The Texas Workforce Commission reported that the seasonally adjusted civilian labor force achieved a new record high of 15,398,400 people after adding 44,800 people over the month in August, marking the eighth month of consecutive growth for Texas’ civilian labor force.

As Texas continues to lead the U.S. in job growth creation and break its own employment records, the Texas oil and natural gas industry also reported job growth last month. The upstream oil and natural gas employment grew by 1,