The Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative conducted an analysis of the economic impacts of gas and oil drilling, extraction, refining, and support activities in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania. The attached Economic & Workforce Brief, "Role of Gas & Oil Drilling, Extraction, Refining, & Support Activities in the Economy of Wyoming County,”
quantifies the role of every 100 workers employed by the industry in generating jobs, compensation, and property taxes in the region.
Data from the 2002 Economic Census, the most recent economic census available, indicate that: