Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction

Industry Sub-Sector

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    Workforce Population
    605k
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    42.8
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    −1.59%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $102,914
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $104,584
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $92,805
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector are miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, mining machine operators, and firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers. On average, full-time employees in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector work 51.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $104,975. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $51,121.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector are Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Central)--Midland County, Midland City PUMA, TX, Rural Nevada PUMA, NV, and Lea and Eddy County PUMA, NM.

    The workforce of Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector in 2024 was 604,957 people, with 14.2% woman, and 85.8% men.

    In 2024, 72.8% of the workforce in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector was White (440,499 people), of which 14.3% were women and 85.7% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

    The workforce in Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector was 604,957 people and is concentrated in Texas (214,344 workers). The average annual salary was $102,914, being $33,036 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    8.51%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 296k people employed in the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction industry. This represents a 8.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Texas (214k), Louisiana (43.6k), and Oklahoma (35k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $102,914, $33,036 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.377
    WAGE GINI

    Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction has a wage GINI of 0.377, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (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 Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

    Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers are the most common position with 49,726 workers, but the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Mining machine operators and Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers.

    The highest average salary in Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction goes to Natural sciences managers.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers (49,726 people), mining machine operators (44,719 people), and firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers (37,952 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $104,584
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$3,044
    $92,805
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$7,129

    On average, Male workers in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector 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 Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector. 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 Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

    The Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector 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 Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

    Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector 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 Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Mining
    3. Professional and business services

    The Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector 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 Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Mining
    3. Construction

    The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. Texas
      7,050
    2. Oklahoma
      2,232
    3. Louisiana
      1,218

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 14.2% corresponds to women and 85.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $104,584 and $92,805.

    74.3% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

    Gender and Age

    85,790
    Women
    14.2%
    519,167
    Men
    85.8%

    The workforce of Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction industry in 2024 was 604,957 people, with 14.2% woman, and 85.8% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 72.8% of the workforce in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction industry was White (440,499 people), of which 14.3% were women and 85.7% men.

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

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (227,475 people), some college (119,601 people), and bachelors degree (102,642 people).

    The chart shows the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction workforce by gender and educational level.

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −1.59% in the next ten years. The Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −1.59%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (12.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (12.4%).

    Job Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction.
    −1.59%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    −1.59%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −1.59%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction.
    12.4%
    Estimate Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction industry.

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