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Employment Numbers
US: Specific Job Functions & Total Count
BLS Data: Part 1 (Natural Resources)
Occupation | Total Employment | RSE | Description | Source |
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | 22,640 | 2.6% | Directly supervise and coordinate the activities | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes451011.htm |
Agricultural Inspectors | 13,450 | 3.0% | Inspect agricultural commodities, processing equipment, and facilities, and fish and logging operations, to ensure compliance with regulations and laws governing health, quality, and safety. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes452011.htm |
Agricultural Equipment Operators | 29,220 | 4.4% | Drive and control equipment to support agricultural activities such as tilling soil; planting, cultivating, and harvesting crops; feeding and herding livestock; or removing animal waste | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes452091.htm |
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals | 36,820 | 3.3% | Duties may include feeding, watering, herding, grazing, milking, castrating, branding, de-beaking, weighing, catching, and loading animals. May maintain records on animals | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes452093.htm |
Forest and Conservation Workers | 6,490 | 5.6% | Under supervision, perform manual labor necessary to develop, maintain, or protect areas such as forests | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes454011.htm |
Logging Workers: Fallers | 4,820 | 13.3% | Use axes or chainsaws to fell trees using knowledge of tree characteristics and cutting techniques to control direction of fall and minimize tree damage | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes454021.htm |
Logging Workers: Logging Equipment Operators | 25,560 | 3.2% | Drive logging tractor or wheeled vehicle equipped with one or more accessories, such as bulldozer blade, frontal shear, grapple, logging arch, cable winches, hoisting rack, or crane boom, to fell tree | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes454022.htm |
Logging Workers: Log Graders and Scalers | 3,390 | 5.4% | Grade logs or estimate the marketable content or value of logs or pulpwood | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes454023.htm |
Logging Workers: Logging Workers, All Others | 3,850 | 10% | All logging workers not listed separately. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes454029.htm |
The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
BLS Data: Part 2
Occupation | Total Employment | RSE | Description | Source |
Conservation Scientists | 22,020 | 1.9% | Manage, improve, and protect natural resources to maximize their use without damaging the environment | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes191031.htm |
Foresters | 9,360 | 3.9% | Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes191032.htm |
Forest and Conservation Technicians | 30,150 | 1.3% | Provide technical assistance regarding the conservation of soil, water, forests, or related natural resources. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes194071.htm |
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians | 31,860 | 2.8% | Perform laboratory and field tests to monitor the environment and investigate sources of pollution | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes194042.htm |
Sailors and Marine Oilers | 25,570 | 4.0% | Stand watch to look for obstructions in path of vessel, measure water depth, turn wheel on bridge, or use emergency equipment as directed by captain, mate/pilot. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes535011.htm |
Geological and Hydrologic Technicians | 15,580 | 4.6% | Geological and hydrologic technicians support scientists and engineers in exploring, extracting, and monitoring natural resources. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes194045.htm |
Fish and Game Wardens | 7,230 | 0.4% | Patrol assigned area to prevent fish and game law violations. Investigate reports of damage to crops or property by wildlife. Compile biological data. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes333031.htm |
Fishing and Hunting Workers | 32,300 | | Fishing and hunting workers catch and trap various types of animal life. Fishing and hunting workers often work under hazardous conditions that can lead to injuries or fatalities. | https://www.bls.gov/ooh/farming-fishing-and-forestry/fishers-and-related-fishing-workers.htm?view_full |
Fishing | 61,278 | | Persons involved in aqua farming and tradition fishing activities. The average business in the Fishing industry in the US now employs more workers than it did five years ago. | https://www.ibisworld.com/industry-statistics/employment/fishing-united-states/ |
The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
BLS Data: Part 3 (Mining)
Occupation | Total Employment | RSE | Description | Source |
Derrick Operators, | 9,350 | 7.7% | Rig derrick equipment and operate pumps to circulate mud or fluid through drill hole. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475011.htm |
Rotary Drill Operators | 15,650 | 5.9% | Set up or operate a variety of drills to remove underground oil & gas/remove core samples for testing during oil and gas exploration | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475012.htm |
Service Unit Operators | 43,840 | 4.0% | Operate equipment to increase oil flow from producing wells or to remove stuck pipe, casing, tools, or other obstructions from drilling wells | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475013.htm |
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators | 40,240 | 3.0% | Operate or tend machinery at surface mining site, equipped with scoops, shovels, or buckets to excavate and load loose materials. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475022.htm |
Continuous Mining Machine Operators | 14,990 | 4.6% | Operate self-propelled mining machines that rip coal, metal and nonmetal ores, rock, stone, or sand from the mine face and load it onto conveyors, shuttle cars, or trucks in a continuous operation. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475041.htm |
Roof Bolters, Mining | 2,080 | 8.7% | Operate machinery to install roof support bolts in underground mine. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475043.htm |
Loading and Moving Machine Operators | 3,520 | 9.7% | Operate underground loading or moving machine to load or move coal, ore, or rock using shuttle or mine car or conveyors. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475044.htm |
Rock Splitters, Quarry | 4,640 | 8.2% | Separate blocks of rough dimension stone from quarry mass using jackhammers, wedges, or chop saws. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475051.htm |
Roustabouts, Oil and Gas | 44,710 | 3.7% | Assemble or repair oil field equipment using hand and power tools. Perform other tasks as needed. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475071.htm |
Helpers--Extraction Workers | 12,740 | 6.1% | Help extraction craft workers performing duties requiring less skill | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475081.htm |
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas; and Explosives Workers | 22,540 | 3.4% | Operate a variety of drills such as rotary, churn, and pneumatic to tap subsurface water and salt deposits, to remove core samples during mineral exploration or soil testing, and to facilitate the use of explosives in mining or construction. | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475097.htm |
Underground Mining Machine Operators and Extraction Workers, All Other | 12,540 | 6.5% | All other miscellaneous jobs and occupations | https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475098.htm |
The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
US: Estimated Total Workforce Count
Total US Employment in AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING AND HUNTING, AND MINING
Employment in the United States forest products industry as of 2018
US Forestry: Second Source
Global Employment Estimates
Global Forestry Employment (Estimates)
Global Forestry Employment
Global Forestry Employment: Graphic (Millions)
Agricultural Employment
Fishery Employment by Region
Global Fishery Employment
Global Mining Related Employment