Derrick operators, oil and gas job market in Missouri

Limited local data: at least one local trend covers only 0% of this occupation's industry mix. These figures describe the industries with published data. Read each trend alongside its state data coverage.

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Local QCEW context is not published for this occupation and state. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.

See the national Derrick operators, oil and gas report

Not publishedIndustry employmentU.S. -3.5%State data coverage: 0%
Not publishedEstablishmentsU.S. -0.2%State data coverage: 0%
+107.8%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +6.7%State data coverage: 99.04%
427Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 99.0%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Derrick operators, oil and gas in Missouri

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Missouri series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Derrick operators, oil and gas in Missouri, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterMissouriState data coverage
2024 Q2+1.8%100%
2024 Q3+1.6%100%
2024 Q4-0.1%100%
2025 Q1-10.3%99.04%
2025 Q2-9.8%99.04%
2025 Q3+0.2%99.04%
2025 Q4-12.5%99.04%
2026 Q1Not published0%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Derrick operators, oil and gas in Missouri
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Mining and logging96.3%Not published427$1,633
Construction0.9%Not published18,045$1,644
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
Release date
Not verified
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The feed’s release date for this quarter cannot be verified as a publication date, so it is not presented as one. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Derrick operators, oil and gas. These figures describe the industries that employ Derrick operators, oil and gas; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Derrick operators, oil and gas report and about the data.