Coquimbo Region Mining Employment (Chile, INE)

## What this measures

The number of people living in the Coquimbo Region, in thousands, whose main job is in mining and quarrying (CAENES section B), from INE's Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, as a rolling three-month average published monthly.

## Why it matters

Coquimbo has large copper mines and many residents who work in mining in other regions. The series shows how many people in the region depend on the industry.

## How to read it

Higher means more mining jobs held by people living in the region. Read it with the region's unemployment rate.

## What it does not say

The survey counts people where they live: many Coquimbo residents work at mines in Antofagasta or Atacama on rotating shifts and are counted here. A small regional sample, so single months can be noise.

## Source

Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE), Chile, Encuesta Nacional de Empleo, "series vigentes" workbook rama.xlsx (https://www.ine.gob.cl/estadisticas/sociales/mercado-laboral/ocupacion-y-desocupacion). Licence: Creative Commons BY-SA 4.0 (https://www.ine.gob.cl/terminos-de-uso-y-licencia-de-datos-abiertos). Attribution: Fuente: INE, Encuesta Nacional de Empleo. Changes made by Palanor: each rolling quarter is dated to its last month (June–August 2026 is dated August 2026) and values are rounded to two decimals; INE's reliability flags are kept with each observation. This is not an INE product, and INE does not endorse Palanor's use of it.