From staff reports Another slump in oil field employment has been reported by Texas officials, while Oklahoma’s numbers showed a loss of fewer than 100 workers in the upstream oil and gas industry.
Oklahoma’s employment was reported to total 48,243 compared to 48,329 a month earlier. The state’s oil and gas employment since November 2024 has declined by nearly 1,500.
Texas lost an estimated 1,500 workers in July but still has the highest number of upstream employees at 308,918.
Here are the number of upstream oil and gas jobs in the United States for July 2025, according to the Energy Workforce & Technology Council, the national trade association for the global energy technology and services sector, representing more than 650,000 U.S. workers.
• Texas: 308,918
• Louisiana: 52,934
• Oklahoma: 48,243
• Colorado: 25,738
• New Mexico: 23,709
• California: 23,202
• Pennsylvania: 22,949
• North Dakota:19,715
• Wyoming: 14,707
• Ohio: 10,523
• Arkansas: 9,826
• West Virginia: 9,699
Nationally, the July report from the Energy Workforce & Technology Council reflected continued steadiness in the energy services sector amid broader signs of a cooling U.S. labor market.