The coal mining industry employed 2,530 people in Virginia in 2023, of which around 65 percent worked in underground mines. Since 2012, the minority of the employees in the state worked in surface mines. During the period in consideration, coal-mining employment in the state declined, and figures peaked in 2012, with 4,998 employees.
Coal-mining employment in Virginia 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.
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EIA. (October 30, 2024). Coal-mining employment in Virginia from 2012 to 2023, by mine type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/215779/coal-mining-employment-in-virginia/
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