Home / Compare / Oil and gas industry employment (count) vs Crude oil production in United States Oil and gas industry employment (count) vs Crude oil production in United States Oil and gas industry employment (count) (point-in-time) and Crude oil production (annual) in United States. They are published at different intervals, so each is drawn on its own rather than matched period by period.
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Over time United States. Oil and gas industry employment (count) is published as point-in-time figures and crude oil production as annual ones, so they are drawn on separate
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and no period is matched between them. Read each on its own.
Oil and gas industry employment (count)
Unit: million · 2 observations
Line chart Estimates are listed as such in the table below
Oil and gas industry employment (count) Oil and gas industry employment (count). 2 observations from as of 10 Aug 2026 to as of 12 Aug 2026, ranging from 11 million to 11 million. Latest value 11 million (as of 12 Aug 2026).
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Oil and gas industry employment (count) Oil and gas industry employment (count). 2 observations from as of 10 Aug 2026 to as of 12 Aug 2026, ranging from 11 million to 11 million. Latest value 11 million (as of 12 Aug 2026).
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Oil and gas industry employment (count) Oil and gas industry employment (count). 2 observations from as of 10 Aug 2026 to as of 12 Aug 2026, ranging from 11 million to 11 million. Latest value 11 million (as of 12 Aug 2026).
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View the underlying data Crude oil production
Unit: million barrels per day · 4 observations
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Crude oil production Crude oil production. 4 observations from 2024 to 2027, ranging from 13.3 million barrels per day to 14.3 million barrels per day, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 14.3 million barrels per day (2027).
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Crude oil production Crude oil production. 4 observations from 2024 to 2027, ranging from 13.3 million barrels per day to 14.3 million barrels per day, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 14.3 million barrels per day (2027).
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Crude oil production Crude oil production. 4 observations from 2024 to 2027, ranging from 13.3 million barrels per day to 14.3 million barrels per day, of which 2 are forecasts. Latest value 14.3 million barrels per day (2027).
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View the underlying data Shared periods
Side by side No period lines up: oil and gas industry employment (count) is point-in-time and crude oil production is annual. A month and a year are not the same measurement window, so no row pairs them.
Provenance
Where these numbers come from The total number of jobs supported directly and indirectly by the oil and gas industry.
2 observations charted in United States
· source organisations: API
Total volume of crude oil produced from underground hydrocarbon reservoirs.
4 observations charted in United States
· source organisations: EIA
Data published under CC BY 4.0 .
Series A as JSON · Series B as JSON