,” TIPRO added.
“Compared, the state of California had 2,611 distinctive job postings in April, adopted by New York (2,392), Florida (1,744) and Colorado (1,290),” it continued.
Within the assertion, TIPRO reported a complete of 49,826 distinctive job postings nationwide in April inside the oil and pure gasoline sector, “together with 22,744 new postings in April”.
The trade physique highlighted in its assertion that, among the many 19 particular trade sectors it makes use of to outline the Texas oil and pure gasoline trade, Gasoline Stations with Comfort Shops “led within the rating for distinctive job listings in April with 2,158 postings”. This was adopted by Help Actions for Oil and Gasoline Operations, with 2,015 postings, and Petroleum Refineries, with 775 postings, TIPRO identified.
TIPRO revealed within the assertion that the main three cities by complete distinctive oil and pure gasoline job postings had been Houston, with 2,021, Midland, with 592, and Odessa, with 411. The highest three corporations ranked by distinctive job postings in April had been Love’s, with 665, Cefco, with 655, and John Wooden Group, with 280, the trade physique outlined within the assertion.
TIPRO famous in its assertion that, of the highest ten corporations listed by distinctive job postings in April, 5 corporations had been within the providers sector, two had been within the gasoline stations with comfort shops class, two had been midstream corporations, and one was an oil and gasoline operator.
High posted trade occupations for April included retail salespersons, with 411 postings, first-line supervisors of retail gross sales employees, with 391 postings, and heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, with 360 postings, in line with TIPRO, which highlighted that the highest posted job titles for April included customer support representatives, with 155 postings, retailer managers, with 141 postings, and upkeep technicians, with 112 postings.
High {qualifications} for distinctive job postings included a sound driver’s license, with 1,574 postings, a CDL class a license, with 300 postings, and hazmat endorsement, with 166 postings, TIPRO identified within the assertion.
In accordance with TIPRO, 42 p.c of distinctive job postings had no training requirement listed, 30 p.c required a bachelor’s diploma, and 29 p.c required a highschool diploma or GED. The trade physique famous within the assertion that there have been 1,733 marketed wage observations, which it identified was 20 p.c of the 8,826 matching postings, with a median wage of $58,200.
“The very best share of marketed salaries (26 p.c) had been within the $90,000 to $500,000 vary,” TIPRO mentioned.
In its assertion, TIPRO additionally highlighted “important tax contributions” by the state’s oil and gasoline trade that the trade physique mentioned “proceed to supply important help of presidency coffers and supply funding for public providers”.
“In April, Texas vitality producers paid $436 million in oil manufacturing taxes, in line with knowledge revealed by the Texas comptroller’s workplace, up from March 2025,” TIPRO highlighted within the assertion.
Producers final month additionally paid $233 million to the state in pure gasoline manufacturing taxes, up 37 p.c from a 12 months in the past, TIPRO famous within the assertion.
An announcement despatched to Rigzone by the Texas Oil & Gasoline Affiliation (TXOGA) on Friday said that new knowledge from the Texas Workforce Fee point out that upstream oil and pure gasoline employment climbed by 1,700 in April in comparison with March.
“This follows sturdy hiring development that passed off in January and February of this 12 months, throughout which upstream jobs grew by 2,600 and 1,600, respectively, with March having been down by 800,” TXOGA famous in that assertion.
“At 206,000 upstream jobs, in comparison with the identical month within the prior 12 months, April 2025 jobs had been up by 2,100, or one p.c,” the trade physique added.
“For the reason that Covid-low level of September of 2020, the trade has added 49,000 Texas upstream jobs, a 31.2 p.c improve, averaging development of 891 jobs a month,” TXOGA went on to state.
“Throughout the identical time, months with upstream oil and gasoline employment will increase have outnumbered these with lower by 39 to fifteen”, the trade physique continued.
In its assertion, TXOGA famous that these jobs pay among the many highest wages in Texas, and identified that employers in oil and pure gasoline paid a mean wage of roughly $128,000 in 2024.
TXOGA highlighted in its assertion that the upstream sector entails oil and pure gasoline extraction and excludes different trade sectors equivalent to refining, petrochemicals, fuels wholesaling, oilfield gear manufacturing, pipelines, and gasoline utilities, which it mentioned help lots of of 1000’s of extra jobs throughout Texas.
“The employment proven additionally contains Help Actions for Mining, which is generally oil and gas-related but in addition contains some small quantity of different sorts of mining,” TXOGA mentioned in its assertion.
Within the assertion, TXOGA President Todd Staples mentioned, “these optimistic job numbers are an incredible profit to the households who’re supported by this trade and are necessary for the communities by which they happen”.
TIPRO describes itself as a commerce affiliation representing the pursuits of almost 3,000 unbiased oil and pure gasoline producers and royalty house owners all through Texas. TXOGA describes itself because the oldest and largest oil and gasoline commerce affiliation in Texas representing each side of the trade. It was based in 1919.
To contact the writer, e-mail andreas.exarheas@rigzone.com
