U.S. - Drilling oil and gas wells - by Year
Introductory text includes scope and methodology. Table includes only establishments with payroll. Nonemployers are shown separately. For descriptions of column headings and rows (industries), click on the appropriate underlined element in the table.

More data	Year	Firms by employment size of enterprise				Paid employees by employment size of enterprise
		Total	20 +	100 +	500 +	Total	20 +	100 +	500 +
	2008	2,164	21.3%	6.9%	2.0%	96,390	92.7%	79.7%	60.1%
	2007	2,059	23.3%	7.1%	2.4%	106,426	94.4%	81.4%	65.6%
	2006	1,997	20.2%	5.8%	2.4%	85,296	92.9%	78.7%	65.7%
	2005	1,833	17.7%	5.2%	2.3%	66,084	91.6%	78.1%	63.9%
	2004	1,659	17.7%	5.6%	2.4%	61,299	91.2%	77.9%	61.9%
	2003	1,598	18.2%	5.8%	2.2%	58,590	91.2%	77.9%	61.3%
	2002	1,504	17.0%	5.2%	2.3%	56,022	91.7%	79.0%	67.0%
	2001	1,435	17.7%	5.9%	2.4%	58,528	91.9%	80.0%	64.9%
	2000	1,295	18.2%	5.8%	2.2%	47,197	91.3%	77.7%	63.1%
	1999	1,281	16.9%	5.1%	2.3%	37,244	89.4%	72.8%	59.5%
	1998	1,332	21.1%	6.4%	2.7%	48,471	91.4%	74.6%	58.6%