The top three occupations in the Oil & gas extraction Industry Group are firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Oil & gas extraction Industry Group work 50.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $136,989. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20 hours and earn an average annual salary of $50,693.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Oil & gas extraction Industry Group are Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Central)--Midland County, Midland City PUMA, TX, Lea and Eddy County PUMA, NM, and Houston-Galveston Area Council--Montgomery County (South), The Woodlands (North) PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Oil & gas extraction Industry Group in 2024 was 87,473 people, with 19.3% woman, and 80.7% men.

In 2024, 74.2% of the workforce in the Oil & gas extraction Industry Group was White (64,932 people), of which 18.5% were women and 81.5% men.