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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 February 2026, at 206,800 jobs. Rhode Island had the lowest, at 200 jobs. The median was 5,900 jobs and the figure for the United States was 601,000 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Highest206,800Texas
Lowest200Rhode Island
Median5,90047 states
United States601,000History

Map of states, February 2026

Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlaska: 13,900 jobsArizona: 16,600 jobsArkansas: 4,800 jobsCalifornia: 18,300 jobsColorado: 20,400 jobsConnecticut: 400 jobsGeorgia: 9,400 jobsIdaho: 4,500 jobsIllinois: 7,000 jobsIndiana: 5,200 jobsIowa: 2,400 jobsKansas: 5,900 jobsKentucky: 6,700 jobsLouisiana: 27,900 jobsMaine: 1,900 jobsMaryland: 1,500 jobsMassachusetts: 1,100 jobsMichigan: 7,300 jobsMinnesota: 6,400 jobsMississippi: 5,700 jobsMissouri: 4,500 jobsMontana: 5,700 jobsNebraska: 900 jobsNevada: 14,800 jobsNew Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Mexico: 25,500 jobsNew York: 5,300 jobsNorth Carolina: 6,300 jobsNorth Dakota: 17,200 jobsOhio: 9,300 jobsOklahoma: 28,000 jobsOregon: 5,900 jobsPennsylvania: 21,300 jobsRhode Island: 200 jobsSouth Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Dakota: 1,300 jobsTennessee: 4,400 jobsTexas: 206,800 jobsUtah: 10,800 jobsVermont: 800 jobsVirginia: 6,700 jobsWashington: 5,100 jobsWest Virginia: 20,400 jobsWisconsin: 4,200 jobsWyoming: 15,300 jobs
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jobs, February 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, February 2026

Texas: 206,800 jobsTexas206,800Oklahoma: 28,000 jobsOklahoma28,000Louisiana: 27,900 jobsLouisiana27,900New Mexico: 25,500 jobsNew Mexico25,500Pennsylvania: 21,300 jobsPennsylvania21,300Colorado: 20,400 jobsColorado20,400West Virginia: 20,400 jobsWest Virginia20,400California: 18,300 jobsCalifornia18,300North Dakota: 17,200 jobsNorth Dakota17,200Arizona: 16,600 jobsArizona16,600Wyoming: 15,300 jobsWyoming15,300Nevada: 14,800 jobsNevada14,800Alaska: 13,900 jobsAlaska13,900Utah: 10,800 jobsUtah10,800Georgia: 9,400 jobsGeorgia9,400Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlabama9,300Ohio: 9,300 jobsOhio9,300Michigan: 7,300 jobsMichigan7,300Illinois: 7,000 jobsIllinois7,000Kentucky: 6,700 jobsKentucky6,700Virginia: 6,700 jobsVirginia6,700Minnesota: 6,400 jobsMinnesota6,400North Carolina: 6,300 jobsNorth Carolina6,300Kansas: 5,900 jobsKansas5,900Oregon: 5,900 jobsOregon5,900Mississippi: 5,700 jobsMississippi5,700Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700New York: 5,300 jobsNew York5,300Indiana: 5,200 jobsIndiana5,200Washington: 5,100 jobsWashington5,100Arkansas: 4,800 jobsArkansas4,800South Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Carolina4,800Idaho: 4,500 jobsIdaho4,500Missouri: 4,500 jobsMissouri4,500Tennessee: 4,400 jobsTennessee4,400Wisconsin: 4,200 jobsWisconsin4,200Iowa: 2,400 jobsIowa2,400Maine: 1,900 jobsMaine1,900Maryland: 1,500 jobsMaryland1,500New Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Jersey1,500South Dakota: 1,300 jobsSouth Dakota1,300Massachusetts: 1,100 jobsMassachusetts1,100Nebraska: 900 jobsNebraska900New Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Hampshire900Vermont: 800 jobsVermont800Connecticut: 400 jobsConnecticut400Rhode Island: 200 jobsRhode Island200Texas: 206,800 jobsTexas206,800Oklahoma: 28,000 jobsOklahoma28,000Louisiana: 27,900 jobsLouisiana27,900New Mexico: 25,500 jobsNew Mexico25,500Pennsylvania: 21,300 jobsPennsylvania21,300Colorado: 20,400 jobsColorado20,400West Virginia: 20,400 jobsWest Virginia20,400California: 18,300 jobsCalifornia18,300North Dakota: 17,200 jobsNorth Dakota17,200Arizona: 16,600 jobsArizona16,600Wyoming: 15,300 jobsWyoming15,300Nevada: 14,800 jobsNevada14,800Alaska: 13,900 jobsAlaska13,900Utah: 10,800 jobsUtah10,800Georgia: 9,400 jobsGeorgia9,400Alabama: 9,300 jobsAlabama9,300Ohio: 9,300 jobsOhio9,300Michigan: 7,300 jobsMichigan7,300Illinois: 7,000 jobsIllinois7,000Kentucky: 6,700 jobsKentucky6,700Virginia: 6,700 jobsVirginia6,700Minnesota: 6,400 jobsMinnesota6,400North Carolina: 6,300 jobsNorth Carolina6,300Kansas: 5,900 jobsKansas5,900Oregon: 5,900 jobsOregon5,900Mississippi: 5,700 jobsMississippi5,700Montana: 5,700 jobsMontana5,700New York: 5,300 jobsNew York5,300Indiana: 5,200 jobsIndiana5,200Washington: 5,100 jobsWashington5,100Arkansas: 4,800 jobsArkansas4,800South Carolina: 4,800 jobsSouth Carolina4,800Idaho: 4,500 jobsIdaho4,500Missouri: 4,500 jobsMissouri4,500Tennessee: 4,400 jobsTennessee4,400Wisconsin: 4,200 jobsWisconsin4,200Iowa: 2,400 jobsIowa2,400Maine: 1,900 jobsMaine1,900Maryland: 1,500 jobsMaryland1,500New Jersey: 1,500 jobsNew Jersey1,500South Dakota: 1,300 jobsSouth Dakota1,300Massachusetts: 1,100 jobsMassachusetts1,100Nebraska: 900 jobsNebraska900New Hampshire: 900 jobsNew Hampshire900Vermont: 800 jobsVermont800Connecticut: 400 jobsConnecticut400Rhode 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

