The Good News About Shale Development Abounds

Shale related jobs in Ohio are up 79% in the last two years, according to the Ohio Dept. of Jobs and Family Services.

The jobs average $71,661.00 per year.

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Permalink Reply by Appalachian on May 2, 2014 at 7:19am

Did they state how many jobs went to residents?

Permalink Reply by Jim Litwinowicz on May 2, 2014 at 7:48am

How may residents have experience as roughnecks, toolpusher, or other oil field positions?

Permalink Reply by MJ on May 2, 2014 at 8:06am

Not very Damn many I would guess.  Lots of Texas plates and oil field type trucks around last year and into this.  Out of state pipeliners as well.  I cannot speak for the hot spots down south however.  IMHO

Permalink Reply by Mark McGrail on May 2, 2014 at 9:45am

5700 Ohioans

Permalink Reply by Don C on May 2, 2014 at 12:24pm

Yes but I am sure that they are not even close to 71,600

Permalink Reply by Mark McGrail on May 3, 2014 at 3:25am

Don,

That's average salary ( $40,000 - $100,000). So yes that figure is accurate.

Permalink Reply by Don C on May 2, 2014 at 12:31pm

Columbiana county

Permalink Reply by Beth Kyer on May 3, 2014 at 4:17am

A point that I'm not sure folks realize... Just because a truck has out of state plates does not mean the driver isn't local. My husband and the others working out of his office are all local, but the company trucks they use are licensed in the home office state.

Permalink Reply by The Rooster on May 3, 2014 at 6:50am

good info, Beth

Permalink Reply by Mark McGrail on May 3, 2014 at 11:40am

Beth,

Thank you for that point of clarification.

The growth in employment in Ohio has been masked by the vehicles they drive. Plus most of the office personnel are local.

Further, I have meet many Ohioans who were able to return home to Ohio because there were jobs thanks to the Utica Shale development.

It is the anti shale crowd that keeps perpetuating the false talking point that the only jobs created went to people from out of state.

Permalink Reply by MJ on May 5, 2014 at 5:41am

Thanks Beth,

that certainly helps my outlook on things a bit.

Permalink Reply by Mark McGrail on May 5, 2014 at 5:56am

MJ,

Another point:

Many people assumed there would be this massive tidal wave of new employment.

Instead there will be a gradual build up in new jobs, we may never even notice it much. But, after a few years we will be able to look back and see tens of thousands of jobs created due to shale development in Ohio.

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