United States Payroll Employment for the Mining Industry (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 588,000 (seasonally adjusted); this means that the US added 1,800 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 (Seas Adj.)
US Number of Jobs Added to the Mining Industry (Seas Adj.)
US Payroll Employment for the Mining Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 528100
February 2002 523600 -4500
March 2002 516900 -6700
April 2002 515600 -1300
May 2002 512000 -3600
June 2002 509300 -2700
July 2002 507700 -1600
August 2002 507500 -200
September 2002 505300 -2200
October 2002 506300 1000
November 2002 506700 400
December 2002 506200 -500
January 2003 505300 -900
February 2003 505000 -300
March 2003 501300 -3700
April 2003 498100 -3200
May 2003 499900 1800
June 2003 501400 1500
July 2003 502000 600
August 2003 500900 -1100
September 2003 501100 200
October 2003 503400 2300
November 2003 505200 1800
December 2003 506800 1600
January 2004 508700 1900
February 2004 510100 1400
March 2004 515300 5200
April 2004 517900 2600
May 2004 522000 4100
June 2004 522500 500
July 2004 526600 4100
August 2004 527600 1000
September 2004 529200 1600
October 2004 527100 -2100
November 2004 532100 5000
December 2004 534500 2400
January 2005 540000 5500
February 2005 544100 4100
March 2005 548700 4600
April 2005 555500 6800
May 2005 557300 1800
June 2005 561200 3900
July 2005 560500 -700
August 2005 564300 3800
September 2005 570200 5900
October 2005 575200 5000
November 2005 582100 6900
December 2005 585700 3600
January 2006 591300 5600
February 2006 596500 5200
March 2006 602600 6100
April 2006 612300 9700
May 2006 614300 2000
June 2006 620600 6300
July 2006 624700 4100
August 2006 627400 2700
September 2006 631000 3600
October 2006 636100 5100
November 2006 637700 1600
December 2006 642000 4300
January 2007 644300 2300
February 2007 649100 4800
March 2007 653400 4300
April 2007 657200 3800
May 2007 660800 3600
June 2007 663700 2900
July 2007 668500 4800
August 2007 668300 -200
September 2007 668400 100
October 2007 669400 1000
November 2007 676000 6600
December 2007 680700 4700
January 2008 687900 7200
February 2008 689400 1500
March 2008 696300 6900
April 2008 695500 -800
May 2008 704000 8500
June 2008 710800 6800
July 2008 715200 4400
August 2008 723000 7800
September 2008 727000 4000
October 2008 725100 -1900
November 2008 721100 -4000
December 2008 715600 -5500
January 2009 707600 -8000
February 2009 694400 -13200
March 2009 677000 -17400
April 2009 660800 -16200
May 2009 643600 -17200
June 2009 636100 -7500
July 2009 628700 -7400
August 2009 619000 -9700
September 2009 614700 -4300
October 2009 610700 -4000
November 2009 615000 4300
December 2009 614500 -500
January 2010 620400 5900
February 2010 625900 5500
March 2010 631500 5600
April 2010 636300 4800
May 2010 645000 8700
June 2010 650700 5700
July 2010 657100 6400
August 2010 664700 7600
September 2010 672900 8200
October 2010 681000 8100
November 2010 688200 7200
December 2010 686300 -1900
January 2011 687500 1200
February 2011 689600 2100
March 2011 703400 13800
April 2011 719300 15900
May 2011 729700 10400
June 2011 741400 11700
July 2011 751900 10500
August 2011 756100 4200
September 2011 765500 9400
October 2011 772200 6700
November 2011 775900 3700
December 2011 781300 5400
January 2012 789300 8000
February 2012 795800 6500
March 2012 799000 3200
April 2012 801600 2600
May 2012 803900 2300
June 2012 802900 -1000
July 2012 800000 -2900
August 2012 799100 -900
September 2012 794600 -4500
October 2012 785300 -9300
November 2012 791500 6200
December 2012 796500 5000
January 2013 801000 4500
February 2013 806800 5800
March 2013 807900 1100
April 2013 805200 -2700
May 2013 809800 4600
June 2013 812200 2400
July 2013 811200 -1000
August 2013 812000 800
September 2013 816000 4000
October 2013 817200 1200
November 2013 815000 -2200
December 2013 813700 -1300
January 2014 818100 4400
February 2014 823300 5200
March 2014 826900 3600
April 2014 834500 7600
May 2014 835500 1000
June 2014 839800 4300
July 2014 845500 5700
August 2014 845800 300
September 2014 850900 5100
October 2014 848500 -2400
November 2014 847100 -1400
December 2014 843400 -3700
January 2015 834500 -8900
February 2015 822800 -11700
March 2015 806300 -16500
April 2015 790200 -16100
May 2015 768200 -22000
June 2015 764600 -3600
July 2015 753400 -11200
August 2015 740900 -12500
September 2015 726700 -14200
October 2015 718600 -8100
November 2015 704100 -14500
December 2015 693800 -10300
January 2016 679800 -14000
February 2016 658900 -20900
March 2016 639000 -19900
April 2016 625800 -13200
May 2016 614800 -11000
June 2016 604800 -10000
July 2016 600200 -4600
August 2016 596300 -3900
September 2016 594100 -2200
October 2016 593000 -1100
November 2016 597000 4000
December 2016 598000 1000
January 2017 598200 200
February 2017 604900 6700
March 2017 609800 4900
April 2017 618600 8800
May 2017 625000 6400
June 2017 629000 4000
July 2017 631100 2100
August 2017 636300 5200
September 2017 637300 1000
October 2017 638800 1500
November 2017 643400 4600
December 2017 643400 0
January 2018 649800 6400
February 2018 656400 6600
March 2018 663900 7500
April 2018 671200 7300
May 2018 675100 3900
June 2018 681400 6300
July 2018 680000 -1400
August 2018 689900 9900
September 2018 690200 300
October 2018 692900 2700
November 2018 688800 -4100
December 2018 693700 4900
January 2019 696700 3000
February 2019 692700 -4000
March 2019 691400 -1300
April 2019 690100 -1300
May 2019 688700 -1400
June 2019 685700 -3000
July 2019 679200 -6500
August 2019 672300 -6900
September 2019 669600 -2700
October 2019 668400 -1200
November 2019 657800 -10600
December 2019 645800 -12000
January 2020 639900 -5900
February 2020 637900 -2000
March 2020 629100 -8800
April 2020 572700 -56400
May 2020 548100 -24600
June 2020 533700 -14400
July 2020 522100 -11600
August 2020 514400 -7700
September 2020 513700 -700
October 2020 510100 -3600
November 2020 507200 -2900
December 2020 509100 1900
January 2021 502200 -6900
February 2021 493300 -8900
March 2021 506900 13600
April 2021 508400 1500
May 2021 510500 2100
June 2021 513000 2500
July 2021 514200 1200
August 2021 517300 3100
September 2021 518800 1500
October 2021 522400 3600
November 2021 526800 4400
December 2021 534100 7300
January 2022 533500 -600
February 2022 538200 4700
March 2022 543400 5200
April 2022 553200 9800
May 2022 556100 2900
June 2022 561700 5600
July 2022 568000 6300
August 2022 565000 -3000
September 2022 567300 2300
October 2022 571100 3800
November 2022 578600 7500
December 2022 582400 3800
January 2023 585400 3000
February 2023 586200 800
March 2023 588000 1800