The health care and social assistance industry gained 100 jobs from June 2014 to July 2014. Compared to July 2013, the cumulative number of jobs added in this industry is 33,300, an annual increase of 2.5%.
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Median rent rose in both San Antonio and Laredo from May 2014 to June 2014; it fell in Corpus Christi during the same span.
Median house prices for San Antonio and Corpus Christi rose from May 2014 to June 2014. Median house prices for Laredo fell from May 2014 to June 2014. 
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The number of job openings in Texas for “petroleum engineers” and “geological and petroleum technicians” decreased from 640 in May 2014 to 622 in June 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio increased from 0.90 to 1.4 in the same span.
The number of job openings in Texas for “derrick operators” and “roustabouts” decreased from 283 in May 2014 to 270 in June 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio increased from 2.63 to 3.01 in the same span. 
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Texas June 2014
Total number of job openings and median searcher-to-job ratio across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) for each major occupational group in Texas in May 2014.
| Occupation | openings | s2jratio |
| Management, business, and financial occupations | 54098 | 0.7 |
| Professional and related occupations | 77613 | 1.19 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 52093 | 1.2 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 16796 | 1.42 |
| Service occupations | 61409 | 1.65 |
| Sales and related occupations | 26907 | 1.76 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 888 | 2.24 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 17950 | 2.28 |
| Production occupations | 20146 | 2.7 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 15616 | 5.01 |
Crude oil price decreased from $106.07 per barrel in June 2014 to $98.23 per barrel in July 2014. Natural gas price went down from $4.39 per million BTU (one million BTU is approximately 974 cubic feet) in June 2014 to $3.78 per million BTU in July 2014.
Texas crude oil production for May 2014 was 66,235,787 barrels, down from 66,731,327 barrels reported in April 2014. Texas natural gas production was 617,988,757 Mcf (thousand cubic feet) of gas in May 2014, up from the April 2014 gas production total of 624,551,008 Mcf.
Median rent rose in all three MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) from April 2014 to May 2014.
Median house prices for San Antonio and Laredo rose from April 2014 to May 2014. Median house prices for Corpus Christi fell from March 2014 to April 2014.
The U.S. rig count was 1,875 in July 2014, up from 1861 in June 2014; Texas rig count was 897 in July 2014, up from 891 in June 2014; The Eagle Ford Shale rig count was 212 in July 2014, down from 214 in June 2014.
The number of job openings in Texas for “derrick operators” and “roustabouts” decreased from 294 in April 2014 to 283 in May 2014, while the searcher-to-job opening ratio increased from 2.54 to 2.63 in the same span.
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Texas May 2014
Total number of job openings and median searcher-to-job ratio across all MSAs (metropolitan statistical areas) for each major occupational group in Texas in May 2014.
| occupation | openings | s2jratio |
| Management, business, and financial occupations | 53053 | 0.8 |
| Professional and related occupations | 77452 | 0.8 |
| Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations | 16964 | 1.14 |
| Office and administrative support occupations | 51305 | 1.15 |
| Service occupations | 61732 | 1.51 |
| Sales and related occupations | 27126 | 1.79 |
| Transportation and material moving occupations | 18312 | 1.99 |
| Production occupations | 20093 | 2.72 |
| Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations | 872 | 3.61 |
| Construction and extraction occupations | 15892 | 4.46 |
