Mining and Quarrying Labourers: Jobs in Demand in Europe (2025)
Mining and Quarrying Labourers is an official occupation group (ISCO-08 code 9311) used by the International Labour Organization and Eurostat.
- Mining labourer
- Quarry labourer
Latest mining and quarrying labourers job ads
Real vacancies from the official public employment services, updated daily. Job titles are translated into English automatically; the full ad opens on the official site in German or Swedish (your browser's translate button turns it into English).
Germany
117 open ads- Helpers - mining, open-cast mining wanted - top salary.
German title: Helfer - Bergbau, Tagebau gesucht - top Gehalt.
Rachensperger R Recruiting & Vermittlung e.U. · Saarbrücken · Posted 2026-05-19 - Bricklayer - Mining
German title: Maurer - Bergbau
ETA Personal GmbH · Ingersleben bei Haldensleben · Posted 2026-10-14 - Assistants at the asphalt mixing plant
German title: Helfer im Asphaltmischwerk
iperdi AHR GmbH - Niederlassung Hamburg · Hamburg · Posted 2026-10-15 - Helpers in stoneworking
German title: Helfer in der Steinbearbeitung
Hans-Josef Jahn GmbH Natursteinvertrieb · Bad Karlshafen · Posted 2026-04-14 - Helper production in Steinfeld!
German title: Helfer Produktion in Steinfeld!
Rasant Personal-Leasing GmbH · Diepholz · Posted 2026-09-08 - Helper in the assembly of assemblies in Berne
German title: Helfer in der Baugruppenmontage in Berne
RASANT Personal-Leasing GmbH · Berne, Kreis Wesermarsch · Posted 2026-06-04
Source: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency). Ads are written by employers; Placeivo does not check them. See all ads in Germany
Where mining and quarrying labourers are needed in Europe
| Country | EURES 2025 | Average gross pay, all workers in elementary occupations (2022) | 1-bed rent in the capital |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hungary | Shortage | €683 a month * | Budapest: €910 |
| Latvia | Shortage | €908 a month | Riga: €870 |
| Slovenia | Shortage | €1,368 a month | Ljubljana: €950 |
| Spain | Shortage | €1,523 a month | Madrid: €1,300 |
| Finland | Shortage and surplus | €2,454 a month * | Helsinki: €1,150 |
| Austria | Surplus | €2,243 a month * | Vienna: €1,250 |
| Greece | Surplus | €1,130 a month * | Athens: €1,150 |
| Romania | Surplus | €720 a month * | Not yet verified |
Pay: Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey 2022, mean gross monthly earnings of all workers in elementary occupations in each country, in euros. This is the average for the whole occupation group, not for mining and quarrying labourers alone, and before tax. * Firms with 10 or more employees only. Rent: Eurostat, good-quality 1-bedroom flat in the capital, 2025.
What mining and quarrying labourers do
Mining and quarrying labourers perform routine tasks in mining and quarrying operations.
Typical tasks
- Assisting miners and quarriers in maintaining machinery, equipment, and mine and quarry installations
- Assembling and dismantling mining equipment
- Removing tunnel supports from disused workings in mines and quarries
- Removing dangerous projections from mine and quarry workings
- Removing waste and serviceable materials and equipment from work areas after extraction activities have been completed, and clearing rock and mineral spills
- Cleaning machinery, equipment, tools, roadways and haulage tracks
- Sorting, loading, unloading, stacking and storing tools, materials and supplies used by other mine workers
Finding mining and quarrying labourers jobs in Europe
- EURES is the official job portal of the EU public employment services. The search above looks for "Mining labourer".
- Some jobs are regulated professions: before you can work, your qualification may need to be recognised in the new country.
- If you are not an EU/EEA citizen you will usually need a work permit or a visa such as the EU Blue Card. Check the rules of the country's immigration authority.
Cost of living where the jobs are
Take-home pay needed to rent a good 1-bedroom flat in the capitals of countries reporting a shortage:
About this data
- Shortage and surplus: European Labour Authority, EURES Report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annex table 21 (published 2026). Each country's public employment service reports which occupations it finds hard to fill or in oversupply. Countries not listed did not report this occupation as either.
- Definition, tasks and job titles: International Labour Organization, ISCO-08 structure and definitions.
- Pay: Eurostat, Structure of Earnings Survey 2022 (earn_ses22_48), by occupation group.
- Job ads: Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Germany) and Arbetsförmedlingen (Sweden), refreshed about once a day.