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Table 03. Average Number of Employees at Bituminous Coal

Mines in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

	Underground Mines			Surface Mines
Year	Underground	Surf at UG	Total	Strip	Auger	Culm Bank	Dredge	Total
1978	127,608	15,834	143,442	72,938	1,059	155	14	74,166
1979	132,512	15,939	148,451	72,181	636	141	37	72,995
1980	126,743	15,424	142,167	69,358	584	158	62	70,162
1981	121,220	15,525	136,745	70,546	793	150	111	71,600
1982	118,247	14,025	132,272	68,560	597	237	100	69,494
1983¹	88,561	9,880	98,441	56,743	446	120	89	57,389
1984	92,231	9,849	102,080	59,476	438	140	83	60,137
1985	87,423	9,476	96,899	55,421	481	104	82	56,088
1986	81,236	9,178	90,414	52,273	382	166	68	52,889
1987	74,134	8,156	82,290	49,265	648	179	82	50,174
1988	70,472	7,806	78,278	46,257	720	209	86	47,272
1989	67,981	7,503	75,484	43,905	699	222	101	44,927
1990	68,851	7,510	76,361	44,266	616	203	93	45,178
1991	62,427	6,934	69,361	40,796	563	171	86	41,616
1992	57,768	6,349	64,117	37,964	754	166	60	38,944
1993	49,525	5,682	55,207	34,633	508	170	41	35,352
1994	51,099	5,171	56,270	35,091	673	167	55	35,986
1995	46,929	4,581	51,510	32,176	665	137	46	33,024
1996	44,256	4,209	48,465	29,664	792	117	53	30,626
1997	42,924	4,059	46,983	29,485	815	123	60	30,483
1998	40,938	3,887	44,825	28,430	839	138	77	29,484
1999	37,114	3,494	40,608	27,078	820	95	79	28,072
2000	34,131	3,222	37,353	24,688	648	138	92	25,566
2001	35,516	3,266	38,782	26,811	717	160	72	27,760
2002	34,278	3,009	37,287	27,064	734	147	56	28,001
2003	32,098	2,706	34,804	25,956	561	149	61	26,727
2004	33,399	2,613	36,012	26,928	624	225	56	27,833
2005	36,611	2,646	39,257	28,579	680	262	37	29,558
2006	38,162	2,844	41,006	30,118	801	271	35	31,225
2007	37,743	2,933	40,676	28,953	779	268	40	30,040

¹Beginning in 1983, only operator data are available at this level of detail.

Table 03. Average Number of Employees at Bituminous Coal

Mines in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2007 – continued:

Year	Total Mining	Indp Shops/Yrds	Prep Plants	Total w/o Office	Office	Grand Total
1978	217,608	3,850	21,142	242,600	9,811	252,411
1979	221,446	3,972	22,136	247,554	10,098	257,652
1980	212,329	3,725	22,801	238,855	10,744	249,599
1981	208,345	3,411	23,302	235,058	11,059	246,117
1982	201,766	3,173	21,690	226,629	11,285	237,914
1983¹	155,839	2,541	16,485	174,865	10,179	185,044
1984	162,217	2,333	17,234	181,784	9,794	191,578
1985	152,987	1,996	16,291	171,274	9,309	180,583
1986	143,303	1,700	15,487	160,490	8,759	169,249
1987	132,464	1,499	14,554	148,517	7,984	156,501
1988	125,550	1,108	14,334	140,992	7,761	148,753
1989	120,411	1,006	14,193	135,610	7,563	143,173
1990	121,539	1,069	14,258	136,866	7,354	144,220
1991	110,977	1,073	13,525	125,575	6,859	132,434
1992	103,061	954	12,727	116,742	6,568	123,310
1993	90,559	850	11,214	102,623	6,355	108,978
1994	92,256	848	11,529	104,633	5,995	110,628
1995	84,534	684	10,403	95,621	5,596	101,217
1996	79,091	531	9,875	89,497	4,971	94,468
1997	77,466	466	9,275	87,207	4,779	91,986
1998	74,309	472	9,005	83,786	4,264	88,050
1999	68,680	439	8,282	77,401	3,787	81,188
2000	62,919	508	7,640	71,067	3,405	74,472
2001	66,542	497	7,940	74,979	3,482	78,461
2002	65,288	456	8,015	73,759	3,345	77,104
2003	61,531	457	7,497	69,485	3,268	72,753
2004	63,845	420	7,746	72,011	3,350	75,361
2005	68,815	412	8,066	77,293	3,507	80,800
2006	72,231	418	8,341	80,990	3,595	84,585
2007	70,716	430	8,166	79,312	3,597	82,909

¹Beginning in 1983, only operator data are available at this level of detail.

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