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US states by mining and logging payroll employment, August 2026

Texas had the highest mining and logging payroll employment of 47 states in August 2026, at 212,400 jobs. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 200 jobs. The median was 6,000 jobs and the figure for the United States was 609,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest212,400Texas
Lowest200Rhode Island
Median6,00047 states
United States609,000History

Map of states, August 2026

Alabama: 9,500 jobsAlaska: 13,900 jobsArizona: 17,100 jobsArkansas: 4,800 jobsCalifornia: 18,100 jobsColorado: 20,000 jobsConnecticut: 500 jobsGeorgia: 9,400 jobsIdaho: 4,500 jobsIllinois: 7,300 jobsIndiana: 5,300 jobsIowa: 2,200 jobsKansas: 6,000 jobsKentucky: 6,900 jobsLouisiana: 27,400 jobsMaine: 1,800 jobsMaryland: 1,500 jobsMassachusetts: 1,100 jobsMichigan: 7,300 jobsMinnesota: 6,600 jobsMississippi: 5,800 jobsMissouri: 4,500 jobsMontana: 5,700 jobsNebraska: 1,000 jobsNevada: 15,100 jobsNew Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Mexico: 26,500 jobsNew York: 5,500 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,100 jobsNorth Dakota: 17,100 jobsOhio: 9,200 jobsOklahoma: 28,400 jobsOregon: 5,800 jobsPennsylvania: 21,700 jobsRhode Island: 200 jobsSouth Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Dakota: 1,200 jobsTennessee: 4,300 jobsTexas: 212,400 jobsUtah: 10,900 jobsVermont: 900 jobsVirginia: 6,500 jobsWashington: 5,100 jobsWest Virginia: 19,400 jobsWisconsin: 4,100 jobsWyoming: 15,400 jobs
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jobs, August 2026. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, mining and logging, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000001000000001). Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

