Period | Employment (thousands) | WTI crude oil price |
---|---|---|
Jan 2007 |
644.1 | $54.51 |
Feb 2007 |
649.2 | 59.28 |
Mar 2007 |
653.6 | 60.44 |
Apr 2007 |
657.4 | 63.98 |
May 2007 |
660.7 | 63.46 |
Jun 2007 |
663.3 | 67.49 |
Jul 2007 |
668.8 | 74.12 |
Aug 2007 |
668.1 | 72.36 |
Sep 2007 |
667.9 | 79.92 |
Oct 2007 |
669.4 | 85.8 |
Nov 2007 |
676.2 | 94.77 |
Dec 2007 |
680.8 | 91.69 |
Jan 2008 |
687.3 | 92.97 |
Feb 2008 |
689.3 | 95.39 |
Mar 2008 |
697.1 | 105.45 |
Apr 2008 |
696.0 | 112.58 |
May 2008 |
702.9 | 125.4 |
Jun 2008 |
710.7 | 133.88 |
Jul 2008 |
715.2 | 133.37 |
Aug 2008 |
722.9 | 116.67 |
Sep 2008 |
726.5 | 104.11 |
Oct 2008 |
725.4 | 76.61 |
Nov 2008 |
720.4 | 57.31 |
Dec 2008 |
715.9 | 41.12 |
Jan 2009 |
707.4 | 41.71 |
Feb 2009 |
694.4 | 39.09 |
Mar 2009 |
677.0 | 47.94 |
Apr 2009 |
660.8 | 49.65 |
May 2009 |
644.0 | 59.03 |
Jun 2009 |
635.9 | 69.64 |
Jul 2009 |
628.5 | 64.15 |
Aug 2009 |
619.6 | 71.05 |
Sep 2009 |
614.3 | 69.41 |
Oct 2009 |
611.4 | 75.72 |
Nov 2009 |
614.5 | 77.99 |
Dec 2009 |
614.1 | 74.47 |
Jan 2010 |
619.1 | 78.33 |
Feb 2010 |
624.8 | 76.39 |
Mar 2010 |
631.2 | 81.2 |
Apr 2010 |
635.9 | 84.29 |
May 2010 |
645.7 | 73.74 |
Jun 2010 |
650.9 | 75.34 |
Jul 2010 |
657.5 | 76.32 |
Aug 2010 |
665.4 | 76.6 |
Sep 2010 |
673.1 | 75.24 |
Oct 2010 |
681.1 | 81.89 |
Nov 2010 |
687.5 | 84.25 |
Dec 2010 |
685.8 | 89.15 |
Jan 2011 |
686.5 | 89.17 |
Feb 2011 |
689.0 | 88.58 |
Mar 2011 |
703.2 | 102.86 |
Apr 2011 |
719.4 | 109.53 |
May 2011 |
729.9 | 100.9 |
Jun 2011 |
741.7 | 96.26 |
Jul 2011 |
752.2 | 97.3 |
Aug 2011 |
756.2 | 86.33 |
Sep 2011 |
765.5 | 85.52 |
Oct 2011 |
772.3 | 86.32 |
Nov 2011 |
775.1 | 97.16 |
Dec 2011 |
781.4 | 98.56 |
Jan 2012 |
789.1 | 100.27 |
Feb 2012 |
795.5 | 102.2 |
Mar 2012 |
799.0 | 106.16 |
Apr 2012 |
801.5 | 103.32 |
May 2012 |
803.7 | 94.66 |
Jun 2012 |
803.0 | 82.3 |
Jul 2012 |
800.2 | 87.9 |
Aug 2012 |
799.2 | 94.13 |
Sep 2012 |
794.4 | 94.51 |
Oct 2012 |
785.5 | 89.49 |
Nov 2012 |
792.1 | 86.53 |
Dec 2012 |
796.4 | 87.86 |
Jan 2013 |
800.4 | 94.76 |
Feb 2013 |
806.7 | 95.31 |
Mar 2013 |
808.0 | 92.94 |
Apr 2013 |
805.4 | 92.02 |
May 2013 |
810.0 | 94.51 |
Jun 2013 |
812.5 | 95.77 |
Jul 2013 |
811.6 | 104.67 |
Aug 2013 |
812.5 | 106.57 |
Sep 2013 |
816.0 | 106.29 |
Oct 2013 |
817.4 | 100.54 |
Nov 2013 |
815.3 | 93.86 |
Dec 2013 |
813.3 | 97.63 |
Jan 2014 |
818.6 | 94.62 |
Feb 2014 |
822.8 | 100.82 |
Mar 2014 |
826.8 | 100.8 |
Apr 2014 |
835.0 | 102.07 |
May 2014 |
836.3 | 102.18 |
Jun 2014 |
840.3 | 105.79 |
Jul 2014 |
845.1 | 103.59 |
Aug 2014 |
844.4 | 96.54 |
Sep 2014 |
852.0 | 93.21 |
Oct 2014 |
848.7 | 84.4 |
Nov 2014 |
846.0 | 75.79 |
Dec 2014 |
843.6 | 59.29 |
Jan 2015 |
834.9 | 47.22 |
Feb 2015 |
822.0 | 50.58 |
Mar 2015 |
806.1 | 47.82 |
Apr 2015 |
790.0 | 54.45 |
May 2015 |
767.8 | 59.27 |
Jun 2015 |
764.9 | 59.82 |
Jul 2015 |
755.4 | 50.9 |
Aug 2015 |
743.3 | 42.87 |
Sep 2015 |
726.8 | 45.48 |
Oct 2015 |
719.5 | 46.22 |
Nov 2015 |
703.2 | 42.44 |
Dec 2015 |
693.5 | 37.19 |
Jan 2016 |
678.9 | 31.68 |
Feb 2016 |
657.5 | 30.32 |
Mar 2016 |
638.8 | 37.55 |
Apr 2016 |
626.4 | 40.75 |
May 2016 |
615.0 | 46.71 |
Jun 2016 |
605.6 | 48.76 |
Jul 2016 |
600.7 | 44.65 |
Aug 2016 |
599.7 | 44.72 |
Sep 2016 |
595.8 | 45.18 |
Oct 2016 |
593.5 | 49.78 |
Nov 2016 |
596.1 | 45.66 |
Dec 2016 |
595.1 | 51.97 |
Jan 2017 |
595.9 | 52.5 |
Feb 2017 |
604.6 | 53.47 |
Mar 2017 |
610.4 | 49.33 |
Apr 2017 |
620.0 | 51.06 |
May 2017 |
625.3 | 48.48 |
Jun 2017 |
630.2 | 45.18 |
Jul 2017 |
632.5 | 46.63 |
Aug 2017 |
641.5 | 48.04 |
Sep 2017 |
641.0 | 49.82 |
Oct 2017 |
643.2 | 51.58 |
Nov 2017 |
647.3 | 56.64 |
Dec 2017 |
648.3 | 57.88 |
Jan 2018 |
654.4 | 63.7 |
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey; and U.S. Energy Information Administration. |