Texas · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Texas

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Texas, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Texas had about 14,102,900 people on their payrolls across roughly 856,043 establishments, with average annual pay of $78,000.

Total employment in Texas grew 16.8% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 14,102,900. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Texas are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

14,102,900Employment, 2025
856,043Establishments
$78,000Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Texas	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	60,600	0.4%	0.54	est. · 1.00
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	209,835	1.5%	4.05	est. · 1.00
23	Construction	936,584	6.6%	1.23	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	990,503	7.0%	0.87	est. · 1.00
22	Utilities	104,967	0.7%	1.32	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	650,973	4.6%	1.19	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	1,408,985	10.0%	1.01	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	709,144	5.0%	1.03	pub.
51	Information	231,329	1.6%	0.85	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	663,080	4.7%	1.15	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	265,339	1.9%	1.20	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	1,067,680	7.6%	1.09	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	169,908	1.2%	0.72	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	902,327	6.4%	1.09	est. · 1.00
61	Educational Services	1,324,169	9.4%	1.10	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	1,938,888	13.8%	0.85	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	197,527	1.4%	0.72	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	1,357,582	9.6%	1.05	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	383,652	2.7%	0.90	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	512,009	3.6%	0.72	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	14,102,892	856,043	$77,995	1.2%	pub.
2024	13,936,364	846,066	$75,394	1.7%	pub.
2023	13,701,879	831,701	$72,318	3.4%	pub.
2022	13,249,119	805,090	$69,614	5.8%	pub.
2021	12,526,068	769,389	$65,970	3.8%	pub.
2020	12,070,210	737,064	$62,872	4.1%	pub.
2019	12,590,406	714,982	$59,794	2.3%	pub.
2018	12,302,358	695,268	$57,747	2.4%	pub.
2017	12,014,802	677,345	$55,795	1.8%	pub.
2016	11,805,697	658,759	$54,333	1.3%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Texas	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	1,200,464	8.5%	1.21
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	888,247	6.3%	0.94
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	499,230	3.5%	1.06
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	243,507	1.7%	1.03
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	110,303	0.8%	0.83
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	152,369	1.1%	0.64
23-0000	Legal occupations	97,740	0.7%	0.83
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	833,439	5.9%	1.01
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	141,951	1.0%	0.76
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	801,627	5.7%	0.90
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	607,414	4.3%	0.85
33-0000	Protective service occupations	319,814	2.3%	0.94
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	1,288,780	9.1%	1.04
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	360,065	2.5%	0.87
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	224,018	1.6%	0.76
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	1,218,611	8.6%	1.01
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	1,774,120	12.6%	1.07
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	15,315	0.1%	0.38
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	683,074	4.8%	1.17
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	647,989	4.6%	1.18
51-0000	Production occupations	701,453	5.0%	0.90
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	1,293,364	9.2%	1.04

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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