Highest-paying Cities for Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine Operators

The top 32 highest paying cities for mine cutting and channeling 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 mine cutting and channeling machine operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $88,740, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming is the highest paying city for mine cutting and channeling machine operators. It is followed by Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming (average annual salary $88,420). 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 mine cutting and channeling machine operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 32 Highest-paying cities/areas for Mine Cutting and Channeling Machine Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$88,740	$60,040	n/a
2	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$88,420	$73,100	50
3	Other Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$65,690	$53,050	940
4	Wheeling, West Virginia	$62,780	$52,630	130
5	Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$61,600	$41,390	n/a
6	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$61,530	$34,060	130
7	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$57,360	$47,700	260
8	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$56,000	$46,770	160
9	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$55,040	$45,280	50
10	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$53,550	$44,120	n/a
11	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$53,340	$29,250	70
12	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$52,510	$28,100	n/a
13	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$48,520	$31,510	30
14	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$48,310	$36,290	120
15	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$44,960	$33,550	190
16	Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$44,750	$39,920	60
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$44,680	$33,960	160
18	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$44,530	$38,130	260
19	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$44,370	$39,940	50
20	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$43,660	$35,090	n/a
21	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$40,320	$32,480	190
22	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$38,750	$32,130	40
23	Southwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$35,940	$21,690	30
24	East Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$35,590	$26,130	n/a
25	Charlottesville, Virginia	$35,510	$24,810	70
26	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$35,340	$21,690	90
27	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$34,790	$26,220	180
28	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$31,840	$26,800	60
29	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$31,320	$25,690	n/a
30	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$29,970	$21,360	n/a
31	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$28,830	$21,000	n/a
32	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$25,220	$20,810	30

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