Support activities for mining

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
388k
2021
Average Employee Age
41.4
2021
Estimated Job Growth
32.4%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$91,797
2021
Average Male Salary
$93,810
2021
Average Female Salary
$79,899
2021

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The top three occupations in the Support activities for mining Industry Group are miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, and derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining. On average, full-time employees in the Support activities for mining Industry Group work 53.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $93,590. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $49,619.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Support activities for mining Industry Group are Midland CountyMidland City PUMA, TX, Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX, and Far Southeast New Mexico PUMA, NM.

The workforce of Support activities for mining Industry Group in 2021 was 387,528 people, with 14.5% woman, and 85.5% men.

In 2021, 78.1% of the workforce in the Support activities for mining Industry Group was White (302,790 people), of which 14.4% were women and 85.6% men.

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A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Support activities for mining Industry Group.

The workforce in Support activities for mining Industry Group was 387,528 people and is concentrated in Texas (188,996 workers). The average annual salary was $91,797, being $32,202 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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Y-Axis
13.3%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 196k people employed in the Support Activities for Mining industry. This represents a 13.3% 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 (189k), Louisiana (41.1k), and Oklahoma (31.4k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Support activities for mining Industry Group had an average annual wage of $91,797, $32,202 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

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Wage Distribution

0.39
WAGE GINI

Support activities for mining has a wage GINI of 0.39, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Support activities for mining (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 Support activities for mining Industry Group.

Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers are the most common position with 41,547 workers, but the Support activities for mining Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers and Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining.

The highest average salary in Support activities for mining goes to Public relations specialists.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Support activities for mining Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers (41,547 people), firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers (28,770 people), and derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining (24,624 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$93,810
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$3,442
$79,899
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$7,749

On average, Male workers in the Support activities for mining Industry Group make 1.17 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Support activities for mining Industry Group.

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Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Support activities for mining 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 Support activities for mining Industry Group.

The Support activities for mining Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Texas and Oklahoma stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Support activities for mining Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Support activities for mining is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Support activities for mining Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Support activities for mining 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 Support activities for mining is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

The Support activities for mining 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 Support activities for mining is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Support activities for mining Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Support activities for mining 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. 9,816
  2. 3,354
  3. 2,100

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Support activities for mining industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Demographic information on the Support activities for mining Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 14.5% corresponds to women and 85.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $93,810 and $79,899.

74% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

56,060
Women
14.5%
331,468
Men
85.5%

The workforce of Support activities for mining industry in 2021 was 387,528 people, with 14.5% woman, and 85.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Support activities for mining industry.

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Races

In 2021, 78.1% of the workforce in the Support activities for mining industry was White (302,790 people), of which 14.4% were women and 85.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Black.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Support activities for mining workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (136,917 people), some college (81,361 people), and bachelors degree (68,418 people).

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Growth projections of the Support activities for mining 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 Support activities for mining industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 32.4%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (32.4%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

32.4%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
7.66%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Support activities for mining. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

32.4%
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10-year Projection

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