The U.S. oil and gas industry employed 948,943 professionals in 2022, according to TIPRO's latest State of Energy Report. : That’s according to the Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association’s (TIPRO) latest State of Energy Report, which noted that this figure represented a net increase of 39,721 direct jobs compared to 2021, subject to revisions. There were 358,776 direct U.S. upstream sector jobs in 2022, which marked a net increase of 32,627 jobs compared to 2021, the report outlined.