Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction — Job Openings

NAICS 21 • BLS JOLTS

In Feb 2026, the Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction industry reported 17,000 job openings, 20,000 hires, and 13,000 voluntary quits. Source: BLS JOLTS.

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Monthly JOLTS job openings, hires, separations, quits, and layoffs for Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction (NAICS 21), BLS JOLTS.
Date Openings Hires Separations Quits Layoffs
Feb 2026 17,000 20,000 19,000 13,000 6,000
Jan 2026 29,000 14,000 17,000 12,000 4,000
Dec 2025 21,000 20,000 23,000 16,000 6,000
Nov 2025 18,000 17,000 19,000 14,000 4,000
Oct 2025 19,000 18,000 18,000 12,000 4,000
Sep 2025 22,000 18,000 19,000 11,000 7,000
Aug 2025 21,000 21,000 22,000 13,000 9,000
Jul 2025 12,000 16,000 21,000 14,000 6,000
Jun 2025 25,000 21,000 23,000 13,000 9,000
May 2025 20,000 18,000 20,000 13,000 6,000
Apr 2025 23,000 24,000 21,000 12,000 7,000
Mar 2025 12,000 18,000 24,000 15,000 8,000
Feb 2025 19,000 20,000 20,000 12,000 6,000
Jan 2025 17,000 19,000 19,000 11,000 6,000
Dec 2024 21,000 21,000 23,000 8,000 12,000
Nov 2024 22,000 21,000 19,000 11,000 7,000
Oct 2024 24,000 18,000 20,000 11,000 7,000
Sep 2024 22,000 21,000 18,000 11,000 5,000
Aug 2024 23,000 18,000 18,000 9,000 6,000
Jul 2024 24,000 19,000 17,000 10,000 5,000
Jun 2024 16,000 18,000 20,000 11,000 7,000
May 2024 25,000 19,000 22,000 13,000 7,000
Apr 2024 18,000 14,000 20,000 13,000 5,000
Mar 2024 33,000 19,000 20,000 11,000 7,000
Feb 2024 29,000 21,000 20,000 14,000 5,000
Jan 2024 26,000 21,000 25,000 15,000 9,000
Dec 2023 32,000 17,000 18,000 11,000 5,000
Nov 2023 30,000 19,000 22,000 14,000 7,000
Oct 2023 23,000 21,000 24,000 14,000 7,000
Sep 2023 27,000 22,000 22,000 14,000 8,000
Aug 2023 26,000 26,000 25,000 17,000 7,000
Jul 2023 28,000 26,000 24,000 15,000 7,000
Jun 2023 29,000 26,000 26,000 17,000 8,000
May 2023 32,000 29,000 22,000 15,000 7,000
Apr 2023 35,000 24,000 20,000 11,000 7,000
Mar 2023 31,000 23,000 28,000 16,000 10,000
Feb 2023 35,000 27,000 26,000 18,000 7,000
Jan 2023 37,000 28,000 21,000 14,000 5,000
Dec 2022 34,000 22,000 22,000 16,000 5,000
Nov 2022 40,000 22,000 18,000 11,000 6,000
Oct 2022 46,000 22,000 18,000 13,000 5,000
Sep 2022 34,000 23,000 20,000 13,000 6,000
Aug 2022 23,000 17,000 20,000 13,000 5,000
Jul 2022 36,000 25,000 18,000 12,000 4,000
Jun 2022 39,000 27,000 17,000 13,000 3,000
May 2022 35,000 25,000 21,000 15,000 5,000
Apr 2022 40,000 26,000 17,000 13,000 3,000
Mar 2022 40,000 24,000 19,000 14,000 3,000
Feb 2022 33,000 19,000 16,000 11,000 4,000
Jan 2022 39,000 21,000 20,000 12,000 7,000
Dec 2021 37,000 22,000 18,000 13,000 5,000
