Metal ore mining

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

45.2k

2024

Average Employee Age

41.9

2024

Estimated Job Growth

7.8%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$98,904

2024

Average Male Salary

$99,234

2024

Average Female Salary

$97,025

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Metal ore mining Industry Group are mining machine operators, miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, and driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Metal ore mining Industry Group work 47.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $99,856. Part-time employees in the same industry work 17.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $51,576.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Metal ore mining Industry Group are Rural Nevada PUMA, NV, Gila, Graham, Greenlee Counties PUMA, AZ, and Cook, Lake & St. Louis (North) Counties PUMA, MN.

The workforce of Metal ore mining Industry Group in 2024 was 45,187 people, with 15% woman, and 85% men.

In 2024, 72% of the workforce in the Metal ore mining Industry Group was White (32,553 people), of which 15.4% were women and 84.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Metal ore mining Industry Group was 45,187 people and is concentrated in Arizona (11,504 workers). The average annual salary was $98,904, being $29,026 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

5.07%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 22.8k people employed in the Metal Ore Mining industry. This represents a 5.07% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Arizona (11.5k), Nevada (11.2k), and Minnesota (2.97k).

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

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Metal ore mining Industry Group had an average annual wage of $98,904, $29,026 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

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

Wage Distribution

0.314

WAGE GINI

Metal ore mining has a wage GINI of 0.314, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Metal ore 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 Metal ore mining Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

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

Mining machine operators are the most common position with 6,808 workers, but the Metal ore mining Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

The highest average salary in Metal ore mining goes to Financial managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Metal ore mining Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were mining machine operators (6,808 people), miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers (3,459 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (2,763 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$99,234

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$9,170

$97,025

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$25,791

On average, Male workers in the Metal ore mining Industry Group make 1.02 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Metal ore mining Industry Group.

Business

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

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

Nevada and Alaska stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Metal ore mining Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

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

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Manufacturing
Mining
Professional and business services

The Metal ore 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 Metal ore 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 Metal ore mining Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Metal ore 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 Metal ore mining industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Metal ore mining Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 15% corresponds to women and 85% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $99,234 and $97,025.

73.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

6,765

Women

15%

38,422

Men

85%

The workforce of Metal ore mining industry in 2024 was 45,187 people, with 15% woman, and 85% men.

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

Races

In 2024, 72% of the workforce in the Metal ore mining industry was White (32,553 people), of which 15.4% were women and 84.6% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Metal ore mining workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (15,745 people), some college (10,924 people), and bachelors degree (6,629 people).

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

Projections

Growth projections of the Metal Ore Mining industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.8% in the next ten years. The Metal Ore Mining industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 7.8%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (28.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (28.8%).

Job Growth

7.8%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.8%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Metal Ore Mining. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 7.8%, the average rate of national job growth.