Employees in the U.S. mining industry by sector 2022

Published by
M. Garside,
Dec 16, 2024
Stone mining employed the most people of any mining sector in the U.S. as of 2022, with 70,413 people employed as operators at that time. There were also 38,961 people who were employed by the sand and gravel sector of the United States' mining industry.

Number of employees in the United States mining industry in 2022, by sector

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Release date

2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

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

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