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US states by mining and logging payroll employment

Texas had the highest mining and logging payroll employment of 47 states in October 2025, at 209,200 jobs. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 200 jobs. The median was 6,000 jobs and the figure for the United States was 606,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest209,200Texas
Lowest200Rhode Island
Median6,00047 states
United States606,000History

Map of states, October 2025

Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlaska: 13,500 jobsArizona: 16,000 jobsArkansas: 4,800 jobsCalifornia: 18,500 jobsColorado: 20,300 jobsConnecticut: 500 jobsGeorgia: 9,400 jobsIdaho: 4,600 jobsIllinois: 7,000 jobsIndiana: 5,300 jobsIowa: 2,200 jobsKansas: 5,800 jobsKentucky: 7,000 jobsLouisiana: 28,400 jobsMaine: 1,900 jobsMaryland: 1,500 jobsMassachusetts: 1,100 jobsMichigan: 7,200 jobsMinnesota: 6,200 jobsMississippi: 5,600 jobsMissouri: 4,500 jobsMontana: 5,700 jobsNebraska: 1,000 jobsNevada: 14,800 jobsNew Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Mexico: 25,600 jobsNew York: 5,500 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,200 jobsNorth Dakota: 16,800 jobsOhio: 9,100 jobsOklahoma: 28,300 jobsOregon: 6,000 jobsPennsylvania: 21,500 jobsRhode Island: 200 jobsSouth Carolina: 4,700 jobsSouth Dakota: 1,200 jobsTennessee: 4,300 jobsTexas: 209,200 jobsUtah: 11,100 jobsVermont: 900 jobsVirginia: 6,800 jobsWashington: 5,000 jobsWest Virginia: 20,100 jobsWisconsin: 4,100 jobsWyoming: 15,000 jobs
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jobs, October 2025. 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, October 2025

Texas: 209,200 jobsTexas209,200Louisiana: 28,400 jobsLouisiana28,400Oklahoma: 28,300 jobsOklahoma28,300New Mexico: 25,600 jobsNew Mexico25,600Pennsylvania: 21,500 jobsPennsylvania21,500Colorado: 20,300 jobsColorado20,300West Virginia: 20,100 jobsWest Virginia20,100California: 18,500 jobsCalifornia18,500North Dakota: 16,800 jobsNorth Dakota16,800Arizona: 16,000 jobsArizona16,000Wyoming: 15,000 jobsWyoming15,000Nevada: 14,800 jobsNevada14,800Alaska: 13,500 jobsAlaska13,500Utah: 11,100 jobsUtah11,100Georgia: 9,400 jobsGeorgia9,400Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlabama9,300Ohio: 9,100 jobsOhio9,100Michigan: 7,200 jobsMichigan7,200Illinois: 7,000 jobsIllinois7,000Kentucky: 7,000 jobsKentucky7,000Virginia: 6,800 jobsVirginia6,800Minnesota: 6,200 jobsMinnesota6,200North Carolina: 6,200 jobsNorth Carolina6,200Oregon: 6,000 jobsOregon6,000Kansas: 5,800 jobsKansas5,800Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Mississippi: 5,600 jobsMississippi5,600New York: 5,500 jobsNew York5,500Indiana: 5,300 jobsIndiana5,300Washington: 5,000 jobsWashington5,000Arkansas: 4,800 jobsArkansas4,800South Carolina: 4,700 jobsSouth Carolina4,700Idaho: 4,600 jobsIdaho4,600Missouri: 4,500 jobsMissouri4,500Tennessee: 4,300 jobsTennessee4,300Wisconsin: 4,100 jobsWisconsin4,100Iowa: 2,200 jobsIowa2,200Maine: 1,900 jobsMaine1,900Maryland: 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: 209,200 jobsTexas209,200Louisiana: 28,400 jobsLouisiana28,400Oklahoma: 28,300 jobsOklahoma28,300New Mexico: 25,600 jobsNew Mexico25,600Pennsylvania: 21,500 jobsPennsylvania21,500Colorado: 20,300 jobsColorado20,300West Virginia: 20,100 jobsWest Virginia20,100California: 18,500 jobsCalifornia18,500North Dakota: 16,800 jobsNorth Dakota16,800Arizona: 16,000 jobsArizona16,000Wyoming: 15,000 jobsWyoming15,000Nevada: 14,800 jobsNevada14,800Alaska: 13,500 jobsAlaska13,500Utah: 11,100 jobsUtah11,100Georgia: 9,400 jobsGeorgia9,400Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlabama9,300Ohio: 9,100 jobsOhio9,100Michigan: 7,200 jobsMichigan7,200Illinois: 7,000 jobsIllinois7,000Kentucky: 7,000 jobsKentucky7,000Virginia: 6,800 jobsVirginia6,800Minnesota: 6,200 jobsMinnesota6,200North Carolina: 6,200 jobsNorth Carolina6,200Oregon: 6,000 jobsOregon6,000Kansas: 5,800 jobsKansas5,800Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700Mississippi: 5,600 jobsMississippi5,600New York: 5,500 jobsNew York5,500Indiana: 5,300 jobsIndiana5,300Washington: 5,000 jobsWashington5,000Arkansas: 4,800 jobsArkansas4,800South Carolina: 4,700 jobsSouth Carolina4,700Idaho: 4,600 jobsIdaho4,600Missouri: 4,500 jobsMissouri4,500Tennessee: 4,300 jobsTennessee4,300Wisconsin: 4,100 jobsWisconsin4,100Iowa: 2,200 jobsIowa2,200Maine: 1,900 jobsMaine1,900Maryland: 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

RankStatesOctober 2025
jobs		Change on October 2024
1Texas209,200-4%
2Louisiana28,400-1.7%
3Oklahoma28,300-4.4%
4New Mexico25,600+6.7%
5Pennsylvania21,500+3.4%
6Colorado20,300-6.5%
7West Virginia20,100-5.2%
8California18,500-2.1%
9North Dakota16,800-8.2%
10Arizona16,000+5.3%
11Wyoming15,000-6.3%
12Nevada14,800+0.7%
13Alaska13,500+5.5%
14Utah11,100-2.6%
15Georgia9,4000%
16Alabama9,300-1.1%
17Ohio9,100+1.1%
18Michigan7,200+1.4%
19Illinois7,0000%
19Kentucky7,000-9.1%
21Virginia6,800-6.8%
22Minnesota6,200-4.6%
22North Carolina6,200+1.6%
24Oregon6,000-1.6%
25Kansas5,800-6.5%
26Montana5,700-9.5%
27Mississippi5,600-3.4%
28New York5,5000%
29Indiana5,300+1.9%
30Washington5,000-2%
31Arkansas4,800-4%
32South Carolina4,700+2.2%
33Idaho4,600+7%
34Missouri4,500+2.3%
35Tennessee4,300-4.4%
36Wisconsin4,100+2.5%
37Iowa2,2000%
38Maine1,900-5%
39Maryland1,500-6.3%
39New Jersey1,5000%
41South Dakota1,200-7.7%
42Massachusetts1,1000%
43Nebraska1,0000%
44New Hampshire9000%
44Vermont900+12.5%
46Connecticut5000%
47Rhode Island2000%

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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, 2025-10) [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, 2025-10. 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?period=2025-10. 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, 2025-10. 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?period=2025-10.

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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, 2025-10 [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?period=2025-10 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest mining and logging payroll employment?

Texas, with 209,200 jobs in October 2025, 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 October 2025.

Where does this ranking come from?

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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