by the Texas Oil & Gas Association, an industry trade group. Employment in the state’s upstream sector, which includes extraction and production, reached 207,000 in October, up more than 20 percent from 170,500 jobs at the same time last year.to 2,200 jobs added from the 900 initially reported.
Companies also told the Dallas Fed they’re still short on workers. Another industry group, the Texas Independent Producers and Royalty Owners Association, analyzes job postings for work in oil and gas. It said that right now in Texas, there are over 1,500 postings for petroleum extraction jobs and an additional 3,800 for support services for oil and gas.
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