Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

The annual salary statistics of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy 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 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$38,110
25th Percentile Wage
$45,770
50th Percentile Wage
$54,590
75th Percentile Wage
$66,170
90th Percentile Wage
$77,300

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $54,590. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,110.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators from 2012 to 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$54,590
12.31% -9.38%
2017
$47,870
1.52% -
2016
$47,140
-0.55% -
2015
$47,400
-38.44% -
2014
$65,620
2.77% -
2013
$63,800
6.41% -
2012
$59,710
- -

Table 2. Compare Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operator Salary in Albany-Schenectady-Troy with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $54,590 in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is in the middle of salary range for excavating and loading machine and dragline operators in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of excavating and loading machine and dragline operators in Albany-Schenectady-Troy is 29.6 percent (29.6%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-White Plains-Wayne and 46.4 percent (46.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Utica-Rome.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$77,500
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$73,000
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$54,590
Nassau-Suffolk
$49,420
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$48,700
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$47,640
Syracuse
$46,300
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$44,830
Rochester
$43,840
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$43,590
Binghamton
$42,200
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$38,100
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$37,450
Glens Falls
$37,340
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$35,290
Utica-Rome
$29,250

See also: Top paying jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York.