Coal-mining employment in the U.S. 2010-2023

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M. Garside,
Nov 11, 2024

The coal mining industry employed 45,476 people in the United States in 2023, of which 62 percent worked in underground mines. During the period in consideration, coal-mining employment in the U.S. presented a declining trend, with coal employment peaking in 2011, at almost 92,000 employees.

Annual coal-mining employment in the U.S. from 2010 to 2023, by mine type

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Release date

October 2024

Region

United States

Survey time period

2010 to 2023

Supplementary notes

Includes all employees engaged in production, preparation, processing, development, maintenance, repair shop, or yard work at mining operations, as well as 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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