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

The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $71,150, Washington is the highest paying state for all other underground mining machine operators and extraction workers. It is followed by Alaska (average annual salary $65,750). 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 state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for All Other Underground Mining Machine Operators and Extraction Workers (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington	$71,150	$54,150	50
2	Alaska	$65,750	$51,000	360
3	New Mexico	$63,740	$44,010	160
4	Minnesota	$63,060	$46,400	510
5	Nevada	$61,350	$42,310	1,150
6	West Virginia	$60,680	$37,100	1,060
7	Arizona	$59,850	$34,770	110
8	Utah	$59,640	$52,150	420
9	Indiana	$58,920	$42,140	660
10	Illinois	$58,860	$39,050	320
11	California	$55,990	$27,080	520
12	Florida	$54,520	$35,670	300
13	Colorado	$52,480	$34,210	0
14	Pennsylvania	$51,550	$33,330	190
15	Wyoming	$49,070	$37,540	250
16	Ohio	$48,560	$33,350	220
17	Maryland	$46,390	$35,210	110
18	Virginia	$45,730	$30,950	380
19	Wisconsin	$45,470	$34,860	0
20	Kansas	$45,080	$29,120	140
21	Louisiana	$45,040	$30,310	250
22	New York	$44,580	$30,620	100
23	Alabama	$43,770	$31,100	340
24	Georgia	$43,320	$32,590	170
25	South Dakota	$42,820	$34,370	0
26	South Carolina	$42,680	$34,440	30
27	Missouri	$41,120	$27,460	190
28	Kentucky	$39,560	$33,560	810
29	Oklahoma	$38,290	$30,680	200
30	Tennessee	$37,830	$27,590	540
31	Puerto Rico	$22,370	$17,770	0

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

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