Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining salary

United States, all industries · BLS OEWS 2025

National market range

$48K–$66K

Median

$57,430

25th percentile

$47,890

75th percentile

$65,730

$42K

10th

$48K

25th

$57K

Median

$66K

75th

$82K

90th

By state

State

Median

Range · 25th–75th

vs national

Alabama

$47,770

$40K–$52K

-17%

Alaska

$74,680

$62K–$93K

+30%

Arizona

$60,310

$54K–$76K

+5%

Arkansas

$46,170

$40K–$49K

-20%

California

$74,500

$61K–$99K

+30%

Colorado

$61,020

$57K–$79K

+6%

Connecticut

$65,710

$60K–$80K

+14%

Delaware

$46,900

$38K–$57K

-18%

Florida

$51,990

$45K–$60K

-9%

Georgia

$50,290

$48K–$58K

-12%

Idaho

$58,670

$50K–$64K

+2%

Illinois

$80,600

$58K–$88K

+40%

Indiana

$61,910

$57K–$70K

+8%

Iowa

$59,390

$49K–$62K

+3%

Kansas

$48,950

$46K–$56K

-15%

Kentucky

$47,780

$40K–$58K

-17%

Louisiana

$53,510

$40K–$58K

-7%

Maine

$55,890

$49K–$64K

-3%

Maryland

$57,610

$43K–$69K

Massachusetts

$76,070

$63K–$80K

+32%

Michigan

$59,040

$49K–$64K

+3%

Minnesota

$61,260

$50K–$82K

+7%

Mississippi

$48,490

$39K–$57K

-16%

Missouri

$56,760

$50K–$59K

-1%

Montana

$65,850

$52K–$81K

+15%

Nebraska

$58,370

$48K–$62K

+2%

Nevada

$63,810

$58K–$83K

+11%

New Hampshire

$58,540

$51K–$66K

+2%

New Jersey

$80,310

$62K–$123K

+40%

New Mexico

$76,350

$50K–$76K

+33%

New York

$58,120

$48K–$71K

+1%

North Carolina

$58,620

$49K–$60K

+2%

North Dakota

$90,380

$60K–$120K

+57%

Ohio

$58,240

$49K–$66K

+1%

Oklahoma

$47,100

$46K–$56K

-18%

Oregon

$61,280

$56K–$70K

+7%

Pennsylvania

$52,350

$49K–$58K

-9%

Puerto Rico

$35,870

$31K–$48K

-38%

Rhode Island

$59,590

$46K–$63K

+4%

South Carolina

$52,580

$46K–$59K

-8%

South Dakota

$48,250

$45K–$57K

-16%

Tennessee

$49,500

$46K–$59K

-14%

Texas

$49,000

$44K–$59K

-15%

Utah

$54,330

$49K–$62K

-5%

Vermont

$59,790

$48K–$65K

+4%

Virginia

$59,480

$49K–$67K

+4%

Washington

$64,270

$60K–$78K

+12%

West Virginia

$61,330

$59K–$65K

+7%

Wisconsin

$58,280

$51K–$63K

+1%

Wyoming

$78,230

$70K–$80K

+36%

Source: BLS OEWS, 2025 · Ranges are 25th–75th percentile of reported wages for the occupation code · All workers, regardless of gender.

Women are 4% of construction and extraction occupations nationally, and earn 82¢ for every dollar men earn (U.S. Census ACS 2024; earnings full-time year-round). A market-based target is computed the same way regardless of gender — that’s the point.

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