This statistic outlines the estimated long run job loss due to oil and gas rig decline at year-end 2015, shown as a share of total employment in selected U.S. states. The projected long run job loss due to oil and gas rig shutdowns in Texas was 1.21 percent of the state's total employment at end-2015.
Long run oil and gas rig job loss as a share of total employment in selected U.S. states as of year-end 2015
Characteristic
Job loss as share of total employment
North Dakota
-7.25%
Wyoming
-4.29%
New Mexico
-2.6%
Oklahoma
-2.09%
Texas
-1.21%
Louisiana
-0.75%
Colorado
-0.46%
Utah
-0.39%
Pennsylvania
-0.14%
Ohio
-0.14%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Job loss as share of total employment-7.25%-7.25%-4.29%-4.29%-2.6%-2.6%-2.09%-2.09%-1.21%-1.21%-0.75%-0.75%-0.46%-0.46%-0.39%-0.39%-0.14%-0.14%-0.14%-0.14%North DakotaWyomingNew MexicoOklahomaTexasLouisianaColoradoUtahPennsylvaniaOhio
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Brookings Institution. (March 16, 2016). Long run oil and gas rig job loss as a share of total employment in selected U.S. states as of year-end 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 29, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/527090/oil-gas-rig-projected-long-run-job-loss-as-share-of-total-empoloyment-by-state/
Brookings Institution. "Long run oil and gas rig job loss as a share of total employment in selected U.S. states as of year-end 2015." Chart. March 16, 2016. Statista. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527090/oil-gas-rig-projected-long-run-job-loss-as-share-of-total-empoloyment-by-state/
Brookings Institution. (2016). Long run oil and gas rig job loss as a share of total employment in selected U.S. states as of year-end 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 29, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/527090/oil-gas-rig-projected-long-run-job-loss-as-share-of-total-empoloyment-by-state/
Brookings Institution. "Long Run Oil and Gas Rig Job Loss as a Share of Total Employment in Selected U.S. States as of Year-end 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Mar 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527090/oil-gas-rig-projected-long-run-job-loss-as-share-of-total-empoloyment-by-state/
Brookings Institution, Long run oil and gas rig job loss as a share of total employment in selected U.S. states as of year-end 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/527090/oil-gas-rig-projected-long-run-job-loss-as-share-of-total-empoloyment-by-state/ (last visited April 29, 2025)
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