The coal mining industry employed 43,582 people in the United States in 2022, of which 60 percent worked in underground mines. During the period in consideration, coal-mining employment in the U.S. presented a declining trend, with coal employment peaking in 2011, at almost 92,000 employees.
Annual coal-mining employment in the U.S. from 2010 to 2022, by mine type
Includes all employees engaged in production, preparation, processing, development, maintenance, repair shop, or yard work at mining operations, as well as office workers. Excludes preparation plants with less than 5,000 employee hours per year, which are not required to provide data. This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.
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EIA. (October 3, 2023). Annual coal-mining employment in the U.S. from 2010 to 2022, by mine type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/215790/coal-mining-employment-in-the-us/?can_id=bd971615cd58b13af04bd049474ea172&email_referrer=email_755428&email_subject=cannabis-workers-unemployment-insurance-and-the-small-business-administration-what-you-need-to-know&link_id=2&source=email-cannabis-workers-unemployment-insurance-and-the-small-business-administration-what-you-need-to-know
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