All states, August 2026

Texas: 212,400 jobsTexas212,400Oklahoma: 28,400 jobsOklahoma28,400Louisiana: 27,400 jobsLouisiana27,400New Mexico: 26,500 jobsNew Mexico26,500Pennsylvania: 21,700 jobsPennsylvania21,700Colorado: 20,000 jobsColorado20,000West Virginia: 19,400 jobsWest Virginia19,400California: 18,100 jobsCalifornia18,100Arizona: 17,100 jobsArizona17,100North Dakota: 17,100 jobsNorth Dakota17,100Wyoming: 15,400 jobsWyoming15,400Nevada: 15,100 jobsNevada15,100Alaska: 13,900 jobsAlaska13,900Utah: 10,900 jobsUtah10,900Alabama: 9,500 jobsAlabama9,500Georgia: 9,400 jobsGeorgia9,400Ohio: 9,200 jobsOhio9,200Illinois: 7,300 jobsIllinois7,300Michigan: 7,300 jobsMichigan7,300Kentucky: 6,900 jobsKentucky6,900Minnesota: 6,600 jobsMinnesota6,600Virginia: 6,500 jobsVirginia6,500North Carolina: 6,100 jobsNorth Carolina6,100Kansas: 6,000 jobsKansas6,000Mississippi: 5,800 jobsMississippi5,800Oregon: 5,800 jobsOregon5,800Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700New York: 5,500 jobsNew York5,500Indiana: 5,300 jobsIndiana5,300Washington: 5,100 jobsWashington5,100Arkansas: 4,800 jobsArkansas4,800South Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Carolina4,800Idaho: 4,500 jobsIdaho4,500Missouri: 4,500 jobsMissouri4,500Tennessee: 4,300 jobsTennessee4,300Wisconsin: 4,100 jobsWisconsin4,100Iowa: 2,200 jobsIowa2,200Maine: 1,800 jobsMaine1,800Maryland: 1,500 jobsMaryland1,500New Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Jersey1,500South Dakota: 1,200 jobsSouth Dakota1,200Massachusetts: 1,100 jobsMassachusetts1,100Nebraska: 1,000 jobsNebraska1,000New Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Hampshire900Vermont: 900 jobsVermont900Connecticut: 500 jobsConnecticut500Rhode Island: 200 jobsRhode Island200Texas: 212,400 jobsTexas212,400Oklahoma: 28,400 jobsOklahoma28,400Louisiana: 27,400 jobsLouisiana27,400New Mexico: 26,500 jobsNew Mexico26,500Pennsylvania: 21,700 jobsPennsylvania21,700Colorado: 20,000 jobsColorado20,000West Virginia: 19,400 jobsWest Virginia19,400California: 18,100 jobsCalifornia18,100Arizona: 17,100 jobsArizona17,100North Dakota: 17,100 jobsNorth Dakota17,100Wyoming: 15,400 jobsWyoming15,400Nevada: 15,100 jobsNevada15,100Alaska: 13,900 jobsAlaska13,900Utah: 10,900 jobsUtah10,900Alabama: 9,500 jobsAlabama9,500Georgia: 9,400 jobsGeorgia9,400Ohio: 9,200 jobsOhio9,200Illinois: 7,300 jobsIllinois7,300Michigan: 7,300 jobsMichigan7,300Kentucky: 6,900 jobsKentucky6,900Minnesota: 6,600 jobsMinnesota6,600Virginia: 6,500 jobsVirginia6,500North Carolina: 6,100 jobsNorth Carolina6,100Kansas: 6,000 jobsKansas6,000Mississippi: 5,800 jobsMississippi5,800Oregon: 5,800 jobsOregon5,800Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700New York: 5,500 jobsNew York5,500Indiana: 5,300 jobsIndiana5,300Washington: 5,100 jobsWashington5,100Arkansas: 4,800 jobsArkansas4,800South Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Carolina4,800Idaho: 4,500 jobsIdaho4,500Missouri: 4,500 jobsMissouri4,500Tennessee: 4,300 jobsTennessee4,300Wisconsin: 4,100 jobsWisconsin4,100Iowa: 2,200 jobsIowa2,200Maine: 1,800 jobsMaine1,800Maryland: 1,500 jobsMaryland1,500New Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Jersey1,500South Dakota: 1,200 jobsSouth Dakota1,200Massachusetts: 1,100 jobsMassachusetts1,100Nebraska: 1,000 jobsNebraska1,000New Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Hampshire900Vermont: 900 jobsVermont900Connecticut: 500 jobsConnecticut500Rhode Island: 200 jobsRhode Island200
jobs. Source: BLS, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, mining and logging, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000001000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankStatesAugust 2026
jobs		Change on August 2025
1Texas Provisional212,400+0.9%
2Oklahoma Provisional28,400+0.4%
3Louisiana Provisional27,400-2.8%
4New Mexico Provisional26,500+5.6%
5Pennsylvania Provisional21,700+1.9%
6Colorado Provisional20,000-2.4%
7West Virginia Provisional19,400-4.4%
8California Provisional18,100-1.6%
9Arizona Provisional17,100+8.2%
9North Dakota Provisional17,100+0.6%
11Wyoming Provisional15,4000%
12Nevada Provisional15,100+2.7%
13Alaska Provisional13,900+4.5%
14Utah Provisional10,900-1.8%
15Alabama Provisional9,500+2.2%
16Georgia Provisional9,4000%
17Ohio Provisional9,200+2.2%
18Illinois Provisional7,300+5.8%
18Michigan Provisional7,300+5.8%
20Kentucky Provisional6,9000%
21Minnesota Provisional6,600+10%
22Virginia Provisional6,500-5.8%
23North Carolina Provisional6,100-1.6%
24Kansas Provisional6,000+3.4%
25Mississippi Provisional5,800+1.8%
25Oregon Provisional5,8000%
27Montana Provisional5,700+1.8%
28New York Provisional5,500+1.9%
29Indiana Provisional5,300+1.9%
30Washington Provisional5,100+2%
31Arkansas Provisional4,8000%
31South Carolina Provisional4,800+2.1%
33Idaho Provisional4,500+2.3%
33Missouri Provisional4,500+2.3%
35Tennessee Provisional4,3000%
36Wisconsin Provisional4,100+2.5%
37Iowa Provisional2,2000%
38Maine Provisional1,800-5.3%
39Maryland Provisional1,5000%
39New Jersey Provisional1,5000%
41South Dakota Provisional1,2000%
42Massachusetts Provisional1,100+10%
43Nebraska Provisional1,0000%
44New Hampshire Provisional9000%
44Vermont Provisional900+12.5%
46Connecticut Provisional5000%
47Rhode Island Provisional2000%

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About this ranking

Number of jobs on mining and logging payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers oil and gas extraction, mining, quarrying, support activities for mining, and logging.

One of the eleven CES supersectors that make up nonfarm_payroll_employment. BLS publishes no separate statewide figure for Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida and Hawaii. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the states are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, mining and logging, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000001000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.60.MiningAndLogging.Current. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, mining and logging, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000001000000001) (US states by mining and logging payroll employment, 2026-08) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.60.MiningAndLogging.Current

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Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, mining and logging, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000001000000001), US states by mining and logging payroll employment, 2026-08. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 18 Sept. 2026, https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.60.MiningAndLogging.Current. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mining-logging-jobs/us-states. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, mining and logging, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000001000000001). US states by mining and logging payroll employment, 2026-08. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.60.MiningAndLogging.Current. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/mining-logging-jobs/us-states.

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U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, mining and logging, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000001000000001), US states by mining and logging payroll employment, 2026-08 [Dataset]. Available at: https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/sm/sm.data.60.MiningAndLogging.Current, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/mining-logging-jobs/us-states (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest mining and logging payroll employment?

Texas, with 212,400 jobs in August 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Which state has the lowest mining and logging payroll employment?

Rhode Island, with 200 jobs in August 2026.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics, State and Area: all employees, mining and logging, statewide, seasonally adjusted (SMS, state, 000001000000001). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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