Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce Population

701k

2021

Average Employee Age

42.4

2021

Estimated Job Growth

13.6%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$92,200

2021

Average Male Salary

$93,903

2021

Average Female Salary

$82,403

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector are miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, and mining machine operators. On average, full-time employees in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector work 51.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $93,934. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $47,015.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector are Midland CountyMidland City PUMA, TX, Far Southeast New Mexico PUMA, NM, and Rural Nevada PUMA, NV.

The workforce of Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector in 2021 was 701,334 people, with 14.8% woman, and 85.2% men.

In 2021, 81% of the workforce in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector was White (567,794 people), of which 14.4% were women and 85.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector was 701,334 people and is concentrated in Texas (257,760 workers). The average annual salary was $92,200, being $32,605 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

8.51%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 296k people employed in the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction industry. This represents a 8.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Texas (258k), Louisiana (48.6k), and Oklahoma (45.3k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $92,200, $32,605 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.383

WAGE GINI

Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction has a wage GINI of 0.383, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers are the most common position with 62,310 workers, but the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers and Mining machine operators.

The highest average salary in Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers (62,310 people), firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers (49,852 people), and mining machine operators (44,030 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$93,903

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,589

$82,403

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,735

On average, Male workers in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector make 1.14 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

The Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Texas and Oklahoma stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector is Manufacturing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Texas
16,494
Oklahoma
5,824
Louisiana
3,040

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 14.8% corresponds to women and 85.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $93,903 and $82,403.

75% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

103,820

Women

14.8%

597,514

Men

85.2%

The workforce of Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction industry in 2021 was 701,334 people, with 14.8% woman, and 85.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction industry.

Races

In 2021, 81% of the workforce in the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction industry was White (567,794 people), of which 14.4% were women and 85.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Black.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (258,424 people), some college (143,827 people), and bachelors degree (123,731 people).

The chart shows the Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 13.6%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (31.5%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction.

13.6%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.