Jobs in Texas

Contrary to popular opinion, there actually are jobs in Texas. On average, over 350,000 jobs are filled in Texas per year. This year, things have slowed considerably and the unemployment rate has risen, but there are pockets of growth throughout Texas.
Texas has the second largest Gross State Product in the United States at more than $1 Trillion. That's about the same as the entire country of Canada or India. In the whole world, it's only beat by California and Tokyo (not including countries). Even in the worst of times, producing that much revenue requires a lot of employees and a lot of jobs with the Fortune 500 Companies, amongst others, to "create" all of that money.

More Fortune 500's call Texas home than any other state. Over 50 of these companies are located in Texas. The top 10 alone bring in almost a trillion dollars of income annually. These companies are among the top employers with huge numbers job openings throughout Texas each year.

 

Company

City

Income

Exxon Mobil

Irving

$ 372,824,000,000

ConocoPhillips

Houston

$ 178,558,000,000

AT&T

San Antonio

$ 118,928,000,000

Valero Energy

San Antonio

$ 96,758,000,000

Dell

Round Rock

$ 61,133,000,000

Marathon Oil

Houston

$ 60,044,000,000

Sysco

Houston

$ 35,042,000,000

Enterprise GP Holdings

Houston

$ 26,713,000,000

AMR

Fort Worth

$ 22,935,000,000

Electronic Data Systems

Plano

$ 22,135,000,000

If you are considering relocating to pursue a new job in Texas, you are in good company. Over a thousand people a month move to Texas. The constant growth in Texas has made it a true melting pot state, but the Texas culture is still seen throughout the state. Texan Society is a mixture of Southwestern, Mexican, Southern, and Western cultures. This is seen in everything from the food to the local artistic communities.

However, much of Texas is like most other major metropolitan areas, offering everything from the Opera to Art Museums. The number of state universities led the nation in many different areas as well. Currently 4 of the Big 12 national colleges are in the state of Texas, ensuring a great education for the next generation of Texans.

Long and short, between the rapid industry growth a solid cultural environment, Texas is a great place to work. The future of this state is more grounded than most any other in the country and is not likely to change within the next several generations. If variety is what you're looking for Texas is the place to be!

To search for available jobs in Texas, we highly recommend Browse Local Jobs.

To give you an idea, at the time of writing (December, 2009) there's this many jobs available in each of the 10 biggest cities in Texas;

Top 10 Cities for Texas Jobs:
# of Jobs Available in 50 mile radius from city center

• Houston Jobs (37,393)
• San Antonio Jobs (14,823)
• Austin Jobs (14,127)
• Corpus Christi Jobs (2,994)
• El Paso Jobs (4,657)

The following 5 cities are very close to each other and hence overlap in terms of # of jobs available


• Dallas Jobs (40,983)
• Plano Jobs (38,049)
• Fort Worth Jobs (18,553)
• Irving Jobs (48,160)
• Arlington Jobs (40,474)