Chart 3. Number of U.S. workers employed in extractive industries by year and NAICS code, 2014–2022
Period Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211) Drilling oil and gas wells (NAICS 213111) Support for oil and gas (NAICS 213112) Support for metal mining (NAICS 213114) Support for nonmetal mining (NAICS 213115) Mining except oil and gas (NAICS 212)

Jan 2014

191,474 93,603 307,842 3,477 2,528 198,723

Feb 2014

192,174 94,115 311,340 3,384 2,412 197,952

Mar 2014

192,425 94,843 313,925 3,452 2,435 200,736

Apr 2014

193,445 95,661 317,232 3,497 2,476 204,971

May 2014

194,891 96,489 321,025 3,468 2,563 208,470

Jun 2014

197,027 97,846 324,807 3,567 2,625 210,771

Jul 2014

199,924 99,653 328,935 3,652 2,650 210,909

Aug 2014

200,295 100,861 333,351 3,633 2,683 210,805

Sep 2014

197,996 101,585 335,025 3,752 2,637 209,301

Oct 2014

199,707 101,128 339,535 3,895 2,680 208,149

Nov 2014

200,240 101,828 340,930 3,902 2,692 206,369

Dec 2014

200,850 100,881 342,287 3,905 2,654 202,397

Jan 2015

200,916 95,198 336,888 3,607 2,588 196,223

Feb 2015

197,227 85,652 323,614 3,551 2,532 195,401

Mar 2015

195,473 79,417 309,879 3,572 2,490 196,493

Apr 2015

194,433 72,860 291,514 3,630 2,565 200,228

May 2015

193,827 69,614 281,952 3,570 2,652 202,250

Jun 2015

195,465 67,816 275,439 3,560 2,751 203,070

Jul 2015

194,044 66,210 269,500 3,464 2,748 203,053

Aug 2015

192,895 64,562 265,213 3,477 2,658 200,908

Sep 2015

189,046 62,468 258,372 3,542 2,660 197,948

Oct 2015

187,488 60,493 248,676 3,546 2,609 195,764

Nov 2015

185,385 58,105 242,007 3,394 2,497 191,875

Dec 2015

184,245 56,927 238,270 3,277 2,580 187,637

Jan 2016

185,184 52,553 230,068 2,923 2,463 177,592

Feb 2016

183,475 49,372 220,822 2,868 2,336 176,944

Mar 2016

181,333 46,818 211,108 2,912 2,403 178,030

Apr 2016

177,533 44,258 202,487 3,137 2,542 180,712

May 2016

175,417 42,825 197,547 3,136 2,598 181,520

Jun 2016

175,365 42,719 194,383 3,054 2,708 182,682

Jul 2016

173,862 42,463 193,533 3,104 2,721 182,841

Aug 2016

172,259 43,012 193,297 3,197 2,761 181,712

Sep 2016

169,442 43,566 193,834 3,277 2,724 180,235

Oct 2016

169,394 44,583 195,368 3,302 2,663 180,377

Nov 2016

167,838 45,488 196,366 3,356 2,641 179,176

Dec 2016

168,272 46,469 198,800 3,361 2,670 176,947

Jan 2017

144,296 50,437 204,446 3,182 2,453 174,115

Feb 2017

143,874 52,000 210,536 3,142 2,456 175,643

Mar 2017

143,530 53,137 214,048 3,100 2,502 178,636

Apr 2017

143,004 55,756 217,815 3,156 2,544 182,967

May 2017

143,246 57,275 222,522 3,274 2,599 185,561

Jun 2017

145,024 58,431 227,230 3,362 2,687 188,494

Jul 2017

144,821 59,165 232,099 3,454 2,733 189,565

Aug 2017

144,587 59,287 234,351 3,536 2,762 189,545

Sep 2017

142,829 59,833 237,420 3,541 2,710 188,398

Oct 2017

143,768 60,158 239,811 3,490 2,759 187,886

Nov 2017

143,830 60,707 242,180 3,529 2,738 186,782

Dec 2017

144,291 61,600 243,981 3,432 2,768 184,838

Jan 2018

141,137 60,125 246,246 3,339 2,740 180,298

Feb 2018

141,605 61,404 251,489 3,430 2,768 181,821

Mar 2018

141,722 62,345 254,922 3,379 2,905 184,995

Apr 2018

141,319 63,229 257,564 3,473 2,997 187,745

