Coal mining

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Workforce

50.5k

2016 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

42.7

Estimated Job Growth

-0.7%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$71,259

Average Male Salary

$72,256

Average Female Salary

$59,922

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Input/Output

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The top three occupations in the Coal mining Industry Group are Mining machine operators, Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, Construction equipment operators except paving, surfacing, & tamping equipment operators, Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Coal mining Industry Group work 48.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $72,378. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,091.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Coal mining Industry Group are Campbell, Goshen, Platte, Johnson, Washakie, Weston, Crook & Niobrara Counties PUMA, WY, Logan, Mingo, Wyoming & McDowell Counties PUMA, WV, and Raleigh, Mercer & Fayette Counties PUMA, WV. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Coal mining.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Coal mining Industry Group. Mining machine operators are the most common position, but the Coal mining Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Mining machine operators, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Coal mining goes to Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists.

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Occupations by Share

50.5k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 62.4k

7.54%

1 Year Growth

± 13.2%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 50.5k people employed in the Coal mining Industry Group in 2016.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Coal mining Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 7.54%, , from 58k people in 2016 to 62.4k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Coal mining by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Mining machine operators represent the largest share of positions held in Coal mining at 27.9%, followed by Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers with 8.33% and Construction equipment operators except paving, surfacing, & tamping equipment operators with 7.36%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Coal mining Industry Group, by number of employees, are Mining machine operators, Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, Construction equipment operators except paving, surfacing, & tamping equipment operators, Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Coal mining employs an unusually high number of Mining machine operators, Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, and Dredge, excavating, & loading machine operators.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Coal mining, by average wage, are Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists, Firstline supervisors of mechanics, installers, & repairers, and Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$71,259

AVERAGE WAGE

± $3,991

On average, employees in the Coal mining Industry Group make $71,259 per year. This number makes Coal mining the 51 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 266 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. Bessemer, Hueytown & Pleasant Grove Cities PUMA, AL

  2. Navajo Nation PUMA, NM

  3. Washington, Morgan, Noble & Monroe Counties PUMA, OH

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Coal mining Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.265

WAGE GINI

Coal mining has a wage GINI of 0.265, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. 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).

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Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

  1. Campbell, Goshen, Platte, Johnson, Washakie, Weston, Crook & Niobrara Counties PUMA, WY

  2. Logan, Mingo, Wyoming & McDowell Counties PUMA, WV

  3. Raleigh, Mercer & Fayette Counties PUMA, WV

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Coal mining Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Coal mining Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Coal mining Industry Group.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Coal mining Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $72,256 and $59,922. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

5.04k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±1.74k

57.3k

MALE WORKFORCE

±5.88k

91.9% of workers in the Coal mining Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Coal mining Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$72,256

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,228

$59,922

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$10,464

On average, Male workers in the Coal mining Industry Group make 1.21 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Coal mining Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

  1. White

  2. American Indian

  3. Black

On average, White employees in the Coal mining Industry Group earn 1.01 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Coal mining Industry Group.

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Input/Output

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. Mining 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 visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. 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.

Industrial Flow

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

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Mining

  2. Manufacturing

  3. 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 Mining Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Utilities

  3. Mining

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.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Coal mining Industry Group, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.13% in the next ten years. The Coal mining Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.7%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).

Job Growth

-0.7%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

8.13%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for the Coal mining Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 8.13%.

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Output Growth

2%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

24.6%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Coal mining Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 24.6%

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