The U.S. Energy Information Administration released information today detailing the extent of the jobs bonanza that Texas has experienced in recent years (Texas leads nation in growth in oil and natural gas production jobs during 2013). 

Accord to the EIA post, "Texas added more than 19,000 new private sector jobs in oil and natural gas production in 2013, almost six times the number added in New Mexico, the next highest state for oil and natural gas production jobs added last year."

These positions are not the only ones added in Texas. “The extraction, drilling, and support jobs categories are a measure of on-the-ground production jobs, and do not reflect the many jobs at oil and natural gas corporate headquarters based in Texas."