May 2018

141,672 64,002 261,154 3,592 3,105 191,346

Jun 2018

143,464 64,748 264,665 3,796 3,240 194,745

Jul 2018

143,552 65,140 267,972 3,884 3,280 195,967

Aug 2018

143,546 65,609 271,092 3,940 3,290 195,784

Sep 2018

141,956 65,661 272,843 3,984 3,234 194,632

Oct 2018

142,515 66,049 276,071 4,018 3,153 194,377

Nov 2018

142,673 66,578 276,422 3,954 3,085 192,967

Dec 2018

143,198 66,972 276,996 3,939 3,062 190,633

Jan 2019

142,834 64,998 275,995 3,724 3,042 185,996

Feb 2019

142,954 63,988 277,318 3,882 3,068 186,259

Mar 2019

142,699 63,394 275,927 3,961 3,110 188,810

Apr 2019

142,883 62,572 275,943 3,980 3,148 191,172

May 2019

142,735 62,127 275,377 4,066 3,223 194,137

Jun 2019

143,734 61,340 274,408 4,147 3,213 195,373

Jul 2019

143,083 60,494 272,508 4,133 3,267 195,940

Aug 2019

142,620 59,830 270,990 4,222 3,241 195,115

Sep 2019

140,358 58,516 266,207 4,160 3,272 193,406

Oct 2019

139,608 57,213 263,002 4,192 3,470 192,315

Nov 2019

138,680 56,430 255,927 4,041 3,348 189,405

Dec 2019

137,657 55,844 251,065 4,014 3,293 186,538

Jan 2020

135,364 53,989 244,986 3,873 3,151 181,462

Feb 2020

134,870 53,792 245,519 3,914 3,140 179,953

Mar 2020

134,008 52,712 241,538 3,973 3,224 181,095

Apr 2020

130,159 43,349 207,817 3,702 3,067 173,937

May 2020

127,020 37,036 180,892 3,803 3,117 174,724

Jun 2020

125,695 32,600 169,153 4,013 3,142 174,813

Jul 2020

123,821 31,257 163,317 4,158 3,146 174,398

Aug 2020

122,782 30,828 162,165 4,290 3,174 175,813

Sep 2020

121,037 30,350 161,514 4,210 3,151 174,997

Oct 2020

120,103 30,882 162,826 4,260 3,178 175,338

Nov 2020

118,766 31,975 163,419 4,235 3,102 174,296

Dec 2020

118,917 32,848 164,541 4,215 3,043 172,543

Jan 2021

116,183 32,952 164,185 3,963 3,083 168,348

Feb 2021

114,463 32,867 167,089 3,975 3,091 167,107

Mar 2021

112,917 33,757 171,731 4,102 3,117 170,812

Apr 2021

112,645 34,917 173,802 4,285 3,157 174,710

May 2021

112,367 35,460 174,649 4,347 3,191 176,605

Jun 2021

112,160 36,044 175,498 4,659 3,227 178,402

Jul 2021

112,417 37,638 178,786 4,709 3,347 179,215

Aug 2021

112,117 38,502 179,573 4,715 3,300 178,709

Sep 2021

111,141 38,303 178,977 4,678 3,259 177,466

Oct 2021

111,518 40,292 183,355 4,654 3,342 178,554

Nov 2021

111,463 41,322 184,795 4,693 3,288 178,442

Dec 2021

111,853 42,461 185,721 4,699 3,257 176,916

Jan 2022

111,541 42,666 185,851 4,635 3,100 173,052

Feb 2022

111,643 43,753 190,023 4,793 3,210 173,970

Mar 2022

111,798 44,569 191,758 4,849 3,253 176,110

Apr 2022

111,746 45,719 195,651 4,901 3,300 180,010

May 2022

111,825 46,513 198,106 4,955 3,362 182,148

Jun 2022

112,195 47,133 199,297 5,039 3,360 183,114

Jul 2022

113,332 48,108 204,745 5,258 3,493 184,992

Aug 2022

113,800 49,116 207,283 5,212 3,351 185,126

Sep 2022

113,100 49,736 209,942 5,060 3,297 184,824

Oct 2022

113,251 49,615 212,828 5,090 3,322 184,707

Nov 2022

113,867 50,431 212,709 4,862 3,235 183,497

Dec 2022

114,332 50,924 213,399 4,673 3,266 182,230

Note: NAICS = North American Industrial Classification System.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.