Chart 27. Employment in mining and logging, seasonally adjusted, and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil price, not seasonally adjusted, January 2010–December 2020
Date Employment (thousands) WTI crude oil price (dollars per barrel)

Jan 2010

667 $78.22

Feb 2010

674 76.42

Mar 2010

682 81.24

Apr 2010

687 84.48

May 2010

697 73.84

Jun 2010

702 75.35

Jul 2010

708 76.37

Aug 2010

716 76.82

Sep 2010

723 75.31

Oct 2010

731 81.90

Nov 2010

736 84.14

Dec 2010

734 89.04

Jan 2011

736 89.42

Feb 2011

739 89.58

Mar 2011

754 102.94

Apr 2011

768 110.04

May 2011

778 101.33

Jun 2011

790 96.29

Jul 2011

801 97.19

Aug 2011

804 86.33

Sep 2011

814 85.61

Oct 2011

820 86.41

Nov 2011

824 97.21

Dec 2011

831 98.57

Jan 2012

840 100.24

Feb 2012

845 102.25

Mar 2012

849 106.19

Apr 2012

850 103.33

May 2012

855 94.70

Jun 2012

854 82.41

Jul 2012

851 87.93

Aug 2012

851 94.16

Sep 2012

846 94.72

Oct 2012

837 89.57

Nov 2012

843 86.66

Dec 2012

848 88.25

Jan 2013

851 94.69

Feb 2013

858 95.32

Mar 2013

859 93.05

Apr 2013

857 92.07

May 2013

862 94.80

Jun 2013

865 95.80

Jul 2013

862 104.67

Aug 2013

864 106.57

Sep 2013

868 106.29

Oct 2013

870 100.54

Nov 2013

869 93.86

Dec 2013

866 97.63

Jan 2014

871 94.62

Feb 2014

875 100.82

Mar 2014

879 100.80

Apr 2014

886 102.07

May 2014

887 102.18

Jun 2014

892 105.79

Jul 2014

897 103.59

Aug 2014

898 96.54

Sep 2014

903 93.21

Oct 2014

901 84.40

Nov 2014

900 75.79

Dec 2014

896 59.29

Jan 2015

888 47.22

Feb 2015

875 50.58

Mar 2015

859 47.82

Apr 2015

843 54.45

May 2015

820 59.27

Jun 2015

816 59.82

Jul 2015

805 50.90

Aug 2015

794 42.87

Sep 2015

779 45.48

Oct 2015

771 46.22

Nov 2015

756 42.44

Dec 2015

746 37.19

Jan 2016

732 31.68

Feb 2016

711 30.32

Mar 2016

691 37.55

Apr 2016

677 40.75

May 2016

666 46.71

Jun 2016

656 48.76

Jul 2016

651 44.65

Aug 2016

647 44.72

Sep 2016

645 45.18

Oct 2016

644 49.78

Nov 2016

647 45.66

Dec 2016

649 51.97

Jan 2017

649 52.50

Feb 2017

656 53.47

Mar 2017

659 49.33

Apr 2017

668 51.06

May 2017

673 48.48

Jun 2017

677 45.18

Jul 2017

679 46.63

Aug 2017

684 48.04

Sep 2017

685 49.82

Oct 2017

687 51.58

Nov 2017

692 56.64

Dec 2017

693 57.88

Jan 2018

699 63.70

Feb 2018

706 62.23

Mar 2018

714 62.73

Apr 2018

721 66.25

May 2018

724 69.98

Jun 2018

730 67.87

Jul 2018

730 70.98

Aug 2018

737 68.06

Sep 2018

739 70.23

Oct 2018

742 70.75

Nov 2018

736 56.96

Dec 2018

742 49.52

Jan 2019

746 51.38

Feb 2019

741 54.95

Mar 2019

740 58.15

Apr 2019

737 63.86

May 2019

738 60.83

Jun 2019

734 54.66

Jul 2019

727 57.35

Aug 2019

719 54.81

Sep 2019

718 56.95

Oct 2019

719 53.96

Nov 2019

707 57.03

Dec 2019

694 59.88

Jan 2020

689 57.52

Feb 2020

690 50.54

Mar 2020

674 29.21

Apr 2020

622 16.55

May 2020

601 28.56

Jun 2020

597 38.31

Jul 2020

593 40.71

Aug 2020

589 42.34

Sep 2020

592 39.63

Oct 2020

594 39.40

Nov 2020

597 40.94

Dec 2020

597 47.02

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey; and Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.