Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
95.4k
2021
Average Employee Age
44.7
2021
Estimated Job Growth
4.09%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$66,611
2021
Average Male Salary
$68,362
2021
Average Female Salary
$53,953
2021

About

The top three occupations in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group are driver/sales workers & truck drivers, mining machine operators, and construction equipment operators. On average, full-time employees in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group work 47.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $68,150. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $26,325.

The workforce of Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group in 2021 was 95,425 people, with 12.2% woman, and 87.8% men.

In 2021, 84.9% of the workforce in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group was White (80,987 people), of which 12.3% were women and 87.7% men.

dollarEmployment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group.

The workforce in Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group was 95,425 people and is concentrated in Texas (9,077 workers). The average annual salary was $66,611, being $7,015 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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3.88%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Texas (9.08k), North Carolina (4.81k), and Pennsylvania (4.75k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group had an average annual wage of $66,611, $7,015 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

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Wage Distribution

0.329
WAGE GINI

Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying has a wage GINI of 0.329, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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A review of jobs and wages in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position with 9,788 workers, but the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Mining machine operators and Construction equipment operators.

The highest average salary in Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were driver/sales workers & truck drivers (9,788 people), mining machine operators (8,057 people), and construction equipment operators (7,874 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$68,362
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$4,742
$53,953
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$8,127

On average, Male workers in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group make 1.27 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group.

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Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group.

The Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Texas and Pennsylvania stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

The Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. 732
  2. 578
  3. 486

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Demographic information on the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 12.2% corresponds to women and 87.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $68,362 and $53,953.

77.1% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

11,597
Women
12.2%
83,828
Men
87.8%

The workforce of Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying industry in 2021 was 95,425 people, with 12.2% woman, and 87.8% men.

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Races

In 2021, 84.9% of the workforce in the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying industry was White (80,987 people), of which 12.3% were women and 87.7% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (45,728 people), some college (17,130 people), and secondary education (10,742 people).

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timeline-line-chartProjections

Growth projections of the Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.09%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (17.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying.
4.09%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
7.66%
National Growth
10-year Projection

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying.
17.9%
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10-year Projection

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