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Oil and Gas Extraction: NAICS 211

About the Oil and Gas Extraction subsector

The oil and gas extraction subsector is part of the mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction sector.

Industries in the Oil and Gas Extraction subsector operate and/or develop oil and gas field properties. Such activities may include exploration for crude petroleum and natural gas; drilling, completing, and equipping wells; operating separators, emulsion breakers, desilting equipment, and field gathering lines for crude petroleum and natural gas; and all other activities in the preparation of oil and gas up to the point of shipment from the producing property. This subsector includes the production of crude petroleum, the mining and extraction of oil from oil shale and oil sands, and the production of natural gas, sulfur recovery from natural gas, and recovery of hydrocarbon liquids.

North American Industry Classification System

The oil and gas extraction subsector consists of a single industry group, Oil and Gas Extraction: NAICS 2111.

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in oil and gas extraction. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment

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Feb.
2023
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023
May
2023

Employment (in thousands)

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

117.5 117.7 (p)118.4 (p)119.0

Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees

70.3 70.2 (p)72.0  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2022

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

1,700

Petroleum engineers

5,360

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers

3,020

Roustabouts, oil and gas

(1)-

Wellhead pumpers

9,340

Footnotes
(1) Estimate not released.

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for oil and gas extraction.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in oil and gas extraction.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

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Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023

Average hourly earnings

$50.96 $50.80 $51.26 (p)$51.46

Average weekly hours

44.6 41.5 40.5 (p)42.9

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

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Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023

Average hourly earnings

$42.51 $41.56 $42.94 (p)$43.26

Average weekly hours

45.3 40.1 40.6 (p)45.1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2022
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers

67.79 70.03 140,990 145,660

Petroleum engineers

74.43 74.98 154,810 155,960

Petroleum pump system operators, refinery operators, and gaugers

37.47 38.84 77,940 80,790

Roustabouts, oil and gas

20.51 25.80 42,650 53,660

Wellhead pumpers

35.81 33.54 74,480 69,770

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in oil and gas extraction. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series 2018 2019 2020 2021

Fatalities

Number of fatalities

13 22 7 6

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series 2021

Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers

Total recordable cases

0.5

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

0.3

Cases involving days away from work

0.3

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

 

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Prices

This section provides industry-specific pricing information. The producer price index measures the percentage change in prices that domestic producers receive for goods and services. The prices included in the producer price index are from the first commercial transaction.

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Jan.
2023
Feb.
2023
Mar.
2023
Apr.
2023

Producer price index

(p)237.087 (p)210.983 (p)188.110 (p)196.399

Percent change from previous month

  (p)-7.3% (p)-11.0% (p)-10.8% (p)4.4%

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in oil and gas extraction. Also included in this section is information on productivity, presented as the rate of change in output per hour of workers in the industry.

Establishments

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4th quarter
2021
1st quarter
2022
2nd quarter
2022
3rd quarter
2022

Number of establishments

Private industry

6,483 (p)6,442 (p)6,445 (p)6,446

Local government

1 (p)1 (p)1 (p)1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

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2019 2020 2021 2022

Labor productivity index, output per hour

237.598 262.623 307.856 286.736

Percent change from previous year

7.0 10.5 17.2 -6.9

Labor index, total labor hours

73.827 62.912 53.908 60.841

Percent change from previous year

4.6 -14.8 -14.3 12.9

Output index

175.412 165.220 165.959 174.453

Percent change from previous year

11.9 -5.8 0.4 5.1

Unit labor costs index

50.431 49.277 42.026 46.350

Percent change from previous year

-4.9 -2.3 -14.7 10.3

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

 

Data extracted on: June 02, 2023