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Highest-paying Cities for All Other Underground Mining Machine Operators and Extraction Workers

The top 39 highest paying cities for all other underground mining machine operators and extraction workers (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 all other underground mining machine operators and extraction workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $71,720, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming is the highest paying city for all other underground mining machine operators and extraction workers. It is followed by Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico (average annual salary $70,690). 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 all other underground mining machine operators and extraction workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 39 Highest-paying cities/areas for All Other Underground Mining Machine Operators and Extraction Workers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$71,720	$42,690	50
2	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$70,690	$49,240	110
3	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$69,560	$43,260	370
4	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$67,930	$49,820	350
5	Richmond, Virginia	$65,450	$46,320	n/a
6	Duluth, Wisconsin	$64,260	$50,080	400
7	Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$62,150	$48,530	120
8	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$61,330	$43,780	n/a
9	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$61,300	$42,260	1,130
10	Wheeling, West Virginia	$60,780	$36,170	290

11	Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$60,700	$45,160	90
12	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$60,470	$38,360	180
13	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$54,690	$27,070	n/a
14	Farmington, New Mexico	$52,230	$37,360	50
15	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$50,660	$29,490	60
16	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$50,050	$40,690	50
17	Tuscaloosa, Alabama	$49,220	$43,190	100
18	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$48,720	$34,840	60
19	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$48,100	$43,020	210
20	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$46,920	$33,520	90
21	Southeastern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$46,070	$34,290	n/a
22	Lafayette, Louisiana	$45,900	$31,460	450
23	Southwestern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$45,090	$29,220	n/a
24	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$43,220	$34,420	50
25	Grand Junction, Colorado	$43,010	$27,580	240
26	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$42,820	$34,370	n/a
27	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$41,920	$33,480	n/a
28	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$41,220	$33,380	100
29	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$39,030	$33,450	410
30	Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$37,230	$33,350	n/a
31	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$36,240	$32,420	n/a
32	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$35,960	$28,720	60
33	Eastern Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$35,780	$25,140	40
34	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$34,730	$27,070	n/a
35	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$34,530	$27,680	70
36	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$32,540	$24,440	60
37	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$31,110	$26,160	120
38	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$29,340	$25,990	n/a
39	Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$25,730	$21,600	60