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. |