Mineral Industries -- Employment, Hours, and Earnings, by Industry statistics



Industry and item	Unit	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999


All mining:
All employees....................................................	1,000	927	777	717	713	692	709	689	635	610	601	581	580	596	590	535
Production workers..............................................	1,000	658	545	511	512	493	509	489	448	431	427	424	430	450	448	404
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Number	43.4	42.2	42.4	42.3	43.0	44.1	44.4	43.9	44.3	44.8	44.7	45.3	45.4	43.9	43.8
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Dollars	520	526	532	541	570	603	630	638	647	667	684	708	733	742	746

Coal mining:
All employees....................................................	1,000	187	176	162	151	144	147	136	127	109	112	104	98	96	92	85
Production workers..............................................	1,000	153	144	132	123	116	119	110	103	86	90	84	80	79	75	70
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Number	41.1	40.6	42.0	42.2	43.4	44.0	44.6	44.0	44.4	45.2	44.9	45.8	45.4	44.7	44.8
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Dollars	626	625	662	678	706	735	761	755	767	803	828	858	863	856	864

Oil and gas extraction:
All employees....................................................	1,000	583	450	402	400	381	395	393	353	350	337	320	322	339	339	293
Production workers..............................................	1,000	387	287	261	265	248	261	258	228	228	220	218	227	248	252	214
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Number	44.2	42.6	41.7	41.3	42.0	43.9	44.5	43.8	43.8	44.2	44.2	44.7	45.0	42.7	42.5
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Dollars	489	495	481	489	525	568	602	614	619	625	642	665	704	716	717

Metal mining:
All employees....................................................	1,000	46	41	44	50	56	58	56	53	50	49	51	54	54	49	45
Production workers..............................................	1,000	34	31	33	39	44	46	44	42	40	39	41	42	41	38	37
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Number	40.9	41.1	41.9	42.3	42.8	42.8	43.0	42.9	43.1	43.5	43.8	44.0	44.4	44.5	44.5
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Dollars	547	542	542	560	581	601	639	655	659	699	735	763	791	812	812

Nonmetallic minerals,
except fuels:
All employees....................................................	1,000	110	110	110	112	111	110	105	102	102	104	105	106	108	110	112
Production workers..............................................	1,000	84	83	85	85	85	83	78	76	76	78	80	81	82	83	82
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Number	44.5	44.5	45.4	45.5	45.6	45.3	44.5	44.9	46.1	46.5	46.6	47.1	47.3	46.4	46.3
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Dollars	453	462	481	498	513	525	531	551	585	610	624	648	671	682	700

PERCENT CHANGE FROM
PRIOR YEAR SHOWN

All mining:
All employees....................................................	Percent	(NA)	-16.2	-7.7	-0.6	-2.9	2.5	-2.8	-7.8	-3.9	-1.5	-3.3	-0.2	2.8	-1.0	-9.3
Production workers..............................................	Percent	(NA)	-17.2	-6.2	0.2	-3.7	3.2	-3.9	-8.4	-3.8	-0.9	-0.7	1.4	4.7	-0.4	-9.8
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Percent	(NA)	-2.8	0.5	-0.2	1.7	2.6	0.7	-1.1	0.9	1.1	-0.2	1.3	0.2	-3.3	-0.2
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Percent	(NA)	1.2	1.1	1.7	5.4	5.8	4.5	1.3	1.4	3.1	2.5	3.5	3.5	1.2	0.5

Coal mining:
All employees....................................................	Percent	(NA)	-5.9	-8.0	-6.8	-4.6	2.1	-7.5	-6.6	-14.2	2.8	-7.1	-5.8	-2.0	-4.4	-7.0
Production workers..............................................	Percent	(NA)	-5.9	-8.3	-6.8	-5.7	2.6	-7.6	-6.4	-16.5	4.7	-6.7	-4.8	-1.3	-5.1	-6.7
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Percent	(NA)	-1.2	3.4	0.5	2.8	1.4	1.4	-1.3	0.9	1.8	-0.7	2.0	-0.9	-1.5	0.2
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Percent	(NA)	-0.2	5.9	2.4	4.1	4.1	3.5	-0.8	1.6	4.7	3.1	3.6	0.6	-0.8	0.9

Oil and gas extraction:
All employees....................................................	Percent	(NA)	-22.8	-10.7	-0.5	-4.8	3.7	-0.5	-10.2	-0.8	-3.7	-5.0	0.6	5.3	0.0	-13.6
Production workers..............................................	Percent	(NA)	-25.8	-9.1	1.5	-6.4	5.2	-1.1	-11.6	0.0	-3.5	-0.9	4.1	9.3	1.6	-15.1
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Percent	(NA)	-3.6	-2.1	-1.0	1.7	4.5	1.4	-1.6	0.0	0.9	0.0	1.1	0.7	-5.1	-0.5
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Percent	(NA)	1.2	-2.8	1.7	7.4	8.2	6.0	2.0	0.8	1.0	2.7	3.6	5.9	1.7	0.1

