Architecture & Engineering

Mining Engineers

SOC 17-2151

Design and oversee the extraction of minerals and resources from the earth.

The job

Median pay

$106k

$85k to $137k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Growing

+3.8% projected

Openings a year

300

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

7/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

64th pct

More exposed than 64% of occupations · modeled estimate · 75th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

56/100

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Key skills

Reading Comprehension
Writing
Speaking
Critical Thinking
Active Listening
Mathematics

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Arizona	690	0.2	5.5×	$102k
Colorado	670	0.2	6.0×	$97k
California	520	0.0	0.7×	$158k
Nevada	470	0.3	7.8×	$108k
West Virginia	440	0.6	16.0×	$98k
Alaska	300	0.9	23.6×	$125k
New Mexico	270	0.3	7.9×	$137k~
Kentucky	230	0.1	2.9×	$103k
Utah	230	0.1	3.4×	$126k
Pennsylvania	212	0.0	0.9×	$87k~

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Wyoming	210	0.7	19.1×	$119k
Illinois	187	0.0	0.8×	$108k~
North Carolina	185	0.0	1.0×	$70k~
Massachusetts	184	0.1	1.3×	$114k~
Washington	182	0.1	1.3×	$120k~
Texas	160	0.0	0.3×	$101k
Georgia	155	0.0	0.8×	$95k~
Virginia	150	0.0	0.9×	$105k
Michigan	140	0.0	0.8×	$97k
Maryland	124	0.0	1.1×	$119k~
New Jersey	113	0.0	0.7×	$110k~
Idaho	110	0.1	3.3×	$124k
Montana	110	0.2	5.5×	$105k
Tennessee	105	0.0	0.8×	$100k~
Alabama	90	0.0	1.1×	$103k
Oklahoma	90	0.1	1.4×	$132k
Oregon	90	0.0	1.2×	$96k
Connecticut	83	0.0	1.3×	$109k~
Louisiana	71	0.0	0.9×	$101k~
Minnesota	70	0.0	0.6×	$92k
Ohio	70	0.0	0.3×	$86k
Indiana	60	0.0	0.5×	$114k
Kansas	60	0.0	1.1×	$91k~
Florida	50	0.0	0.1×	$118k
New York	50	0.0	0.1×	$82k
Iowa	49	0.0	0.8×	$89k~
Missouri	40	0.0	0.3×	$92k~
South Carolina	40	0.0	0.4×	$99k
Wisconsin	40	0.0	0.3×	$96k
Mississippi	33	0.0	0.7×	$87k~
New Hampshire	33	0.0	1.2×	$103k~
Arkansas	31	0.0	0.6×	$83k~
Nebraska	31	0.0	0.8×	$86k~
Washington DC	27	0.0	1.0×	$134k~
Maine	25	0.0	1.0×	$101k~
Hawaii	22	0.0	0.9×	$105k~
Rhode Island	21	0.0	1.1×	$112k~
South Dakota	15	0.0	0.8×	$88k~
North Dakota	14	0.0	0.8×	$91k~
Delaware	13	0.0	0.7×	$107k~
Vermont	13	0.0	1.1×	$95k~

Top metro areas

Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO520 jobs · $93k median
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ250 jobs · $114k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA180 jobs · $144k median
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA160 jobs · $167k median
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT160 jobs · $132k median
Beckley, WV140 jobs · $81k median
Tucson, AZ140 jobs · $106k median
Anchorage, AK80 jobs · $141k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.