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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 January 2026, at 208,000 jobs. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 200 jobs. The median was 6,000 jobs and the figure for the United States was 602,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest208,000Texas
Lowest200Rhode Island
Median6,00047 states
United States602,000History

Map of states, January 2026

Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlaska: 13,800 jobsArizona: 16,500 jobsArkansas: 4,900 jobsCalifornia: 18,300 jobsColorado: 20,200 jobsConnecticut: 500 jobsGeorgia: 9,400 jobsIdaho: 4,500 jobsIllinois: 7,100 jobsIndiana: 5,200 jobsIowa: 2,300 jobsKansas: 5,900 jobsKentucky: 6,700 jobsLouisiana: 28,100 jobsMaine: 1,900 jobsMaryland: 1,500 jobsMassachusetts: 1,000 jobsMichigan: 7,200 jobsMinnesota: 6,300 jobsMississippi: 5,700 jobsMissouri: 4,500 jobsMontana: 5,800 jobsNebraska: 900 jobsNevada: 14,800 jobsNew Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Mexico: 25,500 jobsNew York: 5,400 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,300 jobsNorth Dakota: 17,000 jobsOhio: 9,400 jobsOklahoma: 28,200 jobsOregon: 6,000 jobsPennsylvania: 21,400 jobsRhode Island: 200 jobsSouth Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Dakota: 1,200 jobsTennessee: 4,300 jobsTexas: 208,000 jobsUtah: 10,900 jobsVermont: 900 jobsVirginia: 6,700 jobsWashington: 5,100 jobsWest Virginia: 20,400 jobsWisconsin: 4,100 jobsWyoming: 14,900 jobs
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jobs, January 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, January 2026

Texas: 208,000 jobsTexas208,000Oklahoma: 28,200 jobsOklahoma28,200Louisiana: 28,100 jobsLouisiana28,100New Mexico: 25,500 jobsNew Mexico25,500Pennsylvania: 21,400 jobsPennsylvania21,400West Virginia: 20,400 jobsWest Virginia20,400Colorado: 20,200 jobsColorado20,200California: 18,300 jobsCalifornia18,300North Dakota: 17,000 jobsNorth Dakota17,000Arizona: 16,500 jobsArizona16,500Wyoming: 14,900 jobsWyoming14,900Nevada: 14,800 jobsNevada14,800Alaska: 13,800 jobsAlaska13,800Utah: 10,900 jobsUtah10,900Georgia: 9,400 jobsGeorgia9,400Ohio: 9,400 jobsOhio9,400Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlabama9,300Michigan: 7,200 jobsMichigan7,200Illinois: 7,100 jobsIllinois7,100Kentucky: 6,700 jobsKentucky6,700Virginia: 6,700 jobsVirginia6,700Minnesota: 6,300 jobsMinnesota6,300North Carolina: 6,300 jobsNorth Carolina6,300Oregon: 6,000 jobsOregon6,000Kansas: 5,900 jobsKansas5,900Montana: 5,800 jobsMontana5,800Mississippi: 5,700 jobsMississippi5,700New York: 5,400 jobsNew York5,400Indiana: 5,200 jobsIndiana5,200Washington: 5,100 jobsWashington5,100Arkansas: 4,900 jobsArkansas4,900South Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Carolina4,800Idaho: 4,500 jobsIdaho4,500Missouri: 4,500 jobsMissouri4,500Tennessee: 4,300 jobsTennessee4,300Wisconsin: 4,100 jobsWisconsin4,100Iowa: 2,300 jobsIowa2,300Maine: 1,900 jobsMaine1,900Maryland: 1,500 jobsMaryland1,500New Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Jersey1,500South Dakota: 1,200 jobsSouth Dakota1,200Massachusetts: 1,000 jobsMassachusetts1,000Nebraska: 900 jobsNebraska900New Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Hampshire900Vermont: 900 jobsVermont900Connecticut: 500 jobsConnecticut500Rhode Island: 200 jobsRhode Island200Texas: 208,000 jobsTexas208,000Oklahoma: 28,200 jobsOklahoma28,200Louisiana: 28,100 jobsLouisiana28,100New Mexico: 25,500 jobsNew Mexico25,500Pennsylvania: 21,400 jobsPennsylvania21,400West Virginia: 20,400 jobsWest Virginia20,400Colorado: 20,200 jobsColorado20,200California: 18,300 jobsCalifornia18,300North Dakota: 17,000 jobsNorth Dakota17,000Arizona: 16,500 jobsArizona16,500Wyoming: 14,900 jobsWyoming14,900Nevada: 14,800 jobsNevada14,800Alaska: 13,800 jobsAlaska13,800Utah: 10,900 jobsUtah10,900Georgia: 9,400 jobsGeorgia9,400Ohio: 9,400 jobsOhio9,400Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlabama9,300Michigan: 7,200 jobsMichigan7,200Illinois: 7,100 jobsIllinois7,100Kentucky: 6,700 jobsKentucky6,700Virginia: 6,700 jobsVirginia6,700Minnesota: 6,300 jobsMinnesota6,300North Carolina: 6,300 jobsNorth Carolina6,300Oregon: 6,000 jobsOregon6,000Kansas: 5,900 jobsKansas5,900Montana: 5,800 jobsMontana5,800Mississippi: 5,700 jobsMississippi5,700New York: 5,400 jobsNew York5,400Indiana: 5,200 jobsIndiana5,200Washington: 5,100 jobsWashington5,100Arkansas: 4,900 jobsArkansas4,900South Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Carolina4,800Idaho: 4,500 jobsIdaho4,500Missouri: 4,500 jobsMissouri4,500Tennessee: 4,300 jobsTennessee4,300Wisconsin: 4,100 jobsWisconsin4,100Iowa: 2,300 jobsIowa2,300Maine: 1,900 jobsMaine1,900Maryland: 1,500 jobsMaryland1,500New Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Jersey1,500South Dakota: 1,200 jobsSouth Dakota1,200Massachusetts: 1,000 jobsMassachusetts1,000Nebraska: 900 jobsNebraska900New 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

