Ohio Quarterly Shale Jobs Report – Shale Jobs Up 79% in 2 Years

Each quarter the Ohio Dept. of Jobs and Family Services issues a report on how the Ohio shale industry is faring with respect economic impacts and the number of jobs. The April 2014 edition of that report was just released (see a full copy embedded below). What does the state's own research show? In the two years from Q3 2011 to Q3 2013 core shale-related industry employment (like pipeline construction and well drilling) was up 5,763 (79.0 percent). Employees in core jobs had an average wage of $71,661. To which we say, that ought to make OH Gov. John "foreigner hunter" Kasich happy! He doesn't like foreigners (people from Texas and Oklahoma) takin' good Ohio jobs--so every now and again he prowls around on patrol (see OH Gov. Kasich Goes After Out-of-State Engineers/Surveyors). The report contains a lot of great charts and maps and helpful information to understand the economics of shale in Ohio--we encourage you to take some time with it. Here's a good overview of the report from Columbus Business First:

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