Nov 2021 30,000 19,000 17,000 11,000 5,000
Oct 2021 32,000 22,000 19,000 11,000 6,000
Sep 2021 31,000 15,000 14,000 10,000 2,000
Aug 2021 32,000 20,000 17,000 10,000 6,000
Jul 2021 33,000 19,000 16,000 9,000 6,000
Jun 2021 21,000 19,000 15,000 11,000 4,000
May 2021 25,000 20,000 17,000 8,000 7,000
Apr 2021 20,000 21,000 18,000 10,000 7,000
Mar 2021 24,000 26,000 14,000 8,000 5,000
Feb 2021 18,000 12,000 22,000 11,000 9,000
Jan 2021 18,000 13,000 20,000 7,000 10,000
Dec 2020 17,000 22,000 17,000 7,000 9,000
Nov 2020 13,000 17,000 18,000 10,000 7,000
Oct 2020 16,000 16,000 19,000 8,000 9,000
Sep 2020 14,000 18,000 21,000 8,000 9,000
Aug 2020 10,000 13,000 18,000 7,000 10,000
Jul 2020 10,000 18,000 25,000 8,000 15,000
Jun 2020 16,000 8,000 25,000 8,000 15,000
May 2020 11,000 16,000 30,000 7,000 21,000
Apr 2020 9,000 14,000 70,000 6,000 63,000
Mar 2020 11,000 18,000 47,000 9,000 37,000
Feb 2020 25,000 25,000 19,000 11,000 6,000
Jan 2020 16,000 12,000 29,000 16,000 10,000
Dec 2019 15,000 21,000 30,000 12,000 17,000
Nov 2019 20,000 19,000 29,000 14,000 14,000
Oct 2019 22,000 26,000 25,000 12,000 12,000
Sep 2019 28,000 21,000 25,000 12,000 12,000
Aug 2019 30,000 21,000 26,000 14,000 10,000
Jul 2019 35,000 22,000 27,000 14,000 12,000
Jun 2019 28,000 21,000 24,000 13,000 8,000
May 2019 27,000 26,000 27,000 15,000 11,000
Apr 2019 28,000 27,000 31,000 18,000 13,000
Mar 2019 31,000 33,000 36,000 22,000 13,000
Feb 2019 31,000 33,000 36,000 20,000 14,000
Jan 2019 33,000 33,000 30,000 16,000 13,000
Dec 2018 26,000 40,000 34,000 23,000 9,000
Nov 2018 30,000 29,000 33,000 20,000 11,000
Oct 2018 34,000 33,000 31,000 19,000 10,000
Sep 2018 30,000 39,000 38,000 22,000 14,000
Aug 2018 31,000 45,000 35,000 20,000 14,000
Jul 2018 27,000 37,000 36,000 21,000 14,000
Jun 2018 28,000 42,000 37,000 21,000 15,000
May 2018 29,000 41,000 35,000 22,000 11,000
Apr 2018 35,000 39,000 33,000 22,000 10,000
Mar 2018 28,000 35,000 28,000 18,000 8,000
Feb 2018 29,000 34,000 29,000 21,000 7,000
Jan 2018 27,000 33,000 29,000 20,000 8,000
Dec 2017 23,000 30,000 30,000 18,000 11,000
Nov 2017 27,000 35,000 28,000 15,000 12,000
Oct 2017 29,000 31,000 31,000 19,000 11,000
Sep 2017 26,000 29,000 25,000 17,000 7,000
Aug 2017 29,000 30,000 24,000 13,000 9,000
Jul 2017 29,000 33,000 29,000 17,000 10,000
Jun 2017 27,000 31,000 27,000 15,000 10,000
May 2017 26,000 38,000 33,000 14,000 16,000
Apr 2017 30,000 29,000 20,000 9,000 9,000
Mar 2017 19,000 26,000 23,000 12,000 8,000
Feb 2017 26,000 33,000 28,000 13,000 11,000
Jan 2017 27,000 29,000 29,000 12,000 12,000
Dec 2016 26,000 26,000 20,000 13,000 2,000
Nov 2016 21,000 32,000 30,000 14,000 10,000
Oct 2016 11,000 28,000 31,000 13,000 12,000
Sep 2016 15,000 28,000 31,000 14,000 11,000
