There are some mega - employers in the lone star state and some of their headcounts are way, WAY up there. You would be surprised at who the biggest employer in El Paso is. As for the state of Texas overall, a company based in Houston has the most employees.
Opening your own business can be pretty lucrative and inventing some amazingly cool new product that costs a dollar to make, sells for $10 dollars and is habit forming can totally fatten up your bank account.
The typical job pays $47,000, and a good portion of the fastest-growing ones are paying more than that. This could be a sign of good things to come to East Texas in 2021.