Includes all employees engaged in production, preparation, processing, development, maintenance, repair shop, or yard work at mining operations, as well as office workers. Excludes preparation plants with less than 5,000 employee hours per year, which are not required to provide data. This statistic was assembled using several editions of the report.
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Coal-mining employment in the U.S. 2010-2023, by mine type
The coal mining industry employed * people in the United States in 2023, of which ** percent worked in underground mines. During the period in consideration, coal-mining employment in the U.S. presented a declining trend, with coal employment peaking in 2011, at almost * employees.
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EIA. (October 30, 2024). Employment in coal mining in the United States from 2010 to 2023, by mine type [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 23, 2026, from /statistics/215790/coal-mining-employment-in-the-us/
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