The top 13 highest paying cities for underground mining loading machine 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 underground mining loading machine operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,060, Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia is the highest paying city for underground mining loading machine operators. It is followed by Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $59,850). 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 underground mining loading machine operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia | $60,060 |
150 | |
| 2 | Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania | $59,850 |
100 | |
| 3 | West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado | $59,390 |
30 | |
| 4 | South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois | $53,950 |
260 | |
| 5 | Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana | $53,790 |
230 | |
| 6 | Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah | $53,040 |
40 | |
| 7 | North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia | $52,760 |
60 | |
| 8 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois | $52,320 |
n/a | |
| 9 | Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri | $46,310 |
50 | |
| 10 | West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky | $42,380 |
40 | |
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| 11 | East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky | $42,270 |
440 | |
| 12 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | $41,010 |
40 | |
| 13 | Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama | $40,420 |
50 | |