largest occupation group in the U.S. oil and gas extraction industry.
The United States oil and gas extraction industry employed some 127,000 people in 2020, including both full-time and part-time employment. The 2020 oil crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic led to a decline of 15,000 people in this industry’s workforce. Petroleum engineers and wellhead pumpers make up the Number of employees in the oil and gas extraction industry in the United States from 1998 to 2020* (in 1,000)
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BEA. (July 30, 2021). Number of employees in the oil and gas extraction industry in the United States from 1998 to 2020* (in 1,000) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 19, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/193217/employment-in-the-us-oil-and-gas-extraction-industry-since-1998/
BEA. "Number of employees in the oil and gas extraction industry in the United States from 1998 to 2020* (in 1,000)." Chart. July 30, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193217/employment-in-the-us-oil-and-gas-extraction-industry-since-1998/
BEA. (2021). Number of employees in the oil and gas extraction industry in the United States from 1998 to 2020* (in 1,000). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 19, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/193217/employment-in-the-us-oil-and-gas-extraction-industry-since-1998/
BEA. "Number of Employees in The Oil and Gas Extraction Industry in The United States from 1998 to 2020* (in 1,000)." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/193217/employment-in-the-us-oil-and-gas-extraction-industry-since-1998/
BEA, Number of employees in the oil and gas extraction industry in the United States from 1998 to 2020* (in 1,000) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/193217/employment-in-the-us-oil-and-gas-extraction-industry-since-1998/ (last visited May 19, 2022)