Occupation / job
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
$57,430
Median annual pay. Half earn less than this.
$27.61
Hourly at a standard 2,080-hour year. We do not yet have unpaid-time or cost data for this, so this is not an adjusted figure.
$47,890–65,730
The middle half. A quarter earn below this range.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, 2025 · view