Oil industry job count drops sharply

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated crash in the oil price have driven the Alaska job count to its lowest level for decades

Alan Bailey

for Petroleum News

Data from the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development indicate that the number of oil industry jobs in Alaska has dropped sharply as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the associated fall in the price of oil. In March of this year the job count stood at 10,000. By September the....

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