The Greater Houston Partnership states that energy will be a laggard next year.  I will believe it when I see  it.

2020 EMPLOYMENT FORECAST
The Partnership’s forecast calls for the region to create 42,300 jobs in ’20. Growth in ’20 in Houston will occur out- side of energy, especially in sectors tied to population growth, the U.S. economy, and global trade.

• Health care, government, accommodation and food
  services, construction and administrative support
  services will turn in the strongest performances.
• Professional scientific and technical services and trans-
  portation and warehousing will see moderate gains.
• Other services, education services, finance and
  insurance real estate and arts, entertainment and
  recreation will log marginal growth.
• Manufacturing and wholesale trade will be flat to
  slightly up.
• Energy, retail and information will contract.

You can download the entire report here:  https://www.houston.org/download_manager/2444/3648