Current Employment Statistics (CES1000000001) · Mining and logging, seasonally adjusted
How many jobs are there in mining and logging?
The number of jobs in mining and logging was 607 thousand in the month ended , up 0.3% from a year earlier (preliminary).
Jobs in mining and logging, in thousands, seasonally adjusted, each month
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Jobs in mining and logging, in thousands, change from a year earlier, each month (ours)
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Shaded bands are US recessions as the National Bureau of Economic Research dates them: to .
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The newest month beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The last ten years are in the table under "The numbers behind the chart".
| Measure | Latest | The month before | A year earlier | Five years earlier | Ten years earlier |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | |||||
| Jobs in mining and logging, in thousands | 607 thousand | 609 thousand | 605 thousand | 566 thousand | 645 thousand |
| Change over a year | +0.3% | +0.3% | −2.7% | +0.9% | −17.3% |
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Right now
The number of jobs in mining and logging was 607 thousand in September 2026, the lowest since July 2026.
Over a year it is up 0.3% (ours). The source marks this value preliminary.
ChangeOurs
| Period | Then | Change |
|---|---|---|
| One month | 609 thousand in | −0.3% |
| Three months | 609 thousand in | −0.3% |
| Twelve months | 605 thousand in | +0.3% |
| Five years | 566 thousand in | +7.2% |
| Ten years | 645 thousand in | −5.9% |
In historyOurs
The number of jobs in mining and logging of 607 thousand in was higher than in 95 of the 1,052 other months since , the same in 4 and lower in 953.
Highest since : 1,257 thousand in . Lowest since : 539 thousand in .
AverageOurs
Average since : 778.9 thousand (ours, a plain mean of the 1,053 months).
ComparedOurs
Over a year the number of jobs in mining and logging is up 0.3%, which ranks 16 of the 35 rows of the table, where 1 is the largest change.
The table sets the number of jobs in mining and logging beside the industries on the jobs by industry page, by the change over a year in each one's newest month.
Openings and turnoverJob Openings and Labor Turnover Survey
In August 2026 the survey counted, for mining and logging, 25 thousand job openings, 24 thousand hires, 14 thousand quits and 6 thousand layoffs and discharges.
Over a year the counts are job openings up 19.0%, hires up 14.3%, quits up 7.7% and layoffs and discharges down 33.3% (ours).
Job openings, hires, quits and layoffs in mining and logging
- Job openings259 to 46
- Hires248 to 45
- Quits146 to 23
- Layoffs and discharges62 to 63
Each row is one measure of the second survey for mining and logging, in thousands over the last ten years, one month to a point, on one scale, with its newest value and its range printed beside it. Pointing at the chart shows the month and the value.
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Understanding the number of jobs in mining and logging
Where it stands today
The number of jobs in mining and logging was 607 thousand in September 2026.
What does the number of jobs in mining and logging measure?
Mining and logging covers digging or drilling for coal, metal ores, stone, oil and natural gas, the support work for it, and cutting timber.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) counts these jobs each month in a survey of employers, the Current Employment Statistics, and publishes them in the Employment Situation report at the start of the next month. The count is all employees on payrolls, in thousands, seasonally adjusted.
What 500metrics adds: the change over one month, three months, a year and five years, the highest and lowest value since the series begins, how the change over a year ranks among the lines of the jobs by industry page. For this industry it also shows the job openings, hires, quits and layoffs from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS), a second BLS survey, beside the count of jobs.
