Table 24.  Coal Industry Wages and Employment, 1996

State

Wages

Employmenta

Million 1996 Dollars

Percent of State Total

Number of Jobs

Percent of State Total

West Virginia

1,041 6.53 21,033 3.17
Kentucky 815 2.06 19,372 1.20
Wyoming 258 5.29 4,706 2.20
Pennsylvania 512 0.34 11,214 0.22
Illinois 347 0.20 6,136 0.11
Virginia 290 0.03 7,039 0.02
Alabama 332 0.74 6,552 0.04
Ohio 172 0.12 3,889 0.01
Texas 149 0.65 2,861 <0.01
Montana 49 0.66 933 0.03
 Subtotal 3,965 0.42 83,375 0.03
United States 4,691 0.17 97,649 0.08
aRelative to Form EIA-7A, “Coal Production Report,” which focuses on workers directly involved in the production and preparation of coal, the data presented in this table include coverage of corporate officials, executives, clerical workers, and other office workers. Data from Form EIA-7A indicate that 83,462 miners were employed in the U.S. coal industry in 1996.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, ES-202 Program, “Covered Employment and Wages.”