Workforce Report 2018

4.1. Overview In 2017 49,330 people travelled offshore, a 6 per cent reduction compared with 2016 (52,489). The offshore workforce is now more than 20 per cent smaller than in 2014, which was a record year for investment and represented peak levels of industry employment.

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