Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage data of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater 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 Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$31,220
25th Percentile Wage
$36,190
50th Percentile Wage
$39,340
75th Percentile Wage
$48,460
90th Percentile Wage
$59,570

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $59,570. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,340. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,220.

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
$39,340
3.23% 32.31%
2021
$38,070
21.49% -
2020
$29,890
10.91% -
2019
$26,630
- -

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater with Other Florida Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,340 in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater is 25.0 percent (25.0%) lower than that in the highest paying North Florida nonmetropolitan area and 8.0 percent (8.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Punta Gorda.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
North Florida nonmetropolitan area
$52,450
Port St Lucie
$48,520
Naples-Marco Island
$48,060
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach
$46,290
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota
$45,210
Cape Coral-Fort Myers
$44,680
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford
$44,550
Ocala
$39,980
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater
$39,340
Jacksonville
$39,240
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville
$37,790
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent
$37,500
Lakeland-Winter Haven
$36,390
Punta Gorda
$36,210

See also: Top paying jobs in Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida.