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Figure 2-7. Number of Workers Employed in Natural Resources and Mining Sector by Occupation, 2014

Thursday, August 25, 2016

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Occupation Occupa-tional Code Total Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction
11 21
Number employed Percent Number employed Percent Number employed Percent
All occupations 00-0000 1,233,980   409,720   824,260  
Non-transportation occupations ... 1,079,940 90.1% 368,960 90.1% 710,980 86.3%
Transportation and material moving occupations 53-0000 154,040 12.5% 40,760 9.9% 113,280 13.7%
Transportation workers   68,680 5.6% 16,290 4.0% 52,390 6.4%
Material moving workers 53-7000 85,360 6.9% 24,470 6.0% 60,890 7.4%

NOTE: Total for transportation occupations includes supervisors of material moving workers, which could not be separated from supervisors of transportation workers.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages, available at http://www.bls.gov/oes as of Nov. 23, 2015