Support activities for mining

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Workforce Population

330k

2024

Average Employee Age

42.1

2024

Estimated Job Growth

2.39%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$105,501

2024

Average Male Salary

$107,883

2024

Average Female Salary

$91,476

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Support activities for mining Industry Group are miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers, derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, and firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers. On average, full-time employees in the Support activities for mining Industry Group work 53.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $107,769. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $52,711.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Support activities for mining Industry Group are Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Central)--Midland County, Midland City PUMA, TX, Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (Central)--Ector County, Odessa City PUMA, TX, and Concho Valley COG & Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission (East) PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Support activities for mining Industry Group in 2024 was 330,215 people, with 14.5% woman, and 85.5% men.

In 2024, 67.9% of the workforce in the Support activities for mining Industry Group was White (224,334 people), of which 15.3% were women and 84.7% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Support activities for mining Industry Group.

The workforce in Support activities for mining Industry Group was 330,215 people and is concentrated in Texas (161,394 workers). The average annual salary was $105,501, being $35,623 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

13.3%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 196k people employed in the Support Activities for Mining industry. This represents a 13.3% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Support Activities for Mining over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Texas (161k), Louisiana (36.5k), and Oklahoma (26.4k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Support activities for mining Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Support activities for mining Industry Group had an average annual wage of $105,501, $35,623 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Support activities for mining Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.384

WAGE GINI

Support activities for mining has a wage GINI of 0.384, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Support activities for mining (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 Support activities for mining Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Support activities for mining Industry Group.

Miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers are the most common position with 30,678 workers, but the Support activities for mining Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining and Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers.

The highest average salary in Support activities for mining goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Support activities for mining Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous extraction workers, including roof bolters & helpers (30,678 people), derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining (21,345 people), and firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers (21,264 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$107,883

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,241

$91,476

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$8,990

On average, Male workers in the Support activities for mining Industry Group make 1.18 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Support activities for mining Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Support activities for mining Industry Group. 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 Support activities for mining Industry Group.

The Support activities for mining Industry Group 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 Support activities for mining Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Support activities for mining is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Support activities for mining Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Support activities for mining Industry Group 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 Support activities for mining is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Manufacturing
Mining
Professional and business services

The Support activities for mining Industry Group 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 Support activities for mining 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 Support activities for mining Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Support activities for mining Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

Texas
4,517
Oklahoma
1,301
Louisiana
848

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Support activities for mining industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Support activities for mining Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 14.5% corresponds to women and 85.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $107,883 and $91,476.

72.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

47,938

Women

14.5%

282,277

Men

85.5%

The workforce of Support activities for mining industry in 2024 was 330,215 people, with 14.5% woman, and 85.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Support activities for mining industry.

Races

In 2024, 67.9% of the workforce in the Support activities for mining industry was White (224,334 people), of which 15.3% were women and 84.7% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Support activities for mining workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (115,595 people), some college (65,425 people), and bachelors degree (59,033 people).

The chart shows the Support activities for mining workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Support Activities for Mining industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 2.39% in the next ten years. The Support Activities for Mining industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 2.39%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (−5.23%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (−5.23%).

Job Growth

2.39%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

2.39%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Support Activities for Mining. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 2.39%, the average rate of national job growth.