Original article: http://www.cnbc.com/2015/07/22/oil-and-gas-jobs-pay-is-still-big-but-not…

“And keeping pay and bonus percentages constant has been made possible only through cost-saving layoffs. U.S.-based energy firms announced 60,500 job cuts in the first six months of 2015, compared with fewer than 4,000 in the same period last year, according to job placement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.”