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Highest-paying States for Continuous Mining Machine Operators

The highest-paying states for continuous mining 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 continuous mining machine operators in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $84,130, Wyoming is the highest paying state for continuous mining machine operators. It is followed by Idaho (average annual salary $77,840). 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 continuous mining machine operators in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Continuous Mining Machine Operators (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Wyoming	$84,130	$66,970	200
2	Idaho	$77,840	$61,350	300
3	Alaska	$73,010	$50,320	100
4	Montana	$73,010	$48,040	150
5	West Virginia	$65,020	$55,290	910
6	Colorado	$64,990	$49,590	430
7	Nevada	$64,620	$51,340	1,160
8	Illinois	$62,880	$38,280	360
9	Minnesota	$62,400	$49,790	170
10	Utah	$61,740	$50,560	1,070
11	Wisconsin	$59,830	$51,160	170
12	Virginia	$59,180	$40,790	210
13	South Carolina	$59,010	$39,320	330
14	California	$58,080	$50,550	560
15	New Mexico	$55,920	$31,260	410
16	New Jersey	$53,230	$29,840	80
17	Pennsylvania	$52,140	$47,540	520
18	Indiana	$51,210	$47,710	480
19	New York	$51,080	$37,170	170
20	Iowa	$50,420	$50,420	50
21	Arizona	$49,750	$41,060	1,880
22	Kentucky	$49,670	$36,810	540
23	Georgia	$49,060	$39,010	110
24	Ohio	$48,870	$46,520	240
25	North Carolina	$48,550	$38,690	70
26	Alabama	$48,450	$40,190	180
27	Michigan	$48,140	$43,400	180
28	Tennessee	$47,020	$40,030	350
29	Washington	$46,300	$30,800	80
30	Missouri	$46,110	$35,150	330
31	Oklahoma	$42,020	$36,260	90
32	South Dakota	$38,650	$32,740	30
33	Mississippi	$38,480	$30,850	110
34	Maryland	$37,690	$28,290	30
35	Arkansas	$37,040	$29,850	50
36	Florida	$36,480	$27,460	150
37	Louisiana	$36,350	$28,370	270
38	Texas	$36,030	$30,550	690

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of continuous mining machine operators in those states is not available at this time.