Mine operator and independent contractor employees by sector, 1983 - 2022

Keywords: Mining workforce
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Number of employees
Sector 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Coal operator 187,973 194,622 183,373 172,236 158,994 151,145 145,407 146,505 134,635 125,438 110,929 112,594 103,076 96,324 93,978 89,924 82,937 76,025 79,729 78,267 73,886 76,488 81,891 85,693 84,071 90,055 90,885 89,209 94,729 92,472 83,005 77,462 68,413 54,051 55,168 55,540 54,557 43,730 41,124 45,212
Metal operator 52,029 50,247 43,961 39,061 42,378 47,661 53,275 54,005 52,870 51,377 49,055 47,375 48,734 49,771 49,015 45,282 41,030 37,650 33,408 28,937 28,080 28,865 30,395 32,874 36,000 39,126 32,902 35,903 40,353 44,458 45,725 44,838 41,459 37,252 38,151 40,203 40,937 39,163 40,638 40,824
Nonmetal operator 36,609 38,078 37,002 34,105 32,426 32,920 33,530 33,818 32,212 31,043 30,457 30,393 29,441 29,086 28,628 27,641 26,844 25,918 25,029 23,416 22,770 22,844 23,039 23,051 22,864 23,033 21,030 20,638 21,134 21,586 25,163 26,356 26,089 24,555 24,971 26,373 26,812 23,983 23,408 24,591
Stone operator 77,728 80,948 81,820 80,280 79,335 80,021 78,781 77,946 74,796 74,028 74,189 75,350 75,938 76,019 77,590 79,577 81,413 82,379 81,587 80,554 79,407 79,606 81,005 82,583 82,718 78,975 70,261 67,612 66,983 66,201 65,161 65,682 67,070 68,110 68,606 68,514 68,941 67,898 68,793 70,413
Sand & gravel operator 35,594 37,660 40,057 40,827 42,344 42,256 42,745 43,268 41,556 40,718 40,015 41,716 39,986 39,966 40,798 42,746 44,861 45,235 44,913 44,251 43,910 44,467 45,240 46,069 45,761 42,307 37,510 35,993 36,131 37,067 34,107 34,361 34,781 35,291 36,484 38,446 39,596 37,875 37,757 38,961
Coal contractor 12,226 13,538 13,676 12,931 13,786 15,133 19,522 22,120 24,042 27,690 30,254 31,051 29,035 30,127 32,451 32,159 31,552 32,073 34,729 32,699 30,938 32,246 34,545 37,282 38,865 43,772 43,204 46,324 48,734 45,178 39,943 38,548 34,358 27,836 27,884 27,284 26,911 19,886 20,215 21,204
Noncoal contractor 12,701 12,794 15,272 15,365 17,049 22,564 26,218 26,653 28,673 27,401 25,604 30,664 35,437 34,203 39,884 39,986 44,704 49,268 47,833 40,990 41,158 44,492 48,722 55,945 67,844 75,451 59,928 65,497 73,163 80,916 80,778 79,288 77,677 71,624 70,016 75,563 73,856 64,374 69,305 73,259
Total 414,860 427,887 415,161 394,805 386,312 391,700 399,478 404,315 388,784 377,695 360,503 369,143 361,647 355,496 362,344 357,315 353,341 348,548 347,228 329,114 320,149 329,008 344,837 363,497 378,123 392,719 355,720 361,176 381,227 387,878 373,882 366,535 349,847 318,719 321,280 331,923 331,610 296,909 301,240 314,464
Data Source: MSHA
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program