Texas Oil Patch Job Prospects Are Merry and Bright

December 20, 2022--Written by Daniel Graeber for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Hiring remains resilient across the U.S. economy, with Texas upstream employers adding more jobs even against concerns about shale oil's momentum, data show. The national unemployment rate stood at 3.7% through November, with an estimated 263,000 new jobs added to payrolls during the month. Most of the new hires were in leisure, hospitality, healthcare and government. Companies featured: Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR), KBR (NYSE:KBR), Chevron (NYSE:CVX) and Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM)