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Employment in the United States oil and gas extraction industry 1998-2017

Employment in the United States' oil and gas extraction industry from 1998 to 2017 (in thousand)

The data displays the employment in the U.S.' oil and gas extraction industry from 1998 to 2017. In 2017, the number of employees in this sector was around 144,000. ExxonMobil, which is the leading U.S.-based oil and gas company, had approx. 69.6 thousand employees worldwide in 2017.

1998	140
1999	130
2000	125
2001	125
2002	122
2003	121
2004	122
2005	126
2006	135
2007	146
2008	162
2009	161
2010	159
2011	171
2012	188
2013	197
2014	200
2015	196
2016	175
2017	144

Employment in the United States oil and gas extraction industry 1998-2017

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