More about Texas job gains

Following up yesterday's post on total job creation in Texas in 2010, here is a look at which industries generated jobs in Texas in 2010.

Top gaining Texas industries by job growth in 2010:

• Mining and Logging (14.8% growth in jobs; most of this in oil and gas, I suppose?)
• Construction (5% growth)
• Manufacturing (3.4%)

The same industries also added the largest numbers of positions in the month of December:

• Construction (8,700 jobs added in December; 32,300 added in 2010)
• Manufacturing (3,100 jobs in December; 28,000 added in 2010)
• Mining and Logging (1,400 jobs in December; 29,400 added in 2010)
• Leisure and Hospitality (6,600 jobs in December; 25,000 added in 2010)
• Other Services - automotive, computer, office machine, appliance repair (3,400 jobs added in December)

And just in case you are wondering, the number of people currently working in Texas is 12.2 million (the Texas Labor Force)
(Info from Texas Business)