RankStatesFebruary 2026
jobs		Change on February 2025
1Texas206,800-3.7%
2Oklahoma28,000-2.4%
3Louisiana27,900-2.1%
4New Mexico25,500+4.1%
5Pennsylvania21,300+2.4%
6Colorado20,400-5.1%
6West Virginia20,400-1.9%
8California18,3000%
9North Dakota17,200-4.4%
10Arizona16,600+7.1%
11Wyoming15,300-3.2%
12Nevada14,800+2.1%
13Alaska13,900+5.3%
14Utah10,800-5.3%
15Georgia9,400-2.1%
16Alabama9,300-2.1%
16Ohio9,300+4.5%
18Michigan7,300+4.3%
19Illinois7,000+1.4%
20Kentucky6,700-8.2%
20Virginia6,700-4.3%
22Minnesota6,400-3%
23North Carolina6,300+3.3%
24Kansas5,900-3.3%
24Oregon5,900-1.7%
26Mississippi5,7000%
26Montana5,700-1.7%
28New York5,300-3.6%
29Indiana5,2000%
30Washington5,1000%
31Arkansas4,800-2%
31South Carolina4,800+2.1%
33Idaho4,500+4.7%
33Missouri4,5000%
35Tennessee4,4000%
36Wisconsin4,200+5%
37Iowa2,400+9.1%
38Maine1,900-5%
39Maryland1,5000%
39New Jersey1,5000%
41South Dakota1,300+18.2%
42Massachusetts1,100+10%
43Nebraska900-10%
43New Hampshire900+12.5%
45Vermont8000%
46Connecticut400-20%
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, 2026-02) [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, 2026-02. 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=2026-02. 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, 2026-02. 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=2026-02.

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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, 2026-02 [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=2026-02 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which state has the highest mining and logging payroll employment?

Texas, with 206,800 jobs in February 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 February 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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