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Highest-paying Cities for Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

The top 18 highest paying cities for loading and moving machine operators, underground 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 loading and moving machine operators, underground mining in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $100,680, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming is the highest paying city for loading and moving machine operators, underground mining. It is followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California (average annual salary $91,500). 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 loading and moving machine operators, underground mining in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 18 Highest-paying cities/areas for Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining

Rank City/Area Average Salary i # of
Empl. i
1 Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming
$100,680
40
2 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California
$91,500
n/a
3 Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska
$81,700
180
4 Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado
$74,590
60
5 Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada
$65,250
1,110
6 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
$63,780
180
7 Wheeling, West Virginia
$61,900
120
8 Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia
$60,330
120
9 North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
$60,240
160
10 Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia
$59,570
200
11 Charleston, West Virginia
$58,850
n/a
12 Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama
$56,090
50
13 West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
$52,330
120
14 East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky
$51,240
150
15 Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico
$50,390
40
16 South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois
$40,670
100
17 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida
$39,230
40
18 Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma
$39,190
60