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August 14, 2012

Help-wanted signs abound in U.S. towns where oil is booming

  • A starting correctional officer makes $11.82 per hour, but jobs in the oil field start at close to $20.
    • By SEAN MURPHY
    Associated Press

    WOODWARD, Okla. — The local prison is so short on guards that inmates can sometimes just walk away. A gas station barely has enough cashiers to keep up with the trucks filling the parking lot. And “help wanted” signs seem to hang from every restaurant and shop.

    Yet almost no one is interested in the jobs.


     
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