The numbers behind the chart
What was the number of jobs in mining and logging in each month?The last ten years, 120 months, newest first; the chart and the file have every month since Jan 1939
| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 607 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 609 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 606 thousand | −0.7% | |
| 609 thousand | −1.1% | |
| 611 thousand | −1.1% | |
| 608 thousand | −2.3% | |
| 604 thousand | −2.6% | |
| 601 thousand | −3.4% | |
| 602 thousand | −3.2% | |
| 604 thousand | −2.9% | |
| 605 thousand | −3.0% | |
| 606 thousand | −2.6% | |
| 605 thousand | −2.7% | |
| 607 thousand | −2.1% | |
| 610 thousand | −1.9% | |
| 616 thousand | −0.6% | |
| 618 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 622 thousand | −1.0% | |
| 620 thousand | −2.5% | |
| 622 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 622 thousand | −1.7% | |
| 622 thousand | −2.5% | |
| 624 thousand | −1.9% | |
| 622 thousand | −2.7% |
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| Month | Value | Change over a year |
|---|---|---|
| 622 thousand | −3.0% | |
| 620 thousand | −3.3% | |
| 622 thousand | −3.1% | |
| 620 thousand | −3.1% | |
| 624 thousand | −2.8% | |
| 628 thousand | −1.4% | |
| 636 thousand | +0.3% | |
| 633 thousand | 0.0% | |
| 633 thousand | −0.2% | |
| 638 thousand | +1.8% | |
| 636 thousand | +1.9% | |
| 639 thousand | +3.4% | |
| 641 thousand | +4.4% | |
| 641 thousand | +4.7% | |
| 642 thousand | +4.6% | |
| 640 thousand | +5.3% | |
| 642 thousand | +7.0% | |
| 637 thousand | +6.9% | |
| 634 thousand | +7.6% | |
| 633 thousand | +9.0% | |
| 634 thousand | +9.7% | |
| 627 thousand | +8.7% | |
| 624 thousand | +9.1% | |
| 618 thousand | +8.6% | |
| 614 thousand | +8.5% | |
| 612 thousand | +8.3% | |
| 614 thousand | +9.4% | |
| 608 thousand | +8.8% | |
| 600 thousand | +7.7% | |
| 596 thousand | +7.4% | |
| 589 thousand | +6.5% | |
| 581 thousand | +7.8% | |
| 578 thousand | +5.3% | |
| 577 thousand | +3.6% | |
| 572 thousand | +3.2% | |
| 569 thousand | +2.3% | |
| 566 thousand | +0.9% | |
| 565 thousand | +0.7% | |
| 561 thousand | −1.4% | |
| 559 thousand | −3.5% | |
| 557 thousand | −6.4% | |
| 555 thousand | −10.3% | |
| 553 thousand | −18.4% | |
| 539 thousand | −21.2% | |
| 549 thousand | −19.1% | |
| 557 thousand | −19.6% | |
| 554 thousand | −21.4% | |
| 556 thousand | −22.5% | |
| 561 thousand | −21.8% | |
| 561 thousand | −22.0% | |
| 569 thousand | −21.8% | |
| 579 thousand | −21.1% | |
| 595 thousand | −19.4% | |
| 619 thousand | −16.2% | |
| 678 thousand | −8.6% | |
| 684 thousand | −7.9% | |
| 679 thousand | −8.9% | |
| 693 thousand | −6.7% | |
| 705 thousand | −4.0% | |
| 717 thousand | −3.2% | |
| 717 thousand | −2.8% | |
| 719 thousand | −2.4% | |
| 728 thousand | −0.3% | |
| 734 thousand | +0.5% | |
| 738 thousand | +1.7% | |
| 739 thousand | +2.4% | |
| 742 thousand | +3.9% | |
| 743 thousand | +5.1% | |
| 745 thousand | +6.7% | |
| 743 thousand | +7.1% | |
| 734 thousand | +6.2% | |
| 741 thousand | +8.0% | |
| 738 thousand | +7.7% | |
| 737 thousand | +7.9% | |
| 730 thousand | +7.4% | |
| 730 thousand | +7.8% | |
| 726 thousand | +7.7% | |
| 722 thousand | +7.9% | |
| 714 thousand | +8.2% | |
| 707 thousand | +7.8% | |
| 698 thousand | +7.9% | |
| 694 thousand | +7.3% | |
| 691 thousand | +6.8% | |
| 686 thousand | +6.5% | |
| 685 thousand | +6.2% | |
| 683 thousand | +5.6% | |
| 680 thousand | +4.3% | |
| 677 thousand | +3.0% | |
| 674 thousand | +1.0% | |
| 669 thousand | −1.3% | |
| 660 thousand | −4.5% | |
| 656 thousand | −7.6% | |
| 647 thousand | −11.6% | |
| 647 thousand | −13.3% | |
| 647 thousand | −14.3% | |
| 644 thousand | −16.4% |
How does it compare with the industries on the jobs by industry page?Ranked by the change over a year
| Series | Month | Value | Change over a year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 23,959 thousand | +2.2% | 1 | |
| Private education and health | 28,005 thousand | +1.9% | 2 | |
| Utilities | 612 thousand | +1.7% | 3 | |
| Construction | 8,364 thousand | +1.3% | 4 | |
| Durable goods | 7,898 thousand | +1.1% | 5 | |
| Professional, scientific, technical | 10,844 thousand | +0.8% | 6 | |
| Accommodation and food services | 14,310 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Goods-producing | 21,623 thousand | +0.7% | 7 | |
