Oil and gas jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Producers, refiners, midstream operators and oilfield services: engineering, geoscience, operations, trading and commercial roles. 933 open jobs at 159 employers, with a median stated pay of $135k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
933
open oil and gas jobs
159
employers hiring
$135k
median stated pay (45 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
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Employers with the most open oil and gas jobs
SLB, NOV and Kinder Morgan lead the oil and gas employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 64% of the 933 open oil and gas jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SLBTX | 118 open |
| 2 | NOVTX | 90 open |
| 3 | Kinder MorganTX | 86 open |
| 4 | ExxonMobil HoldingsTX | 62 open |
| 5 | HalliburtonTX | 52 open |
| 6 | Weatherford InternationalTX | 52 open |
| 7 | HF SinclairTX | 45 open |
| 8 | Delek USTX | 37 open |
| 9 | Nabors IndustriesTX | 32 open |
| 10 | Phillips 66TX | 21 open |
Skills employers ask for
excel, project management and supply chain are the skills most often named in oil and gas job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the oil and gas jobs are
TX, LA and OK have the most open oil and gas jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TexasMedian pay $138k | 527 open |
| 2 | Louisiana | 47 open |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 45 open |
| 4 | Illinois | 26 open |
| 5 | Colorado | 24 open |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | 24 open |
| 7 | California | 22 open |
| 8 | Virginia | 21 open |
New oil and gas jobs this week
25 oil and gas jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- ENGINEER II
Nabors Industries · Houston, TX
Nov 9
- District HR Manager - Williston, ND
Nabors Industries · Williston, ND
Nov 9
- Operations Data Analyst & Administrator, Sweeny Refinery
Phillips 66 · Sweeny, TX
Nov 9
- Network Engineer I
Nabors Industries · Houston, TX
Nov 9
- Concur/Redwood Business Systems Analyst
Energy Transfer · Dallas, TX
Nov 8
- Head of Reputation & Policy Advertising
Chevron · Houston, TX
Nov 8
- Senior Quantitative Risk Manager, Energy Trading
Expand Energy · TX
Nov 8
- Accounts Payable Specialist
Giant Oil · Tampa, FL
Nov 8
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- Non-profits12,761
- Biotech and pharma10,685
- AI8,032
- Construction7,390
- Transportation and logistics4,894
- Space4,802
- Semiconductors3,805
- Automotive and EV3,639
- Retail2,961
- Robotics and automation2,792
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- Consumer packaged goods2,445
- Utilities and power2,298
- Clean energy and nuclear2,181
- Real estate1,502
- Telecom1,354
- Tourism and hospitality1,235
- Steel, aluminum and metals966
- Mining and natural resources891
- Restaurants890
- Airlines and aviation777
- TV and streaming733
- Shipbuilding and maritime471
- Casino and gaming454
- Music414
- Foundation334
- Museum273
- Sports207
- Movies and film46
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in oil and gas when its employer is on our list of oil and gas employers, or its title names oil and gas work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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