Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in El Centro, California

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in El Centro, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in El Centro is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in El Centro, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$48,150
25th Percentile Wage
$48,150
50th Percentile Wage
$55,970
75th Percentile Wage
$61,350
90th Percentile Wage
$74,800

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in El Centro, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,150.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining from 2012 to 2021. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2021
$55,970
-2.88% -2.14%
2020
$57,580
0.71% -
2019
$57,170
- -

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in El Centro with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $55,970 in El Centro is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in El Centro is 52.0 percent (52.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 34.7 percent (34.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$116,490
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$103,480
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$92,030
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$82,250
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$80,330
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$78,780
Yuba City
$61,240
Stockton
$60,030
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$56,520
Bakersfield-Delano
$56,050
El Centro
$55,970
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$55,790
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$49,870
Fresno
$48,060
Visalia-Porterville
$46,520
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$45,950
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$36,550

See also: Top paying jobs in El Centro, California.