# Extraction Workers

> SOC minor group 47-5000 within Construction and Extraction Occupations — 14 detailed occupations.

- **SOC minor group:** 47-5000
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/extraction-workers
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap, not jobs lost. Figures below are aggregates over the group's member occupations, each traced to a named public dataset.

## Scale & pay

- **Employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** 212,930.
- **Median wage:** $59,355.
- **Projected growth (BLS 2024–34):** -0.2%.
- **Annual openings:** 20.3.

## AI exposure

- **AI task-overlap (mean across member occupations):** 7th percentile (Low) — Eloundou GPT-overlap + Felten AIOE; task overlap, not automation.

## Member occupations

- Roustabouts, Oil and Gas (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5071-00) — $47,510; 0th percentile overlap
- Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5013-00) — $57,980; 0th percentile overlap
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5022-00) — $52,550; 0th percentile overlap
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5023-00) — $59,600; 0th percentile overlap
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5041-00) — $63,380; 0th percentile overlap
- Rotary Drill Operators, Oil and Gas (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5012-00) — $65,010; 0th percentile overlap
- Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5011-00) — $62,740; 0th percentile overlap
- Helpers--Extraction Workers (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5081-00) — $48,400; 0th percentile overlap
- Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5044-00) — $68,860; 0th percentile overlap
- Extraction Workers, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5099-00) — $50,110
- Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5032-00) — $59,110; 0th percentile overlap
- Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5049-00) — $67,220
- Rock Splitters, Quarry (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5051-00) — $47,460; 0th percentile overlap
- Roof Bolters, Mining (https://singulariki.com/roles/role-47-5043-00) — $76,640; 0th percentile overlap

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T20:31:11.516731+00:00. https://singulariki.com/occupation-groups/extraction-workers_