Top Texas Touts: Jobs

Texas has added more than 2.3 million jobs under Governor Abbott’s leadership.
Texas continues to smash all-time records for total jobs.
More Texans are working than at any point in the state's history.
More Texans are working than 46 states have in population.
Texas is the top state for jobs added in 2023.
Texas is a top state for small business jobs growth.
Texas is the top state for jobs created by:
- Black business owners
- Black women business owners
- Hispanic women business owners
- Veteran business owners
A top state for women entrepreneurs, Texas is home to 1.3 million women business owners.
Texas is home to 1 in 5 of the nation’s Hispanic business owners.
Texas is home to 1 in 10 of the nation’s Black business owners.
Texas leads the nation for jobs in financial services and chemical engineering.
Texas is the top state for growth in tech jobs.
Texas has the second-largest workforce in the semiconductor industry.
99.8% of Texas businesses are small, and these 3.2 million small businesses employ nearly half of all working Texans

End of 1Q 2024