U.S. oilfield services (OFS) employment in June continued to hit post-pandemic highs, but jobs edged up by only 45 last month, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data by the Energy Workforce & Technology Council. 

Total OFS jobs inched up to 665,258 jobs in June, closer to the 706,528 jobs in February 2020 prior to the Covid-19 outbreak in the United States. 

Energy Workforce President Molly Determan told NGI that the small job gains were tied to the “tight labor market.” The OFS sector is “competing with many organizations to hire more employees.” 

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