Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$46,790
25th Percentile Wage
$63,210
50th Percentile Wage
$82,250
75th Percentile Wage
$127,020
90th Percentile Wage
$127,020

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $82,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,790.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth3-Year Growth
2022
$82,250
-15.79% 6.72%
2021
$95,240
20.28% -
2020
$75,930
-1.04% -
2019
$76,720
- -

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $82,250 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 29.4 percent (29.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 55.6 percent (55.6%) 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 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California.