Industry · BLS JOLTS · Jul 2026

Mining and logging

Monthly job openings, hires, quits, and layoffs for Mining and logging - national aggregates from the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey.

22K
Job openings
24K
Hires
2.6%
Quits rate
27th
Of 27 by openings
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Series extract JOLTS-110099 Mining and logging

22K openings · 3.5% rate · 24K hires · Jul 2026

  • OPEN 22K
  • RATE 3.5%
  • RANK 21st
  • HIRE 24K
  • QUIT 2.6%
  • LAY 7K
  • YOY +83.3%
  • PHOTO Government

Photo peer: Government (3.4%)

Government3.4%Wholesale trade3.6%State & local3.3%Information3.3%Mining & logging (this)3.5%
Openings-rate neighbourhood · Jul 2026 (this sector highlighted)

Mining and logging is 21st of 27 supersectors by openings rate; peer pills are ABS(openings_rate) neighbours, not a fixed volume catalog. Read Government →

Thin volume band

Mining and logging sits in the thinnest openings-volume third

Highlighted bar is Mining and logging. It ranks 27th of 27 by openings volume; denser peers sit above on the chart; by openings rate it is 21st of 27. Signature: 21st of 27 by openings rate (3.5%).

1. Private education & healt…1553K2. Health care & social assi…1438K3. Trade, transportation, & …1271K4. Professional & business s…1138K5. Government810K6. Leisure & hospitality783K7. Retail trade731K8. State & local702K9. Accommodation & food serv…673K27. Mining & logging22K
National job openings by NAICS supersector · Jul 2026

Mining and logging sits at 27th of 27 in the full national board; the chart shows the top 9 plus this sector.

Mining and logging openings rose 83.3% year over year

National monthly levels from BLS JOLTS (thousands). Openings and hires are separate series; their gap is not a backlog of unfilled postings.

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Nearest openings-rate peers

ABS(openings_rate) across national industries, not the fixed volume-leader strip.

Nearest quits-rate peers

ABS(quits_rate) nationwide, a second lattice independent of openings-rate peers.

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Data sourced from official public datasets for Mining and logging (21st of 27 by openings rate (3.5%); volume 27th of 27). See our methodology.

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