| Other services | 6,039 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Professional and business services | 22,482 thousand | +0.6% | 9 | |
| Administrative, support, waste | 9,019 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Private service-providing | 114,094 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Total private | 135,717 thousand | +0.5% | 11 | |
| Leisure and hospitality | 16,969 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Wholesale trade | 6,078 thousand | +0.4% | 14 | |
| Local government | 15,173 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Manufacturing | 12,652 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Mining and logging (this page) | 607 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Service-providing | 137,421 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Total nonfarm | 159,044 thousand | +0.3% | 16 | |
| Retail trade | 15,480 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Trade, transportation, utilities | 28,778 thousand | +0.2% | 21 | |
| Mining, oil and gas extraction | 567 thousand | +0.1% | 23 | |
| Private education | 4,046 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Transportation and warehousing | 6,609 thousand | −0.1% | 24 | |
| Management of companies | 2,620 thousand | −0.3% | 26 | |
| State government | 5,472 thousand | −0.5% | 27 | |
| Real estate, rental, leasing | 2,438 thousand | −0.6% | 28 | |
| Government | 23,327 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Nondurable goods | 4,754 thousand | −0.9% | 29 | |
| Financial activities | 9,082 thousand | −1.2% | 31 | |
| Finance and insurance | 6,645 thousand | −1.4% | 32 | |
| Arts, entertainment, recreation | 2,659 thousand | −1.6% | 33 | |
| Information | 2,739 thousand | −4.2% | 34 | |
| Federal government | 2,682 thousand | −8.0% | 35 |
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How many job openings, hires, quits and layoffs were there in mining and logging?Newest month of each measure
| Measure | Month | Count | Rate | Change over a year | Where the count stands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Job openings (preliminary) | 25 thousand | 4.0% | +19.0% | the highest since May 2026 | |
| Hires (preliminary) | 24 thousand | 3.9% | +14.3% | the highest since August 2023 | |
| Quits (preliminary) | 14 thousand | 2.3% | +7.7% | the lowest since June 2026 | |
| Layoffs and discharges (preliminary) | 6 thousand | 1.0% | −33.3% | the lowest since April 2026 |
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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite
What this number cannot tell you
- BLS counts jobs, not people: a person with two jobs on two payrolls is counted twice. Farm jobs, the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers and members of the military are not counted.
- The count comes from a survey of employers, so each month's value carries sampling error. BLS revises each month twice in the two months after it is first published, and each February it benchmarks the series to a full count of jobs from unemployment insurance tax records and revises earlier values, so past values on this page can change.
- BLS publishes this series from 1939.
- The job openings, hires, quits and layoffs come from JOLTS, a separate survey of employers that BLS holds from December 2000 and publishes about a month after the payroll counts, so its newest month can be an earlier month than the count of jobs.
- The changes, the ranks and the highest and lowest values are ours, worked out from the values BLS publishes; a change is in percent.
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How to cite this
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, Mining and logging, seasonally adjusted, through September 2026, with U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, through August 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "How many jobs are there in mining and logging?", https://500metrics.com/jobs-by-industry/mining-and-logging.
Can the data be downloaded?jobs-by-industry-mining-and-logging.csv
Download the full history as CSV: 1,053 rows, to , 17,584 bytes.
Our text and compilation: CC BY 4.0.
Recession dates from the National Bureau of Economic Research.
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