Aug 2016 11,000 27,000 30,000 13,000 14,000
Jul 2016 9,000 22,000 28,000 10,000 10,000
Jun 2016 11,000 22,000 33,000 14,000 15,000
May 2016 11,000 20,000 31,000 12,000 15,000
Apr 2016 12,000 19,000 34,000 12,000 17,000
Mar 2016 11,000 25,000 46,000 14,000 27,000
Feb 2016 12,000 20,000 39,000 13,000 23,000
Jan 2016 12,000 23,000 42,000 20,000 18,000
Dec 2015 18,000 31,000 37,000 15,000 19,000
Nov 2015 17,000 22,000 37,000 16,000 17,000
Oct 2015 16,000 28,000 36,000 15,000 18,000
Sep 2015 18,000 22,000 38,000 15,000 20,000
Aug 2015 14,000 30,000 41,000 16,000 23,000
Jul 2015 19,000 27,000 40,000 16,000 23,000
Jun 2015 18,000 23,000 27,000 14,000 10,000
May 2015 15,000 19,000 44,000 18,000 20,000
Apr 2015 14,000 24,000 41,000 13,000 26,000
Mar 2015 16,000 22,000 38,000 14,000 22,000
Feb 2015 13,000 25,000 36,000 12,000 21,000
Jan 2015 15,000 30,000 37,000 13,000 21,000
Dec 2014 20,000 30,000 32,000 14,000 15,000
Nov 2014 31,000 31,000 32,000 16,000 14,000
Oct 2014 34,000 28,000 31,000 16,000 13,000
Sep 2014 30,000 34,000 30,000 15,000 14,000
Aug 2014 32,000 30,000 28,000 15,000 10,000
Jul 2014 31,000 33,000 27,000 14,000 11,000
Jun 2014 31,000 35,000 29,000 15,000 10,000
May 2014 32,000 35,000 34,000 15,000 17,000
Apr 2014 25,000 39,000 29,000 17,000 8,000
Mar 2014 35,000 36,000 31,000 16,000 13,000
Feb 2014 26,000 32,000 31,000 16,000 9,000
Jan 2014 24,000 30,000 26,000 12,000 10,000
Dec 2013 23,000 31,000 33,000 18,000 13,000
Nov 2013 18,000 25,000 25,000 12,000 11,000
Oct 2013 21,000 31,000 30,000 12,000 16,000
Sep 2013 19,000 30,000 28,000 12,000 14,000
Aug 2013 24,000 27,000 24,000 11,000 10,000
Jul 2013 23,000 31,000 34,000 14,000 17,000
Jun 2013 20,000 33,000 29,000 18,000 10,000
May 2013 19,000 30,000 25,000 14,000 10,000
Apr 2013 20,000 28,000 28,000 13,000 12,000
Mar 2013 16,000 31,000 28,000 17,000 9,000
Feb 2013 28,000 34,000 28,000 13,000 13,000
Jan 2013 18,000 30,000 27,000 12,000 13,000
Dec 2012 17,000 31,000 27,000 13,000 13,000
Nov 2012 17,000 33,000 29,000 13,000 13,000
Oct 2012 13,000 30,000 39,000 23,000 13,000
Sep 2012 15,000 24,000 30,000 15,000 13,000
Aug 2012 18,000 32,000 32,000 16,000 15,000
Jul 2012 14,000 27,000 29,000 18,000 8,000
Jun 2012 19,000 29,000 30,000 14,000 14,000
May 2012 22,000 38,000 32,000 15,000 15,000
Apr 2012 17,000 35,000 30,000 17,000 12,000
Mar 2012 20,000 35,000 30,000 15,000 13,000
Feb 2012 26,000 33,000 27,000 15,000 11,000
Jan 2012 25,000 35,000 29,000 17,000 10,000
Dec 2011 30,000 31,000 26,000 14,000 8,000
Nov 2011 24,000 25,000 21,000 12,000 8,000
Oct 2011 21,000 30,000 24,000 15,000 5,000
Sep 2011 24,000 32,000 24,000 14,000 8,000
Aug 2011 22,000 28,000 22,000 13,000 9,000
Jul 2011 27,000 32,000 19,000 12,000 6,000
