Figure 7. Employment in support activities for mining vs. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices, 2008–17
Period Employment (thousands) WTI crude oil price

Jan 2008

308.4 $92.97

Feb 2008

311.1 95.39

Mar 2008

317.5 105.45

Apr 2008

319.8 112.58

May 2008

318.5 125.4

Jun 2008

324.0 133.88

Jul 2008

327.1 133.37

Aug 2008

331.2 116.67

Sep 2008

334.4 104.11

Oct 2008

332.7 76.61

Nov 2008

328.3 57.31

Dec 2008

323.9 41.12

Jan 2009

319.4 41.71

Feb 2009

310.2 39.09

Mar 2009

298.9 47.94

Apr 2009

287.1 49.65

May 2009

273.5 59.03

Jun 2009

268.1 69.64

Jul 2009

263.9 64.15

Aug 2009

258.5 71.05

Sep 2009

254.5 69.41

Oct 2009

254.3 75.72

Nov 2009

257.7 77.99

Dec 2009

259.3 74.47

Jan 2010

263.9 78.33

Feb 2010

269.0 76.39

Mar 2010

273.9 81.2

Apr 2010

277.5 84.29

May 2010

284.6 73.74

Jun 2010

289.9 75.34

Jul 2010

294.8 76.32

Aug 2010

299.7 76.6

Sep 2010

305.1 75.24

Oct 2010

310.6 81.89

Nov 2010

315.2 84.25

Dec 2010

315.9 89.15

Jan 2011

314.9 89.17

Feb 2011

315.5 88.58

Mar 2011

325.4 102.86

Apr 2011

334.7 109.53

May 2011

341.4 100.9

Jun 2011

349.9 96.26

Jul 2011

358.8 97.3

Aug 2011

359.7 86.33

Sep 2011

366.0 85.52

Oct 2011

369.8 86.32

Nov 2011

373.3 97.16

Dec 2011

377.4 98.56

Jan 2012

384.5 100.27

Feb 2012

390.1 102.2

Mar 2012

391.3 106.16

Apr 2012

393.9 103.32

May 2012

395.4 94.66

Jun 2012

395.7 82.3

Jul 2012

392.6 87.9

Aug 2012

392.7 94.13

Sep 2012

388.9 94.51

Oct 2012

382.8 89.49

Nov 2012

388.6 86.53

Dec 2012

391.0 87.86

Jan 2013

393.8 94.76

Feb 2013

397.5 95.31

Mar 2013

400.6 92.94

Apr 2013

401.6 92.02

May 2013

406.4 94.51

Jun 2013

409.4 95.77

Jul 2013

409.9 104.67

Aug 2013

411.2 106.57

Sep 2013

415.3 106.29

Oct 2013

416.7 100.54

Nov 2013

413.3 93.86

Dec 2013

414.7 97.63

Jan 2014

418.3 94.62

Feb 2014

420.1 100.82

Mar 2014

426.8 100.8

Apr 2014

432.7 102.07

May 2014

432.7 102.18

Jun 2014

434.6 105.79

Jul 2014

437.4 103.59

Aug 2014

438.2 96.54

Sep 2014

445.3 93.21

Oct 2014

441.3 84.4

Nov 2014

439.1 75.79

Dec 2014

437.9 59.29

Jan 2015

431.9 47.22

Feb 2015

421.6 50.58

Mar 2015

407.0 47.82

Apr 2015

395.5 54.45

May 2015

372.4 59.27

Jun 2015

371.7 59.82

Jul 2015

362.8 50.9

Aug 2015

353.2 42.87

Sep 2015

340.3 45.48

Oct 2015

336.8 46.22

Nov 2015

324.4 42.44

Dec 2015

317.7 37.19

Jan 2016

305.7 31.68

Feb 2016

287.6 30.32

Mar 2016

272.8 37.55

Apr 2016

267.0 40.75

May 2016

261.1 46.71

Jun 2016

256.6 48.76

Jul 2016

256.2 44.65

Aug 2016

256.8 44.72

Sep 2016

255.8 45.18

Oct 2016

255.6 49.78

Nov 2016

258.4 45.66

Dec 2016

260.6 51.97

Jan 2017

263.2 52.5

Feb 2017

273.3 53.47

Mar 2017

281.6 49.33

Apr 2017

288.8 51.06

May 2017

295.5 48.48

Jun 2017

300.1 45.18

Jul 2017

302.3 46.63

Aug 2017

310.8 48.04

Sep 2017

308.0 49.82

Oct 2017

311.5 51.58

Nov 2017

315.1 56.64

Dec 2017

317.9 57.88

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Energy Information Administration.