Coal-mining employment in the U.S. 2011-2021
The coal mining industry employed 39,429 people in the United States in 2021, of which 60 percent worked in underground mines. Since 2011, the minority of the employees in the country worked in surface mines. During the period in consideration, coal-mining employment in the U.S. presented a trend of decline, with figures peaking in 2011, at some 91 thousand employees.
