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Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota is shown in Table 1. The wage information of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area 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 Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$50,600
25th Percentile Wage	$56,870
50th Percentile Wage	$60,730
75th Percentile Wage	$77,270
90th Percentile Wage	$77,730

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,730. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,730. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,600.

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.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	1-Year Growth
2022	$60,730	2.22%	2.22%
2021	$59,380	-	-

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator, Surface Mining Salary in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area with Other Minnesota Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,730 in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in state of Minnesota. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators, surface mining in Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower than that in the highest paying St Cloud and 16.0 percent (16.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
St Cloud	$64,320
Rochester	$64,130
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$60,730
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$58,850
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area	$51,000