（彭博社）“由于页岩油行业的收购浪潮尚未对劳动力产生影响，美国石油和天然气工人的工资在 4 月份创下了新纪录。

根据劳工部周五发布的一份报告，一线石油和天然气工人的平均每小时收入较 3 月份增长 0.5%，达到 44.67 美元。与一年前相比，石油工资上涨了3.2%。工资的强劲表现与全国趋势相符，推回了对美联储降息的押注。

美国石油和天然气行业正处于重大整合之中，该行业过去 12 个月内最大的五笔交易的债务和股权总额近 2000 亿美元。由于股东要求回报增长，页岩油老板正在收购竞争对手，以削减成本并延长资产寿命。但这些计划中的成本削减尚未对工人产生重大影响。

5月份石油和天然气行业就业人数环比增长不到1%，至119,900人。未经调整的 5 月份石油和天然气行业失业率确实攀升至 3.1%，而去年同期为 1.8%。

(Bloomberg) – Wages for U.S. oil and gas workers set a fresh record in April as a wave of acquisitions in the shale industry has yet to impact the labor force.

Average hourly earnings for front-line oil and gas workers rose 0.5% from March to $44.67, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. Compared with a year ago, oil pay is up 3.2%. The strength in wages matched a national trend, pushing back bets for Federal Reserve rate cuts.

The U.S. oil and gas industry is in the midst of major consolidation, with the sector’s five biggest deals in the past 12 months totaling almost $200 billion in debt and equity. As shareholders demand growth in returns, shale bosses are buying their competitors to cut costs and extend the life of their assets. But those planned cost reductions have yet to impact workers in a significant way.

The overall number of oil and gas workers employed in the industry rose less than 1% on a month-over-month basis to 119,900 in May. The jobless rate in oil and gas did climb to 3.1% in May on an unadjusted basis, compared with 1.8% a year earlier.