Figure 5. Employment by industry and state versus shale gas production (in trillion cubic feet [Tft3]) by state, 2007–16
State and year O&G extraction (number of employees) Drilling O&G wells (number of employees) Support activities O&G (number of employees) O&G pipeline construction (number of employees) Pipeline transportation NG (number of employees) Shale gas production in Tft3 (secondary axis)

Ohio

2007

2,577 869 1,397 1,394 370 0.0

2008

2,661 830 1,566 1,791 375 0.0

2009

2,692 654 1,439 2,947 347 0.0

2010

2,759 554 1,180 1,585 314 0.0

2011

2,875 568 1,296 1,925 310 0.0

2012

3,086 661 1,644 2,498 321 0.0

2013

2,002 1,023 2,520 5,253 314 0.1

2014

2,325 1,709 3,771 5,739 345 0.4

2015

2,021 1,501 4,165 5,425 392 1.0

2016

1,650 1,116 3,042 4,367 487 1.4

Pennsylvania 

2007

2,302 1,507 2,020 2,043 1,271 0.0

2008

2,671 1,597 2,513 2,167 1,341 0.0

2009

2,812 1,949 2,878 2,132 1,354 0.1

2010

3,807 3,206 5,033 2,922 1,291 0.4

2011

4,517 4,779 8,459 5,943 1,382 1.1

2012

5,381 4,086 11,476 7,711 1,600 2.0

2013

5,985 3,333 11,681 6,286 1,438 3.1

2014

6,403 3,535 13,587 6,011 1,460 4.0

2015

6,324 2,496 11,929 5,639 1,548 4.6

2016

5,422 1,194 7,309 4,604 1,617 5.1

West Virginia 

2007

2,442 2,496 965 0.0

2008

2,638 2,773 1,315 0.0

2009

2,460 2,608 985 0.0

2010

2,244 2,866 1,259 0.1

2011

2,181 3,764 1,924 0.2

2012

2,274 4,056 3,943 0.3

2013

2,439 4,462 3,247 0.5

2014

2,801 4,592 3,109 0.9

2015

2,749 1,349 3,558 2,898 1.2

2016

2,454 1,004 2,741 2,069 1.2

Notes: Dashes indicate data were not disclosed. Cells with a value of 0 indicate actual data. NG = natural gas. O&G = oil and natural gas.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; U.S. Energy Information Administration; Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection; and Ohio Department of Natural Resources.