Chart 4. Oil and gas extraction workers, percent new hires and separations in Q1, 2000–22, by NAICS code, in select states
Year Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211), new hires Support activities for mining (NAICS 213), new hires Oil and gas extraction (NAICS 211), separations Support activities for mining (NAICS 213), separations

2000

10.8 22.5 17.7 23.3

2001

9.3 25.2 11.7 24.7

2002

6.0 12.8 7.9 18.8

2003

6.5 16.2 7.3 16.9

2004

6.3 20.2 8.0 18.9

2005

7.9 22.6 9.9 21.4

2006

8.7 25.2 7.9 22.2

2007

8.7 22.3 7.5 21.9

2008

8.9 21.1 7.1 20.1

2009

4.6 9.8 6.7 23.7

2010

5.8 18.7 6.2 15.5

2011

7.4 20.2 7.3 17.5

2012

8.4 22.4 8.0 19.8

2013

7.3 18.1 7.3 18.5

2014

7.2 20.1 7.7 18.5

2015

4.7 10.5 7.8 24.1

2016

3.8 9.1 9.3 22.2

2017

5.3 24.8 8.2 20.4

2018

6.8 23.7 7.9 21.0

2019

5.8 17.8 7.4 20.3

2020

4.4 14.5 8.6 23.1

2021

3.9 16.7 10.2 16.9

2022

6.9 21.7 9.1 19.2

Notes: NAICS = North American Industrial Classification System. States included are Alaska, California, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wyoming. New hires only includes hired workers who had not worked for their employer in the past year.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.