Statistic
~92%
Men are about 92% of US workplace deaths
In the 2024 US Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, men were roughly 92% of the 5,070 workplace deaths, while women were 8.1% (413), confirming that men do almost all the dying on the job.
This figure comes from our fact-check: Do men do almost all the dangerous jobs?
The number
The US Bureau of Labor Statistics runs a full census of workplace deaths, not a sample. In 2024 it counted 5,070 fatal work injuries; women were 8.1 percent of them (413 deaths), which puts men at roughly 91.9 percent — about 4,657 deaths, or close to 92% of everyone killed on the job. [1]
What it does and doesn't establish
The headline number is accurate and stable year after year: men really do make up almost all US workplace fatalities. What the figure does not settle is why — how much of the pattern reflects free choice versus long-standing occupational segregation — or what it proves about which sex has it worse, questions the statistic alone cannot answer. Full context: Do men do almost all the dangerous jobs?
Sources
1 source · all archived at publication
- [1]Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary, 2024 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2026-02-19 archived ↗
Evidence last checked: 2026-07-28
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The Fieldnote Desk. (2026). Men are about 92% of US workplace deaths. manospherecult.com. https://manospherecult.com/research/statistics/workplace-fatalities-men
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