United States Payroll Employment for the Mining Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to data from the US BLS, in March 2023, the number of US payroll employment for the mining industry was 582,100 (not seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 5,000 jobs to the mining industry in March 2023.

The charts and table below shows the trend of payroll employment and the number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 2023.

You can see similar information for other industries.

US Payroll Employment for the Mining Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Mining Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Mining Industry (Not Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 516100
February 2002 509900 -6200
March 2002 507100 -2800
April 2002 510700 3600
May 2002 514100 3400
June 2002 516700 2600
July 2002 515200 -1500
August 2002 517500 2300
September 2002 512700 -4800
October 2002 513300 600
November 2002 509400 -3900
December 2002 503900 -5500
January 2003 490600 -13300
February 2003 490900 300
March 2003 491500 600
April 2003 493600 2100
May 2003 502500 8900
June 2003 510000 7500
July 2003 510300 300
August 2003 511700 1400
September 2003 508100 -3600
October 2003 510300 2200
November 2003 508500 -1800
December 2003 504200 -4300
January 2004 493800 -10400
February 2004 495800 2000
March 2004 505400 9600
April 2004 513800 8400
May 2004 524400 10600
June 2004 531600 7200
July 2004 536000 4400
August 2004 537300 1300
September 2004 536200 -1100
October 2004 533700 -2500
November 2004 534500 800
December 2004 533100 -1400
January 2005 525400 -7700
February 2005 529600 4200
March 2005 538700 9100
April 2005 551200 12500
May 2005 559500 8300
June 2005 570400 10900
July 2005 570100 -300
August 2005 574000 3900
September 2005 577200 3200
October 2005 581600 4400
November 2005 584200 2600
December 2005 584400 200
January 2006 576000 -8400
February 2006 581000 5000
March 2006 592300 11300
April 2006 608300 16000
May 2006 616800 8500
June 2006 630100 13300
July 2006 634900 4800
August 2006 637800 2900
September 2006 638400 600
October 2006 643300 4900
November 2006 638800 -4500
December 2006 638800 0
January 2007 629100 -9700
February 2007 633600 4500
March 2007 642400 8800
April 2007 653400 11000
May 2007 661900 8500
June 2007 672400 10500
July 2007 679600 7200
August 2007 682800 3200
September 2007 676700 -6100
October 2007 677400 700
November 2007 678400 1000
December 2007 678100 -300
January 2008 672400 -5700
February 2008 674200 1800
March 2008 685800 11600
April 2008 689900 4100
May 2008 704800 14900
June 2008 718900 14100
July 2008 726600 7700
August 2008 738100 11500
September 2008 736600 -1500
October 2008 731500 -5100
November 2008 725800 -5700
December 2008 713100 -12700
January 2009 692100 -21000
February 2009 678900 -13200
March 2009 666200 -12700
April 2009 654100 -12100
May 2009 644100 -10000
June 2009 643100 -1000
July 2009 639900 -3200
August 2009 628600 -11300
September 2009 624200 -4400
October 2009 616900 -7300
November 2009 619000 2100
December 2009 612100 -6900
January 2010 604400 -7700
February 2010 610600 6200
March 2010 620500 9900
April 2010 629200 8700
May 2010 645600 16400
June 2010 657800 12200
July 2010 669500 11700
August 2010 674600 5100
September 2010 679600 5000
October 2010 689900 10300
November 2010 691400 1500
December 2010 683300 -8100
January 2011 673600 -9700
February 2011 675200 1600
March 2011 692600 17400
April 2011 711700 19100
May 2011 729600 17900
June 2011 750100 20500
July 2011 763200 13100
August 2011 765800 2600
September 2011 771700 5900
October 2011 780400 8700
November 2011 778000 -2400
December 2011 779200 1200
January 2012 775200 -4000
February 2012 783600 8400
March 2012 788400 4800
April 2012 794600 6200
May 2012 803900 9300
June 2012 810700 6800
July 2012 811500 800
August 2012 812700 1200
September 2012 802600 -10100
October 2012 793100 -9500
November 2012 793700 600
December 2012 796000 2300
January 2013 789200 -6800
February 2013 794600 5400
March 2013 798300 3700
April 2013 798100 -200
May 2013 806400 8300
June 2013 817000 10600
July 2013 823000 6000
August 2013 826700 3700
September 2013 823600 -3100
October 2013 824600 1000
November 2013 815900 -8700
December 2013 814100 -1800
January 2014 808100 -6000
February 2014 810200 2100
March 2014 817600 7400
April 2014 827200 9600
May 2014 831800 4600
June 2014 843600 11800
July 2014 855400 11800
August 2014 858600 3200
September 2014 859500 900
October 2014 854100 -5400
November 2014 849800 -4300
December 2014 845500 -4300
January 2015 825700 -19800
February 2015 809900 -15800
March 2015 797000 -12900
April 2015 782500 -14500
May 2015 765800 -16700
June 2015 766700 900
July 2015 763500 -3200
August 2015 749000 -14500
September 2015 734300 -14700
October 2015 725000 -9300
November 2015 707900 -17100
December 2015 696300 -11600
January 2016 670300 -26000
February 2016 646300 -24000
March 2016 630000 -16300
April 2016 618800 -11200
May 2016 612600 -6200
June 2016 609500 -3100
July 2016 609400 -100
August 2016 605100 -4300
September 2016 601300 -3800
October 2016 600800 -500
November 2016 600900 100
December 2016 596000 -4900
January 2017 588300 -7700
February 2017 595000 6700
March 2017 601600 6600
April 2017 611700 10100
May 2017 621700 10000
June 2017 632200 10500
July 2017 638700 6500
August 2017 644000 5300
September 2017 642700 -1300
October 2017 646000 3300
November 2017 646900 900
December 2017 644000 -2900
January 2018 637400 -6600
February 2018 645700 8300
March 2018 655600 9900
April 2018 664500 8900
May 2018 673000 8500
June 2018 687100 14100
July 2018 688900 1800
August 2018 700300 11400
September 2018 696300 -4000
October 2018 700800 4500
November 2018 691800 -9000
December 2018 692400 600
January 2019 683500 -8900
February 2019 682100 -1400
March 2019 683600 1500
April 2019 684300 700
May 2019 687300 3000
June 2019 690800 3500
July 2019 687900 -2900
August 2019 682300 -5600
September 2019 675200 -7100
October 2019 675400 200
November 2019 660000 -15400
December 2019 644200 -15800
January 2020 629800 -14400
February 2020 627400 -2400
March 2020 622100 -5300
April 2020 567600 -54500
May 2020 546700 -20900
June 2020 539000 -7700
July 2020 531500 -7500
August 2020 522200 -9300
September 2020 519100 -3100
October 2020 513200 -5900
November 2020 509900 -3300
December 2020 507100 -2800
January 2021 492500 -14600
February 2021 483300 -9200
March 2021 500600 17300
April 2021 504300 3700
May 2021 509300 5000
June 2021 518200 8900
July 2021 523300 5100
August 2021 524600 1300
September 2021 524100 -500
October 2021 528600 4500
November 2021 529600 1000
December 2021 531300 1700
January 2022 521000 -10300
February 2022 529200 8200
March 2022 537500 8300
April 2022 549300 11800
May 2022 555300 6000
June 2022 568200 12900
July 2022 575600 7400
August 2022 572100 -3500
September 2022 572100 0
October 2022 576700 4600
November 2022 581000 4300
December 2022 580500 -500
January 2023 575200 -5300
February 2023 577100 1900
March 2023 582100 5000