Jun 2011 14,000 32,000 21,000 11,000 8,000
May 2011 18,000 30,000 19,000 10,000 7,000
Apr 2011 26,000 35,000 18,000 8,000 8,000
Mar 2011 34,000 27,000 12,000 8,000 3,000
Feb 2011 19,000 22,000 18,000 13,000 3,000
Jan 2011 30,000 16,000 16,000 7,000 8,000
Dec 2010 19,000 21,000 21,000 9,000 9,000
Nov 2010 22,000 24,000 20,000 9,000 10,000
Oct 2010 21,000 24,000 17,000 6,000 8,000
Sep 2010 16,000 23,000 17,000 7,000 9,000
Aug 2010 15,000 29,000 19,000 7,000 8,000
Jul 2010 12,000 24,000 17,000 8,000 7,000
Jun 2010 14,000 21,000 18,000 8,000 7,000
May 2010 17,000 28,000 18,000 7,000 9,000
Apr 2010 17,000 24,000 16,000 7,000 7,000
Mar 2010 12,000 23,000 17,000 8,000 8,000
Feb 2010 13,000 24,000 17,000 8,000 8,000
Jan 2010 8,000 23,000 19,000 8,000 9,000
Dec 2009 6,000 24,000 21,000 6,000 13,000
Nov 2009 7,000 22,000 19,000 6,000 11,000
Oct 2009 7,000 19,000 24,000 6,000 16,000
Sep 2009 7,000 17,000 23,000 5,000 16,000
Aug 2009 4,000 12,000 19,000 6,000 11,000
Jul 2009 3,000 16,000 26,000 4,000 20,000
Jun 2009 5,000 14,000 26,000 6,000 18,000
May 2009 9,000 11,000 31,000 6,000 22,000
Apr 2009 8,000 12,000 28,000 8,000 17,000
Mar 2009 7,000 16,000 37,000 11,000 23,000
Feb 2009 9,000 19,000 31,000 10,000 19,000
Jan 2009 18,000 23,000 31,000 12,000 16,000
Dec 2008 13,000 27,000 31,000 15,000 15,000
Nov 2008 13,000 27,000 30,000 14,000 16,000
Oct 2008 13,000 32,000 35,000 22,000 12,000
Sep 2008 13,000 30,000 27,000 15,000 8,000
Aug 2008 23,000 34,000 24,000 14,000 8,000
Jul 2008 28,000 31,000 27,000 13,000 12,000
Jun 2008 17,000 37,000 30,000 17,000 12,000
May 2008 15,000 30,000 24,000 15,000 8,000
Apr 2008 14,000 32,000 29,000 14,000 11,000
Mar 2008 13,000 30,000 24,000 13,000 8,000
Feb 2008 16,000 32,000 33,000 15,000 15,000
Jan 2008 14,000 38,000 30,000 17,000 9,000
Dec 2007 19,000 30,000 27,000 14,000 8,000
Nov 2007 14,000 32,000 26,000 14,000 10,000
Oct 2007 12,000 23,000 24,000 13,000 9,000
Sep 2007 14,000 29,000 30,000 19,000 8,000
Aug 2007 12,000 29,000 30,000 16,000 12,000
Jul 2007 14,000 30,000 26,000 15,000 9,000
Jun 2007 11,000 30,000 24,000 15,000 8,000
May 2007 15,000 32,000 29,000 19,000 9,000
Apr 2007 15,000 27,000 21,000 13,000 6,000
Mar 2007 18,000 24,000 21,000 13,000 5,000
Feb 2007 12,000 26,000 23,000 13,000 6,000
Jan 2007 15,000 24,000 22,000 11,000 9,000
Dec 2006 17,000 24,000 20,000 12,000 6,000
Nov 2006 17,000 22,000 22,000 11,000 6,000
Oct 2006 18,000 24,000 22,000 12,000 6,000
Sep 2006 17,000 32,000 32,000 16,000 13,000
Aug 2006 18,000 27,000 23,000 14,000 6,000
Jul 2006 13,000 26,000 21,000 11,000 5,000
Jun 2006 20,000 24,000 18,000 8,000 5,000
May 2006 16,000 19,000 19,000 11,000 4,000
Apr 2006 15,000 35,000 20,000 10,000 9,000
