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Highest-paying States for Other Mining Machine Operators

The highest-paying states for other 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 other mining machine operators in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $84,840, Wyoming is the highest paying state for other mining machine operators. It is followed by West Virginia (average annual salary $82,590). 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 other mining machine operators in a specific state, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Wyoming	$84,840	$64,860	50
2	West Virginia	$82,590	$46,340	300
3	North Dakota	$73,700	$53,550	190
4	Alaska	$73,020	$62,630	220
5	Colorado	$67,290	$38,250	60
6	Nevada	$66,090	$41,240	100
7	Indiana	$66,090	$64,470	210
8	Utah	$65,780	$47,160	220
9	Minnesota	$65,770	$64,100	390
10	Illinois	$64,930	$47,610	100
11	Florida	$64,330	$29,530	60
12	Pennsylvania	$58,690	$51,830	50
13	California	$56,960	$38,150	30
14	New Mexico	$55,870	$38,000	60
15	Virginia	$50,750	$41,790	80
16	Kentucky	$47,330	$45,470	280
17	Alabama	$45,700	$18,790	110
18	Maryland	$45,360	$35,030	30
19	Georgia	$45,330	$40,340	50
20	Arizona	$44,180	$34,980	80
21	Texas	$40,780	$30,320	40
22	Louisiana	$37,380	$25,850	130
23	Tennessee	$37,300	$33,040	150
24	Washington	$36,690	$32,180	50

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