Coal mining

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

49.8k

2024

Average Employee Age

44.3

2024

Estimated Job Growth

−45.4%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$87,745

2024

Average Male Salary

$88,377

2024

Average Female Salary

$78,073

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Coal mining Industry Group are mining machine operators, miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, and firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers. On average, full-time employees in the Coal mining Industry Group work 49 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $88,233. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19 hours and earn an average annual salary of $68,179.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Coal mining Industry Group are Wayne, Logan, Mingo, Boone, Wyoming, Lincoln, McDowell Counties PUMA, WV, Campbell, Goshen, Platte, Johnson, Washakie, Weston, Crook & Niobrara Counties PUMA, WY, and LENOWISCO & Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions PUMA, VA.

The workforce of Coal mining Industry Group in 2024 was 49,796 people, with 6.14% woman, and 93.9% men.

In 2024, 88.7% of the workforce in the Coal mining Industry Group was White (44,166 people), of which 5.32% were women and 94.7% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Coal mining Industry Group.

The workforce in Coal mining Industry Group was 49,796 people and is concentrated in West Virginia (11,204 workers). The average annual salary was $87,745, being $17,867 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.61%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 12.6k people employed in the Coal Mining industry. This represents a 1.61% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Coal Mining over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were West Virginia (11.2k), Kentucky (5.88k), and Pennsylvania (5.51k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Coal mining Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Coal mining Industry Group had an average annual wage of $87,745, $17,867 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Coal mining Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.276

WAGE GINI

Coal mining has a wage GINI of 0.276, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Coal mining (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Coal mining Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Coal mining Industry Group.

Mining machine operators are the most common position with 15,281 workers, but the Coal mining Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers and Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers.

The highest average salary in Coal mining goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Coal mining Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were mining machine operators (15,281 people), miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers (3,766 people), and firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers (3,521 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$88,377

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,905

$78,073

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$23,439

On average, Male workers in the Coal mining Industry Group make 1.13 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Coal mining Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Coal 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 Coal mining Industry Group.

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

Pennsylvania and West Virginia stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Coal mining Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

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

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Coal mining Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Coal 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.

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Manufacturing
Mining
Professional and business services

The Coal 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Coal 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 Coal mining Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Coal mining Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Coal mining Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 6.14% corresponds to women and 93.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $88,377 and $78,073.

81.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

3,058

Women

6.14%

46,738

Men

93.9%

The workforce of Coal mining industry in 2024 was 49,796 people, with 6.14% woman, and 93.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Coal mining industry.

Races

In 2024, 88.7% of the workforce in the Coal mining industry was White (44,166 people), of which 5.32% were women and 94.7% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Coal mining workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (27,378 people), some college (8,965 people), and bachelors degree (4,116 people).

The chart shows the Coal mining workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Coal Mining industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −45.4% in the next ten years. The Coal Mining industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −45.4%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (−17.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (−17.4%).

Job Growth

−45.4%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−45.4%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Coal Mining. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −45.4%, the average rate of national job growth.