RankStatesJanuary 2026
jobs		Change on January 2025
1Texas208,000-2.7%
2Oklahoma28,200-2.1%
3Louisiana28,100-1.7%
4New Mexico25,500+4.5%
5Pennsylvania21,400+3.4%
6West Virginia20,400-2.9%
7Colorado20,200-7.3%
8California18,300-1.6%
9North Dakota17,000-5.6%
10Arizona16,500+7.8%
11Wyoming14,900-5.7%
12Nevada14,800+1.4%
13Alaska13,800+5.3%
14Utah10,900-5.2%
15Georgia9,400-2.1%
15Ohio9,400+6.8%
17Alabama9,300-1.1%
18Michigan7,200+1.4%
19Illinois7,100+2.9%
20Kentucky6,700-6.9%
20Virginia6,700-4.3%
22Minnesota6,300-3.1%
22North Carolina6,300+3.3%
24Oregon6,0000%
25Kansas5,900-4.8%
26Montana5,800-3.3%
27Mississippi5,7000%
28New York5,400-1.8%
29Indiana5,2000%
30Washington5,1000%
31Arkansas4,9000%
32South Carolina4,800+2.1%
33Idaho4,500+4.7%
33Missouri4,500+4.7%
35Tennessee4,300-2.3%
36Wisconsin4,1000%
37Iowa2,300+4.5%
38Maine1,900-5%
39Maryland1,5000%
39New Jersey1,500-6.3%
41South Dakota1,200+9.1%
42Massachusetts1,0000%
43Nebraska900-10%
43New Hampshire9000%
43Vermont900+12.5%
46Connecticut500+25%
47Rhode Island200+100%

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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, 2026-01) [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, 2026-01. 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=2026-01. 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, 2026-01. 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=2026-01.

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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, 2026-01 [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=2026-01 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest mining and logging payroll employment?

Texas, with 208,000 jobs in January 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 January 2026.

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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