Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) - Mining Industry Accident, Injuries, Employment,and Production Statistics Historical Data - Table 02. Average Number of EMPLOYEES at Metallic Operations in the United States, by Primary Activity, 1978-2006

Table 02. Average Number of EMPLOYEES at Metallic Operations in the United States,

by Primary Activity, 1978-2007

Year	Underground Mines			Surface Mines
	Underground	Surf at UG	Total	Strip	Dredge	Other	Total
1978	19,697	4,441	24,138	24,705	407	77	25,189
1979	20,935	5,082	26,017	27,079	348	65	27,492
1980	21,333	6,216	27,549	26,705	354	90	27,149
1981	21,665	6,882	28,547	28,572	343	16	28,931
1982	14,701	4,827	19,528	17,016	417	7	17,440
1983¹	9,322	3,348	12,670	12,396	341	-	12,737
1984	9,292	2,476	11,768	11,814	348	-	12,162
1985	8,177	2,084	10,261	10,552	345	-	10,897
1986	7,071	1,844	8,915	9,971	401	-	10,372
1987	6,883	1,902	8,785	11,692	476	-	12,168
1988	7,452	2,022	9,474	13,876	474	-	14,350
1989	7,751	2,172	9,923	15,940	464	-	16,404
1990	7,552	2,313	9,835	17,301	425	-	17,726
1991	6,642	2,011	8,653	16,883	432	-	17,315
1992	6,090	1,991	8,081	17,088	418	-	17,506
1993	5,607	1,637	7,244	16,702	388	82	17,172
1994	5,644	1,417	7,061	15,662	330	670	16,662
1995	6,060	1,500	7,560	16,458	323	728	17,509
1996	6,139	1,435	7,574	17,298	332	595	18,225
1997	6,221	1,378	7,599	16,714	344	545	17,603
1998	5,855	1,203	7,058	14,997	301	273	15,571
1999	5,294	1,193	6,487	13,002	287	229	13,518
2000	4,413	1,015	5,428	12,037	255	243	12,535
2001	4,443	900	5,343	10,679	240	157	11,076
2002	3,886	782	4,668	9,602	209	72	9,883
2003	3,695	791	4,486	9,001	189	50	9,240
2004	3,905	829	4,734	9,807	94	74	9,975
2005	4,128	836	4,964	10,079	96	100	10,275
2006	4,539	903	5,442	11,277	97	172	11,546
2007	5,333	936	6,269	12,440	106	209	12,755

Table 02. Average Number of EMPLOYEES at Metallic Operations in the United States,

by Primary Activity, 1978-2007- continued:

Year	Total Mining	Indp Shops/Yrds	Mills	Total w/o Office	Office	Grand Total
1978	49,327	2,504	29,589	81,420	11,507	92,927
1979	53,509	2,525	33,501	89,535	12,516	102,051
1980	54,698	1,217	33,733	89,648	12,621	102,269
1981	57,478	1,221	37,397	96,096	12,912	109,008
1982	36,968	704	24,352	62,024	9,803	71,827
1983¹	25,407	760	18,916	45,083	6,946	52,029
1984	23,930	942	19,358	44,230	6,017	50,247
1985	21,158	914	16,613	38,685	5,276	43,961
1986	19,287	565	14,500	34,352	4,709	39,061
1987	20,953	551	16,094	37,598	4,780	42,378
1988	23,824	415	17,971	42,210	5,451	47,661
1989	26,327	365	26,460	47,152	6,123	53,275
1990	27,561	391	20,025	47,977	6,028	54,005
1991	25,968	382	20,267	46,617	6,253	52,870
1992	25,587	359	19,297	45,243	6,134	51,377
1993	24,416	356	18,738	43,510	5,545	49,055
1994	23,723	374	17,840	41,937	5,438	47,375
1995	25,069	423	18,013	43,505	5,229	48,734
1996	25,799	340	18,159	44,298	5,473	49,771
1997	25,202	351	17,960	43,513	5,502	49,015
1998	22,629	330	17,065	40,024	5,258	45,282
1999	20,005	293	15,999	36,297	4,733	41,030
2000	17,963	305	15,074	33,342	4,308	37,650
2001	16,419	273	12,810	29,502	3,906	33,408
2002	14,551	261	10,764	25,576	3,361	28,937
2003	13,726	241	10,715	24,682	3,398	28,080
2004	14,709	203	10,293	25,205	3,660	28,865
2005	15,239	227	10,976	26,442	3,953	30,395
2006	16,988	201	11,444	28,633	4,241	32,874
2007	19,024	213	12,280	31,517	4,483	36,000

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