Figure 14. Employment in mining and the price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil, in thousands, January 2014 to December 2019
Period WTI crude oil price Mining employment

Jan 2014

$91.45 818

Feb 2014

100.38 823

Mar 2014

98.29 827

Apr 2014

104.05 835

May 2014

100.89 836

Jun 2014

107.20 840

Jul 2014

101.73 846

Aug 2014

97.36 846

Sep 2014

92.18 851

Oct 2014

85.73 849

Nov 2014

77.16 847

Dec 2014

57.81 843

Jan 2015

46.06 835

Feb 2015

51.17 823

Mar 2015

47.12 806

Apr 2015

51.95 791

May 2015

60.72 768

Jun 2015

59.96 764

Jul 2015

52.19 753

Aug 2015

43.22 741

Sep 2015

44.07 727

Oct 2015

47.09 719

Nov 2015

41.74 704

Dec 2015

36.31 694

Jan 2016

30.42 679

Feb 2016

29.32 659

Mar 2016

37.20 639

Apr 2016

42.12 627

May 2016

46.64 615

Jun 2016

48.89 605

Jul 2016

46.82 600

Aug 2016

44.47 597

Sep 2016

46.28 596

Oct 2016

50.14 594

Nov 2016

43.29 597

Dec 2016

52.74 597

Jan 2017

53.01 600

Feb 2017

52.96 605

Mar 2017

47.95 610

Apr 2017

53.12 619

May 2017

47.83 623

Jun 2017

46.10 627

Jul 2017

45.48 630

Aug 2017

47.59 635

Sep 2017

48.21 638

Oct 2017

50.61 639

Nov 2017

56.77 643

Dec 2017

57.12 642

Jan 2018

64.22 649

Feb 2018

59.41 656

Mar 2018

61.35 664

Apr 2018

67.07 671

May 2018

71.01 674

Jun 2018

66.38 680

Jul 2018

70.28 680

Aug 2018

67.25 688

Sep 2018

70.37 690

Oct 2018

71.41 694

Nov 2018

59.85 689

Dec 2018

51.04 692

Jan 2019

50.31 696

Feb 2019

53.14 693

Mar 2019

56.89 692

Apr 2019

63.86 692

May 2019

60.97 693

Jun 2019

51.13 691

Jul 2019

59.99 686

Aug 2019

54.98 679

Sep 2019

55.13 680

Oct 2019

53.57 681

Nov 2019

56.67 671

Dec 2019

59.18 661

Notes: Oil prices are per barrel and quoted daily. Values are charted on or closest to the 12th of each month. WTI = West Texas Intermediate.

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Energy Information Administration.