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Highest-paying Cities for Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining

The top 100 highest paying cities for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining (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, surface mining in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $116,490, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining. It is followed by Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California (average annual salary $103,480). 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, surface mining 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, Surface Mining

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$116,490	$46,110	120
2	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$103,480	$53,290	110
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$94,090	$46,730	960
4	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$92,030	$53,470	n/a
5	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$85,900	$48,730	40
6	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$85,200	$58,580	530
7	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$82,770	$47,110	210
8	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$82,250	$46,790	40
9	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$81,340	$43,200	180
10	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$80,330	$40,020	170

11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$78,780	$49,230	280
12	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$77,220	$50,120	30
13	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$76,590	$52,810	50
14	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$76,420	$64,670	290
15	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$76,070	$49,660	90
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$76,040	$61,130	50
17	Anchorage, Alaska	$75,730	$52,570	40
18	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$75,590	$56,550	50
19	Farmington, New Mexico	$74,640	$41,490	60
20	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$73,750	$48,010	30
21	Monroe, Michigan	$69,880	$51,490	30
22	Charleston, West Virginia	$67,020	$38,540	160
23	Wheeling, West Virginia	$65,030	$45,510	60
24	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$64,870	$51,170	150
25	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$64,530	$53,230	840
26	St Cloud, Minnesota	$64,320	$41,490	50
27	Rochester, Minnesota	$64,130	$44,660	50
28	Racine, Wisconsin	$63,940	$51,330	40
29	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$62,850	$40,380	110
30	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$62,670	$37,030	100
31	Appleton, Wisconsin	$62,550	$43,510	50
32	Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$61,980	$44,840	70
33	Yuba City, California	$61,240	$45,970	30
34	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$60,730	$50,600	40
35	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$60,550	$41,620	30
36	Spokane, Washington	$60,500	$44,260	50
37	Stockton, California	$60,030	$30,280	50
38	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$59,910	$39,100	130
39	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,810	$45,110	390
40	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$59,160	$45,960	350
41	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$59,090	$43,680	490
42	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$58,850	$44,490	80
43	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$58,590	$51,670	n/a
44	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$58,240	$47,100	310
45	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$58,100	$48,510	110
46	Springfield, Massachusetts	$57,900	$29,660	60
47	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$57,680	$36,500	50
48	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$57,640	$37,220	90
49	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$57,580	$38,240	30
50	Worcester, Massachusetts	$57,450	$30,130	50
51	Bellingham, Washington	$57,370	$45,230	30
52	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$56,520	$39,590	30
53	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$56,350	$36,040	100
54	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$56,050	$51,320	140
55	El Centro, California	$55,970	$48,150	50
56	Madison, Wisconsin	$55,820	$45,120	40
57	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$55,790	$48,830	40
58	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$55,470	$42,250	50
59	Salem, Oregon	$55,260	$48,380	40
60	Reading, Pennsylvania	$55,260	$45,980	40
61	Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$55,080	$41,600	50
62	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$54,680	$38,840	110
63	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$53,720	$42,320	400
64	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$53,580	$43,480	40
65	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$53,350	$39,220	170
66	Western South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$53,340	$36,810	90
67	Rochester, New York	$53,100	$37,230	90
68	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$53,080	$39,510	40
69	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$52,870	$37,670	100
70	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$52,710	$30,700	n/a
71	Morgantown, West Virginia	$52,650	$42,210	30
72	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$52,500	$48,240	100
73	North Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$52,450	$35,600	150
74	Canton-Massillon, Ohio	$52,300	$38,920	30
75	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$52,130	$42,320	60
76	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$51,880	$46,520	290
77	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$51,790	$41,660	110
78	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$51,530	$46,630	130
79	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$51,300	$33,640	190
80	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$51,190	$47,960	50
81	Glens Falls, New York	$51,180	$39,040	30
82	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$51,040	$37,360	270
83	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$51,000	$36,310	100
84	Medford, Oregon	$50,730	$35,700	40
85	Salisbury, Maryland	$50,440	$36,560	60
86	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$50,160	$37,280	90
87	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$50,110	$38,480	70
88	Memphis, Tennessee	$49,980	$37,660	70
89	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$49,980	$40,200	50
90	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,870	$41,720	n/a
91	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$49,760	$45,860	110
92	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$49,730	$36,080	100
93	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$49,570	$36,510	100
94	Tucson, Arizona	$49,480	$38,490	40
95	Albany, Oregon	$49,480	$36,280	40
96	Kansas City, Missouri	$49,400	$38,690	60
97	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$49,300	$36,910	190
98	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$49,220	$39,920	40
99	Topeka, Kansas	$49,210	$31,180	80
100	Northeastern Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$49,180	$39,520	80