The coal mining industry employed 4,825 people in Pennsylvania in 2023, of which nearly 70.3 percent worked in underground mines. During the period in consideration, coal-mining employment oscillated with a trend of decline, peaking in 2012, with 8,927 employees.
Coal-mining employment in Pennsylvania from 2012 to 2023, by mine type
Includes all employees engaged in production, preparation, processing, development, maintenance, repair shop, or yard work at mining operations,
including 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.
Pennsylvania includes anthracite and bituminous mining production.
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EIA. (October 30, 2024). Coal-mining employment in Pennsylvania from 2012 to 2023, by mine type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/215774/coal-mining-employment-in-pennsylvania/
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