According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (L&I), more than 240,000 jobs are supported by the natural gas industry here in Pennsylvania. Nationally, IHS Global Insight recently found that natural gas development generated 600,000 jobs in 2010 and projected that to grow to 870,000 by 2015 and 1.2 million jobs by 2035. Recently, the American Truckers Association announced that it would need an average of 100,000 new drivers per year to keep up with oil and natural gas development nationally.
