Remote Jobs in Texas

Remote Work in Texas

Texas is a state of superlatives — the second largest by area and population, the top oil and gas producer, the largest cattle-ranching state, and increasingly, one of the most important technology and startup ecosystems in the country. Its economic history encompasses the cattle drives of the nineteenth century, the Spindletop oil gusher of 1901, the petrochemical and aerospace buildout of the mid-twentieth century, and the digital economy transformation of the twenty-first.

The story of Texas oil begins at Spindletop, near Beaumont, where on January 10, 1901, the Lucas Gusher blew in with more force than any well ever drilled — producing oil at a rate that dwarfed anything seen before and essentially launching the modern petroleum industry. Within a year, dozens of oil companies incorporated in Texas, and the state would go on to dominate American oil production for most of the century. ExxonMobil, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Halliburton, and dozens of other major energy companies have their headquarters or major operations in Texas, with Houston as the self-declared "Energy Capital of the World."

Houston grew into one of the largest cities in America on the back of oil, petrochemicals, and the NASA Johnson Space Center (established in 1961), which made Houston Mission Control the nerve center of American human spaceflight. The Texas Medical Center, the world's largest medical complex, employs over 106,000 workers and makes Houston a global leader in healthcare and biomedical research.

Dallas and Fort Worth developed a different economic identity around financial services, telecom, and aviation. American Airlines is headquartered at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. AT&T (at&t Inc.) is headquartered in Dallas. Charles Schwab relocated its headquarters from San Francisco to Westlake in 2020. Texas Instruments, founded in Dallas in 1951, pioneered the integrated circuit and remains one of the world's top semiconductor companies.

Austin became the technology capital of Texas through deliberate university-linked development. Dell Technologies was founded by Michael Dell in his University of Texas dorm room in 1984. Apple, Google, Facebook, Tesla (relocated HQ in 2021), Oracle (also relocated HQ in 2020), and dozens of other major tech companies have established major Austin presences, making the "Silicon Hills" comparison increasingly apt. Austin's population nearly doubled from 2000 to 2020.

Texas's no state income tax policy has made it one of the top destinations for remote worker relocation in the country, with Austin, Dallas, Houston, and San Antonio all seeing substantial in-migration of tech professionals and remote workers from California, New York, and Illinois.