Metal mining:
All employees....................................................	Percent	(NA)	-10.9	7.3	13.6	12.0	3.6	-3.4	-5.4	-5.7	-2.0	4.1	5.9	-0.7	-8.0	-8.1
Production workers..............................................	Percent	(NA)	-8.8	6.5	18.2	12.8	4.5	-4.3	-4.5	-4.8	-2.5	5.1	2.4	-2.4	-7.3	-2.6
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Percent	(NA)	0.5	1.9	1.0	1.2	0.0	0.5	-0.2	0.5	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.9	0.2	0.0
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Percent	(NA)	-0.9	0.0	3.3	3.8	3.4	6.3	2.5	0.6	6.1	5.2	3.8	3.7	2.7	0.0

Nonmetallic minerals,
except fuels:
All employees....................................................	Percent	(NA)	0.0	0.0	1.8	-0.9	-0.9	-4.5	-2.9	0.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.7	1.9	1.8
Production workers..............................................	Percent	(NA)	-1.2	2.4	0.0	0.0	-2.4	-6.0	-2.6	0.0	2.6	2.6	1.3	1.2	1.2	-1.2
Avg. weekly hours..............................................	Percent	(NA)	0.0	2.0	0.2	0.2	-0.7	-1.8	0.9	2.7	0.9	0.2	1.1	0.4	-1.9	-0.2
Avg. weekly earnings.........................................	Percent	(NA)	2.0	4.1	3.5	3.0	2.3	1.1	3.8	6.2	4.3	2.3	3.8	3.5	1.6	2.6

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 2481 and Employment and Earnings, March and June issues.

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* Current Employment Statistics (CES) Survey

The establishment payroll survey, known as the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey, is administered to a monthly sample of nearly 400,000 business establishments nationwide. The primary statistics derived from the survey are monthly estimates of employment, hours, and earnings for the Nation, States, and major metropolitan areas. Preliminary national estimates for a given reference month are typically published on the first Friday of the following month, in conjunction with data derived from a separate survey of households, the Current Population Survey (CPS). The CPS is the source of statistics on the activities of the labor force, including unemployment and the Nation's unemployment rate.

The establishment survey produces nonfarm payroll estimates for: all employees, women workers, production workers, average weekly hours, average hourly earnings (constant dollar and current dollar), average weekly earnings, average overtime, index of aggregate hours and payrolls, and diffusion indexes. All data are available not seasonally adjusted, and some data are available seasonally adjusted.

Employment, except for national Federal Government estimates, is the total number of persons on establishment payrolls employed full or part time who received pay for any part of the pay period which includes the 12th day of the month. Temporary and intermittent employees are included, as are any workers who are on paid sick leave, on paid holiday, or who work during only part of the specified pay period. A striking worker who only works a small portion of the survey period, and is paid, would be included as employed under the CES definitions. Persons on the payroll of more than one establishment are counted in each establishment. Data exclude proprietors, self-employed, unpaid family or volunteer workers, farm workers, and domestic workers. Persons on layoff the entire pay period, on leave without pay, on strike for the entire period or who have not yet reported for work are not counted as employed. Government employment covers only civilian workers.

Federal Government employment represents the number of persons who were employed during the last full pay period of the month. These data are provided by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Federal government statistics are for civilian U.S. workers only. Overseas installations are excluded from the CES survey, as are all military personnel. In addition, the following agencies are excluded: the Central Intelligence Agency, the National Security Agency, and the Defense Intelligence Agency.

National estimates of average weekly hours and average hourly earnings are made for the private sector, with detail for about 500 private industries as well as for overtime hours in manufacturing.

Hours and earnings are derived from reports of gross payrolls and corresponding paid hours for production workers, construction workers, or nonsupervisory workers in the service sector. The payroll for workers covered by the CES survey is reported before deductions of any kind, e.g. for old-age and unemployment insurance, withholding tax, union dues or retirement plans. Included in the payroll reports is pay for overtime, vacations, holidays and sick leave paid directly by the firm. Bonuses, commisions, and other types of non-wage cash payments are excluded unless they are earned and payed regularly (at least once a month). Employee benefits paid by the employer, as well as tips and payments in kind, are excluded.

Total hours during the pay period include all hours worked (including overtime hours), and hours paid for holidays, vacations, and sick leave. Total hours differs from the concept of scheduled hours worked. The average weekly hours reflects effects of numerous factors such as unpaid absenteeism, labor turnover, part-time work, strikes, and fluctuations in work schedules for economic reasons. Overtime hours in manufacturing are collected where overtime premiums were paid if hours were in excess of the number of straight time hours in a workday or workweek.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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