[Beagle8U]

I think if they counted it like they do ‘automotive industry’ jobs there would be 10x that many.

[thackney]

My company does engineering and construction for many different industries. So it would be difficult to accurate count which employees for our entire industry was working on oil/gas projects.

Many others are going to be like this. Pump manufactures will unlikely make pumps only for the oil/gas industry. They will have specialized models, but many components will be used for a different pump in water or other services. Not to mention the oil company will also buy water service pumps.

There is no doubt there is lots of spin-off employment when a significant increase in energy production occurs in the area. Heck, even the laundry folks and fast food hire more workers because of a boom in the Bakken and Eagle Ford.