United States Payroll Employment for the Oil and gas extraction Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in March 2023, the number of US payroll employment for the oil and gas extraction industry was 116,800 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 200 jobs to the oil and gas extraction industry in March 2023.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 2023.

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the Oil and gas extraction Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Oil and gas extraction Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Oil and gas extraction Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 123900
February 2002 124300 400
March 2002 122300 -2000
April 2002 121000 -1300
May 2002 121900 900
June 2002 123400 1500
July 2002 122300 -1100
August 2002 122500 200
September 2002 120700 -1800
October 2002 120000 -700
November 2002 120200 200
December 2002 120000 -200
January 2003 120600 600
February 2003 119800 -800
March 2003 119800 0
April 2003 120300 500
May 2003 121300 1000
June 2003 123300 2000
July 2003 121800 -1500
August 2003 120900 -900
September 2003 119600 -1300
October 2003 119600 0
November 2003 118100 -1500
December 2003 117700 -400
January 2004 119600 1900
February 2004 120600 1000
March 2004 120400 -200
April 2004 122100 1700
May 2004 124100 2000
June 2004 125600 1500
July 2004 125500 -100
August 2004 125500 0
September 2004 124500 -1000
October 2004 123400 -1100
November 2004 124200 800
December 2004 124700 500
January 2005 123000 -1700
February 2005 122600 -400
March 2005 123700 1100
April 2005 123400 -300
May 2005 125200 1800
June 2005 126900 1700
July 2005 127600 700
August 2005 127100 -500
September 2005 126100 -1000
October 2005 126400 300
November 2005 128000 1600
December 2005 128100 100
January 2006 127900 -200
February 2006 128900 1000
March 2006 130300 1400
April 2006 132000 1700
May 2006 133100 1100
June 2006 136700 3600
July 2006 137100 400
August 2006 138000 900
September 2006 135900 -2100
October 2006 137300 1400
November 2006 137600 300
December 2006 138900 1300
January 2007 139900 1000
February 2007 140600 700
March 2007 141800 1200
April 2007 142200 400
May 2007 143700 1500
June 2007 147200 3500
July 2007 148600 1400
August 2007 149300 700
September 2007 147300 -2000
October 2007 148500 1200
November 2007 151900 3400
December 2007 153100 1200
January 2008 154000 900
February 2008 153500 -500
March 2008 155100 1600
April 2008 152800 -2300
May 2008 157900 5100
June 2008 161800 3900
July 2008 163800 2000
August 2008 165600 1800
September 2008 164600 -1000
October 2008 164400 -200
November 2008 165400 1000
December 2008 166500 1100
January 2009 165100 -1400
February 2009 163200 -1900
March 2009 161400 -1800
April 2009 159300 -2100
May 2009 160100 800
June 2009 162000 1900
July 2009 160400 -1600
August 2009 159000 -1400
September 2009 157900 -1100
October 2009 157400 -500
November 2009 156700 -700
December 2009 155400 -1300
January 2010 156500 1100
February 2010 155300 -1200
March 2010 155600 300
April 2010 156100 500
May 2010 158500 2400
June 2010 159700 1200
July 2010 159100 -600
August 2010 160700 1600
September 2010 159700 -1000
October 2010 161200 1500
November 2010 161200 0
December 2010 161000 -200
January 2011 162000 1000
February 2011 163100 1100
March 2011 165500 2400
April 2011 167900 2400
May 2011 170100 2200
June 2011 173500 3400
July 2011 174800 1300
August 2011 174900 100
September 2011 176000 1100
October 2011 177800 1800
November 2011 178200 400
December 2011 180700 2500
January 2012 180500 -200
February 2012 180600 100
March 2012 183600 3000
April 2012 184400 800
May 2012 186200 1800
June 2012 190100 3900
July 2012 190900 800
August 2012 191500 600
September 2012 189400 -2100
October 2012 189000 -400
November 2012 190100 1100
December 2012 192400 2300
January 2013 192300 -100
February 2013 193000 700
March 2013 193000 0
April 2013 192900 -100
May 2013 192800 -100
June 2013 193900 1100
July 2013 195200 1300
August 2013 195600 400
September 2013 193200 -2400
October 2013 192400 -800
November 2013 193600 1200
December 2013 194200 600
January 2014 193800 -400
February 2014 194500 700
March 2014 192700 -1800
April 2014 193500 800
May 2014 195900 2400
June 2014 198900 3000
July 2014 200700 1800
August 2014 200300 -400
September 2014 198900 -1400
October 2014 200900 2000
November 2014 200500 -400
December 2014 201400 900
January 2015 198600 -2800
February 2015 196200 -2400
March 2015 195900 -300
April 2015 191900 -4000
May 2015 193400 1500
June 2015 194700 1300
July 2015 196100 1400
August 2015 194700 -1400
September 2015 192500 -2200
October 2015 190100 -2400
November 2015 188500 -1600
December 2015 188500 0
January 2016 186600 -1900
February 2016 183900 -2700
March 2016 181800 -2100
April 2016 175500 -6300
May 2016 173700 -1800
June 2016 171200 -2500
July 2016 168600 -2600
August 2016 166000 -2600
September 2016 161100 -4900
October 2016 158600 -2500
November 2016 157100 -1500
December 2016 153000 -4100
January 2017 148600 -4400
February 2017 146700 -1900
March 2017 143900 -2800
April 2017 143200 -700
May 2017 143200 0
June 2017 144600 1400
July 2017 144200 -400
August 2017 143400 -800
September 2017 143700 300
October 2017 142300 -1400
November 2017 142400 100
December 2017 140200 -2200
January 2018 140000 -200
February 2018 139600 -400
March 2018 142000 2400
April 2018 141400 -600
May 2018 142400 1000
June 2018 145100 2700
July 2018 145000 -100
August 2018 145000 0
September 2018 141500 -3500
October 2018 141500 0
November 2018 142600 1100
December 2018 141600 -1000
January 2019 141100 -500
February 2019 142300 1200
March 2019 142900 600
April 2019 143100 200
May 2019 143800 700
June 2019 145800 2000
July 2019 145000 -800
August 2019 146200 1200
September 2019 144000 -2200
October 2019 143800 -200
November 2019 142800 -1000
December 2019 142400 -400
January 2020 137200 -5200
February 2020 135900 -1300
March 2020 134200 -1700
April 2020 130800 -3400
May 2020 128700 -2100
June 2020 128500 -200
July 2020 128700 200
August 2020 127400 -1300
September 2020 126800 -600
October 2020 126800 0
November 2020 126200 -600
December 2020 126600 400
January 2021 113800 -12800
February 2021 112000 -1800
March 2021 113100 1100
April 2021 112200 -900
May 2021 111900 -300
June 2021 112300 400
July 2021 112500 200
August 2021 112300 -200
September 2021 111500 -800
October 2021 111400 -100
November 2021 111000 -400
December 2021 112300 1300
January 2022 110200 -2100
February 2022 111100 900
March 2022 112100 1000
April 2022 117700 5600
May 2022 119200 1500
June 2022 121900 2700
July 2022 123900 2000
August 2022 116600 -7300
September 2022 116100 -500
October 2022 116900 800
November 2022 117100 200
December 2022 118000 900
January 2023 116700 -1300
February 2023 116600 -100
March 2023 116800 200