Chart 25. Employment in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction, seasonally adjusted, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price, not seasonally adjusted, January 2013–December 2023
Month and year	Employment	WTI crude oil price (dollars per barrel)
Jan 2013	801,000	94.76
Feb 2013	806,800	95.31
Mar 2013	807,900	92.94
Apr 2013	805,200	92.02
May 2013	809,800	94.51
Jun 2013	812,200	95.77
Jul 2013	811,200	104.67
Aug 2013	812,000	106.57
Sep 2013	816,000	106.29
Oct 2013	817,200	100.54
Nov 2013	815,000	93.86
Dec 2013	813,700	97.63
Jan 2014	818,100	94.62
Feb 2014	823,300	100.82
Mar 2014	826,900	100.80
Apr 2014	834,500	102.07
May 2014	835,500	102.18
Jun 2014	839,800	105.79
Jul 2014	845,500	103.59
Aug 2014	845,800	96.54
Sep 2014	850,900	93.21
Oct 2014	848,500	84.40
Nov 2014	847,100	75.79
Dec 2014	843,400	59.29
Jan 2015	834,500	47.22
Feb 2015	822,800	50.58
Mar 2015	806,300	47.82
Apr 2015	790,200	54.45
May 2015	768,200	59.27
Jun 2015	764,600	59.82
Jul 2015	753,400	50.90
Aug 2015	740,900	42.87
Sep 2015	726,700	45.48
Oct 2015	718,600	46.22
Nov 2015	704,100	42.44
Dec 2015	693,800	37.19
Jan 2016	679,800	31.68
Feb 2016	658,900	30.32
Mar 2016	639,000	37.55
Apr 2016	625,800	40.75
May 2016	614,800	46.71
Jun 2016	604,800	48.76
Jul 2016	600,200	44.65
Aug 2016	596,300	44.72
Sep 2016	594,100	45.18
Oct 2016	593,000	49.78
Nov 2016	597,000	45.66
Dec 2016	598,000	51.97
Jan 2017	598,200	52.50
Feb 2017	604,900	53.47
Mar 2017	609,800	49.33
Apr 2017	618,600	51.06
May 2017	625,000	48.48
Jun 2017	629,000	45.18
Jul 2017	631,100	46.63
Aug 2017	636,300	48.04
Sep 2017	637,300	49.82
Oct 2017	638,800	51.58
Nov 2017	643,400	56.64
Dec 2017	643,400	57.88
Jan 2018	649,800	63.70
Feb 2018	656,400	62.23
Mar 2018	663,900	62.73
Apr 2018	671,200	66.25
May 2018	675,100	69.98
Jun 2018	681,400	67.87
Jul 2018	680,000	70.98
Aug 2018	689,900	68.06
Sep 2018	690,200	70.23
Oct 2018	692,900	70.75
Nov 2018	688,800	56.96
Dec 2018	693,700	49.52
Jan 2019	697,100	51.38
Feb 2019	693,600	54.95
Mar 2019	691,500	58.15
Apr 2019	689,900	63.86
May 2019	686,000	60.83
Jun 2019	683,500	54.66
Jul 2019	678,200	57.35
Aug 2019	672,400	54.81
Sep 2019	669,100	56.95
Oct 2019	669,100	53.96
Nov 2019	657,600	57.03
Dec 2019	647,800	59.88
Jan 2020	641,200	57.52
Feb 2020	636,600	50.54
Mar 2020	628,800	29.21
Apr 2020	572,000	16.55
May 2020	548,000	28.56
Jun 2020	532,600	38.31
Jul 2020	523,200	40.71
Aug 2020	515,600	42.34
Sep 2020	514,200	39.63
Oct 2020	509,800	39.40
Nov 2020	508,500	40.94
Dec 2020	510,100	47.02
Jan 2021	501,500	52.00
Feb 2021	491,600	59.04
Mar 2021	506,300	62.33
Apr 2021	507,900	61.72
May 2021	509,800	65.17
Jun 2021	512,200	71.38
Jul 2021	515,400	72.49
Aug 2021	518,300	67.73
Sep 2021	520,500	71.65
Oct 2021	524,600	81.48
Nov 2021	528,100	79.15
Dec 2021	534,800	71.71
Jan 2022	530,300	83.22
Feb 2022	536,900	91.64
Mar 2022	543,200	108.50
Apr 2022	552,700	101.78
May 2022	555,500	109.55
Jun 2022	563,100	114.84
Jul 2022	569,100	101.62
Aug 2022	566,500	93.67
Sep 2022	569,800	84.26
Oct 2022	574,200	87.55
Nov 2022	580,900	84.37
Dec 2022	585,100	76.44
Jan 2023	585,700	78.12
Feb 2023	588,400	76.83
Mar 2023	589,900	73.28
Apr 2023	593,800	79.45
May 2023	597,300	71.58
Jun 2023	597,800	70.25
Jul 2023	598,500	76.07
Aug 2023	599,100	81.39
Sep 2023	599,700	89.43
Oct 2023	598,900	85.64
Nov 2023	596,200	77.69
Dec 2023	600,200	71.90
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Energy Information Administration.