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Employees in the U.S. mining industry by sector 2021

Published by
M. Garside,
Jan 30, 2023
In 2021, there were 37,757 people who were employed by the sand and gravel sector of the United States' mining industry. Stone mining employed the most people of any mining sector in the U.S., with 69,305 people employed that year.

Number of employees in the United States mining industry in 2021, by sector

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Release date

2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

2021

Supplementary notes

Each sector that does not have operator or contractor specified in this statistic refers to operator positions.

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