Underground production and development miners in Northeast

The employment outlook will be Limited for underground production and development miners (NOC 83100) in the Northeast region for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Employment growth will lead to a few new positions.
• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

Here are some key facts about underground production and development miners in the Northeast region:

• Approximately 70 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Underground production and development miners mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Mining and quarrying (NAICS 212): more than 95%