Table 1: Over-the-Month Employment Change in Oil & Gas Regressed on Rig Count, Gas Price, and Seasonal Factors

Table 1: Over-the-Month Employment Change in Oil & Gas Regressed on Rig Count, Gas Price, and Seasonal Factors

	Coefficient
Variable	(SE)	T-Value

Intercept	-805.273**	-6.993
	(115.16)
Change in Rig Count for Wyoming	19.417**	6.328
	(3.07)
CPI-U for Utility Natural Gas Service	3.811**	4.592
	(0.83)
February (dummy†)	290.966**	3.862
	(75.34)
March (dummy)	408.612**	5.433
	(75.21)
April (dummy)	258.091**	3.371
	(76.57)
May (dummy)	559.966**	7.158
	(78.24)
June (dummy)	601.704**	7.339
	(81.99)
July (dummy)	571.999**	7.346
	(77.87)
August (dummy)	556.075**	7.018
	(79.24)
September (dummy)	311.605**	3.981
	(78.26)
October (dummy)	375.502**	4.952
	(75.82)
November (dummy)	348.614**	4.620
	(75.46)
December (dummy)	394.929**	5.247
	(75.28)

(DW=2.046)
(Adjusted R squared=0.676)
(n=119)
(F=19.921)

** Significant at the 99 percent level (p<.01).

† The term dummy variable is a standard statistical term in which the members of the group of interest are coded as 1 and the members of the comparison or "dummy" group are coded as 0.