Highest-paying Cities for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators

The top 100 highest paying cities for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $95,000, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is the highest paying city for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators. It is followed by Modesto, California (average annual salary $92,210). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$95,000	$65,040	50
2	Modesto, California	$92,210	$36,240	70
3	New Haven, Connecticut	$89,210	$46,550	50
4	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$87,660	$48,140	30
5	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$87,510	$79,020	n/a
6	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$86,900	$53,350	50
7	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$85,230	$35,190	80
8	Chico, California	$82,410	$34,490	40
9	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$80,450	$31,790	210
10	Anchorage, Alaska	$79,200	$50,030	80
11	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$77,500	$41,660	870
12	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$76,620	$53,540	90
13	Redding, California	$74,910	$43,270	n/a
14	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$74,710	$66,510	350
15	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$73,670	$55,210	220
16	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$73,120	$54,620	530
17	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$73,000	$38,980	2,040
18	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$72,210	$45,840	80
19	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$71,900	$27,080	50
20	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$70,540	$53,380	160
21	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$69,750	$43,800	210
22	Appleton, Wisconsin	$68,990	$35,710	70
23	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$68,000	$41,070	60
24	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$67,990	$39,470	60
25	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$67,690	$52,000	190
26	Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$67,540	$45,770	50
27	Salinas, California	$65,380	$39,150	60
28	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$64,860	$32,700	290
29	Central Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$64,010	$52,160	130
30	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$63,440	$43,520	200
31	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$63,350	$45,010	60
32	Duluth, Wisconsin	$63,340	$35,600	60
33	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$62,820	$46,740	50
34	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$62,100	$32,350	160
35	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$62,100	$54,400	60
36	Racine, Wisconsin	$61,670	$50,050	n/a
37	Camden, New Jersey	$61,670	$42,490	110
38	Bismarck, North Dakota	$61,300	$44,290	50
39	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$60,740	$34,750	180
40	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$60,530	$52,340	110
41	Peoria, Illinois	$60,530	$44,210	60
42	Worcester, Massachusetts	$60,020	$29,260	70
43	Gary, Indiana	$59,670	$27,080	130
44	Fresno, California	$59,580	$30,810	30
45	Boulder, Colorado	$59,450	$34,910	60
46	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$59,140	$35,060	80
47	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$58,530	$34,250	140
48	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$58,500	$37,560	270
49	Fairbanks, Alaska	$58,170	$26,370	40
50	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$58,020	$41,980	650
51	Wheeling, West Virginia	$57,260	$38,750	60
52	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$57,250	$34,350	30
53	St Cloud, Minnesota	$57,180	$40,640	50
54	Akron, Ohio	$57,050	$40,570	30
55	Danbury, Connecticut	$56,910	$45,280	30
56	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$56,670	$44,750	30
57	Framingham, Massachusetts	$56,630	$28,000	40
58	West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$56,540	$33,690	30
59	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$56,230	$31,860	240
60	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$56,190	$37,820	60
61	Stockton, California	$56,160	$44,170	40
62	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$56,120	$37,200	60
63	Augusta-Richmond County, South Carolina	$55,880	$29,950	230
64	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$55,810	$24,300	540
65	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$55,760	$40,810	60
66	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$55,700	$41,180	60
67	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$55,700	$34,540	250
68	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$55,610	$24,050	300
69	Dubuque, Iowa	$55,400	$49,190	50
70	West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$54,970	$24,110	n/a
71	St Louis, Missouri	$54,850	$34,660	400
72	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$54,810	$41,480	90
73	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$54,590	$38,110	150
74	Terre Haute, Indiana	$54,500	$25,650	30
75	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$54,440	$37,810	290
76	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$54,310	$31,350	90
77	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$54,280	$45,470	n/a
78	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$54,230	$39,720	330
79	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$54,070	$32,930	50
80	Bellingham, Washington	$54,050	$40,050	40
81	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$54,050	$33,370	40
82	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$53,780	$28,910	380
83	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$53,750	$37,510	120
84	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$53,720	$42,260	110
85	Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$53,680	$34,080	190
86	North Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$53,640	$35,310	50
87	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$53,580	$37,300	60
88	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$53,540	$33,970	n/a
89	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$53,410	$41,230	290
90	Merced, California	$53,260	$33,080	40
91	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$53,080	$29,100	40
92	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$52,990	$32,970	250
93	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$52,980	$28,680	90
94	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$52,880	$26,690	300
95	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$52,860	$39,530	120
96	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$52,740	$39,470	970
97	Western Central Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$52,670	$41,440	50
98	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$52,620	$36,470	120
99	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$52,500	$33,210	40
100	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$52,260	$37,180	40

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