Top Texas Touts: Jobs

Texas has added more than 2.5 million jobs under Governor Abbott’s leadership.
Texas has hit new historic highs for the number of Texans working, for total jobs, and for the size of the Texas labor force.
More Texans are working than 46 states have in population.
The top state for jobs added in 2024, Texas has led the nation in job creation 3 years in a row.
99.8% of Texas businesses are small; these 3.5 million small businesses employ nearly half of all working Texans.
Texas is a top state for small business job growth
Texas is home to 1 in 5 of the nation’s Hispanic business owners and more than 1 in 10 of the nation’s Black business owners.
Texas is home to more than 1.5 million women business owners.
Tourism supports more than 1.3 million jobs in Texas.
Texas leads the nation for jobs in financial services and is home to 3 stock exchanges .
Texas is the top state for growth in tech jobs with the second-largest semiconductor workforce.
Texas has hit new historic highs for average weekly wages.

As of October 31, 2025