Mar 2006 16,000 30,000 24,000 11,000 10,000
Feb 2006 16,000 25,000 19,000 10,000 8,000
Jan 2006 13,000 23,000 17,000 10,000 4,000
Dec 2005 13,000 23,000 19,000 9,000 7,000
Nov 2005 16,000 24,000 22,000 11,000 7,000
Oct 2005 13,000 23,000 19,000 9,000 9,000
Sep 2005 20,000 23,000 18,000 7,000 10,000
Aug 2005 13,000 21,000 15,000 7,000 6,000
Jul 2005 13,000 23,000 20,000 11,000 8,000
Jun 2005 12,000 25,000 20,000 10,000 8,000
May 2005 13,000 22,000 21,000 12,000 5,000
Apr 2005 10,000 25,000 20,000 11,000 7,000
Mar 2005 13,000 27,000 21,000 12,000 8,000
Feb 2005 10,000 23,000 21,000 9,000 6,000
Jan 2005 11,000 28,000 23,000 13,000 7,000
Dec 2004 11,000 22,000 18,000 10,000 6,000
Nov 2004 11,000 25,000 24,000 10,000 10,000
Oct 2004 9,000 23,000 27,000 14,000 9,000
Sep 2004 9,000 25,000 24,000 11,000 9,000
Aug 2004 8,000 21,000 17,000 7,000 7,000
Jul 2004 9,000 21,000 18,000 10,000 6,000
Jun 2004 10,000 20,000 19,000 10,000 6,000
May 2004 9,000 22,000 19,000 7,000 10,000
Apr 2004 10,000 24,000 21,000 10,000 7,000
Mar 2004 9,000 23,000 16,000 7,000 6,000
Feb 2004 6,000 22,000 23,000 10,000 11,000
Jan 2004 9,000 20,000 19,000 6,000 11,000
Dec 2003 9,000 24,000 22,000 8,000 11,000
Nov 2003 6,000 19,000 16,000 9,000 6,000
Oct 2003 7,000 23,000 20,000 8,000 8,000
Sep 2003 8,000 19,000 18,000 7,000 8,000
Aug 2003 6,000 24,000 24,000 8,000 11,000
Jul 2003 10,000 19,000 22,000 10,000 10,000
Jun 2003 8,000 27,000 24,000 7,000 14,000
May 2003 10,000 26,000 22,000 9,000 10,000
Apr 2003 5,000 13,000 18,000 9,000 5,000
Mar 2003 4,000 18,000 23,000 10,000 10,000
Feb 2003 6,000 22,000 25,000 9,000 10,000
Jan 2003 5,000 19,000 20,000 8,000 9,000
Dec 2002 4,000 20,000 18,000 9,000 7,000
Nov 2002 7,000 19,000 19,000 8,000 7,000
Oct 2002 9,000 18,000 18,000 7,000 7,000
Sep 2002 6,000 19,000 19,000 9,000 7,000
Aug 2002 8,000 24,000 23,000 10,000 10,000
Jul 2002 7,000 21,000 28,000 7,000 16,000
Jun 2002 8,000 18,000 20,000 10,000 9,000
May 2002 6,000 17,000 22,000 9,000 9,000
Apr 2002 8,000 16,000 18,000 4,000 12,000
Mar 2002 4,000 17,000 24,000 7,000 12,000
Feb 2002 17,000 19,000 22,000 13,000 8,000
Jan 2002 15,000 21,000 22,000 11,000 8,000
Dec 2001 17,000 19,000 17,000 5,000 10,000
Nov 2001 7,000 23,000 28,000 10,000 15,000
Oct 2001 11,000 23,000 28,000 15,000 11,000
Sep 2001 11,000 23,000 24,000 12,000 10,000
Aug 2001 13,000 23,000 23,000 14,000 9,000
Jul 2001 12,000 27,000 30,000 11,000 11,000
Jun 2001 10,000 32,000 27,000 13,000 12,000
May 2001 15,000 26,000 23,000 11,000 10,000
Apr 2001 18,000 18,000 20,000 11,000 8,000
Mar 2001 18,000 25,000 21,000 10,000 9,000
Feb 2001 8,000 19,000 19,000 8,000 6,000
Jan 2001 12,000 22,000 21,000 11,000 9,000
Dec 2000 8,000 23,000 23,000 9,000 12,000