Due in part to our pro-business environment
The second-largest producer of oil in 2013 was North Dakota with 313 million barrels, followed by California with 199 million, the report said.
"Texas leads the country in employment and production, due in part to our pro-business environment and progressive, yet sensible approach from a legislative and regulatory perspective," TIPRO President Ed Longanecker said in a statement.
The US oil and gas industry contributed to job growth in Texas and across the US, the report said. The industry employed 1,012,800 in 2013, an increase of 3%, or 30,800, from the previous year.
Additionally, industry job growth throughout the US continued to rise in the first quarter of 2014, adding an additional 12,400 jobs, for a total of 1,025,200, according to a supplemental report, which TIPRO released and which provides updated employment data for the first quarter.
The lion's share of the energy industry job growth occurred in Texas, where oil and gas industry employment totaled 411,600 in 2013. This represented an increase of 23,100 jobs from 2012 levels, representing 75% of all new jobs created by the oil and natural gas industry last year.
Texas was followed by the other states with thriving exploration and production industries, including North Dakota, which added 2,100 industry jobs; Oklahoma, 1,800 jobs; and New Mexico, 1,700 jobs, the report said.