Dallasruns on a handful of strong industries. If you’re job-hunting or weighing a move, here’s where the opportunities (and the big-name employers) are.
Top industries & employers
Corporate headquarters & professional services
AT&T, Texas Instruments, Toyota North America, McKesson, CBRE, Jacobs, Fluor, Caterpillar
The Metroplex has one of the densest concentrations of Fortune 500 headquarters in the US, much of it drawn by no state income tax and cheap land along the northern corridor from Plano to Frisco.
Finance & capital markets
Charles Schwab, Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Fidelity, Comerica, NYSE Texas, Texas Stock Exchange
The 'Y'all Street' cluster is real — Schwab moved its headquarters to Westlake, Goldman built a campus in north Dallas, and both NYSE Texas and the new Texas Stock Exchange are headquartered here.
Airlines & logistics
American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, DFW International, BNSF Railway, Alliance Texas
American is headquartered at DFW and Southwest at Love Field, and DFW airport occupies more land than the island of Manhattan. The inland port at Alliance makes the region a national freight hub.
Semiconductors & electronics
Texas Instruments, GlobiTech, Diodes, Raytheon, Elbit America
Texas Instruments was founded in Dallas and its Sherman fabs north of the metro are among the largest analogue chip investments in the country.
Healthcare & life sciences
UT Southwestern, Baylor Scott & White, Texas Health Resources, Tenet Healthcare, Parkland Health
UT Southwestern has produced several Nobel laureates and anchors a substantial biomedical research base — a counterweight to a state health system with the country's highest uninsured rate.
Energy trading & services
Vistra, Energy Transfer, Pioneer alumni firms, Hunt Consolidated, NexTier
Dallas is the finance and trading end of Texas energy where Houston is the operational end — pipelines, power markets and private capital rather than refineries.
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