据WENews.com网站9月20日休斯敦报道，根据美国劳工统计局（BLS）日前公布的统计数据，美国采矿业的就业人数在经历了一个月的小幅下降后在8月份大幅增加了大约6000人。
美国劳工统计局把石油和天然气开采归为采矿业，8月份美国油气开采行业的就业岗位略减少了700个。然而，采矿业支助活动的情况要好得多，增加了6300个工作岗位。
美国劳工统计局的报告称，2016年10月，全美国采矿业的就业岗位数量跌至最近的低点，但自那以后，该行业增加了10.4万个就业岗位，几乎全部是支持采矿业活动的工作岗位。
单单在得克萨斯州，采矿业就业机会仍在蓬勃发展，尤其是在炽热的二叠纪盆地，因为那里的采矿活动仍然非常高。根据德克萨斯州石油天然气协会(Texas Workforce Commission)日前公布的统计数据，7月份该州上游行业的就业人数连续20个月增加。
李 峻 编译自 WENews.com
原文如下：
US Jobs Report: Mining Adds 6,000 Jobs in August
Following a month in which mining employment saw a slight decline, the industry experienced an increase of about 6,000 jobs in August, according to data released Sept. 7 from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Oil and gas extraction, which is categorized under mining by the BLS, saw a slight decrease of 700 jobs in the month of August. However, support activities for mining fared far better, experiencing an increase of 6,300 jobs.
The number of the nation’s mining jobs hit a recent low in October 2016, but the industry has since added 104,000 jobs, almost entirely in support activities for mining, the BLS reports.
In Texas alone, employment opportunities are still thriving, especially in the red-hot Permian as activity is still very high. July marked the 20th consecutive month for job growth in the upstream sector, according to data from the Texas Workforce Commission compiled by the Texas Oil and Gas Association.
