Texas oil and gas extraction jobs increased by 2.3% from May to June

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The oil and gas extraction industry in Texas gained 2,300 jobs from May 2015 to June 2015. Compared to June 2014, the cumulative number of jobs added in this industry is 1,100, an increase of 1.1%.

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Dwight Steward, Ph.D.

Dr. Steward regularly writes and speaks on topics involving business and individual economic damages, employment audits, and the analysis of payroll and time data in wage and hour investigations. Dr. Steward has also held teaching positions at The University of Texas-Austin in the Department of Economics and in the Red McCombs School of Business, The College of Business at Sam Houston State University, and at The University of Iowa. He has taught numerous courses in statistics, corporate finance, labor economics, business policies, managerial economics, and microeconomics.