Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky is shown in Table 1. The wage information of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Louisville-Jefferson County is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$35,230
25th Percentile Wage
$36,190
50th Percentile Wage
$46,480
75th Percentile Wage
$51,950
90th Percentile Wage
$64,030

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $64,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $46,480. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,230.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth3-Year Growth
2022
$46,480
-2.04% -2.28%
2021
$47,430
-5.17% -
2020
$49,880
4.69% -
2019
$47,540
- -

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Louisville-Jefferson County with Other Kentucky Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $46,480 in Louisville-Jefferson County is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in state of Kentucky. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Louisville-Jefferson County is 5.2 percent (5.2%) lower than that in the highest paying Elizabethtown and 18.8 percent (18.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Elizabethtown
$49,050
Evansville
$47,880
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
$46,640
Louisville-Jefferson County
$46,480
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
$45,070
Lexington-Fayette
$44,480
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
$43,960
Owensboro
$41,910
West Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area
$37,750

See also: Top paying jobs in Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky.