The biopharma industry in Texas is contributing significantly to the state's economy, with about $95 billion in economic output, according to the Texas Economic Development Corporation. The sector employs more than 116,000 professionals and includes over 7,400 life sciences and biotech firms.
Job opportunities in this field are on the rise. Job postings for positions in Texas on the BioSpace website increased by 68% year over year in March. Currently, there are more than 80 open positions listed.
Major employers such as Abbott Laboratories, AbbVie, Amgen, Charles River Laboratories, Eli Lilly, Kimberly-Clark, Merck and Takeda have a presence in Texas. Among these companies:
- AbbVie has around 20 jobs available including manager of inside sales roles in Austin and laboratory technician positions in Waco.
- Amgen lists about a dozen openings such as key account manager-respiratory biologics roles in Dallas and district sales manager-bone health jobs in San Antonio.
- Eagle Analytical is offering over two dozen jobs based out of Houston for analytical data review scientists and microbiologists among others.
- Eli Lilly has approximately 20 openings including senior principal scientist (QC lab informatics) and associate director-quality roles based out of Houston.
Other companies hiring include GenScript (sales account manager role), GRAIL (consultant position), Insmed (therapeutic specialists), Novo Nordisk (field sales specialist), Nurix Therapeutics (senior scientist/principal scientist-medicinal chemistry) and Regeneron (medical specialist positions).
The growing number of job listings highlights continued expansion within the state's biopharma sector. Those interested can explore current vacancies through resources like BioSpace.
